Carol - Good to hear from you. We've been missing you! Hopefully your multiple jobs will settle down and won't drive you to drinking. Five miles w/five 2-minute strides were on tap this a.m. Got through the strides ( ) and most of the 5 miles when my right hip flexor decided to start seizing up on me. Remember the problem I had last year where my whole left hip, front to back, seized up and I couldn't hardly walk? Same $@$% thing, only on the right side. I stopped 3 times to stretch the hip flexor and hamstring really good, but to no avail. I ended up walking the last mile or so home. I stretched really good when I got home, but I can tell that it's "not all better." Kind of achy. I'm going to try and get into a sports massage therapist in the next day or two, but in the meantime will utilize my foam roller when I get home tonight. Coach Bill has decided to start me on "positive visualization" activities, however, here we are again. It's right before a running event and something's going wrong. I have yet to come into an event healthy. Something always goes wrong shortly before - injury, illness, whatever. And I'm seriously getting PO'd about it. And I'd use stronger language, but I know I gotta keep it clean here. . . . . I needed to vent. Thanks. To end on a positive note: "Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." (Dale E. Turner, writer) Have a good week!

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Jewels I made the bbob teeth pic my profile pic, I would love to wear a set of those to my next dental hygenist apptmtnt but am afraid they would make me pay btw I have no idea who the bbob teeth model is but the JD cap makes it a classic! I'll have to post a real after pic sometime, they turned out pretty nice. Leslie, bummer I feel for ya, hope its just a little tweak thing and not an injury. Angie glad you caught back up with us and are back "on the run".

Hey everyone! Thanks for starting us out Carol....ditto on getting in 25 miles on top of .....did you say only 2 jobs!?!?! which "2" are you counting? Well, we're s'posed to be gettin' warmer weather these days.....yesterday was 30*, but sunny & calm here (sorry R2!), made for a real nice 7.11 mosey miles w/both big dogs.....today was 56*, sunny & calm - but I only had time for 3.7 m w/just Mairead....tomorrow's supposed to hit 64* I've been busy w/extra house guests (if you can call your kids "house-guests!" ) our pregnant daughter & her 18mo old daughter have been staying w/us this week too....we have them until Thursday, when I will spend all day taking her home to NE & visiting w/folks there ...... Sorry to hear about your bee- sting Jewels! I wish I'd have read that sooner...see, my Dad used to be a beekeeper "back in the day" & all of those guys kept tubes of BenGay (or Vick's vapo-rub, or Icy Hot) in the trucks because the menthol/camphor/salicylic acid combo draws out the poison & kills the pain....usually about 20 mins later you're hard pressed to find the sting location! works great on mosquito bites too...only these days I tend to buy the Equate brand (Walmart) cause it's only about $2 for a big tube that stays in my camping/hiking gear bag. I'll catch up on the rest later.... Have a great week everybody!! Cindy

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It's awfully quiet around the 40's thread lately.....

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Cindy-You are a busy lady with your company (even if it is family) AND you are still getting in your runs!

Between Cindy and Carole, I'm exhausted! Foam roller and stretching last night. Tried to sleep in today since it was a rest day, but to no avail. Finally kicked the two old grouches (no, not including hub, although it was an option)) out into the garage around 5:30 so I could at least try and get a little more sleep. Tomorrow at 10:00 I see a sports massage therapist who understood exactly what I was talking about. Nice! So hopefully working with her a couple of times over the next week will help get the kinks out. I can't remember the last time I got a massage. I am so looking forward to this, even if it is just the hammies. It's gonna feel (in the style of Tony the Tiger) grrrrrrEAT! Happy Hump Day, Everyone!

Hi All !! Been very busy and paying the piper at work for taking last week off so little time to post. Carol-good to see you and glad about your jos).Being busy at work is a good thing with this economy.Happy your running is going well too . Leslie-feel those healing vibes going your way!? Hope you feel better soon.I think your coach is right,gotta stay positive cause being bummed won't make it better.Remember that there will be other races and runs and that there is No finish line. Angie-Good to see you again and that's very good news about your asthma.You must be really happy about your running! Jewels- I'll get working on those pics.I bet you have a bit of that tropical thing going on around you so it's not that big a deal.I guess you will get some space back soon when those snowflakes come back up north! Cindy- good going with all those kids/grankids around!Boy,just when you thought you could get some space of your own! You have some lucky dogs with you as a Mom! Kelly-Good luck with your half!Hope you're feeling better by then.Don't worry,the warm weather will be there soon! Farm- Great news about your choppers and Fantastic that your runs are going well again!! Arla- hope you're feeling better soon too.That bunny is a devious little furry effer that never sleeps! Add me to the list of injured this week.Was on mile 15 of a 16 miler on Sunday and felt a "twang" in my right knee.Not really pain so much as tension.Went slow on the last mile but felt it again the next morning.That was a rest day,then yesterday did 7.5 on some rolling hills without a problem.Headed out this am for 10m and quit after only one mile.Not real painful,but not right either and I am scheduled for my second 20 miler this Sunday Going to try again in the morning so will see how it goes? Take care folks! MTA- sorry Carol ,don't know how that blackeyed guy got there and can't seem to be able to delete him?