~~ Oh, the weather outside is frightfull.....~~ can you believe it is snowing in Colorado?!?!? well, above 10,000' anyway..... 52 degrees & steady rain @ lower elevation just now supposed to have a "high" of 62*!! good thing it's a "rest day"....for a coupla reasons! Might be a shock to the system to run in such chilly climate ...but truly, I need to recover from kicking my own butt the past coupla days..2 days of ~ not long runs, but pushing it a bit + boot camp (weighted squats, reverse pull-ups, rows, abs/crunch sets = a bit creaky this am...Hey! takes my attention off my feet! (which are doing well)......looking @ 6-ish wks till taper-ish modification to schedule (6 wks to train up as much as possible) & I may be having some challenges getting my runs in whilst crewing for the TransRockies in 2 wks.....& then there's my niece's wedding, which takes a bite outta two other wknds in Sept.....mebbe I should run the Boulder Backroads HM w/Doug just to get the mileage! >>>What Kelly Said! < i="" didn't="" have="" the="" />time to run (& was told I couldn't/shouldn't) 10 yrs ago....have fought my whole life for "me time" & was never able to achieve anything consistent before this.... however, something I heard/read from one of the other "Masters" ~ over 40: Rest Days are Sacred! (I'm working on that one) Kelly: what's yer fees? too bad I can't "barter" long distance boot camp coach mentioned wanting to add me to his website....I'm thinkin' "let me get through this marathon first!" R2: You are gonna KICK BUTT this weekend!!!! Good Luck! Joe: envious of your beach running, I am! Enjoy your week dude! Leslie: LOVED the crewing rpt & pics! Kate is just plain awesome! I followed the links & read a bunch of Russ's stuff...what a lucky find!! I'd say he's a definite "keeper" in the friends dept! Jewels: So, do you have any "fun" plans for the last wknd before diving back into it?? Mebbe you & Arla can have a "virtual margarita party"....I hear it's a loooong flight! Carol: {{{{thumbs up girl!!}}}} my favorite runs are my 'doggie migrations' - they're never stellar pace, but quite nice nevertheless where'd Salty go?? Have a Great Weekend Everybody!!

Well, I'm a little livelier today than yesterday, even though I transcribed for almost 3 solid hours last night 'til 10:00 p.m. Must be because I pulled my butt outta bed and ran. Ya think?? And it was one of my best runs in a long time. And, for the first time I climbed the entirety of The Hill by my house without stopping, and that was at the end of my hour run. Yee haw!! All this work is working! Carol - How'd Katie do on the sprints? Re Russ' blog - did you read the one where he was in the tire shop? I was cracking up. He's a very funny guy and great to be around. And he plays the ukelele! He and his girlfriend stopped here in Eureka on their move to Portland, OR, and left the little bugger behind at the hotel. I've gone and picked it up and will ship it to him. Told him he owes me a concert. Cindy - You are too frigging busy. I don't know how you keep up. Farmer Jim - Good luck in the race this weekend. Have fun! Joe - He must be relaxin' right about now. Kelly - I was so pooped yesterday, I felt like I was old, old, old. I shoulda pulled myself out of bed yesterday a.m. and worked out. It always helps. Keep promoting your coaching in your signature. Keeping fingers crossed you pick up some candidates. Jewels - What're you and The Hub gonna do once both girls are out of high school? Relax a little?? Sarah from PC Trail Runs has linked my and Russ' blogs onto their Headlands Hundred race reports page. Cool! Makes me feel like the journalist I was going to be oh, lo so many years ago. Enjoy your Friday, folks!

Hiya 40's! 6 miles running and 1.5 miles walking this mornig. Funny what endorphins will do. In the middle of it, I was thinking...hey, this is great, maybe I'll go for 7 today, then by the end I was really glad I hadn't. Pretty ouchy on the cooldown walk, but doing better now. Would not have been smart to jump the distance more today though. Hubby went out for 2.5 with Katy this morning. It's his birthday, so we're going to see Viva Las Vegas, an Elvis show at the Grapevine Opry, tonight after we do setup for church this afternoon. Weird deal that Elvis died on Kerry's birthday. Anyway, should be fun. Happy trails, and roads, and bikes.......

Got off to a late start this morning but sunshine, some blue sky, puffy white clouds that might have some rain in them later, temps in high 60's when I started. Temps in the 70's, 2:42:42 and 17 miles later. Cheated and ran on the roads this morning. My hamstring was not happy with me. Was planning on 20 but also ran out of fluid and new if I stopped by home to get more I may not go back out so called it good. Carol-looks like you made the same call this morning by not pushing it. Have fun tonight with the hubster. Cindy-winter in CO already? My thoughts are with the runners doing Leadville. Have a good weekend everyone-time for more sunshine! Kelly

Hiyas, home after big day. Lynda 5k small field 1st AG Jim 10k 50:09 6.21m 8:04 ave pace close 2nd AG small race took dad around expo/vette show etc. hurtin unit now, no injuries just sore, more later. my friend didn't run

Cindy-winter in CO already? My thoughts are with the runners doing Leadville. Have a good weekend everyone-time for more sunshine! Kelly

Pretty rough conditions I guess. Two of the members of my Rocky Mtn Nat park forums are running. http://www.rmnpforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13630&hl= might have to join the forum to view.