Good morning Everyone, I figured we are due for a new thread. So here it is. 3 miles for me this morning. I tried to take it nice and slow. It seems that, lately no matter what pace I intend to run at, I end up turning in roughly the same time. So, this morning I tried to slow down and I did. a little. Cheers Mike

Welcome Dorsey, Feel free to post here as often as you like. We are a pretty friendly group. I am from Toledo OH and just took a job in, and will be moving soon to Tennessee. I started running a year and a half ago because I was unhappy with my health and increasing pant size. I ran the Virginia Beach Rock and Roll half marathon last September. I'm looking forward to several half marathons coming up in the next year or so. Mike

Hey folks. Welcome Dorsey. You lucky dog to live in San Diego. I will be there next month seeing my sister and family. She lives in Escondido. I need to find a running route. I would like something fun like the boardwalk. Where do you run? Its a great group here. We could use your experience too. I am also coming off the DL. 2 months no running with the mother of all hamstring pulls. My long run was 8 before and I am back up to 5 if done slowly. Kevin, did you see this months runners world? Theres an article in it on shin splints. Today is recovery for me. Did an hour at the gym yesterday. My freaky weird feet went numb again. But I found a Fleet Feet in Hartford that does video gate analysis. Maybe next week I'll get down there. Signing off to watch the Celtics possibly pull off an away win. Laurie

Welcome Dorsey. You lucky dog to live in San Diego. I will be there next month seeing my sister and family. She lives in Escondido. I need to find a running route. I would like something fun like the boardwalk. Where do you run? Its a great group here. We could use your experience too. I am also coming off the DL. 2 months no running with the mother of all hamstring pulls. My long run was 8 before and I am back up to 5 if done slowly. Laurie

Hi all! I am sort of "de-lurking" too! I have a hard time keeping up with multiple groups, but I'll try to get better! Laurie, your post caught my eye when you mentioned Escondido- my cousin lives there. And checking your profile, I see you're an air traffic controller. He is too! He's about to retire at the end of the year I believe. Don't know how small the air traffic controller circles are, but do you know anyone by the last name of Dice?

Hi Sockoni--Welcome to another lurker. Always happy to have new faces.

Thanks Kevin! I hope your shin splints get better!

Welcome, Dorsey and Sockoni. I've been hanging around here since the CR days, but I've pretty much been lurking lately because of my work schedule. Kevin - we definitely want to see prom pics! I remember the photos from your DDs birthday - she IS beautiful. What a busy day for her with three recitals and then the prom. Mike - hope the move is going well. I'm still on the fence about whether to do the 5K with my running group/class tomorrow morning. Had a terrible run on Thursday evening and not a whole lot better today. I'm really letting myself get psyched out about how little my pace has improved and how much I dread being close to, or possibly, DFL. I know, I know - it's about doing it, not about PRs, enjoy the moment, blah, blah, blah. I think it's one of the few negative effects of reading the daily thread every day - I STILL feel like such a slug compared to everyone else. Guess the good news is that it makes newbie-land even more special. I'm going to wait and see how I feel in the morning. I'll definitely run tomorrow, just don't know whether it will be in the chosen solitude of my neighborhood or that painful solitude at the back of the pack in the race. Tomorrow afternoon is the final concert (ever) of a chamber choir that I've sung with for the past 5+ years. It's going to be over the top in terms of emotion. We sound better than ever and the music for this concert is exquisite. There's one piece that I haven't once managed to sing in rehearsal without getting choked up, so singing it in performance should be a real trick. Waterproof mascara and tissues are definitely requirements! Eliz

Thanks, Mike. Just went to the race web site again - it has one time for the start, Active (our friends who brought down CR) has another, and the woman who organized the running class emailed us with a third. So, it could be at 7:45, or at 9:00, or maybe at 9:15. I'm taking this as a sign that I need to focus on the concert tomorrow and can run a race on a nice, FLAT barrier island at the Jersey shore NEXT Sunday when all of the concert strum und drang, both from school and in my own performing life, will be over. Maybe I'll treat tomorrow's run as my own personal virtual 5K. Eliz

Dorsey and Joni, good to see you here! It's a friendly place.

Thanks Teresa! This seems like one of the friendliest places on here.

Talk about feeling slow - it took me 1:08:30 to run that far.

Teresa, it's all about perspective. To me, you're FAST!! You are making awesome progress. I realize everyone's different, but how long before you started seeing improvements in time? I feel like I'm on a slow train to nowhere sometimes!