Yay Jesse! Congrats. For reasons that shall not be listed, Frank is not anywhere in the running for Canine Good ANYTHING at the moment. Glad to hear Jesse is a star. Holly--it's muscle mass. Weighs more than fat. Tall, do not try and commiserate with vertically challenged wimmins about weight. You know not. (A for effort, you're very sweet. Just not a road to go down, keep in mind for future relationships.) Rose, I'm so impressed--I hate track workouts, but then, maybe it's cuz I have to do them alone. I think I should just move east and be done with it. grrrrr................Red Sox......................grrrrrrrr......................losing 1-0 is very, very hard for a girl. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrins, just barely, A Oh, almost forgot--7 miles, 6.2 in 52:45 (less than my age!) on the treadmill on account of we're having---yup, you got it, severe weather.

hello again, i'm back from a happy-sad trip to new york city to see my parents and brother; my mom is not doing well, but at least she knew who we were, most of the time. we tried to balance the "visit" time with outings with my brother. each time we returned, mom was surprised to see us, either happy about the "surprise" visit, or annoyed that no one had given her any warning that we were coming. one day DH and i took the train to the city (that's manhatten), went to the metropolitan museum of art, and then wandered in central park until it was time to meet my brother for dinner. we all went back to queens together, and the next day the outings were walks in bird sanctuaries in howard beach and in the meadowlands (NJ), where we celebrated my nephew's birthday. back to queens again, and on sunday morning i finally got out for a run. 6 miles, past my high school, richmond hill, which i used to think was *so* far away, much too far to walk - and it was barely a mile - which is barely a warmup for my run, and on up to kew gardens to run in forest park. i even ran on a track for the first time ever, what a nice bouncy surface! and it's fascinating to see what's happened in the old neighborhood, which is now one of the largest sikh communities in the country (the parents still live in the house where i was born). anyway, back to washington and home again on monday, 4 miles on the road on tuesday, and another 4 today. nothing special, other than the fact that there is a HUGE difference in running here in winthrop, compared with back in ny. hard to believe that's where my roots are; much happier here. nancy, i'll try to call later - just got the message after we got home. good runs to all, susan

I just got in from a sproinkless 11 miles at a slug-like pace. When I started the run I didn't feel 100% so I didn't have a target distance, but I started feeling better after 5 miles so I added another loop. But at the end I ran out of gas, and walked quite a bit of the hills on the way home. Oh, well, tomorrow's run will hopefully be great, because I usually have great runs following carpy runs. Holly, step AWAY from the scale. It's evil. With all the running and cross training you do, I really don't see why you worry about your weight. (Disclaimer: I'm one of those annoying naturally thin people who don't have to worry about my weight.) And Aamos, I loved your advice to Tallrunner, not to jump into this weight loss discussion.

Got the dress bought, the tank filled and the car washed. Just waiting for the r.s. to get home so we can pedal for a while. He is late, darn that highway. Karin, I forgot to tell you. This is one you should consider: http://www.richmondmarathon.com/ We are friendly here. Aamos, Yeah and The Tribe is losing to the other Sox, Cousin Mark pitches for the Other Sox but is 1 for 7... Dtoce says not to worry until after the Fourth of July. And... you'd be most welcome at the W&M track at 0530. Lisa would love to have some other than Ralph, Spencer, and Bruce to run with! Check out the area.... you know you want to be closer to the water....And. There are a TON of Red Sox fans here...

Tried for 7 miles with some speedwork tonight, but the still-infected sinuses and pollen-laden lungs were having none of it. I did manage one fairly sproinky mile, but it was preceded and followed by complete sproinklessness. 4 miles in all, lots of walking, but I exceeded my (rather ambitious) monthly mileage goal on Tuesday, so life is good. If I manage to get the allergies under control, I think I'll do well in next Friday evening's 5K. The race itself is basically an excuse to drink beer and listen to music afterward - a PR would make it even sweeter, and give me a good base on which to plan summer training for the Sept. HM. (Yikes, I can't believe I keep talking about running a half marathon?!?!) See what you've done to me! Happy almost-the-weekend, all, Eliz

Yesterday I did 6 easy miles around 10:?? pace. Hot and humid.

Hot dog, Tall, you could make a pin-up poster out of that photo! If we ever put together a Boomer Gods calendar, you can have your pick of the months...

While I was running, I noticed the long shadow I was casting. For a moment I imagined I was Tallrunner.

Good Evening everyone! Getting to dodge severe weather here today....traded it in for 80's & clear, mildly breezy....solidifying resolve to run early am -which I did 1/2 verrrry slowly @ 6:30am (slept in - I'm such a slacker!) then, cause I got a late start, only got 3.4 before I had to go to work for a bit, 2nd 3 this eve was even slower! on leaden legs.....hmmm 'Nite!