0630 temp? humidity? 30 Fabulous miles on the Road Bike while wearing brand new biking togs. Excellent morning. I like that the r.s. is training for a half IM... the weekends are choke full of distance runs and biking! SteveP, love the photo! (and the superhero discussion the other day) Holly, when you're done with those cabinets, you can come down here and work on ours. I will provide lovely new running routes for you when your work is done. You'll be aclimated in no time at all! I'm so envious of your ambition and skill in the home improvement dept. Bike™ Reading about Central IN and hoping you are on higher ground and/or have flood insurance Roy Nice recovery run under blue skies. Reger Um, yes, you and Holly are invited to my house... my countertops need attention, too... Nice run and nice hydrating big guy! VistaNice to read about your SML day. Brought back fond memories. Hope your brother finds peace and good health. KarinNice hydrating, I am a much bigger girl than you so I have more to lose... yesterday, during our 13 miler... I lost 6 pounds... I did a poor job at hydrating (and I weighed too much at the start) Good luck to DS! I love baseball, wish my kids would've played. WILDCHILD Congratulations, loved reading about your first HM! What a fantastic debut! SargeWhere are you in Eastern OH? We were just in Medina and all that. Grew up around Akron. Munchkin Hooray! The simulator is the next best thing...and will count on that bucket list, right? Have fun and take pictures! Okay... time to shower and see what's next!

Cute picture steveP! Nice mix of runs today, many in the HH conditions. It is unreal on the east coast. Like Holly, I had my worst run. It felt ok breathing and mucle wise. It's just that the heat drained me to the bone. Here is my post analysis. What's a sweater to do?? I had the hardest 20 miler yet and I was going a nice slow pace. Temperature ranged from 71 to 90's (supposed to get to 103 today!). It took 3:17:01 (9:51 pace). It was ok in the woods but the last 4 miles with alot of blazing 90F sun was torture. My problem with the heat is the way I sweat. There is no way to replenish the fluids I started weighing 146.4 lbs. Drank 90 oz before/during the run, lost 7.2 lbs by the end of the run. Drank 2 lbs after the run and weighed in at 141.2. Total weight loss at end of run was 5% of body weight ...(Not good at all). In total I sweated 13 lbs (208 oz). Felt like carp after. I don't do heat It was hilly too. I'm tired Steve

"I started weighing 146.4 lbs. Drank 90 oz before/during the run, lost 7.2 lbs by the end of the run. Drank 2 lbs after the run and weighed in at 141.2. Total weight loss at end of run was 5% of body weight ...(Not good at all). In total I sweated 13 lbs (208 oz). Felt like carp after. I don't do heat."

Dang Perch. Be careful. There are some serrious statistics in there that I'd find worrisome. Slow.Yourself.Down. Find an easy pace where you can keep the HR under control. Bill

Aamos, I'm glad to hear your husband is doing well. Ilene, nice 10K with 1st in AG. enke, I enjoyed your "radar" story. I can't remember who it was but someone else had a few posts about trying to get high numbers on their local radar. wildchild, congrats on your 1st half with 1st in AG. evan, it's neat to hear about the success of your sons' teams. teresa, congrats to your son on his success at the state track meet. Steve, nice picture of your grandson and dog. vista, sorry to hear your brother needed another trip to the hospital. It does sound like he's got a good doctor and it's neat you could give him some perspective on his fears. munch, I'm looking forward to your report on the ride in the fighter jet simulator. Nice long runs for LaVitaDolce (with rs), BC, Twocat, breger, Peter, CNY, Holly, and perch. I don't know how long it's been since I've had a "sproinky" run and todays was worse than most. It was in the low 70s with humidity but almost calm. I plodded through 8 miles in a bit over 1:20 for a 10:02 pace. It wasn't all bad, though. All night it rained, accompanied by thunder and lightning. When I was ready to go out, the bad stuff was gone and the sun was coming up in blue skies with a few nice, white, fluffy, clouds. Shortly after the five mile mark, I neared an intersection and debated between the flat road straight ahead or the flat road to the left that are my usual options. For some reason, the road to the right with a long (over half a mile), nasty (steep), hill that I've only done a couple of time in the 8 or 9 years I've been running jumped into my mind as a possibility. I don't know what possessed me to do it, but I turned right and trudged up the hill. It didn't seem much more difficult than the rest of the run and my pace was about my average for the whole run. A good day and good runs for all. TomS

Wow, perch....that's a lot of fluids in and lost. I think you and everyone else can blame all the carpy runs on the H & H. Vista - I am sad for your brother's situation but glad he has you. Well, on the opposite side of the continent....it was 50F again today, so I started out with my gloves and rainjacket. I drank too many pints last night, stayed up late, had a carpy carpy sleep which always happens when I drink more than one, and awoke without a headache (small miracle). So I wasn't expecting much today but I did about 15.5 miles at about 10:28 pace. Actually I don't know what the pace was because I forgot to turn the unit on about three times during the run after stopping, and once I forgot to turn it off. I wish I had remembered to activate the autopause feature this morning. Anyhow, at the risk of losing the respect of the fine people on this forum, I am shamefully admitting that I stopped in at McDonalds at mile 10.5 for a large fries with extra salt and some poweraid. It was just right, even if it wasn't right. I was so hungry......please forgive me.

steve, are you sure you didn't borrow my pelle for that picture?! they could be twins! i hope that when we get to the grandchild stage (we're still at the wedding-planning stage) pelle will have learned that children are not lambs to be nipped to be kept in line... it looks like a lot has happened in the week i've been gone - aamos, what a story - many prayers heading your way for a speedy recovery for your DH. and wildchild, an impressive time for an HM if you ask me - i would have been back there with the other slow old ladies in the AG! i can't remember when i last stopped by, but i think it was before we lost our siamese, mr spook on monday; we buried him in the new orchard beneath a cherry tree. meanwhile, we took his sister to the vet, and muffin is a healthy fat geriatric kitty. felt good to hear that. haven't had much time for running with work and sleep (and our 36th anniversary!) but finally managed my longest run for the year - 7 miles, though the garmin decided to die, or at least wouldn't wake up, so i have no other stats (do all garmins die at exactly one year and one week of age?) good runs, susan

Forgot to post earlier. Did a fun run 5K in the heat and humidity--just the way I like it. Already in the 80s at 8:00 am. Needless to say it was ugly even at a ridiculously slow 8/min pace. 24:50 total. I looked it up and I did once have a slower 5K so, technically, it's not my personal worst. On the plus side, I didn't have a long run scheduled today.