Morning Gang Great to have you out spareribs and posting already......you werwen't reallly missed you know It was great that the Saint kept us updated along with Hally, Rosie and Dale........ Right! I went out for a 5 miler, the garmin battery ran out just as I left, it also started to rain but me and woody headed out to complete a marked 5 miler hilly trail. It felt really comfortable and rereshing. Mary, I know exactly what you mean about not being able to leave the dog at home when you're heading out for a run and they can't wait to get out with you, you just can't can you. Good runs All Roy

Morning Roy. Tory HAD to come also We went for 4 Magical Healing Miles in 38:27 (9:32, AHR 141). Remember those OLD Colt 45 malt liquor ads where the guy sits at a table calmy drinking his Colt 45 while all kinds of comotion is going on around him?... Tory was that way today. A deer snorted loudly at him then quickly ran away and Tory didn't flinch. Later, a yappy (possesed) dog broke though his invisible fence and charged at Tory. Tory calmy bent around and looked at the little guy yapping, and the little dog stopped and retreated like "wooops!". Have great runs Steve

Good morning Thanks for the start off Roy - nice "refreshing" 5 miler - sorry about the battery on your Garmin. Wow, Mary also with a "refreshing" 5 miler - Glad you made it home.....in time I hate it when that happens on a run. Steve....thinking about beer so early in the morning...ummmm Nice recovery run Buddie You know how we all have sucky runs.....well I suck Got home from work last night with plans of a mid week long run - 11 to 12 miles with 6 1000 M repeats. Just walking up my stairs to my apartment felt like I was finished with my run, not before. I got my running stuff on then realized I felt sooo tired and I layed down on my bed for a while. After an hour I woke up with no motivation to run...which I think is a first for me ever. Guilt took over and I headed out with the goal to just run by feel with no pressure for speed or distance...before I learned to be smarter (thanks to many here) , I would have stuck to the plan and trashed my legs trying to stick to my original plan for this workout (and would have done it). In short, I could only run at recovery pace, and got in 7 miles - 1:07:57 - 9:42 ave pace. The whole time I was wondering....why do I feel this way Oh well, sometimes this just happens and I did work 13 hours yesterday and it's really really been hot and humid here, and I think it is catching up with me. And I am going through some personal "stuff" in my mind which I won't get into here, but it has to do with being single, and seeing others I know meeting people and I see their joy and new found happiness...nuff about that Got my new shoes....finally last night - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8'S. They felt good on my feet walking around my apartment, but we know running is a different thing. My running shoe store looked at my video from a few years ago and decided these new shoes would be good for my particular gait. Well, rambling this morning...so happy about Ribs getting home and on the way for a super speedy recovery Have a wonderful day my dear friends....you all help me ways you will never know!!! Tim Bo

I blame Byll and Steve for today's fiasco. Yesterday I saw they both did 1/2 mile intervals and I thought to myself, "Hmmm, I'm bored with cutback week. I haven't done those in ages and it'll help make things interesting tomorrow." I never use the "workout" feature in Garmin but last night I set up a workout in "Training Center" and uploaded it to my Garmin. 2-mile warm-up, 7x800 workbouts, w 2 minute intervals. I'd run conservatively. This morning I got out there and it was a Garmin-sponsored comedy of errors. I started the timer and did my warm-up 2-miles. But halfway through my first 1/2 mile workbout I realized that the screen wasn't showing me my elapsed time. Stop. Push buttons. Oops. Accidentally, I had started the timer, but not the workout. Duh! Then it was all downhill from there, figuratively. Efforts to salvage the run had me accidentally trying to cram a 1/2 mile into the 2-minute interval between sessions. Oops, not sure what happened there. Then later I realized I was calmly jogging through what was supposed to be a workbout. What a mess! I did as much standing around pushing buttons as running. Fortunately, while logging the run, I thought of a solution: 7 mile (@ 8:45) fartlek run.

Timbo – I forgot to tell you that for yesterday’s bike ride I was sporting my new dusky-pink bike helmet, which coordinated nicely with my hot-pink tech shirt, black shorts, and metallic pink and white Sauconys. See, some of Spareribs’ fashion advice is sinking in.

That's sweet Holly....I tried the pink once, but my Tri buds made fun of me Good job on your X training, I am sure it's helping you stay "some what" sane. Tim

Holly - pictures, please!! I wanna see the miniature hyena!

pictures, yes. but who cares about the dog (sorry, Dexter) The Pink ensemble, please.

Morning everyone. Morning Roy & Woody. thanks for starting. Nice 5 miler, you didn't let anything stop you. Welcome back Ribs! Same to Carolyn. I haven't read about your porcupine yet. Nono, you're so much fun. Sadie was in the same mood this morning. You take one look at their eyes & you know you're in trouble. Tramps, thanks for making me feel better. I've had too many days like that. Oh, I like your solution. may try it sometime.. Sue, have fun volunteering. I'll fax you some good weather. Tried it for someone else once, & it worked. comedy of errors myself this morning. went to pour the coffee & i'd forgotten the grounds last night. As well as my street shoes (the gym wants you to carry in your workout shoes. despite the fact that i've been wearing them at Gallup Park where all the geese hang out). So I had to crawl around on the bedroom floor in the dark to find them. When i got to the gym I started to try & open the locker with my clicker again. Anyone want me to drive them someplace? My Polar is back. There is some improvement, about as much as I'd expected, but not as much as I hoped. Still, better is good. Today's run was 4.01 miles, ahr 166, max 182. Average pace was 9:58 which was my best ever by .01. . Max pace 8:28. Miles: 10:32 154 9:54 166 9:36 171 9:35 175 Hamstrings & maybe piriformis hurt most of the time, even during the w/u walk, so I am happy with this run. Except, of course, the hurting part. hope you all enjoy your day

8 cruise miles at a 7:47 pace... Good to see Mr.SpareRibs back...