Question: How do I get the phrase "Masters Group" to actually be a link to the front page of this forum? In other words, the local equivalent of what at CR was: [URL=xxx]Masters Group[/url]

Tramps, I think Masters Group should do it. To see my code, quote my message, and it should become visible to you. Dark Horse

Tall and BAP are here - yay! Eliz – congratulations on your first-ever 7-mile-run! Dg3 – I notice that you have changed from Dg9 to Dg3. Does that mean you’ve been losing weight? PJ – nice picture – running strong for the last 100 yds of a marathon, very nice! I went to Starbucks to buy some whole-bean coffee (a splurge from my usual Maxwell House). I really wanted to get some Ethiopian Yrgacheffe, but they have that at Boston Stoker, not Starbucks, and I didn’t want to drive to the other side of town. The young man at the counter recommended something he thought might be similar, ground it up for me, handed it to me and said, “I’ll take care of this.” I stood there dumbfounded for a minute, holding out a $20 bill, but he repeated himself and waved me away. A free pound of coffee! I still have no idea why, but what a happy surprise! (no he was NOT flirting, he was quite young…) Christmas spirit, maybe? I'll have to set my alarm for 2am tonight, so I can outwit DD and get up to bring out the hidden Santa presents and stocking stuffers. My devious little DD can stay awake for a lonnnnggg time.

Also looks like the Masters group is already one of the two or three largest groups on the site.

Hey, I've got an idea! Why don't we put "Masters Running" on the main page of the site? That way, our prominence would be commensurate with the size of our group, and new people could find us! Dark Horse, waiting for the rest of you to get a clue

Tall and BAP are here - yay! Eliz – congratulations on your first-ever 7-mile-run! I'll have to set my alarm for 2am tonight, so I can outwit DD and get up to bring out the hidden Santa presents and stocking stuffers. My devious little DD can stay awake for a lonnnnggg time.

Thanks! I'm still hurting a little, and really tired, but it hasn't been that long since I felt this bad after 2 miles. I used to blame the fact that I could never get to sleep on Christmas Eve on the candle that my mom insisted on putting in my bedroom window. OK, that, and the fact that my brothers, 12 & 14 years older than me, spent the whole evening telling me that Santa was getting near Philly because they heard it on the radio and encouraging me to look out the window for him. Closest brother is getting paybacks now - his grandchildren, ages almost-6 and almost-4 live with him and SIL and kept them up almost the whole night last year! Eliz

No run to report... yet... thinking of switching this usual rest or XT day with tomorrow's run, since I doubt that will happen! But I guess I'd better decide what to do soon... the day is slippin' away and I still need to grab a couple little things at the store... DH found a treadmill he wants to get me, which would be so very cool... but even on sale it's more than we should be spending. He says he doesn't care... hmmmm. Sounds like everyone is having a pretty good day this Christmas Eve. And yes the full moon was amazing last night...

Tall and BAP are here - yay! I went to Starbucks to buy some whole-bean coffee (a splurge from my usual Maxwell House). I really wanted to get some Ethiopian Yrgacheffe, but they have that at Boston Stoker, not Starbucks, and I didn’t want to drive to the other side of town. The young man at the counter recommended something he thought might be similar, ground it up for me, handed it to me and said, “I’ll take care of this.” I stood there dumbfounded for a minute, holding out a $20 bill, but he repeated himself and waved me away. A free pound of coffee! I still have no idea why, but what a happy surprise! (no he was NOT flirting, he was quite young…) Christmas spirit, maybe? .

We see your photo and know why.

So much mirth on the forum today, a pleasant read. I almost thought Spareribs had morphed into Dark Horse with his comments about the women at the gym checking him out. Dark Horse is in fine form today too. Soundrunner! The sun, the sun THE SUN! It is there in the sky today!! I had forgotten it existed. I did a glorious 6 mile run, and many times found myself tilting my face joyously towards the sun, to maximize the splendor. We are all looking like pale-faced ghouls at our house. We are having a quiet Christmas here this year. We sometimes travel back to Toronto too see our extended families but winter is my least favourite time to visit, now that I've become a cold-weather wimp.

Tall isn't that tough. I could take him. I don't know how, but I would figure out something.

Wait, you don't still have an M16, do you?