Hi there. I missed you all. Where to begin? Um, let's see. I worked as a finance consultant (temporary position) for a company on the CT/RI shoreline border for 8 months. Lots of runs by the Atlantic. I got a new job (there's a minor tie-in to hockey, Tramps). Started 2 weeks ago. I saw a doctor about my achilles pain, who recommended a specialist, who labeled it "bilateral achilles tendonitis," then recommended physical therapy for me for a month. The PT guy is great - he understands my OCD with running. Ice is my new bess fren. I've been doing long runs every other weekend with a group of 5 other runners - training for the Hartford marathon (2 are first timers). Who here is doing Hartford this year? Long-suffering Mrs. PBJ wants to host a pre-race pasta dinner - any interest? I'll tell you about the road rage incident later... -PBJ

Hi there. I missed you all. -PBJ

Hi Joe! Welcome back. Glad life has settled down a bit for you...Now get well physically! There's a thread about Hartford gatherings-both here and at KR. http://www.kickrunners.com/forum//showthread.php?t=36010 Are you running Hartford? Now that you have your sub3 marathon under your belt (and busiman will get it this year), it'll be fun to see you get back into it. I'll be out on MainSt in SW, if you need anything. Meetup will be at CitySteam, as usual...post race take care

This is Special that PBJ is back! You sure have been busy! Holly.... hope the power comes back soon. If you do a nice hard workout you'll have a cold shower for the muscles [pathetic on] Still healing.... 3 miles run/walk wearing an AirCast in 35 min..... for Tory.. [/pathetic off]

Cindy, that is too funny! Mt Carbon is a hill with an outhouse on top, and the good environmental citizens of Colorado want it removed to protect the view! It looks like the summit of Mt Carbon is at 5772 feet, and the lake below is at about 5560 ft, so about a 200 ft climb. Not so bad. Should be a fun trail run.

You just described my situation, except it is my left leg that wobbles. I can run on the TM in front of a mirror and see this as plain as day. Left foot pronates, right does not.

Enke, this morning I was in downtown metropolitan Newburyport and saw Rick Bayko, who ran in the 1972 U.S. marathon trials and has owned and operated the local running store for decades. I buy all my shoes from him, so I greeted him and told him how my new Nike Max Air shoes were working out. I told him that my stable left leg was better with the neutral Nike shoe, but the wobbly right leg was hurting worse without the stiffness and support of the Saucony Stabil. Rick told me a story about a longtime runner friend of his who got up early one morning for his run and dressed in the dark. While running he noticed that he had never felt so comfortable before. He looked down at his feet and realized he had put on running shoes that didn't match. It turned out that one leg liked a different kind of shoe than the other leg did. Rick concluded, "So experiment. You just might find you are like him. But it can be an expensive way to buy shoes." By the way, all this talk about Mariposai in her cheerleader outfit is very distracting. I have work to do, you know. Also by the way, great to see PBJ back. Not only do I look forward to many wise and witty posts, but his screen name reminds me it is time for lunch. Dark Horse

Power outages suck. We have them here all the time. Seems like three times a week I come home and all the appliances in my kitchen and laundry room have the "PF" indicators on. And I don't think they mean a foot injury... I spend way too much time resetting the clocks on the stove and microwave. They should all have battery backups! 16 years ago we had an unusually early heavy snowstorm. I heard it was the leftover of Hurricane Inikki that tore through Hawaii on it's way north. We also got cold temps so the snow didn't melt (which the first few usually always do). That was the one year when the Equinox was canceled, although several diehards ran the course anyway... in 6-8" of snow. The leaves were still on the birch trees and the heavy snow weighed them down so they bent down to the ground in any open area... like power lines. We were without power for 3 days with temps below freezing. Some were without power for a full week. We still have bent trees around the area. It was an interesting time... fired up the wood stove and our cats were so excited to see the wood stove without plants and clutter on it that they both jumped up on it... and burned their feet! We had bloody paw prints around the house for days after. Sure hope you get power back soon and thank goodness the weather/temperatures are mild! Hey Rochrunner, it's easy to get the last word when you're a night owl on the far west coast time zone! Yeah, a PBJ fly-by! Stick around and post for awhile, will ya?

My apologies to Holly, Tim, and others who have been without power for a while. While we really did lose power for a few minutes this morning (who knows why), I feel that my remark could have been interpreted to mean that I was making fun of those who are without power...I didn't mean it that way...I still apologize. PBJ: I've only been posting here for a rather short time...I have, however, heard many folks refer to a run as a "PBJ special"...maybe you...or someone...could fill me in. DickyG