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Tampster, Does this mean you figured it out, and it works both ways ...and did you figure it out, or did someone tell ya TimBo GGTK

Still working on it TimBo....

Bill, that's a nice workout with just 90 seconds rest. Good job. Generally when you do mile repeats at that speed, you have the luxury of full recovery, so if you were able to bounce back after 90, you are pretty fit. Good thinking SLO. The Saint and I did 5 at the park on a gorgeous, crisp day, about 9:48 pace. Spareribs

Nice runs today! George.... "the beginning of this recent episode. Instead of taking time off immediately, I kept running. Dumb dumb dumb." We must belong to the same club! Somebody must have already mentioned this... but have you tried pool running? Esp. since you are training for a marathon. I've never tried it, but Perch, Erika, Tim, maybe others know all about it. I think that in Advanced Marathoning (Pfitz)(don't laugh, yes I've read it) he mentions studies that shows how well it maintains your fitness. good luck. Sue, you're right. I think he's just living off his celebrity status. Larry..

You can tell all us Michigan people are tired of the cold and snow. A 35 degree day and we get all gooshy about it.

very funny. very true! Welcome back Tet. Slo_hand, I asked the PT at the gym the question you suggested... thanks for the idea. He says yes it's still ok to run . and gave me a new exercise for the piriformis. A slight variation on the clamshell. Nice of him, he even demo'd for me. 4.14 miles, 9:47 average, 8:06 max. ahr was 165, mhr 182. miles, 10:26, 9:39, 9:26, 9:30,ended at 9. a little more sore today, not sure why but still in the ok range. then 10 min. on the bike, 15 on the elliptical & 2 sets of lower body weight machines. back to work. we have sunshine. would be happy to share!

Morning - Got up too late to drive to my fartlek area, so I opted for my own version of speed work this a.m. Warmed up for 2 miles (takes a long time for my ankle to feel loose these days), then 2 miles of speed work consisting of running fairly hard for 2 blocks, recovery walk/slow jog for 1 1/2-2 blocks, repeat, then 2 miles home. With the walking/slow jogging ended up with a 10:16 ap. Solid lead legs for the last mile. Don't know what's going on, except maybe I'm not eating enough carbs right now. Av/Best/HR 1. 10:38/8:52/132 2. 10:31/9:23/149 3. 9:51/6:53/156 4. 10:34/6:55/150 5. 10:04/7:37/155 6. 9:56/7:29/156 Suppose to get to 68 degrees here in the ole North Coast today , but we shall see if it actually happens. Shoot, we don't get those kinds of temps in the summer let alone winter. Think I'm gonna go home tonight and see if I can do a rain dance. ------------- Work Dead at Desk for Five Days (NY Times) Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for five days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an officer cleaner asked why he was working during the weekend. His boss, Elliott Wachiaski, said: "George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all the time and didn't say anything. He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself." A post mortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died. You may want to give your co-workers a nudge occasionally. The moral of the story: Don't work too hard. Nobody notices anyway.

Okay - For all you legal professionals out there . . . We have this old dude who's been our client for awhile now. Weird guy, but basically harmless - although I'm betting he was not such a nice person when he was a younger man. Probably very controlling. We did his estate planning and recently completed the probate of his wife's estate. He has an appointment this morning, and the first thing he says to me when he walks in the door is, "Okay, what's my wife's middle name?" WTH? I don't know and I don't care. You're lucky I remember your name (just kidding on that count . . . sort of). Ugh! We also have a lady who calls often (and did this a.m.) and never says who she is. Of course I recognize her voice, but it drives me batty! Me: "X&X Law Office" Her: "Leslie, is Bill in? Did he get the papers I dropped off? He never called me back." And just because I can, I ask, "Who am I speaking to, please?" And last but not least, the dude who called at about 7:30 Friday night wanting a call back the next day because he has some half million dollar real estate deal he needs immediate assistance with, and oh, yeah, he was referred by so-and-so judge. Did he not listen to the message that says we're only open Monday through Friday? We don't work weekends? Aaaaaaaaaagghhh! Okay, just had to get that off my chest. It's only 10:00 a.m. and already I'm frazzled and irritated. Doesn't bode well for my bosses.

Yeah, and then I get these calls where a person only asks "is my car done" I then think duh...who are you first. But they only have to know me, where as I have to try and remember 100's of people. Then I get the calls from people who ask how much it would be to repair their car...without me even seeing it People some times...but look at me TimBo GGTK

Icing my hip. It's snowing out, so it'll be a sand run for Renee and me later towards the end of the day.