Good morning everyone! Still so very happy about our Dear Holly, and NEVER want to hear you are slow again....right Nancy. And Holly, don't make me pull out your fast 5K card either . Erika, you make me very very happy too, nice pace girl on your 20 plus miler ...enjoy hate your taper. Last night...geez. When I left work it was super windy out and a "not so bad" 39 degrees out. I got home and dressed accordingly for the conditions for my run. My legs felt super, and I always have good runs on Mondays nights...just do. I took off on my planned 10 miler into the sunny skies and into the 35 to 40 mph winds. Then - just then - all of a sudden I noticed these HUGE dark clouds. Good grief...it started pouring down rain which turned to freezing rain, then snow. I watched the weather channel while I dressed for my run, and thought I was "over dressed" During the rain shower I obviously got soaked and the strong winds was making me extremely bone chilling cold. I bailed on running 10 miles and chose the closest route home because I was hurting...being pelted in my face by sleet and freezing rain...my face was killing me (insert your own joke here, lol) Home never felt sooo good, and I have never been so cold in my life I think....glad Holly's Marathon was Sunday and NOT yesterday, as we live kinda close together. OK...paybacks are due me, right? I couldn't wait to get into a very hot shower, and I started a pan of boiling water for my Brussel sprouts while I showered. Once I got into the hot shower - which was feeling sooo sweet - I heard my smoke alarm go off and I was freaking out. I got out of the shower all soaped up and was trying to open the bathroom door to get to my kitchen....slipping and sliding nearly breaking my neck as I opened my bathroom door. Guess who I freaking seen standing there (remember Kat, the Tri Gal friend I have, who as Holly says " I am trying to straighten out"...and has a key to my Apt) Little bugger was standing there pushing the button to my smoke alarm making it beep like crazy. Speaking of crazy I said laughing...are you crazy. Well, guess I was the nutty one standing there...ummm, nakid. Ok, good or bad run last night....I don't flipp'n know. But I need a cut back week to get ready for my longer runs for my Seattle Marathon. Oh yeah, ended up with 7.3 miles Moral of this story....it's all you evryday... TimBo Here are some before and after pictures of a wrecked 2009 Mustang if you are interested in such things...ended up being over a $10,000.00 repair. The owner of the car was very skeptical that his car would ever be right again, but when he picked the car up he said it looked brand new again...and called me later and said it drove and handled like it did when it was new

Oh......so THAT'S what happened.

Happy anniversary, Bill! Nice work there, Tim. Wonderful cooler temps in the mid-30s today made for a sproinky tempo Tuesday. 8.2 miles total, with just over 5 miles @ 7:05 pace. Have a good one.

Good job on the car, Tim! Happy anniversary, Bill! Heckova tempo run, Tramps! This morning my legs were still tired -- I think the weekend took more out of them than I would have expected. Either that or I'm a bit run down. Anyway, I decided to dial it back a bit. I have a final interval workout planned tomorrow, but I view this one as optional -- we'll see how I feel in the morning. 7.2 miles, 59:29, 8:18/mi, AHR 150 (77% MHR)

Good morning everyone. Wow - Tim. That car looks like it just rolled off the production line. You've got some seriously talented body people working for you. If your friend was pushing the button on your smoke detector trying to get you to come out of the shower, maybe she's "straighter" than you think she is! Happy anniversary Bill. May you have 25 more years together! Nice sproinky runs by the ladies this morning. Denise - it's great to see you back out there. Cold and windy here again. I did 6 miles, 9:45 pace, then got the jump rope out for 5 or 6 songs. Nothing like a little "Road House Blues" by The Doors to get the old legs going! What a blowout last night. I feel bad for Michigan State. One of the announcers said something like they resembled "deer looking in headlights." Never seemed to get on track. North Carolina does have an awesome team and really deserved this championship. And poor Jack Bauer....

Byll--you didn't do anything to the Porsche, did you?

Nice repair on the car Tim but I'd never touch a car like that.. While it might look OK, the chassis will probably never be in correct alignment.

Peter, respectfully I beg to differ. I hear some folk who are apprehensive about repairs with structural damage. But as someone with extensive training and experience, I can assure you and others that this car - and all the vehicles we repair are back to factory specs and are just as safe and strong as before the accident. With our computer measuring system and up to date equipment, we actually can get the vehicle even closer than factory tolerences...factory allows for 3 millimeters tolerence, where as I have my techs get the specs near to perfect as they can. That Mustang may look all nice and shiny on the outside, but the inside that you can't see, is just all perfect as the outside. I know we all hear the horror stories of botched up repairs, but that has to do with poor repairs by people using sub-par equipment and lack of knowledge and training. Tim

Jlynne on the poor character TV show front it is kind of funny the show House has set up a "memorial" for the fantasy only human Kutner who just "died" via suicide. My guess is he really died over a contract dispute but who am I to argue? biketm I should find out from you how to locate a good non-GM repair shop. The local GMC dealer went under two weeks ago and in case my Envoy needs to get repaired I will have to get it done at a local shop. Today was my every-other-day gym workout. The DW is staying in the city tonight since she has a dinner there. That means I have to eat the clams I bought for just such an emergency all by myself tonight. I suspect I will live.