tammy, tammy, tammy you are not trying to be a trouble maker are you? great job there timbo. Oh the safety zone we enjoy when being friends with gay and lesbians! I know I could go to the moon and back with my gay friends and feel totally safe with them. Happy 25 years of bliss Byll. Yeah, you must have married a saint to put up with you for that long I had a fun "date night" with my little girlfriends last night. It is enlightening to spend time with a 5 and 2 years old. Life is much more simple. Pinching ribs enjoy your "concentration work station day" Will run this afternoon,in the sun and in the track. Holly, what timbo says and that piccccture is a great one protraing your effort and will power...ONE gorgeous girl you are.

Just a quick fly-by. I’ll come back and read when I get my work caught up. Went to the dermatologist this morning to have that mole/freckle on the bottom of my foot biopsied, but he didn’t think it was alarming enough to do so (whew!). So he looked at the rest of my spots and declared me okay. Good to hear. 4.2 easy-paced (10:32) miles for me on the TM this morning. Outside - 28° with 25 mph winds and snow flurries – very strange for April around here, but milder temps are not long away. 2 days post-marathon, I feel surprisingly good – hardly any residual soreness at all. The only sore spot I have is on the top of my left foot, but the mysterious butt/hip-pain is gone and the rest of me feels almost normal. Yay! (I know, I know, I’m still going to take it easy for a couple weeks regardless.) ETA - Timbo.... Breger – Happy Anniversary! Lamerunner – glad your back is showing some improvement. Tammy – just send those warm temps my way, ‘kay? Twocat – I saw that episode last night and thought, “Wha...???” Mariposai – I think I was just concentrating on how to drink the water without wearing it... Teresa – I really enjoyed the details of your college search experiences.

Tramps tempo pace "in theory" should be slower but he seems comfortable where he is.

Ribs, as usual, your post got me thinking. Lots of variables but… ---it was mid-30s this morning, which is ideal for me. ---Garmin measures about 5-seconds per mile fast, so today’s tempo was really 7:11 or so. (But then again, I run on a dirt road with some hills, too.) ---as you note, my tempo times have been coming down routinely into this range, which is “comfortably hard” for me ---Based on my marathon time, McMillan suggests tempo runs at 7:08-7:27, so I’m on the fast end but in the range. (BTY, checking this made me realize that McMillan is dead on these days; it predicts a 15K @ 1:07:55; my weekend race time was 1:07:53!) ---I am pushing a little harder on speed given that my spring marathon is over; I’ve got a 10K in three weeks, and a half a week after that. I’ve got a good shot at PR’s in both, depending on weather. After that it’s too warm for me to do much of anything. I feel the need to pick up the pace a bit and may even venture to the track (gasp!) for a couple of sessions. As usual, I’m never quite sure what the heck to do there, specifically. Any suggestions, given the limited time and my hodge-podge of races coming up?

Ah, poor Holly's never going to get away from that picture. Enjoy your recovery and congrats on the clean bill of health from the derm! My dad just had another round of pre-cancerous treatments on his head, looks like a serious case of road rash or something. Congratulations to the 25 years, Byll. Give your DW a hug for me. Wonderful woman, she is. (ok, and you're not so bad yourself, really) Tim, we have a series of before, during and after shots from when DH fixed up my old Pontiac Ventura (fun car, had a 260 V8 that just never quit). It was all just body work... dents, rust, etc and we fixed it up very nicely. Till some a$$hole backed into it and smooshed in the whole front end. Nice work on the 'stang. Tammy, some of those warm temps would be nice, but got me to thinking what a total nightmare that would be here. We're finally getting into breakup season (we sort of don't do spring here...) where the days are up to low 40's, nights down to 20. By late afternoon, there's mud, water and slush everywhere, but the ground is still frozen so there's ice under it all. In the morning, all the slush, mud and water are frozen hard into ruts and extremely slick spots. But, it's progress! The bike paths are being cleared and our main road is scheduled to be done today and tomorrow (DH called to ask the hwy dept WTH on what's taking them so long!). Would've been nice if they'd done it earlier but oh well. 30 minutes of pool running last night. Will run tonight but will have to drive someplace not muddy/wet/icy... don't wanna do the treadmill when it's so nice out. Heck, I think I'll wear shorts!!

Spareribs, What is your take on the workout "the plan" had for me today? Don't be shy (as if). I'd really like to hear what the reason was for putting this workout together like this. What is it's intent? 3 sets of (two x 1200 meters at 7:18 pace with 2 minutes RI), 4 minutes RI between each set. Did they just want me to run like hell for 3/4 mile and fully recover? Weird. Bill

Happy Anniversary Bill & Mrs. Bill! Congratulations, 25 yrs, wow. Twocat, (maybe I missed this... am a bit behind)... when will you have your MRI? Nice runs everybody. I think I keep saying that. Feel stupid posting mine but it is what it is, & wherever you go there you are. Still trying to get a little faster.... not doing too well. To those of you that have recommended I skip that for now... I know I know, & I appreciate your advice. It's just that I've been running slowly since Jan.1, & have to start training for Columbus in early May. This is my last chance to play for a while. 4 miles, 9:26 ave. pace, 7 max. ahr 169, max 185. 200 meter recovery (laughter permitted ) between these. 600 @ 8:39, 800 @ 8:48, 800 @ 8:45, 600 @ 8:12, 400 @ 8:20, 200 @ 8:10. Not what I'd hoped for but progress I suppose. then 15 min. on the elliptical & just 1 set of leg weight machines. I think I should work for what Bill mentioned, endurance and stamina at a solid pace. 'cept he does too have speed. Tramps, you probably want me to design your track workout.

TwoCat - I was scratching my head at the end of "House" last night. I thought I had missed something...

I read that the actor who plays Kutner, Kal Penn, left the show because he was offered a job in the White House as the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. Dg - nice! (but please be careful)