"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it!" ~ Voltaire FINALLY! This week ends this season's elections I feel great relief to have dropped off my ballot & look fwd to the end of the campaigning/advertising/phone calls... Going out for a brief run shortly.....then off to the stadium to see GD on the field! ...as luck would have it, the tixs we got are nearly the best possibly position for where she will be in formation (they're doing Spiderman), although she'll still be a long ways away! Hopefully can get good pics. Beautiful Perfect weather here today!!! Have an Awesome Sunday Everybody!!! Remember to Vote this week! Cindy mta: 5.08 hilly/fartlek type....

Good Sunday afternoon all.... Hope you get some great pics Cindy.....tried to do early voting on Friday but the line was sooooo long I decided to wait until Tuesday. The corner fire station is where I go to vote.....1 block from the house. Had a super run yesterday.....a 10 miler @ an 11:45 pace. I was so happy with that. My lungs felt like I could have gone on forever but the bod was poopin' out on me fast so.... Have a super week you guys n' gals. Short week for me this week. Going on a 4-day girls getaway with my mom and my 2 sisters. Heading to the W. coast of Florida to Siesta Key. Staying at a place called Turtle Beach Resort. Woohoo! Later.....Jewels

Leslie, if that wine is what lured him into the hot tub then it was worth it! How sweet of him to suprise you like that! The pics look great! Great run for you at a stupidly great pace! It's been a long weekend which consisted of a "moving haunted hayride for about 15 kids/ 8 adults. One trailor decorated with pumpkin lights, cob webs, skeletons, 10 bails of hay and the works. My husband did it for years for our kids but then they grew up so he was tickled pink when the neighbor talked him into doing it this year. He pulls it with our golf cart and then 2 other golf carts followed along loaded with the adults. Our golf cart has a CD player so scary music and all was a part of it. Those kids had a blast....... Have a good night all.....Jewels

the Hub had taken the rest of the day off work and took me north to Trinidad

I really wanted to write "Oo! I didn't know you were from Tobago!", but it turns out that Tobago is, in fact, kind of north of Trinidad. I could write "Oo! I didn't know you were from Venezuela", but that just doesn't pack the same punch.

Good Monday Morning All! Paula Radcliffe on the Today Show! Congrats to all who ran it!! Once again (for a couple more days) Beeeoootiful Colorado Fall Day! now that the days are cooling, I can wait a little to get out for a run...5am is pretty dark these days! gonna hafta watch that "losing my window" thing.... Nice runs this wknd folks! ~ Kelly (glad you're coming back 'online'), Jewels (woo-hoo!! empowering ain't it!) , Leslie (I'm going to hafta come & run in your forest sometime ), Carol (heavy handed run ), Tim (staying steady ) Leslie: what a nice surprise! & beautiful pics.... Jewels: LOVE hayrack rides! Haven't been on one/helped 'chaperone' in yrs....in our case, the 'adult' ride had wine... Tim: our sentiments exactly!! especially as the negative ads have mounted up...don't know why they think those nasty things work, but for us, it's just plain disgusting! "You want us to teach our kids what!?" & being in a 'swing state' we have been barraged! + one of the more volitile/hotly debated issues on our ballot is a "right to life" measure - requesting a constitutional amendment to declare a fertilized egg a "person" subject to all rights, etc... GAH!! One Good thing - I see waaay more folks out on the trails, in the parks, @ the games, etc! ....the TV's are off, & people are off their couches & away from their houses!! Yay! Learned a new trivia fact ~ Invesco Field (Bronco stadium) seating capacity = 76,125!! 32 Cheerleaders on the field, 400 Junior Cheerleaders! Grandpa kept her in sight w/binoculars - I tried to shoot through movement... Oh my! whooda thunk I'd be teary eyed & shakey!? ....trying to find one particular little girl in there!... ...got the right row/squad..... .....ahhh! there she is...the little blond sitting off to the left in the middle!!

Nice pics of the GD Cindy......they're all so dang cute! Even the big ones..... Joe, sounds as though your plan worked.....you deserved lounging around for a few days. Hope the run goes well for ya tonight. We warmed up quite a bit around here again. Did a very warm 3 miler this afternoon. Sluggish legs and all. 80*F/71%H = so much for the cooler weather. Actually, I hope it stays warm like this thru the up and coming weekend for my lil' girls getaway. Then....it can start cooling down again. Later all.......Jewels

O.K. Joe.....Evryday is wanting a "throw down" with ya! How's them new shoes Evryday? Jewels

Hey Evryday ! Shoot ! Sorry I missed that!! In hindsight, that would have worked out well for me. Tell ya what, we'll call this one for 'funsies" and do it in Dec when the teams play again in Texas Stadium. Hopefully Tony and all his injured friends will be back so it will be a closer game. I , for one, have not counted you guys out yet. There's a lot of injured players that should come back after your bye. Philly and Washington kinda scare me too. Kelly- Glad to see you getting the miles in again! I'm sure that you have really missed it! Went out tonight in my brand new Asic Gel 2130's for an easy 8 miler. Felt good, knee was ok. Big test will be tomorrow to see if any pain/stiffness return. EEk , 19 days to go!