First, I am sorry...guess I was/am a little grumpy. But Karin is such a wonderful Dear Lady that I admire very much as a talented athlete and friend. Her encouraging words to me have been thoughtful and very much appreciated...she IS a class act whom I personally miss on the daily. ....nuff said!!! Oh yeah, good morning all Well, guess I will heed Holly's nagging advise to go and get my foot checked out. When I got home last night my whole foot and back of my left leg all the way up to my knee is black and blue...kinda scared me when I seen this. Feels better today, but still need to be on the safe side, huh? But it is about time to hit my cycling trainer - swim - or go to the Y and strength train or something till I can run again. Good luck Jlynne with what ever endeavor you may choose...56 to old... brother At mile 16 when I had to stop during my Marathon, I was sitting there and noticed a woman who was probably in her 70's or close to 80. She was just cruising along and looked as cool as a cucumber..was a neat sight and she was only maybe 10 or 15 minutes behind me. Glad you had a nice 6 miler Mary...hope the Brinkster wasn't too disappointed Happy Hump Day....hope you all have a greta day and runs...you all rock. Again sorry Tim

4.5 miles this morning in record warm temps - 50F at 4:30. Almost feels like summer! Stayed up too late watching election coverage. I have to hand it to John McCain. He is a class act. I hope everyone was able to catch his speech. It would be cool if Obama could find a spot in his cabinet for him. Nice run this morning Mary - complete with shooting stars, no less! Thanks for all your input (and everyone else's) about running a marathon. I'm truly inspired by the miles and training that all of you do. Tim - you should get that leg checked! Should it still be bruised and achy at this point? You might have something else going on there - get in to see the doctor. No matter who you voted for yesterday, aren't you glad it's over?! No more political ads - well, at least for a couple of months, anyway! Enjoy your day, everyone.

Oh dear Bill - I'd be worried too. I hope that you get some answers soon. {{{{Bill and DW}}}

Managed another zero miles day today! At least so far but I am pretty confident I can keep it up. Bill good luck with your wife's condition. It very well may be just due to hitting some random object and not noticing. But you are doing the right thing by getting it checked out since you never know until you know. We never had many presidential ads here in CT. Want to guess why? The place is solidly blue now. My district had the last Republican congressman in all of New England! He (Chris Shays) lost rather decisively last night to a guy nobody ever heard of prior to the election. So to cut to the chase TV was and will remain pretty much the same around here! Good runs all today.

Managed another zero miles day today! At least so far but I am pretty confident I can keep it up.

Same here...I wonder who can hold out the longest Bill, my thoughts and Prayers are with you and your DW, ok buddie!!! Tim

T and I were just going to run an easy 6 this morning,but I was feeling bored about half-way through...so we threw in 6 pole to pole intervals to shake it up a bit...finished up at an 8:04 pace...fastest interval was at a 5:00 pace Bill-I hope your DW is okay...

Thomas Walsh of Hempstead, NY, pleaded not guilty to trespassing and other charges last Tuesday and was ordered held in lieu of $6,000 bail. Walsh, whose brother was being jailed as a murder suspect, refused to listen to jail guards who told him there were no visiting hours for prisoners on Monday. His lawyer stated that Walsh was going through a lot of emotional turmoil at the time. Man...I've heard of breaking OUT of prison, but never breaking IN! Tet: What a fabulous pic of the 1983 Smith-Dixon duel! I was in that race...and I was a close third...OK, I was fifth...OK, I was about an hour & 15 minutes behind...but I was there. When I lived in NYC, was a member of the NYRR club. Unfortunately, never met Fred Lebow in person but he was sort of a legend, running the club...and the marathon...out of his small apartment. Erika: Would certainly love to read your RR, but if you choose not to do one, a huge "congrats" to another sub-4 marathon...not to mention the great time you had hooking up with the other list members...OK, maybe not Maine, but Amy, Twocat, Hally, spouses, & friends. Teresa: 10 miles? Wow...that's great. My take on running marathons: I've run lots of them, although I doubt I'll feel like doing another. My theory has always been to just do your normal weekly mileage...for me it's always been 20-25/week, even for marathons. I always had the desire to run them, but never the desire to train properly. Consequently, I never did that good. Even 40 years ago when I was a pretty decent runner, I could never break 3 hours and in later years, I couldn't break 3:30...as you might imagine, I'd tank during the last 6-8 miles. BUT..and this is a good thing...because I've never trained hard, I've never been injured (which is more than I can say about injuries I've sustained in softball, basketball, & tennis). That's why I follow closely the training of our better runners...Maine, Amy, Erika, Tim, Perch, etc. I'm always in awe of their concentrated workouts, but I wince every time an injury is reported. Twocat mentioned Jeff Galloway...what a businessman! That guy won the first Peachtree in 1970 and parlayed that one win into a career. I'll run later and post again. Can you believe that the congressional race in our district still hasn't been decided yet? DickyG

Jeff Galloway...what a businessman! That guy won the first Peachtree in 1970 and parlayed that one win into a career.

In fairness, he also represented the USA at Munich in the 72 Olympics. I think he got a bit more mileage with regular non-running folk out of that than "I won Peachtree". And non-running folks who would like to dip their toes in running is the foundation of his business.