Morning!

RR - 10k plus ST"ing tonight.

KR - fell down and skinned her palms last night at the end of our walk, poor kid, I had to wash them off too which hurt a lot.  I was glad it was my night to put her to bed as we snuggled and read Charlotte's Web for a while.

TR - the whole time DH was putting her to bed she was saying "momomomom" haha.  She is such a stinker too - so independent when she wants to be and then not so much - she spend a good portion of our walk last night crying and asking to be carried.  She's small but she's heavy!

FR - DH is in charge!

RG - this week is supposed to be perfect running weather here too, I'm sad that I'm tapering... sorta!  Aww on R's I love you and how much he wanted kids at the park, M could care less about other kids.

RR: 3.05 last night (was  in a hurry otherwise it would have been a 5k), planning on running with RP after work, not sure if it will be with or without a stroller- DH is supposed to be off work at 2, so hopefully he will be done at the gym by the time I'm off work.

RR2: Hell might be freezing over, I'm actually shopping for a fall half. I am looking at http://wwmultisports.com/Walla-Walla-Marathon.cfm and http://www.columbiagorgemarathon.com/  but I remembered that I'm supposed to go to St Louis for work October 2&3 (but will probably have to fly in and out the day before and after), so that would make it during peak week for columbia gorge or the week before Walla Walla. My RP said she preferred the one on the 26th. Terry- what did you think of Seattle last fall? Its going to be December 1 again this year, maybe I'll look into doing that one instead. Oh and I'm looking at doing a trail 10k in June, and then some 4th of July races.

TR: No timeouts yesterday. Took him to the store to get ice cream, since that's our deal for no time-outs, and then he ran away from me in the parking lot on the way out and I had to carry him while he was acting like a flailing octopus. I had half a mind to go return the ice cream.

FR: Made a turkey black bean chile verde enchilada casserole thing. DH liked it and ate pretty much 1/2 of a 9x13 pan by himself.

NRR: Got all my laundry done before I have to pack. Well almost, I loaned some clothes to a friend that I will need to wash (I have to use hypoallergenic detergent), but other than that, I can start packing.  Bookclub tomorrow, I think its been over a year since I went and one of my bookclub ladies said I was missed desperately, so I read Orphan Train, which was pretty good.

spike - Seattle was good, well organized, the hills at the end of the full sucked ass though, and I wouldn't do the marathon again bc of that.  The rest of the course for the full was nice and all along the lake.  Would the Gorge race be crazy windy?  I just remember when we drove past the gorge that it felt like the wind was going to pick our car up, and know that the gorge is a wind surfing mecca. You should come to the Okanagan!!

rg - I think it snowballs, B didn't say I love you for a long time unprompted, but then now he says it very often.

CA - Amy and I were certainly sad that we're on marathon recovery on Mother's Day when it was about 13 degrees, no wind and not a cloud in the sky..wanted to run for hours and hours!

spike - your 3.05 miles is making my brain hurt. As I've said many times, get your butt here and I will kick your ass to a sub 2:15 PR.  There are a ton of fall HMs near me.  bahahha on flailing octopus.  B will make up random lyrics for familiar songs.

zorbs- I will take you up on your offer some day, but no money to do that right now with the yard project

Becky- I've always thought people who bring their pets to work were unprofessional. Its one thing if you need to look after it short term because its sick or something, but pets don't belong in the workplace. We have an accountant here that has lost clients because of her barky chihuahuas in her office.

CA- aw, poor M! I always thought the skinned knees/hands hurt worse than an actual cut. Glad you got to snuggle with her. Have a good run tonight. How much is your mileage decreasing overall this week? I usually reduce by 20% the first week, another 20% the second week.

zorbs- wtf on the weird looks. was it because they were jealous of how in shape you are? what was your response to B saying you weren't his mommy?

spike- yay for looking around for a race!!! I really wanted to run the Wineglass Half this year, but I will only be 3 months pp, and I remember with R I had really bad pelvic pain anytime I tried to run longer than 8 miles for the first 6 months or so. There's another local half in Nov that I might do. Nice of you to loan clothes to your friend- I'm weird about stuff like that, lol. Ugh, sorry about the flailing octopus. I would have eaten the ice cream in front of him, so mean

Becky- we're getting there in regards to the house being ready. R's room is just about ready for primer and paint. We'd have that part done if we hadn't gone away this weekend. And DH has been stuck working til 11pm every night the last week and a half, so he can't get anything done in the evenings after work like he usually does. I agree with spike- not professional to have your dogs at the office. Some people just don't care for animals, and I know it can be a real turn off for them. Hope you can get in a great run later!

spike - I checked and the seattle half does go along the same last 10 km's as the full.  It's a nice course, but the hills were tough - obviously that's worse when you're in the last 10k of a full though too. There are a ton of nice races in your area, I've dreamt about running lots of them!

becky - ugh I agree on the dog, RP's work allows dogs and she's always telling me some sort of dumb story about dogs behavior in the office.

RG - I think the plan has us down to just 54 km's this week, so that's more than 30% but he keeps the intensity fairly high.  I've never finished a marathon cycle completely uninjured, so running more than the bare minimum is new to me