Hi gals and guys! 6 miles while waiting for the dew to go off this morning. Had a pretty nice pace going until I ran into a couple neighbors and they either want to give you a ride or chat. This time it was the later so killed a couple minutes until I started to get cold. They were wearing their insulated coveralls in the pickup and I was in a ls tech tee and tights (scary thought 50 yo fat man in tights). Really wasn't that cold out as we had cloud cover that prevented the radiational cooling prevalent in the ol' Great American Desert. Refueled and rehydrated then got in the sprayer and sprayed on a semi-load (25ton) of fertilizer on wheat while Lynda ran the Strip-tiller. Both got done around 7 tonite then went to Ogallala for supper but mostly to get off the farm. We pushed hard this week as weather next week is pretty iffy. Blizzard warnings in the Nebraska Sandhills for tommorow, them moma cows will be popping them out like mad . Ya gotta love em to go out in a storm in the middle of the night and midwife a cow. Lots of baby calves end up in the kitchen or porch in weather like that to get them warmed up and dryed off. Joe thats sounds like a really cool run. Nice week also!! Had a baseball player friend in college from Long Island that wanted to give me a tour of the city. Wish I'd have done it. Ev really nice job, did you wear the new shoes? Shins do ok today? Not real sure what that usda location near you does. Tx A&M, KSU and Nebraska still have pretty good wheat breeding programs but most of the corn and bean research is done privately by the big seed Co's owned by the big Chemical companies. Arla another weekend another half. WTG !! Cindy nice running at the rec center. My friend from the Estes area said snow is melting fast and if they don't get some more soon the snow season will be over. BTW yuse guys doing BBoulder? Leslie have u left yet, have a great trip if not. Salty how was the race? Carol hope your trip is going well. Jewels glad u got in 4 but careful until u see the doc ok? Kelly hi, hope its going well for you. Busy gal I'm sure!

Hey 40_ Thanks for the kind words Joe..... I briefly checked out one of your mapped runs. Cool! I may give that tool a try, but unfortunately most of my runs are around and around and around the same 3 mile loop. I made 6_ loops yesterday. I should branch out abit. I know it's good for me, but I don't like to get out of my comfort zone. Nice 14 miler for you. Running to view the Statue of Liberty....awesome! Joe, I thought you did the underscore because fatozzig is down under? Jim....Nice 6 miler....chatting with neighbors, you gotta love that. Will you be midwifing any cows? The "Great Plains Research Station" must do grasses. There are numerous grass plots of different varieties planted there. No, didn't wear the new shoes. I didn't want to break them in on a long run. I'll start them off on shorter runs....hoping to wear them on a 3 mile recovery run today.....Although I'll need to get the run in before the weather comes. Threat of severe storms this p.m. fatozzig....glad you made it to Australia ok. My wife and I were just discussing long flights and how uncomfortable they may be (we've never been on one longer than a couple hours). So glad to hear that was enjoyable for you. Have a good run and tell us all about it. Pictures are always nice. Latr my friends.

Hi All- Jim- nice six after shooting the breeze with the neighbors. Glad to hear you're in your t-shirts again,at least for now.Hope you manage to catch any baby cows that are pitched your way! Leslie- Happy that you guys made it down there ok. Nothing sounds more like Australia than a town called Katoomba! Take lots of pics and hope your run went well! Ev- I hear ya about the comfort zone thing.I have those courses as well but mixing it up has worked well for me.I too am turning into an Asics fan.I should be buying a new pair shortly for breaking in before the marathon.Smart move trying them out on shorter runs,then I suppose you want to get a good long run on them before the race? I also looked at your race course. Looks a little hilly in the middle? Sounds like it could also be a bit emotional with the Memorial and stuff. Jewels- your sunny Fla personality flows right onto our page! How's your knee after that last run?Have you been able to get to the gym? Ran a new route today that was tougher than I thought. Was working in the area and ran at Monmouth Battlefield State Park. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton kicked some British butt there back in the summer of 1778. Pretty cool but the "trails" were not much more than mushed down grass and tough to judge the footing.Was quite interesting though as they have plaques out in the fields that explain how the battle went that day.Was so happy to get back on asphalt that I reeled off 2 more miles at 8:59 pace to finish. Hump day already! Have a good one !!

Easy 4 today but back to colder temps, trying to spit a little rain and snow but not too bad weather wise for running. Sure put the whoa to farming activities though. Ev wind in Oklahoma? Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin down the plains.......sorry kinda lost it there for a minute And nope I don't have to take care of any cattle any more. Just had to watch em for one week when my neighbor had surgery. Interesting place to run Joe a rev war battlefield. I guess supper /dinner is one of those country /city things Jewels and speaking of supper we are going to try and go to supper with Jonathan the RT editor and wife maybe this weekend. Have't seen them in a coon's agea long time. Hiya to everyone else.

Ev - you gettin dizzy yet? oh wait.....which way is the wind blowing? Ciao!

I resemble that remark. You never know which way the wind will blow this time of year. One day it's howling from the north, the next , from the south. The predominate direction is from the south. You can tell that because the trees are a bit deformed and have a constant lean to the north (even when the wind isn't aint blowing.....bout forgot my OK dialect) Since I am the self proclaimed lyric miester, here's some excerped lyrics from a song written by a friend of mine about the OK wind. (Sorry Jim, it's not Rogers and Hammerstein) Now don't get me wrong, you know what I mean, People in OK are the best I've seen. But a strange thing happened the other day in town, The wind quit blowin.......and they all fell down.

Ev u have a winter storm warning today? Let me know how much snow u total. Thanx The wheat market is watching. Drive careful Cindy.

Hi Guys - We made it to Newcastle and are at our friends' house. Are having a fantastic time. Spent the last two days going throug the Warrumbungle National Park. Lots of kangaroos, a few emus, and even a koala!! Hope all is going well with you. Am sticking to a running schedule, and will be doing 10 miles in the humidity tomorrow. Later!