Good luck tomorrow, Teresa. Have a great time at the race. Beach to Beacon, right?

Thanks, Kevin! Yep, B2B. At least it will be FUN - what great crowds, scenery, and free food!

I'm back in the race with all of you! Warming up, stretching, then walking briskly for 30 minutes, cooling down, and other stretches; icing my foot at nights; wearing a brace while I'm sleeping so I don't flex my foot; and then a wonderful med of celebrex. For the first time since late February, I can walk without pain. Both my family doctor and podiatrist gave me the go-ahead to slowly ease back into running. I've walked for a couple of weeks, and this week began the C25K program again. But I had forgotten what week 1 consisted of so ran for 2 minutes/walked for 3...which is approximately week 3. Other than my huffing and puffing, it felt so good. I'm even checking out local 5K races now, and one on Labor Day interests me - they give a real cool shirt Registration notices about next May's Indy mini-marathon arrive in my email weekly, and our DD and her husband are talking about entering. I was thinking about it too, optimistic that in the intervening months, I'd be ready. Then I remembered reading a book, The Diabetic Athlete, and the LONG chapter on special preparations for long distance running. I think I'll stick to 5K races and be satisfied. Good running, everyone!

now you know the secret of why we enter races--cool shirts! Glad to hear that you're back on the road again.

Congratulations Teresa. That's really exciting. beat last year's time by 10 minutes? Holy Cow you must have been flying. Mike

Good Afternoon Everyone, Hey, did I miss something? What happened to Eliz? Laurie, that's funny that you got lost in your own town. Sounds like it worked out though. 4 miles for me this morning. Oh BTW, I found out over the weekend that the Cumberland trail practically runs through my back yard. One of the trail heads is 2 miles away. So, I went hiking this past weekend with some new friends. I'm glad that I run, so that I can hike. Cheers Mike

Just glanced through a bit of the thread - Deb - thanks for asking, but "work" and "fall" are 4-letter words that I'm still in denial about! Won't know what's going on at school until after a meeting on the 14th, so I'm taking it day-by-day - only way I can right now. Eliz

Mike, the Cumberland trail, & friends to hike with. How cool is that? . you made such a good choice with this move. phew! How do you like the fitness center? A great plan, I think. I don't know if this will help... but as I had to do a few weeks of ellipticalling lately... I kept trying to work on my 'form'. I didn't hold on to any arm things, but stayed upright & tried to function out of my core, hips stable... I don't know if I'm describing it right. I would try to do things like when you run, like a knee drive, leg pull back, etc, & so I don't think my leg ever quite straightened. they're all different anyway, so you have to play with it. flying over the top might be interesting though. keep us posted. btw. I was thinking, maybe you should get a camera. and take pictures. whaddya think? Eliz, delusion is our friend. along with denial. & dementia. Day by Day. Sounds like you've been keeping busy doing happy things. Very nice. Laurie, nice 9 miler. it sounds like so much fun. What's this I hear about your ankle? Teresa, wtg! Amazing PR. and it sounds like such a cool race. Linda, are you still gone? How are you? How is your dad? Joni, I hope you're ok. Kevin, nice zippy run you had! i laughed when i read your description the other day... don't remember it exactly, but you were being moderate, & not trying to go from 6 to 20 miles in one fell swoop like you did a week or so ago. (more or less!) I always think the same thing. Especially when I'm along the river, I think, oh today & can just to 12, maybe 13. Where does that come from, I wonder? Then we both hurt something. 4.8 miles this morning. one very fun & maybe zippy strider. I still didn't have my polar, except it came in the mail today. whoohoo.

Mike, I hated the dang eliptical too at first. It takes some getting used to. I dont have the leg arm coordination down well. But I kept with it and like it now. I try not to stay lock kneed. Bend your knees a bit so you dont feel as if youre going to launch over the top. I am jealous of your hike and new friends. It takes me forever to meet friends. Eliz, Where do you go to kayak for 2 hours? I wish I had somewhere here that was large enough for 2 hours worth. I guess I could do the CT river up and back a bit. I want to take a tour of the Charles river or one of the Boston harbor islands tours. I will put that on my must do list for summer and force the girls to go with me. I took them kayaking last night. They got bored after a half hour on the lake. Youre sort of local. Why do we meet and do a half sometime? Deb, I rolled my ankle on the trial run with the women. Sunday night it was painful. Monday a little painful and yesterday back to normal. Knock on wood! Any race plans for you? Linda, welcome back. The vacation sounds like a blast. How was the weather? I forgot what work you do. Besides your 13 year old what other kids do you have? I have Kim who is my 17 year old tri partner and Melisa who is 21. Long swim yesterday in the lake. Kids kayaked while I swam. Today might hit the gym but I need to get a run in soon. I got a group of women together for the Bridge of Flowers 10k this weekend. Its a hugely popular run in the Birkshires with a hill that feels like you are running up the side of a mountain. Laurie