All this talk of turkeys makes me wonder if PBJ chose the Turkeynator for his ride today. Can turkeys ride spin cycles?

Well, I for one had to google "ptarmigan". I knew it was a bird, but though sure you spelled it wrong Erika! http://animalexploration.tripod.com/ptarmigan.html

Sorry, no turkey stories here. I ran in shorts but on the TM Well that was my decision. I am just tired of wearing tights, and have to feel the freedom sometimes, ya know? Plus I bought a new pair of shorts I had to try out. I like 'em. 10.2 miles all pretty slowly, trying to keep a low HR so that I can go faster later in the week. Stupid question, or maybe it isn't, will the Garmin 305 HR monitor transmit to most treadmills or is it specific to the device? I thought I read something about it not cross talking to other receivers. I am thinking of buying a 305 and training at specific HR's.

Yay, TimBo's baaack! Tramps, you didn't nail that PBJ special - you were 3:16 too fast! It's supposed to be 8 in an hour. JDmom got it much closer than you did, only 30 seconds off. EGH3, sorry you're on the DL, but you're gonna be such a stud muffin after all that lifting! We don't have wild turkeys or ptarmigan - we have grouse. They usually scare me when they fly up suddenly out of the brush next to the road. I ran 5 miles today, like Mary, WRFB, SloHand, and TomS (only slower). No shorts for me since it's 40° and windy today. I made it a progression run, since I started out into a headwind and would be able to speed up on the way back. I nailed it pretty well, too! 10:53, 10:36, 10:14, 9:37, 10:34. But I have a confession to make: at the halfway point, I took off my windshirt and tied it around my waist. I didn't think I had much choice - I really needed it when I was running into the wind, but not when I'd turned around. May you all have the wind at your backs today!

Enke, DH has a cheap polar, just as dive suggested, that he uses on the TM. I was once chased by a very mean goose in Minnesota once. It was huge, too. 4 roly poly miles for me as the DOMS continues. Sunny and high 40s but also windy here. My column for this week is going to be about the Krispy Kreme Challenge--the 4 miler you try and do in under an hour, held in Raleigh. You have to stop at the turn-around and eat a dozen donuts, and keep 'em all on board at least until you finish. Ever do this one, Peter or Perch? grins, A Franc, thanks for the bacon-less carbonara recipe. Zukes, a brilliant idea!

Beautiful day in NW OK....not so nice in OKC where a tornado did quite a bit of damage....no reports of serious injury at this time. Hope Paul made it through it ok. Mrs Day and her parents were there and got stuck inside Sams while roofs were being taken off at Target and others just down the street. They waited it out in a safe place, then scurried home. Thank you God for keeping them safe... Unfortunately that's the nature of things and sometimes its not pleasant. Now on to the regularly scheduled programming. It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was driving running. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing Little Runaway I was flying Yeah running down a dream That never would come to me Working on a mystery Going wherever it leads Running down a dream 6 nice miles for me this afternoon.....10:09 pace. I see lots of turkeys on my runs. I used to comment on them all the time till it just got to be too routine. Yep, they can fly.

Well, I for one had to google "ptarmigan". I knew it was a bird, but though sure you spelled it wrong Erika! http://animalexploration.tripod.com/ptarmigan.html

Ha! It's our State Bird! I'd hope I could spell it right. I love spelling things out to people on the phone... "P as it Ptarmigan" and they always get it wrong. Geez. Evryday and Pfriese have very similar looking avatars... This thread has really gone to the birds today...