Tall, thanks for posting the photo. Beautiful. Amy, I heard about your weather on the radio. Ouch. I hope it improves before long. I got to run when it was 58 and drizzling only lightly. Perfect!! My running partner stopped at 4 miles, but I kept going and made it for 7 in 1:16:40 - average pace of 10:58, which is good for me at that distance. My last mile was 10:30, though! Fabulous run, and I felt like a "real" runner - light steps instead of plodding along. Those are occurring more frequently now! I can't believe that I can run 7 miles and it feels truly easy. This week I've done 3, 4, 10, 0, and 7. 6 tomorrow would make 30, so I'm going to go for it. It's raining harder now, so I'm glad I went earlier. Mainerunnah, did you get very wet?

A jogger in prescott, Arizona ran a mile with a fox clamped on her arm and then drove herself to a hospital. The woman told deputies she was on a trail near Prescott when the fox attacked and bit her foot. She then grabbed the fox by the neck when it went for her leg but it bit her arm. She wanted the animal tested for rabies so she ran a mile to her car with the fox biting her arm, then pried it off and tossed it in her trunk and drove to the hospital. When questioned, she stated "well, my pace was off by about 45 seconds but the fox definately had a PR". Tet:

ps to dickyg, . . . I mean, superstud - did you start mary'ing in the seventies too?

Actually, I ran my first marathon in 1964...my goal was 2:55...missed it by about 40 minutes...and so it goes. Tammy:

I'm feeling okay I guess. I did get a referral to a podiatrist for my achy feets

You too? What is it with this group? Hope its nothing serious. Tramps: Your remarks about your hope for the younger generation was very well said...my youngest daughter voted for the first time and she took it very seriously, studied the issues, etc. But you also said:

None of us here are world-class athletes...

Speak for yourself, pal... Enke:...and you too? Go over & sit next to Tammy and all the rest of the walking wounded. Amy: OMG! Yeah...those SD winters are brutal...sister-in-law & family live in eastern part of the state..it's tough..it's almost 60 degrees warmer here. Ran 4.2 miles this morning in 37:18 (8:53)...but I overheated badly and had to walk about 4-5 times..it was 77 when I got home. Footnote on the election: According to this morning's papers, they have to certify, recount, and do all sorts of other stuff...there may not be a final winner until well into December. DickyG

Hey, for those of you with time on your hands, go to Amy's link for the NYC marathon and look up our other racers: Mainerunnah 12437 Twokitty 10440 (I like that nickname Tim coined for you!) Erika 17018 http://www.brightroom.com/view_event.asp?EVENTID=34924

Did you see that article that someone in the U.K. think's it's time to remove all Latin phrases from the English language?

That reminds me of the congressman (I can't remember his name) who, back in the 70's, introduced legislation to get pi changed to 3 because his daughter was having trouble in math. Sheesh. I, too, thought of Tall this morning during my run, but didn't ask about him because of said lack of blood in brain at time of post. Imagine how prescient I would have seemed had I remembered!

DickyG - I don't think my sore feet are anything too serious. Doesn't bother me when running and they are just mildly sore for about 24 hrs after a run. I might have a bit of PF starting. I'm just trying to nip it in the bud in the early stages so it doesn't become a big deal. They've actually been feeling better over the last couple days. I got new insoles for my shoes, my chiro worked on my feet a bit and it going to again tomorrow. And I stick with running every other day for the most part. I'm not a big mileage person anyways. I'm so gullible. All this talk of a "No Running Club" . . . I thought Tim really did create another user group with that name and went searching for it. You'd think I was blonde or something . . . oh wait . . . nevermind. . .

Tammy, have I said lately how much I like You? Aamos, yes we're looking at renting a house so we can spend less overall and have a home base for hanging out, cooking, etc. The one we found so far is 4 BR, so plenty of room! We're still looking though. DH loves to do this sort of thing, he found us a really nice beach house in Hawaii for much less than hotels (three families shared). We'd love to have you and DH join us! Tim, yes you need the flotation belt to maintain proper form. Well, it helps. Keeps you up in the water so you can do your RUN and not just tread water. It's not treading water. Repeat that. Sort of like... we don't jog, we run. Ok? And the Popsicle comes after the dr. appt report. Geez Carolyn... was hoping to keep those pictures under wraps. Actually, some of them aren't too bad, but my awful green shirt that I tied around my waist got all turned around and looks like some sort of funky running skirt. I didn't realize it had done that... Looks stupid. There were two guys taking pictures at the finish, and the second guy said the first guy's shot didn't work and he wanted to take some more. So I have like 8 finish shots. Our weather here is absolutely perfect for winter running. Clear bright sunny days, temps in the teens, snow is all cleared or packed down. Oh man.... And I'm stuck in the pool. Rats. 30 more minutes of pool running last night, tonight I think I'll try the stationary bike, some weights and then the pool. Steve, my quads are sore after this race and that hardly ever happens to me. But my left quad was hurting during the race so I obviously stressed something. Feeling better today though so I'm going to try the bike.