I'm taking this opportunity to post my goals for this, my first marathon. In order of priority: 1. fininsh injury free 2. finish strong 3. 4:30 just because it's a nice round number (as far as time goes) 4. 4:25 just because it's in the middle. 5 4:20 evryday on crack goal 6 negative split I didn't list have fun, enjoy the experience, see the beauty, all those other very important goals....for me, those are givens. No matter what the results are I will always meet those goals.

Evryday – nice goals! 5 comfortably-paced miles (ave 10:05) in a rainy 67 degrees. The offending toe settled down after the first mile, and my mile #3 I was feeling The Return Of The Sproink, but held back from trying to fly. Want to see my new house?

Eight easy miles along the Pawcatuck River loop yesterday afternoon. Very nice. I added the rest of the story to my non-racing report last night. Long-Suffering may never speak to me again.

I had a split foyer a while back (in a previous legal arrangement). I really liked that house a lot, but of course it had to be sold at the time. Best of luck with your new home! No run for me today -- still recovering. PDR is out there, though. She's still under the weather, so this is her first run after the race.

Nice house Holly! Good luck in building lots of memories. Easy 5.3 miles in sunny, cool temps (IRCs) ... 51:58 ... 9:48 pace ...134 hr. I think the legs will be sore for a while so plan on easy running for the next week or so. Another Boston moment - when I was at the half-way point, the balls of my feet suddenly became very sore, especially the right one. I thought I had broken something and actually had to run for some distance with toes curled. Not sure what caused that, except maybe the downhill running where I may have been landing forward (I'm normally more of a heel striker). Anyway, the soreness was there again today after about 3 miles. Ah well, this old body ain't what it used to be. Off to see my running friends at Starbucks and share our memories from Boston. While we were racing that day, there was a flurry of emailing activity going on back home. One of our friends collected all the emails and packaged them up for the five of us who ran Boston. What special people! Btw - I'm wearing my jacket and medal proudly this morning. Have a great day everyone! PJ

Holly, nice new house!!! Was out promptly at 6 a.m. for a 4 miler with Renee. Probably our last run on the boardwalk until October, as there were actually people out there at 6! Well, I don't count the locals. Can't be setting a bad example for the part-timers, as dogs aren't allowed on the boardwalk. And yes, that makes me a delinquent. I think I have hit a new phase in my running. For the first couple years, I found it hard to find the time to fit all my runs in without a lot of scheduling. Now, I'm finding it hard to NOT find time to run. I've just started running 5 days/week v. 4, but it's not difficult finding the time. Yahoo!

good morning! Holly I'm so glad it all worked out. What a great house! What do the kids think? Happy sproink. Soon you'll fly at the Flying Pig, yes? evryday, good luck tomorrow! I can't wait to hear how it goes. hope you're feeling better soon, PDR. {{{pj's foot}}} That was nice of your friend. Glad it's cold enough for your jacket! Tall, have fun. You too, Sarge. For here, just early morning garden cleanup, some house work, & Pilates. Yoga later on. I got a late start & I hate that! I always want to get any crosstraining done while it's still dark, otherwise I feel llike I'm behind all day. have to go see what PBJ did.

Nice house Holly. Let me known when the open house is gonna be. No run yet, but I am gearing up to go to a Sports Fair where I am going to have a booth to promote our Community Wellness program and the Walk/run I organize for the Hospital in the fall. I will have a drawing contest for this year's run event logo among the kids. The winner will get a bike an a helmet. Go racers go!!!!!!!!! Joyous weekend to all.

..........Great House holly//......... .....Good Racing to Ya everydy//........enjoy, youve earned it........ .. .TAX FREE DAY in Tennessee==>>thus, am being taken Shopping Against My Will..... ...................good running to the rest of ya....... ================ ,,,,,ps,,,,,,sorry, I was trying something