Tim - PLEASE to not go for another run this evening!! Listen to the words of wisdom here - you need to come back slowly. I am happy for you that you are able to start again!! Yea! Doug is posting again - where have you been!!?? Rest day for me. I was out for 7 miles in the never ending snow yesterday. A friend of my husband's called him to tell him I am nuts. Evidentally he saw me running on the side of the road. DH said that he agrees, but if I go to long without getting "out" for a run then I start getting a little cranky!

Spareribs, the scary thing about that Steeler is he was playing with a calf injury and was still that quick. He said to himself if Tim is going to run 3 miles with his injuries a Conference Championship Game should be a walk in the park. A nice easy 6 miles under bright blue skies and 19 degree temps. Footing was good which made the run enjoyable.

Hi all. No run today - just spin city and fizzy lifting. Yesterday I bored myself for 16 on the TM - tried 4 different ones at the same pace to see which TM I liked best. Yes, I know. I can say OCD. After that, took PBJster #2 and PBJ Jr. to the roller rink (sponsored by the local girl scout troops). Blisters developed for all. How many Jonas Brothers/Miley Cyrus songs can you listen too before your brain shuts down? 2 for me.

SLO, I know what you mean about the footing. I don't mind the cold, but running on ice, or snow like that sand you mentioned, egad I hate it. I do a lot of treadmill running (and hey Doug, I post about it!) in the winter. I'd like to get outside today for a couple, but we've got freezing rain advisory and snow... yuk. But I am planning on driving today, so I don't know which is worse! Tim, there's no one easy answer that works for everyone. Just be sure to pay close attention to how it feels. Don't push pace or effort. Walk lots. The key is keep it all easy and relaxed and take your time. Last night's run: 11.74 miles on the treadmill. Thank God for Solarmix 6 and 8... Mile paces were: 8:49, 8:41, 3 @ 8:34, 3 @ 8:20, 3.74 @ 8:13. I even cranked it up to 8 m/m for the last minute or so to try to hit 11.75 on the nose, but still fell short. Today I think I'll head to the gym after dropping DS1 off at a friend's house for a school project. We all have the day off work today... Thinking of Donna and Tom today................

biketm there is more than one way to skin a cat or come back from an injury. What I think you are seeing is that varous people adopt their own plans in part as they fit their personalities and experience. To what degree are you willing to trade risk for ramping up, what authorities do you trust for advice, etcetera. (By authorities I do not actually mean your many friends here. Sorry all! I am talking about those that study athletes and their recovery from injury and what they suggest. The myriad opinions here also reflect who we have consulted with in the past.) Ultimately, you will need to decide where you land in all this and work on your recovery accordingly. But, one thing that seems to be common to all, so far, is that you look like you are pushing too hard too soon. Good luck with the many decisions you will have coming up about your training. Ultimately, whatever you do is likely to be fine if you are not too aggressive. What "not too aggressive" means is, alas, the $64,000 question. Have I mentioned to the group this wonder drug called Cipro for which I have but one dose left to go? No! Well let me recommend the stuff to everybody! You have no idea what this can do for you! Injured? Need to take it easy or not run at all? Cipro for you! Yes, you will feel so run down and awful all day that thoughts of a fast paced run will evaporate long before you can reach for your sneakers! (Editor: Maybe you should send biketm some? Twocat: Now that is just mean! Editor: Yea but pretty funny! Twocat: ) Are you signed up for the Weightloss thread and find that everybody is losing weight other than you? Well, my friend it is Cipro for you! Nothing like feeling sick to your stomach to kill those nasty snack cravings! Heck, it will kill those nasty breakfast, lunch and dinner cravings as well! What more could you want? Yes, Cipro for runners the ideal drug! Only available by prescription. Ask your doctor for Cipro! I went off for a 9 mile run today. Felt better than yesterday. Who knows why. Started with my DW but she dropped me when I went off to the facilities at the beach. The nerve! Hey that reminds me of a question/story I have. For New Year's Day my DW and I spent the night in NYC at a friend's apartment. To carry all of our stuff we took one bag and "split it" as in 70-30 "split it." New Year's Day we get home and I put the bag a few feet from the foot of the bed. As I typically do, I then unpacked my stuff and left the bag right there for her. Later, while I was downstairs, she unpacked and also left the bag right where it was. No word to me that the bag could go back to the basement. Neither did she move it from its rather central location in the bedroom. That night she went to bed first and not wanting to wake her up I walked through the room in the dark. So you know what happened. Yes, I mashed my toes on the bag. One still has an ugly blood blister on it. Now whose fault was it that the now empty bag was smack in the middle of the room? Right you are. Mine! Why? Well I was the one who put it there in the first place! Silly me. I guess I should have unpacked my stuff and then simply taken the bag with her stuff still in it to the basement. Yea, and I want to get my left arm cut off with a dull knife too. (This paragraph should now end with one five letter word, but not wanting to get into tons of trouble here I am not going to add it! )

Now whose fault was it that the now empty bag was smack in the middle of the room? Right you are. Mine! Why? Well I was the one who put it there in the first place! Silly me. I guess I should have unpacked my stuff and then simply taken the bag with her stuff still in it to the basement. Yea, and I want to get my left arm cut off with a dull knife too. (This paragraph should now end with one five letter word, but not wanting to get into tons of trouble here I am not going to add it! ) Twocat - I have a rule at my house. When we come back from vacation and unpack suitcases, I'll leave mine in the middle of the bedroom. If I do all the dirty laundry, the least DH can do is take the empty luggage back down to the basement. Sure sorry your meds are making you sick, but think of how svelte you'll look in your swimming togs this summer!

It's funny how drugs affect people differently. I take Cipro occasionally for UTIs, and it does nothing to me except to cure the infection! Weird. Maybe it's a different dosage?