{{{Posie Lady}}} - Hang in there.  The is most likely related to the bad air and the wretched treadmill.  That combo would put a funk into anyone.

JLynne - When I saw the highlight on ESPN this morning, first thing I said to The Hub was, "Oh my!  JLynne is gonna be PO'd!"

{{{TK's Ankle}}}

Jay - Maybe we should exchange phone numbers so we can call one another when we're not sleeping.   . . . . oh, wait.  You're 1:00 a.m. is my 10:00 p.m.  Never mind.  I gotta at least give myself a chance.

4 EZ miles this a.m. with 6 strides tagged on at the end, followed up with an hour of core/strength training whilst watching "Circle of Friends."  One of my all-time favs.

rhoon, great pictures of the fall colors from your plane.  Jay, good job in your 4 mile race with 2nd racewalker.  mari, fantastic mountain pictures.  opie, congrats on hitting 1000 miles for the year.  Tammy, way to go, toughing out the half.  dg, it's great to have a post from you and hear about your comeback with 7.5 mile, hilly, run.

 

Nice long runs for lame and evan.

 

This morning, it was about 50° and there was a light wind.  I got in 8 miles at a 10:47 pace.

 

A good day and good runs for all.

 

TomS

 Oh and what TomS said!

Hey Tom,

It is great to read about your 8 miles! That is a good distance and a good pace!

Your friend,

RCG

P.S.

Three out of four of the sports columnists picked the Browns to go the longest without a win this year. (Or is that every year?)    

Posi,

Beautiful backyard!

DG,

Hi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TomS,

 Great to  see you still pounding out the miles.

I have been busy with work and my grand kids along with dead things in the walls. I have been getting in my runs though. 7 really comfortable miles Sunday and 3 miles today after work. Not feeling real good today I think I may have caught Liams (DGS) cold. Oh ya did you notice the reference to dead things in the walls? I had a terrible smell from my bathroom walls that turned out to be 2 dead squirrels. I am not sure how they died in there but Peee! Youuuu ! You would think  a squirrel could climb back out for goodness sake.

I had to cut the drywall a foot up all the way around the bathroom. Now as long as its torn up the DW says its a good time to redecorate.

Larry

buehrle this is an easy call.  As a very smart friend of mine once told me, "Never turn down a job you have not been offered."  That applies to any method of short circuiting an offer, in this case by not even applying.  Apply to both.  If you get both, see if they will compete to ultimately give you a better offer.  Then take the one you like most.

 Thank you for this sensible response.

You caught me with "That applies to any method of short circuiting an offer, in this case by not even applying."

If both hospitals made me offers, I know I would take the one in L&D. Because I am comfortable with that and it is a lot closer to my house and will pay more.

But. I have NOT been offered either job.

The fact is I might get no offers.

And that would be okay, too, because my current job is satisfactory.

That cardiology research nurse job? There will be a huge learning curve but, I have confidence that I could master the skills necessary to perform well.

And that would be pretty cool, too.

Thank you for this sensible response because it has forced me to think about that research job. If the L&D job had never appeared, would I apply to the research job? 

The answer to that is: I should.
And so I will. 

quickie (I hope) post, mainly to say hi & thanks for all the welcomes!

Nancy....  take care of yourself!!! do you so much, all the time, I don't know all of the circumstances here but cut yourself a little slack, ok??      just can't imagine you in danger of slugdom.  have read articles about how the elites take a week or 2 a year to just rest.   or something like that..... listen to what your body is telling you.             ..... of course maybe it's just the bad air & circumstances, too bad.  hope it clears up soon

Larry, I haven't 'seen' you in 100 years!  how are you?

Rosie, both.   excited for you.

ran w/the track club tonight, a new thing for me. they get to use an outdoor u of m track which is pretty nice.  200's, (just 12, but I did them all), just starting to try to do a little speed work again.  behaved for the most part.  I love 200's.   

ok just keeping my toes in.  more tomorrow I hope.

Today, all day, ended up being dedicated to raising a boat that got swamped against a dock and sank on its side last night. This time, it was our boat, and the maintenance guy that was out at the river in the morning called it in. My staff pretty much did nothing else, but the boat is out, getting dried out, and tomorrow we'll get it right and ready to go again. A lot of work though. Next time we decide to sink a boat, I hope we sink a small one. 

Work trip to town for me tomorrow. Will run in evening.