Welcome back to the predawn roads Lou. 4.3 easy miles at 9:40 min/mile pace for me today. Our temps. are starting to inch up down here. I'll probably only get another 3 weeks or so of half-way decent weather before our rainy seasons kicks in. Runners down here always complain among themselves about having to train in the H&H for the Fall marathons - Chicago, NYC, Hartford, and all the others. It has been rather nice training for this Spring marathon in better running weather over the Winter months. But part of me thinks that persisting in the Summer has to pay dividends in the long run, but it is tough to do. Everyone have a Great Day! Bill

Good Morning, Four untimed miles for me at 6 AM. The weather has been spectacular all week and today did not disappoint. 40F and bright sunshine as I trotted around a neighborhood loop. School break week rarely lines up with days like these and it's been so nice. The quad soreness is all but gone and I felt pretty good. My arms were also sore after Boston and they felt fine today as well. Today's schedule also includes a hike up Mt. Tom in Easthampton (just down the road) with the family and lunch at "The Rapids" near where all the canoe races are held. It's an REI/LL Bean photo shoot kind of day! Good Luck with the house closing and all Holly. Great to see you here PBJ Happy Friday Karin

Goos Morning! Thanks CNY... PBJ - 8 miles? Looking good! Not a doggong thing to report in the way of exercise for me today, since I spent my time trying to write a RR. Half day at work, then we close on both houses this afternoon. Whew! Happy Friday!

drumming fingers, tapping foot. impatient sigh. I'm waiting for some mortals to post so I can post my run. so nice to read you are all doing well.

I'm waiting for some mortals to post so I can post my run.

OK, Deb, I'll go... Today was supposed to be my traditional first OU golf course run of the year, but I woke at 5:30 to the sound of a downpour and scotched the idea. But then as soon as I actually rolled out of bed, the rain quit, and by the time I was driving onto the campus the sky looked like it was clearing. So I made it out after all, although alone for the first time in many years. The rain had soaked in well and it felt good to run on a soft surface again. Even my old friends in the deer herd were waiting for me in their usual spot at the top of the 13th hole. I'm not sure why they ran away, though. I took the shorter option of 3.5 miles and did it at a 10:30 pace. It's pretty much constant hills, and they reminded me that things are not 100% healed up yet. But at least no apparent after-effects even though I felt slightly sore while running. But progress is progress, and the first few runs on this course are always tiring in the best of times. Much cooler here this weekend and next week. I hope conditions stay good for all of you!

Just had to make another post to add some comments. Dave: Funny story! But if the waitress is pretty young, I think that everyone over 50 looks about the same age to her. Anyway, you must be old if you've got a granddaughter, but I'm 61 and my son is just getting out of college. Mary: What is going on here? You're strength training with a personal trainer, and then marathon training has got to start in a month or two. You've really caught the bug from hanging around here too much. A story of my own: Since my DW now has her new car, I was facing the hassle of selling our 2000 Olds Intrigue and decided to start out by giving craigslist a try. So I posted an ad at about 5PM yesterday. At 5:30 I got a phone call from an enthusiastic-sounding young woman. She was at our place at 7:30 and bought it at a fair price. That makes two cars and a motorcycle that I've sold easily via the Internet, but never quite that quickly!

thanks Doug! good job, esp. on hills. I just started walking the neighborhood hills last week, & was surprised how hard it still was. hope you have no ill effects. I don't know how long your drive is & whether this would be worth the trouble, but I've been taking an ice pack with me to the gym & I ice on the way home. I think it's really been helping. Dave59, funny. I read that a few minutes ago & was going to point out that youravatar didn't look anything close to 80. . I must have been away from the pc longer than I thought.... Mary, wow! you are doing so much. Cool you're getting things tested... was it you that had your body composition tested a few days ago? that's on my list... was going to do it on my birthday but asked after my run & he said it's better before... so now my benchmark motivation is past, & I'm waiting till I'm happier with what the scale says. chicken. btw, I can't imagine yours was bad! of course, if it wasn't you, little of this applies. does your gym also do a fitness test? Welcome, mgerwien! my total was 4.24 miles, running was 2.88 though I'd thought it was more. I need to brush up on some of the polar view functions when you're doing laps. (i've only had it for a year ) Average pace was 11:15, ahr, was either 167 or 171. which is awful but it is what it is. i'm not unhappy with the pace, all things considered. the hr is the thing holding me back the most right now, maybe that's good for the hamstrings. my 'schedule' is more or less running till I can't keep from drifting up way too high no matter how slow I go. Doug, I'm borrowing your healthy attitude.. it's amazing how much happier I am being able to run to any extent. have a good weekend everybody.