Walk at lunch.  I'm off my meds for a week so I can get new blood work next week.  Looks like DW made the right decision about not letting me do the Montour 24.  I guess I'll have to search for a "Golfers with Lyme" forum and bother them since I'm running less than even Mandy .

Bert (Montour 24), Craig (Montour 24) and Sue (Mendoncino 50k) - good luck with taper madness.

Bert - one piece of advice that I forgot to mention. Don't stop at your tent for anything until your planned interval.  I liked to stop every 6 miles or so. Later in the race you can change that, but if you stop too often, the down time really adds up, and you want to use your stop time to actually rest and get a break. If needed, have a small table and do grab and go.  The exception to the rule is to take care of any equipment issues ASAP (socks, shoes, chafing), or it can end your race later on. And don't forget the bug spray.

Who else has a race this weekend?

QOTD:  Any allergy sufferers?  My eye are driving me crazy with all this pollen. That's really the only symptom that bothers me. I sneeze a bit, but man, it sure does get my eyes all itchy. Doesn't help that I live in fruit country and all the peach and apples are blossoming.

I got some solid Bob Open training yesterday- 20 miles with 15-ish on snowshoes, wee bit sore this morning. We made a foray into the North Fork of the Blackfoot- just Saturday the organizer changed the start location as he was convinced we wouldn’t be able to get to the trailhead/campground in three weeks. After yesterday’s adventure, not sure we will with the new start location. We ran and into deep snow and ended up snowshoeing 3 miles to get to the trailhead (and another 7 to the patrol cabin). Lots of snow, but at least a few (welcomed) stretches of dry trails. Forecast is for 60’s for awhile, so should see some additional melting. What has me more concerned is the numerous fords we need to make- the North Fork is cranking, but so are the smaller creeks- will be interesting.

qotd: thankfully no, DW does suffer some, but not nearly as bad as some

welcome back!  sorry on your calf- if I have issues, it’s almost always my calves

Planning on 5-7 miles later today, after I go do some killing .  The dandelions have been coming up so I've been spraying them almost every day. Actually think I'm winning the war, although I'm getting tired of it.

No taper madness here for me. Haven't been running enough to need a taper. I see a lot of walking in my future Friday and Saturday.

Good to hear you're still getting some running in Jon.

QOTD:  I've had sinus issues all winter. A lot of headaches requiring too much Ibuprofen. Taking Zyrtec and Flonase will help somewhat. Can't say that it's any worse now that the pollen is out.

Just planet of fitness routine so far today. Plan is for 5-7 miles on the easy side of the lake with the Lady. Hopefully the blue bells are still out.

No racing for me this weekend. I do know someone running a 6 day event overseas. Hungary I think. They are 4 days and 8+ hours into the face now and he is approaching 500km. Sort of funny watching the live feed and seeing some of the shuffling and often times some good solid running. Crazy.   Link: http://www.emusport.hu/en/klub/emu-sport-tv-en

QOTD: Never had much problem with allergies thankfully.

Val - hope for speedy recovery. Any knee pain before the race, or did it just pop up?  Kelly was from PA originally, and they joke about him here still.

XT - Multiday's are really popular around the world. A FB page called Running Against Time posts links to many events. Fun to see who's running them. Maybe DW and I will travel far someday and do a race. We're both wanting to try a 72 hr now, and travel sounds more fun than going to NJ for Three Days at the Fair.  Hope your friend hold up. Pretty awesome distance so far.

Edit - just looked at results, and not surprising, the average age is in the 50's.

AT- I know of a multi-day event in Montana 

Just a quick run to my doctor's office, by car. 

Got another day off work from that, and some more meds, which I'll happily take. Doc said with my blood pressure (low) I am lucky to be able to walk upright.

AT: I think I'll be in the same boat toward the end of the week, when I'll start running again. It seems every time I have worked up my way to running 6 miles somewhat comfortably, some illness steps in and sets me right back to square A1. But, just a mental strength test, it is.

Mandy: I think I ran 10 or 13. Don't want to make you feel bad, but now my distance feels a little more like an accomplishment. 

warden: Wonderful pictures! I hope most of the snow will melt away quickly and you'll have access to the starting area without having to do the warmup before the race has started. Is this one of the "smaller creeks" you are talking about?

jonferg: Welcome to the club. Feels much better posting more often, for sure.

DD1: Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare?

valerie: 54 miles is quite an accomplishment, and I am sure the trail was not easy. Sorry for the DNF, but better than wrecking your knee permanently. I had severe knee pain at Eastern States 100, and I ran about 30 miles on it, and it was horrible. Miraculously, it took only a few days to heal up again, and I haven't had problems with it since (never run such elevation changes over such long distances since, either, but still). I hope your knee will heal up speedily, too, and stay quiet!!

XT: Hope you still catch some bluebells.

Berto: Enjoy the rest! I agree with AT's advice, try to keep the stop times to a minimum! Perhaps working with prepacked drop bags, labeled by distance for your planned stops saves you some time, as you always have the set of equipment ready that you will need until the next planned stop in a couple hours (regular extra food/salt, perhaps lights?, etc).

Harrier: I guess the ice should melt really quick now.

QOTD: I have lots of allergies, pollen, meds, gluten. I never had an allergy until I was about 25, then they came in quick succession. Oh well, I have learned how to handle most of them.

AT: My pollen allergy started in a similar fashion, I had itchy, stinging eyes for years, before it turned to allergic asthma (which went away again for the most part). Alaway eye drops are still my med of choice for the eyes. OTC allergy pills aren't helping me any more, so I'm on prescription pills during allergy season, which is almost all summer, especially April-July.