Good morning everyone. We are winding down the last couple of days of spring and they are with cool temperatures here in Virginia. These have made it to be IRC (ideal running conditions) for this time of year. Erika checked in last night to report on the third and final game of the Alaskan youth soccer team's Regional playoffs from beautiful Hawaii. While they lost their third game, it sounds like they felt better about the way they played and will go home better athletes for the experience they had. Good job boys. This is the same team that a year ago after a similar tournament in Las Vegas, returned home and had their coach suddenly die within just a few weeks of their return. I was appalled to read this morning of the Boston Celtic fan revellers who went on a minor rampage in "celebration" in downtown Boston. The police were able to launch arrests on the few that were actually involved, but it still is a shame when VICTORY is heralded this way. What do they do in defeat? Don't answer. I really don't think I want to know. Sarge......actually I DID bat "lead off" when I was playing ball. Never one to hit many long balls, I enjoyed using all the tools of the classic lead off batter......walks, bunts, slapping the ball through the defense, beating out grounds balls in the infield and even a decent contact swing for doubles got me on base. Funny how that seems to be my lot in here too. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Twocat. I trust they will be able to get to the bottom of the problems for your DW. Sometimes these situations are full of frustration for us as patients AND partners. Hang in there Bill. Make some changes that bring freshness to your run and just keep trying until something "clicks". Motivation comes to each of us in various ways. What works for one, might not work for another when it comes to this area. Today is a busy day, so I best get to it. I just ran to help the garbage man, so a shower sounds like the next idea. Have a great day. Enjoy those runs and let us know what is happening in your life. We are family. Joey

Good Morning! 4 miles with Brinkley this morning - the neighbor's house was dark so I left without her. I could not find Brinkley's leash so we had to use Hailey's pink one. I believe dogs are color blind though. 9:32 pace - 159 AHR - which is a better than yesterday. Cheers!

Easy 4.2 miles for me this morning. It'll be another day of people swarming the house doing work. A couple projects with different people coincidently started at the same time so I have landscapers out side, electricians and dry wallers inside, and another guy fixing the bricks on our front entry way. It's amazing how it seems like nothing will ever get done and then everyone shows up at once.

Good morning everyone one Nice long run WRFB...that's a very good pace with you not feeling your best right now. Joey, how is your brother doing...still think about you and him, and hoping and praying for the best. Steve, it has been really nice here to with temps in the 70"s and low humidity. Nice runs to Mary and Dave....and Brinkley too. Good easy run Bill...and happy Birthday to your DW...funny with the cane You were not whining Bill, but rather expressing something you are going through right now, and you RA friends are here for ya. Did my mid-week long run last night with 6 1/2 mile repeats in the middle. The goal Ribs gave me was to run them no faster than 7:15 pace and said if I was going to have a problem with the correct pacing, to write splits on my arm to help..which I did. I had: 55 - 1:49 - 2:43 - 3:38 wrote which would be my 7:15 pace. He trying to slow me down to a slower steady pace to help with my racing...and not going out too fast 8 mile run to and from the track. 1/2 mile repeats: 3:27 - 6:54 pace - oops, I was 15 seconds too fast at my 220 mark 3:37 - 7:14 pace - good 3:32 - 7:04 pace - little fast 3:36 - 7:12 pace - little better 3:43 - 7:26 pace - to slow 3:35 - 7:10 pace - not bad Overall pace was 7:11 which was not to bad, and I did get a feel for the desired pace, but felt this pace to be extremely easy and never was laboring or breathing hard at all really. And really didn't take much of a recovery between sets. Overall: 11 miles - 8:41 ave pace 3 miles - 21:31 7:11 pace Good fun workout, which I didn't trash my legs like I normally would have doing a track workout. Have a great day all...kinda chatty this morning Tim

Good morning, all! Nice fun run, Lou. Good to see leading the pack today. Tim - nice repeats last night. Dave - have a great time trying to keep up with all of the activity! {{{{{{Twocat's wife}}}}}}} - hope she is feeling better! Amy - so glad to hear your husband is recovering so quickly - great news! Another beautiful morning with IRC - 52 degrees and a mild breeze blowing off of the Sound. Nice, easy, hilly 7.36 miles @ 10:08 pace. Heart rate in the low 150's. It was storming last night, so we didn't get to do the Jesse jog. DH and I are off to San Francisco this weekend for a conference. I'm not looking foward to that long flight cross country. I think our hotel is close to the Waterfront Bay Trail, so I am anticipating some nice runs along the Bay. Well, that and some California seafood........ Good runs to all!

good morning, Aamos, I'm so glad you posted. It's wonderful to hear how you both are... {{{Twocat + DW}}} PDR I hope your time eases up soon. That has to be taking a toll. Bill, not whining at all. lots of things to catch up on but I'm running late, will have to read more carefully a little later. I decided that I just needed an easy relaxing run & tried for that. The numbers didn't change much which is a little curious... it really was easier, although still a push. (at the track) about a mile walk. Run was 45:11, 4.31 miles, 10:28 average pace, 8:48 max. AHR 171, max 187. I got a compliment today! I think I mentioned talking to a very nice guy a couple of weeks ago.... he started running at 60, is now 64 & has qualified for Boston. So neat. I love watching him run.. fast & effortless. We crossed paths today & talked for a minute.. track vs. outside. He said he likes hills & I said I do too but my hamstrings don't. Anyway, he said something about light, & I thought he meant it helps to run them lightly. But finally realized (there is a language barrier) that he said he liked how I run, that I am very light. He said a lot of people run very heavy. that I 'did good'. Got a thumbs up. I can't even begin to tell you how surprised I was. I watch other people run, & you can tell some of them really "run" by the way they move. I'm always envious, wish I could run like the big kids. Sorry to go on about this but it was so unexpected. to get any kind of positive feedback was a real surprise. It really made my day.

..for reasons known only to itself, My Head is furnishing Russian Cossack Songs during my runs lately, today it was ''katyusha''..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHlq_P5CI18 I don't know why it does that........ =========== 45min street run, coolish, had a REALLY cool white long-hair dog join me for the last half, I see why people like this, didn't acknowledge me, just pranced around in front of me while I ran, went back to it's house when I dropped out........FUN....... ........good running guys............may all the Dogs you meet be Cool Ones........