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I ran 4 miles this morning and more running than walking today, Yay!  Still even slower than I normally am, but felt pretty good and I got out early this morning while still dark and didn't think too much about falling.

Lisa....not sure how I will do next weekend, but it's gonna be S...L...O...W!  You can probably walk faster, it will still be fun though!

Judy....I usually color my hair myself, but I am due and I can't do it with this wrist, so I have to find someone to do it for me this weekend hopefully.

I am fortunate to not have any allergies and never have.  That isn't to say that I couldn't develop any, but so far, so good.  I sympathize with those of you who do suffer.

Ginny

Good Morning!

4.35 miles this morning w Jeffrey.  I felt stiff and beat up, so I bailed early. Went home and did some core exercises to see if that would help.  Mostly lower back/hips--sucks to get old!!

Guess I'd better get some work done.

Have a great day!

Morning.  Tough workout (AGAIN) last night.  4 on the TM and I couldn't breathe for the life of me, and the weights after that (I could breathe fine there).  Not sure what I'll do today.  Pilates and a massage later.

Judy, Miami has been in high allergy season since January.  It's wrecking my lungs.  Hope your Fall is not this bad.

Ginny, nice job on the 4.

Marjorie, nice job on the run.

Sue, nice run.  Get that core exercise.

Shadow, welcome!

Hi guys! I swear, my legs are all twitchy from not running. The pain in my foot isn't bad, but it's still there. I don't want to make things worse, but dangit, I want to run! I am now pretty much wearing running shoes with the heel insert all the time, and I don't care how goofy it looks at work. I just want to run a decent marathon in 2.5 weeks (I'll see how I feel that day, but will probably save the sub-3:30 attempt for either Rehoboth in December or Charleston in January). I just want to get healthy enough to run all the marathons I've planned this fall and winter before we move.

Speaking of the move, I had another conversation with my boss today. I was supposed to go to a 3-day meeting facilitation class in Boston in November, but we hadn't talked about it since I told her we were moving, and I didn't want to sign up for a $2500 class if she didn't think the working remotely thing would work. She asked if I really wanted to keep working here, and I said I did (and I do), and so she said she would fight for it for me if needed. She's going to tell the Board confidentially at our meeting next month and talk to them all to get them on board, so when her replacement starts Jan. 1, he/she will just go along with the Board decision. So she told me to go ahead and sign up for the class. Then she told me she's looking for places to put extra money for my travel back to the office once I move without generating too many questions. She's already got my one-year merit increase and my promotion increase (happening the month after my one-year) in my program budget, so she's putting the travel in a general admin category for now. Yay me! And good that at least work is going well since running isn't.

Shadow, welcome! And if you made it through the last couple paragraphs I just wrote, please know that I'm not usually such a basket case. My DH is being transferred to Texas from his office in Virginia (we live in Maryland and I work in DC) next spring and we just got back from our house hunting trip down there. We bought a new house which should be ready in February and are trying to figure out all the logistics. And my boss is retiring at the end of the year, but is trying to set it up that I can continue working here once we move. And I've got a bit of PF in my right heel and I'm very whiny about it. So that's me.

Ginny, glad to hear more running than walking and less thoughts of falling! You're getting back to normal - yay.

Damaris, I wish you could just move out of Florida and to somewhere you could, oh, I don't know, BREATHE. It's kind of an important thing.

I think I missed some of the "girl" genes - I hate getting my hair cut. Which is one reason I never plan on coloring it, even though I'm starting to see some grey.

Welcome Shadow!  I'm in Charleston SC. I will be 48 in a few months. No races coming off for me. I swore off doing them last year.

Karen. Hubby is thinking of doing the 5 K at Charkeston. We will see.  Ginny are you still thinking if coming with Karen for Charleston?  We have space!  I'm glad they are still getting it so you can keep your job there!

Good afternoon!

Judy, I need a haircut in the worst way but don't have anyone here. Last summer I had it cut by my old stylist in Fairbanks.  I have screw up my courage and go to someone new next week. I colored it.

Ginny, yeah for you!  You're doing great!  I have a friend who broke hers over the 4th and she just  started walking again.

Shadow, welcome!  I'm 63 and am getting back in gear after several issues over the past year or two. I'm also hoping to do  half  or two in the fall and it looks like Bull City Racefest  (and food truck rodeo!) in Durham will be one.  I spend the summers in Alaska (home) and winters in N Ga.

Docket/demaris, I hope tonight's run is easier!

Marjorie, you're racking up those double digits again! Good for you.

Karen (AnonG), I read something on Running Times yesterday and saw Wharton has an article about  PF http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/plantar-fasciitis-release-technique    I'm so happy your boss is trying to take care of you.

Gatsby, you're pretty fast yourself!  I'm glad you're recovering.

Hi Sue, I hope your back is better tomorrow.

It's a bit cool and intermittently drizzling here, but we decided to hike the North Face trail at Alyeska anyway.  Good decision-it was a gorgeous hike new to both of us.  We took the free tram down. One little issue:  my hiking buddy put her new can of bear spray on her backpack belt. About a mile in, we saw a black bear running away into the bushes and hiking buddy realized her spray was missing. We think it slipped off the belt when she took her jacket off.  We talked loudly the rest of the way up and had no trouble.  She was bummed about losing the spray though and after we finished, we went back but couldn't find it.

Question-I'm never sure how to change out training plan runs with these summer hikes.  This was 2.2 mi and 2300' elevation gain-pretty straight up. That seems much harder and took twice as long as the 4 miles I would have done.  Does it seem right to substitute it? The runs are good training, but these hikes feed my soul.