2nd straight day in the 50's here in Michigan.  An easy 3 miles for me along with a better than average workout at the gym. 

Sproinkly is the best way to start a day!!

So sorry to read about your friend TwoCat.   I too hope you can get to Houston soon.

DH only works 1/2 days today and tomorrow and then is done!   It has been a very non-stressful week for him and the owner came in and talked to him earlier in the week.   He congratulated him on the new job and said that he understood his leaving and was happy for him to have found something so close to home.   Shock! 

I slept like the dead last night without drugs.    I set out clothes with the thought that if I woke up early on my own I'd go out for a short run.   Neither of us woke up until it was time to get ready and I think it was the dogs that told us it was time!      Not only is it sad that I have not run in a week, but I am missing all this great cool weather in the mornings.   This weekend the humidity will be back.

Happy Thursday!

Good morning; happy Bastille Day! Must be an excuse for some sort of party. Nice weather indeed this morning. low 60s and dry air. I ran a reasonably sproinky 9 miles.  yesterday I took a rest day from running, just swam 1500 at lunch and played some tennis in the evening.  it was a bit drizzly at first but we had fun.

Nice to hear from Karin and Hudson! Very exciting you two get to run together today. 

Steve P. you need to check Avenger's chow... I think he got into the catnip or something.

Very nice runs fro Mariposai and Erika.  Erika, you may be tired from last month. For me at least sometimes things catch up with me on a delayed basis. And I would not be up for 40 miles either.

Thanks for all the kind words on the triathlon. Learning experience; that is for sure!

DH and I may do a long hike this weekend.  DS is off at camp. Sure miss that boy.

Happy Thursday!

Hey Mike ..... we started a little landscaping project too..... yikes!!

Howdy folks! Just a quick update on me: surgery went well yesterday morning and I was home by mid-afternoon. Been resting and doing relatively well, though the anesthesia in my system made me feel quite out of it and very queasy too. Finally got it out of my system (literally) by the evening and instantly I felt much more lucid. And even though I woke up several times overnight, I slept relatively well and am feeling really good this morning. So it's all good!

Twocat, so sorry to hear about your friend. Hope you get to visit him shortly.

I did read the wave run discussion over the past couple days, and also find it all very informative and fascinating. I figure by September I'll be ready to try to incorporate actual workouts in my runs, as I start my marathon training for Disney in January. So that gives me the rest of the summer to gradually return to running, and rebuild my base. There's a new half marathon being planned for Bergen County where I live on Sunday of Labor Day weekend, but I think I might pass on that as well. We'll see. Knowing how I returned to running longer distances just in these past couple weeks means I'd probably be up for running it as an easy training run, but I'm not sure I'll be able to resist toning down the intensity that a race environment puts you in. But we'll see.

Thanks again to everyone here for your continued good thoughts and prayers; it's all been much appreciated!

OM, glad you have that behind you.  Do you sell the Ghost 3 in your store?  Because the 4 is out, it's on clearance at the Brooks web site for $65.  Erika, thanks for sharing my joy in running!  Come run these little hills here and you'll know what we all know, that you're in very good shape.

Now I need to manually enter my treadmill run and it's easy to get spoiled with the Garmin import.  6 miles easy planned tonight.  I probably won't post it unless something unusual happens.

Wildchild--no--I have not seen a doctor about my heel, after this latest episode.  Over the years, though, I have seen numerous doctors about this problem.  I did, email my PT on Monday and asked if I should go back in and he advised me that the doctor, probably, is not going to do a  whole lot.  He suggested to do what I have already been doing--R.I.C.E...and, of course, to come back and see him.  For now, at least, I'm going to wait and see how it does over the next week or so.