Teresa: Major babe! Spareribs

I sometimes don't have a clue why some of my runs do what they do. I had just a super run for 11 miles at a fast pace than I have been able to do HALF that distance. One of my fastest miles was near the end of the run. I am not complaining, just confused. Nice pictures and a great encouragement Teresa.....You have done well and look very nice as a result. Read in the news where a 78 year old man who is legally blind bowled a perfect game......12 strikes in a row. He has to have help finding his ball because of his poor sight.....one eye only that works and that is not good. Sports always seems to provide stories of people who do incredible things against the norm. Great story.

The trip to Princeton and commencement at the Choir College greatly renewed my spirit and seems to have helped me rediscover my long-missing sproink. After a slight GI issue in mile 1 (glad I was still close to home) , I ran a lovely 4-miler early this evening at SSP (sproinky slug pace). Even manged negative splits (I amuse myself with all this runner-speak) for all 4 miles; well, OK, mile 4 was only one second faster than mile 3, but even so . . . . . (Neighbors just started going nuts. Flyers must have scored?) Rindaroo - glad to see you posting on the daily Erika - strange to think your temps in AK today were the same as ours this morning in Philly! Interesting pics on the daily today. Bob's just might give me nightmares. Teresa's is terrific! No wonder you're so fast, losing all that weight and putting in the miles like you've been! Great work. Mari - super job on the race. Enke - now what other skirt than one from "skirtgoddess" could possibly be appropriate for you. I love running in skirts; I have this illusion that it hides my still-too-large tummy. I lost my mind and did more miles this week than the plan called for. Now I'm not sure whether to do tomorrow's scheduled 8 miles or not. It would be my third 8-miler. If I do, it will increase my weekly mileage from 16 to 23. (Week before last was 18.) But if I don't, since next week is a cut-back week, I won't do another long run for two weeks. I'm going to really be pressed for time in the morning, so I think I'll get started early enough to run the 8 and just see how I feel. Wow, the decision used to be whether to run 2 miles or 3 to make my 10-or-so for the week. See what great things your terrific examples have done for me! Eliz

Just bought my first running skirt. With the website name skirtgoddess, how could I resist??

Just checked the web site - these skirts look awesome. Pockets?!?! And a terrific range of sizes. Are you sure you're not getting a cut of new sales, goddess-girl? Eliz

Welcome back evryday......that would be neat to hear about the trip. OK....Enke and Eliz......pictures of you modeling the new running skirts will be in order. Actually, that fashion is not something that I see much in this area. This is a college town. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? 8 hours on a bike?....Yikes.....you do some LONG time things JJJessee. Congratulations to Twocat......for reaching the 1,000 mile mark for the year. Back to watching the Boston Celtics try to take the third game against Cleveland.

Dave! How cool to have the nest so close, but that sounds like a precarious perch! I hope you can get pictures... Teresa... wow, that's very impressive. Congratulations! Enke, those skirts look nice! I'm all for anything cute with pockets... Mariposai... will you rest now, please? Eliz, you've made great progress. You could just cut back tomorrow's run a bit... Let us know what you decide. I got out for 7.77 miles in just over 1:03... was trying to see how I could do with my new idea for a HM pace... Uh, not so good really. But I did have two sorta-flat miles at 7:52 and 7:54, so that's not so bad. DS1 was getting ready for a soccer game at noon and had to be there at 11. I find that hour they're getting ready to be a perfect time to get a run in. I seem to always miss the very beginning, but oh well. Today's game was not pretty. They seemed really off their game, always chasing the ball, never "winning" it. Lost to cross-town rivals 5 to zero. Ouch. Today got up to the upper 60's and was really beautifully sunny till about 2 pm or so. Then clouds rolled in. Still it was perfect for the game and my run. DS1 is at practice now... hope he doesn't get rained on. DH is coming home in a couple hours! Seems like it's been a long week.

...Just bought my first pair of trail shoes today too! .....

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