Dave59... aka Dilbert

Oh yeah; I hadn't noticed that at first glance.

What kind of question is that Holly? Of course you keep posting. I am doing leg #5 of the Northwest Passage Ragnar Relay with a team called "Comfortable Old Sweaters". I am really looking forward to this experience. http://www.ragnarrelay.com/northwestpassage/index.php This was a tempo day for me. 7 miles in the coolness of the morning with miles 2,4,6 @ 8:30. the legs felt pretty sproinky this morning.

Greetings Friends, I missed you all and certainly missed a lot of happenings while I was away. Wow! We were in Lake Placid, NY from 7/7---7/17. My in-laws celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by renting two houses on Mirror Lake (right in the Village of Lake Placid) for their 3 children and spouses and children (grandkids)---14 of us in all---20 months to 76 years old. It was amazing. Mr. CNYrunner went to camp in the Adirondacks and I know the area quite well too, so we had been excited about this for a while. We hiked a few more of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks (the kiddo wants all 46 before he is 18 like his father). We scaled Whiteface, Esther, Giant, Lower Wolf Jaw, and the Gothics, canoed every day, walked everywhere, (I) ran lots of miles and there was plenty of swimming, eating, laughing, family silliness and squabbling and memories for a lifetime. The Lake Placid Ironman is on July 20, so the village was increasingly crowded with buff athletes. Our house had a waterfront view of the swimming venue (Mirror Lake) and yesterday morning the lake was lousy with wetsuit clad arms stroking by as I cooled down on the dock with my morning coffee. There are 20,000 entrants in this Ironman, so it’s a big deal for a tiny Village that relies on sports and mountain enthusiasts. My runs followed the marathon course (mile markers quite visible as they are spray painted on the route) and out toward the Olympic ski jump and luge areas. It was a pretty phenomenal sight to see the ski jump rising up over the trees as I rounded the corner----needed to synch my iPOD to hear “Call of the Champions” as I ran by. Citius, Altius, Fortius….My husband and I were both at the 1980 Olympics when the US men’s hockey team won gold-----we didn’t know each other then, but we had fun skating with the kiddo on the Herb Brooks arena ice this time. Okay…enough of my “what I did on summer vacation” report. I am deeply grateful to my in-laws for their incredible generosity and for sharing their special celebration with all of us. Today’s run was fine----10.5 miles back at home and less hilly than my Adirondack treks---felt easy almost. Pace run at 8 minute pace…..hit it at 8:02 in 1:24 and change, so I am happy---70F at 7:30 AM and on the way up to 95F today. My legs are feeling the mileage and constant activity of the past weeks, but hanging in there. Time to catch up with race reports and all the news here. Good going on those wall sits Holly! Kathrine Switzer would be proud of you! Don’t stop posting. Sounds like great relay experiences are on the way for Lyndenrunner and Maraposai! Some day I hope to do an overnight relay----good luck to you two! Mainerunnah, you rock….the weather is looking brutal all over NE this weekend, but go for it (safely). Love those shirts DickyG---those are all One More Mile shirts, yes? Ankle healing vibes to Tim and a hug for Spareribs, just cuz....Riblet is a cutie! Laundry time here and then maybe a bike ride with the kiddo over to the reservoir---a reverse triathlon of sorts. CNYrunner/Karin

Holly has to keep posting Dave in a Box - what kind of hair does your boss have? DickyG - that's the slogan on my mousepad at work! Tim - ouch! Hope that gets better soon. Same for you Jewels. I, too, have had great luck with Garmin support -- I think I'm on my 5th unit (between 301 and 305 replacements). 3 mile recovery run early this morning. Sometimes I think the weirdest stuff. This morning I was wondering how one would go about estimating the rabbit population in the neighborhood by counting the rabbits seen during the run. 3.2 miles @ 9:20, AHR 131, overall 29.33 Ok, I gotta get back to work.

You know, you guys/gals are the greatest. Thanks for the many smiles.

Question for Holly......: Is your pain right where the top of the leg meets the torso? Right in the crease/pelvic area? Just curious.......Also, do you remember how you injured it?

No, the pain I have is more at the very rear of the groin, at the point where groin becomes butt. I believe that it is either the gracilis and/or adductor magnus, right at the point where it(they) attach(es) to the pelvis. Here’s an image: http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/Adductors.html You can scroll down and click on gracilis to see that one. Here’s another view from the front: http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/yoga-snow-and-more-yoga/ I injured it when I was running fast-paced half-mile intervals. The area had been a little tender for a couple of days before that, I think because I had been doing a LOT of squatting in household projects, balancing on beams in the attic crawlspace running speaker wire and also while I painted the lower part of the kitchen cabinets and walls. I think now that I was over-striding when I accelerated, and that’s probably what made me tear/strain the area, but during the 6th interval, I felt the mild pain suddenly get very acute. Than I had to jog/hobble the 4 miles home. You were smart to take 2 weeks off. Stubborn me, I kept trying to run on it, and it continued to plague me, so now I am finally doing the smart thing and taking time off. Tramps – And, yes, I thought of Aamos, as well. TomWhite - words of wisdom. Tim! Not you, too! {{{Tim’s kankle}}} DickyG - I love it! That shirt was made for me! Please tell me you know where I can get one. Karin! Good to see you back! That sounds like my dream vacation, but with DH's family, not my own. Mariposai - I think running one of those with you on my team would be about the most fun thing I could think of to do.

DickyG - I love it! That shirt was made for me! Please tell me you know where I can get one.

Thanks to Karin who, unlike me, has not started down the road to senility. One More Mile Running Company: www.onemoremilerunning.com/ DickyG

I nearly forgot! wildchild you asked if it is a bad thing that most of your runs "have no specific purpose?" Oh my gosh! How can you even think such a thing! Why think of all the money they are paying us to do this! If you run without a purpose where is the cash going to come from?! Little Voice (LV): Err, nobody actually pays us to do this. Twocat (TC): No? LV: No. In fact we pay to participate in this sport. TC: We do? LV: Yes. You know all those checks you write out for entry fees, shoes and the like? TC: Uh, hu. LV: That money comes from you? You know those bills you pay each month, like the mortgage. TC: Yes. LV: That money does not come from running. TC: No? LV: No. It comes from that job you have. Running does not pay anything. No matter how much you do it. wildchild ah, hmm, it, umm seems I had some of my facts, err, a bit mixed up. Apparently, nobody pays us to run. (Really? LV: Yes, really.) So, I guess the only purpose a run should have is to help you enjoy life. If your runs do that for you, then they do have a purpose and it is the right one in my book! Enjoy your runs, you have some of the best terrain there is for them!