How much are ya payin' me? Oh! wait, I don't qualify... Doh! and you said "donate!" Seriously! we do put alot more money into less valuable "stuff" - research & development of mouse traps! and we won't discuss political $$.... than purely beneficial human development, & health & fitness studies, etc! and then you hear the random, "Stanford University (fill in the edu or what have you) studies indicate..'excercise is good for you, extends life expectancy, etc'...." I read this & think, "DUH! KNOW that (common sense!)... now go study & tell me something I don't know for a FACT!) Like - what's specifically what's going on hormonally, metabolically, etc. in endurance athletes...(being vague and general here...) There was a pretty good program (not as in depth as I would have liked) on National Geographic awhile back - talking about the body's physiological response to extreme events - fear/stress - adrenaline...but not extreme training...what makes genetic "talent" (in anything) & can you overcome it through sheer grit & training? & to what degree....on this note, & out of curiousity, I ordered Dean Karnazes book 50/50...I really should spend more time at the library instead of on Amazon.com... Watching the news this am (all week really) & thinking about the Houston/Galveston folks! Had some friends who fled N.O. coupla yrs ago - moved their law ofc to Houston! damn! I think they need to move back to CO... current weather conditions: 48* F/93% H light drizzle - to continue throughout the day.....

Jack finished 3rd overall at Wasatch which he's very pleased with. He finished in 21:47 so he got inducted into the Royal Order of the Crimson Cheetah for finishing under 24 hrs. Not bad for someone from the right coast Kelly

Way to go, Jack! He da man! "Royal Order of the Crimson Cheetah" ??? That's too funny! Long run this a.m. 8 miles in 1:24:43. Legs felt pretty heavy for about the first half. Not sure they loosened up so much as resigned themselves to the fact that I wasn't going to stop. One of my beloved bosses is a hoverer, and he's hovering. Drives me kind of nuts. Guess I'd better get back to work.

Leslie- just the time that you need to have a "gas " problem.

Oh, after last night's dinner, I could definitely pull that off. Give me a sec . . . .

From Ike we're expecting mostly just heavy rain and winds around 40 mph, but are prepped to possibly lose power.

Keeping you guys in our thoughts and prayers.

Bailed on my run this morning. We left early yesterday morning and got home after midnight to the Husker Harvest Days trade show and equipment exhibition at Grand Islandhttp://www.huskerharvestdays.com/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp?AudID=DD119F7894C24EBC81CD4D0619162307, figured we probably walked 8-10 miles at the show site so some crosstraining anyway. Couldn't make myself get outa bed early this morn so just went right to work getting wheat seeding equip ready, came in for lunch and it was raining hard by the time we got done so got a nap in then went to the shop and picked up our mess from the big scale install project of the other day. Anyway got about another physical half day before we can seed wheat but with the rain doesn't look like we will plant any until monday. I think my whole week would have been a candidate for the "dirtiest jobs" show! Pioneer seed fed us a steak customer appreciation dinner tonite with swag and announced 15% price increase. Supper was fantastic but no alcohol served cause of the mennonite farmers that come, bummer. I plan on running in the morning and should get a decent long run in Sunday. welcome back Kelly congrats to Jack, Moab is cool from the pics I have seen but I am more of a mtn person also. Carol hope you don't lose power and stay safe. Leslie dead legs suck, funny how you reached a compromise with them, they could stay heavy if they wanted but they weren't getting out of the miles. Joe, Arla and Cindy interesting discussion! Training and phsysiology and how it relates to humans and canines, oh my. Jewels our house looks like a tornado hit this week, like we just walk thru to eat change clothes and sleep. MTA got a little run done this morning in town on the 5k course, turned into a tempo run I guess, Lynda did 2 laps on it for her LR. Our roads are way soupy to run on so much easier in town.