Bike commute into work again for me this morning.  My first B2B commute post-surgery.

QOTD: What is something you want to do, but you're too scared to pull the trigger on?  (For emotional, financial, whatever reasons.)

I desperately want to thru hike the AT, but I've never been backpacking before and quitting my job and leaving my life behind terrifies me.

Rest day from the running thing but have already got in a session of weights, core, and elliptical. Now the salt mines. Mountain biking after work though so I hold out hope. I'll be up early with an intense run planned for early A.M. Couple more days then a week at the cabin. See, there is this hammock hanging in the hemlocks next to the fire pit and overlooking the pier in my avatar next to a lake teeming with Muskies ....Couple more days.

QOTD-now that's a good question. No ready answer, I'll have to mull that one and check in later.  However I am eagerly awaiting Mandy's book on her thru hike as she tells all similar to Strayed's book.

3-4 miles at lunch.  Weather looks great, so hopefully won't look I got out of a swimming pool when I'm done.

FWIW -  "AWOL on The Appalachian Trail" is a a great book about through hiking.  The guy quit his job to hike and now, because he didn't like the guide book, writes the new guide book.

QOTD:  Retire with DW and travel the country in a small RV with 2 bikes on the back.

Looking at getting out for 4.5 to 6.5 miles in a few hours. Then it's off to a staff meeting at work. Maybe I'll get myself fired . Our boss doesn't like to be informed of the obvious, that he's an idiot, and several of us are going to butt heads with him at this meeting.

QOTD: Find a different job in a different field. I love working with patients I just hate management and their BS. It's not so much that I'm scared to step out and do it, it's just trying to find something that pays semi well and allows me to have a lifestyle that  allows for a lot of time off for running, biking etc.

3 miles of hills this morning that followed 10 miles of hills yesterday. I did some weights, too. Things are going pretty well in the running area, which means they are going pretty well in general.

QOTD: I would like to move out West and run in the high country on a regular basis. I had a chance to move to Colorado when I finished graduate school, but I didn't do it. My wife and her family are very close, and that would never work. So, I'll compromise and get out there to run when I can. I may try to run a western race next year.

OI had a nice 5.82 this morning with Earl.  Last nights 6 with the running date was, well slow.  She just wasn't into it.  Oh well.

QOTD:  Back pack the AT with Mandy.  You're young Mandy...do it.  Depending on how things go in my life I may just pull the triggger and become a vagabond for a few years.  Hitting some cool towns and getting a whatever job to pay the bills.  Otherwise I only have 3 years of work left.

Sandy2:  Wow...your moving to Korea?  Is the wife going or are you commuting?

LB@:  Sign up for Western States so I can Crewgar you.

I might try and get in a run late tonight in the new neighborhood.  The only thing so far that scares me is the colony of feral kitties running around.

Mandy - to answer your question from yesterday - my groin is not great but not terrible either.  PT said it would be along heal since it was a gradual onset.

Sandy - any good trail running in Korea? If you explore, just be sure to stay on the right side!!

Marie - wish I could help you out at ES but I would be a huge liability out there.  Maybe contact the RDs and see if they have a group of pacers ready to go...maybe even post something on the ES facebook page.  But of course you never know what kind of a pacer you gonna get!

QOTD: A thru-hike of the AT is in my future but I need to wait until the kids are older.  Not sure I could convince DW that taking a few months away is beneficial to our family or marriage.  A R2R2R is probably also in my future but timing and finances need to be right.

Have a great day!