Okay, good news. The surgeon's office says, "Come on in for the pre-consult, and ask all the questions you want, and then we can go over all the pre-op instructions with you then." I told his nurse the questions I wanted to ask him and she said, "he's done this procedure many, many times with great success and we can give you the head of surgery at Baylor as a reference." So that's reassuring. I have an appt. for 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, and they have an opening for me to have the actual surgery this week. Jersey Boys was sensational. All four of us there and we had a ball. 3.3 on the dirt track with the Saint this morning. I walked like a man. She was going to run the 3 miles back to the house but it's headed to 105 today and she was a bit worried. I told her big girls don't cry. She's just too good to be true. Tim, if you ever want to see a shoe they really mess around with, try the Asics DS Trainer, an entirely different size and shape about every year. They drive me nuts. I called them and said, "let's hang on to what we've got." Good to see you LD folks doing some easy recovery work today. Perch is a pacesetter here. Spareribs

Twocat - congratulations on the age group placement - super! Where is your race report?? Did I miss it??

I walked like a man. She was going to run the 3 miles back to the house but it's headed to 105 today and she was a bit worried. I told her big girls don't cry. She's just too good to be true. Tim, if you ever want to see a shoe they really mess around with, try the Asics DS Trainer, an entirely different size and shape about every year. They drive me nuts. I called them and said, "let's hang on to what we've got."

Well, even if your candy girl did run back to the house, you could still be the big man in town as you shout "bye bye baby" as she runs off into the sunset....and don't think twice about it. FrankieG

Yeah, Mariposai! I sure hope you can figure out where to begin soon enough. We're all aching for details! (and photos...!) Tramps, the key now is to see if he'll run with me again! I think I took it easy on him while still pressing him to work at it. I hope he listened as I talked about easing into it, steady pacing, walk breaks were ok, etc. He just groaned "Mom, how can you talk so much when you're running???" RE: Shoes... Sue I know what you mean. I'm really glad I did NOT keep those Nimbus 10's. I kept thinking, maybe it's just my feet today... I ran a total of 4 miles in mine on three different days (testing on the treadmill) and they just felt all wrong. I know Byll hasn't had a problem with his, but for me I'm thinking my Asics Nimbus days are done. I'm buying all the 9's I can find in my size (10.5... not easy to find!), and will start looking for a replacement. Anyone run in the Brooks Defyance or Glycerin shoes? They have a good guarantee, thought I'd check them out... Still deciding whether to go run a 4 mile recovery type run at lunch... or just skip it and call it a rest day. I think my foot would prefer the latter, but by lunchtime I'll be itchin' to get out of here...!

fjordrunner and a "heat wave" in Sweden is just how hot exactly?

we hit about 91F today. it's toasty... susan

6 miles easy this morning in 57:20 a 9:34 pace. I am waiting with a minnow on my tongue (with baited breath) for the UPS carrier to get here. My Garmin is coming today. I hope to be able to use it tomorrow for my track workout. Of course since I am techno challenged it could take me awhile to program the thing. Ribs: Glad to hear the good news about having the surgery this week. You will of course be in my thoughts and prayers. Have a great day everyone. Bruce

Bruce... as I am "techno challenged" too, I found it very easy to set up with the quick set-up guide...worry about the rest later. Your personalized screen will be your greatest benefit (which I have set for - ave pace - distance - and time...but you have many options) . Ask any questions tonight or tomorrow if you have any trouble figuring it out. I knew I smelled something "fishy" in here Tim

Feel good after yesterdays 9 miler. Easy 4 miles today, still humid. Lunch time swim 200 meters. Ribs- glad to see your on your way.

Aiming for 3 to 4 warm miles after dinner. Ez pace. Does anyone else find it creepy that there are 1006 views of this thread when usually the daily has under 400 by day's end?