I have eaten more these past four days than I think I've eaten in the last month. Put away almost a whole berry pie all by myself, and I just don't do that!! . . . . . but lordy, lordy, lordy was it good. Learned a hard lesson today. I NEW I should've listened to my instincts when I thought the mileage I had been told for some trail groupings was short. Well, guess what? I was right. I'm thinking I was close to 3 miles short each week on my long runs. I'm really bummed about it. Mostly significantly because it's going to take me longer to run my 30k than I thought. But the up side is we now have more accurate mileage for the trails. Just wish it had been done sooner. Evryday - I was thinking about you guys last night when OU and OSU were playing each other. We started decorating our tree tonight. Waaaaay too many ornaments. Each year I wonder how in the world we're going to get them all on. This year, our tree isn't as wide around, so it's going to be dicey. Later!

Hi All- That stinks Leslie, at least you have it correct now. That course looks quite challenging.Can you put that link back up for the course? Jewels- Good luck with your exams! Do you get a break from school after that? Seven rainy and muddy miles yesterday in the trails. Gave our youngest his first car on Thanksgiving Day while all the family was there.We started all 3 kids off like that. Somewhere's around $2,000 for their first car,then they're on their own. A 1998 Riviera for this one and he's thrilled about it !He's a good driver so far,but this stuff still gives me gray hair!

Howdy, Folks - Jewels - I'm always happy to give someone a reason to party. Have a couple for me! And good luck with your exams!!!! Joe - Here's the link: http://www.othtc.com/ultra/index.htm. I don't think this is going to be any harder than Pirates Cove last March, and I'm much better prepared. And with the exception of Forest Park in Portland in May, I have yet to find a trail running event that doesn't have quite a bit of climbing. This is probably going to sound weird, but I've had to give away a bunch of jeans because my thighs have gotten to big to wear them. But it's nice to know it's because of muscle and not fat! Re your kid and driving - I won't relay the horror stories my folks went through with my brother. Cripes! I was a huge breath of fresh air for them! And speaking of fat - I actually lost weight over the past few days. 4 lbs.! How, I have no idea. I mean, I didn't go overboard eating, but I also haven't been denying myself either. There's very little of that berry pie left. The rest, except for a small piece, went down my own gullet - with whipped cream. Strange indeed. Later!

Thanks for the link Leslie.....way cool! I'm sure my Astronomy Professor is laying on a blanket in his front yard right now watching. Both my daughters and hubby got to see it as well. Took a few pics..... Jewels

It's a beautiful sight here in NW OK.

Crap! I just looked out my window here at work and it's overcast. Glad I got to see what I did last night. Looked like something out of a movie. Stevie Ray - Love your reference to Hogans Heroes!

If it's better than last night, it's going to be awesome.

looks kinda like this only cooler

Them was some purty stars last nite!! Thanks for the heads up Leslie. Wish I had a tripod for my camera as it is hard to be steady for long twilight exposures, one of the moon/planet pics I took looked like I was waving a sparkler. 4 sucky miles today, great weather or is it greta weather but that is supposed to change. Our german shepard child dog was left alone and I came in from running to find shredded kleenexes from 2 trash cans all over the floor. Hope finals week goes well for ya Jewels, Kelly and Arla too. Joe ya I was hell on wheels when I was a teen. I started driving a pickup before I could reach the pedals while my dad tossed off hay to the cattle so by the time I was legal I thought I was Richard Petty or Mario, scares me to even think of my driving then. Ev, Seems like the weather fronts hit ya about the same time as us, but if you are in NW OK you are probably about straight south of me, how far are you from Motezuma or Dodge City KS?