Almost midnight - and I won't be sleeping anytime soon - early start to the daily...is that OK, really? Running, 8 easy miles at 8:45 pace. Legs still sore from my good wave run Sat. And looking forward to a fast 5K TT at the track to get Ribs off my ass about new training paces (sorry, I am posting this late night, so I should have said butt...then why didn't I) RA people....sheesh, you all rock. I can't really believe all the responses to my losing my job thread...I am speachless....that's not me right (rolling eyes) I really really feel the heartfelt love from everyone one here....it is Love. Very good advice - love the healing vibes (hugs back at you) - support - stories like mine where you and yours came out on top - keep your chin up - we are thinking and Praying for you - with tears in my eyes....thanks to each and one of you wonderful and caring people here at this special place....RA. I slept in on purpose this morning, being bummed out and didn't want to be awake when some other person takes over my job I cherished and worked so hard to make profitable...not for me, but the Dealership and my guys. I then brushed myself off and showered and cleaned myself up. I then went and cleaned my car up inside and out which it needed badly. Then went to the unemployment office and took care of that (felt guilty though, but I have it coming as I have paid into it over the years) On this beautiful sunny day I then went and visited some of my mentors in the car Biz, and they were shocked at what happened to me given my background and good work ethic. These are some really super good networking Friends that can help me out....great people. Tet, I called my HR manager and asked her about "my file" She said there is no file because you have never been wrote up or ever in trouble here (she really is a nice woman) I then asked about anything the consultant guy may have said...she said....nope, he said nothing about you. See people, this really sucks in my State that this can really happen with no recourse what so ever...none I tell you as I have researched the issue. Hey, it's past midnight, so this is the new daily....in the midwest at least. One thing I found out today at the unemployment office....damn, the hawt single women filing out at the same time as me. Geez, if I were have known being fired was the ticket to a phone number of a pretty and single gal, hehe. Finished my new and updated resume today, which I am not happy about because it looks lame like everyone else's....I am NOT every else. Ribs, can you help me with this???? And relocating... don't have a clue how that happens....but have a open ear. Hope you all have a great day....and remember to be thankful for what you have. It can indeed be taken from you before ya know it. I really Love each and everyone of you Hugs to you, cause your hugs to me felt so good. Sure I may be bummed a little in the morning agian...but less than the day before (Tears) TimBo PS: my Sweet and thoughtful offers to help me with Seattle....please give me a few days ok....Tears again. Can't wait till I can (try) and be funny again... I have not ate anythng since last Sat afternoon...I have to stop that for Marathon training...but don't feel like I deserve to sadly

Tim, have some breakfast (or lunch) even if it's only a couple of pieces of toast. You need your strength and being low on fuel won't help you feel better. This morning was my final speed workout. I wondered about the wisdom of this during the last taper week. I eventually decided to do it if for no other reason than to wake up the legs and to let them know I'm not giving them a total break. "Got that Legs? I need ya!" 6 miles total with 6 x 1/4 mile with 1/4 RI between. Targetted 1:42 per repeat (but didn't really feel the need to push this at all). 1:49 (7:16 m/m) 1:49 (7:16) 1:47 (7:12) 1:48 (7:12) 1:48 (7:13) 1:45 (7:00) The legs felt terrific today! Bill

I love the smell lilacs when I run... slo_hand...I grew up on a farm and LOVE ducks. I now live in town, but near a little lake that has ducks year around. It is what sold us on our house when we moved here. No run for me today, just kid activities by the buckets and my niece is visiting. Should be fun.

Handymom......I'm gonna miss the little guy when he goes back to school. Last night I had him out. My son wasn't around and the little guy was following the dog around. My DS usually has the dog with him when he has the duck out. It was funny. I tried to get a picture of the duck nestling up to the dog but I think Sadie was getting fed up and kept getting up and moving to another spot when the duck would come near. Awesome run today. From now until June I am focusing on two high quality tempo runs each week. This morning I did a little 2.2 warm up at an 8:52 pace then I did a 20 min tempo at 7:13. After a little cool down I did 2 block pick ups. 2 at a pace around 7:30 - 7:45 followed by 2 blocks at 8:45. 8.32 total miles at an average pace of 8:00/mile. Picture pefrect week for some good solid training. Great runs to all !

4.5 easy miles today. First back-to-back runs and feel pretty good. Tim, you were in my thoughts today while I ran. I appreciate all your comments here and I'm pulling for you as well. You rock.

Good Morning! {{{Tim}}} Ribs – nice 20-miler on Sunday, btw. Jlynne – tough HM for you on Sunday. I don’t take gels for a HM, but I do make sure to have a good breakfast (oatmeal w/raisins, banana) and I take a few sips of Gatorade at most stops. Hard speedy sessions sometimes awaken my injury from last summer (gracilis tendon at pelvis), and yesterday I was feeling the familiar dull ache, albeit mild, which I interpret as a “no speedwork for a couple days” signal, so I chose to forego my scheduled intervals today for trails and hills. I’ve never actually run on trails before, so I ran to a local park that has a (disappointingly) short trail system and trotted back and forth on those for a couple miles. Then I did my “Heartbreak Hill” loop, which is a loop of almost exactly 1 mile - a ½ mile steady uphill climb on the next block, ¼ mile steep downhill on my street, then ¼ mile connecting them. I did 4 of these today. After a 5 minute stop to hustle up breakfast for the kids, I did 2 more miles on the TM @ 8:49. 9 miles total. I really felt like doing more today, but ran out of time. While I am sooo grateful to have a job, I have no work holidays between January 1 and Memorial Day, and I am SO looking forward to a 3-day weekend.

Make positive progress one day at a time Tim. It is good to see you getting right at the things you need to do. A few key points on the daily I see here. The Tinman program I follow has just two key workouts a week, similar to what SLO is saying. You can mix and match them but the key is to do one LR and one medium LR per week. The long run may be a wave run, or have tempo work in the middle, and the MLR I use as my track day, which for me is tomorrow. Holly, when you get these aches and reminders from when you were injured last time it is wise to back off as you did, and you may decide that when you go back to interval work to increase the workout distance to 800 or 1000 meters because teh slightly slower pace will be gentler on your body. Speed puts intense pressure on the musculo-skeletal system, meaning the joints, tendons and ligaments in addition to the muscles. SLO and CNY had some great workouts. CNY is really annoying me with the 1200's at that pace. It's also interesting that Bill "felt" the pace he should work at, and didn't concern himself so much with the "target" time. That shows great understanding of how to pace a workout and get it done. I will probably have to do that myself tomorrow. Today I again ran just a couple of miles on the dirt and will enter "Recovery Run" in my log for the 2nd day in a row. But I have to do this because the 20 on Sunday really did tire me out.

Tim...you need to EAT, now. You need to look your sharpest when you go to your next inteview. EAT said the food fairy. Holly, you wanted to do more after that you sure are made of a different stuff than me...four times over that monster hill would make me want to crawl back to bed. Will visit the track this afternoon. For now just preping for a presentation to new employees I have to do. Erika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how are you? Great sproinky mileSueT. dg,look at you sistahhhhh. Great runs! I am so proud of you! go Breger goooooo