With a short month, June is now entering the second half. Where DOES the time go? I was happy with two medium length runs over the weekend. The heat drove me in earlier than expected on Sunday. They are forecasting a little bit of a break with the temperatures this week. As always, thanks for each one's participation in the daily thread here. It is always fun to grab a quick look during the day and seeing just how the conversation unfolds. Yesterday's Father's Day comments were neat. Many of you men have super attitudes that does not surprise me, but is still nice to see. Good luck with the runs that you do today. Avoid injury if you can. Prevention is a LOT better plan that trying to work on recovery. Have a great day.

Good Morning! 7 comfortably-paced miles with CNYrunner (ave pace 9:31) in a pleasant 63 degrees. I warned Karin that it might be an extremely slow recovery run, what with my LR yesterday, but in fact I was surprised at the sproink left in my legs, and the miles flew by as we chatted away. I got to pick her brain on training tips and strategies, and we talked about other topics as well. I love it when Karin visits. Happy Monday!

Good morning, everyone. Karin - I wondered if anyone saw my Rick Roll last night -- glad you got a kick out of it. Finally back home -- hopefully for a while this time. Some strength training today. Starting to think about vacation coming up in a week and a half. Can't wait.

Good morning Boomers. The wedding is over, our family guests left this morning, life is slowly getting back to normal. The wedding went really well, and the bride was absolutely stunning. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day and everything went off without a hitch. Will try to post pictures later. I also ran a 10K last Saturday before the wedding. It was too warm (70F) at the start and I didn't pace myself well. Ran the first two miles in 8:50 and knew I was going to be in a world of hurt. Sure enough, around the 4 mile mark I got a really bad side stitch and had to stop and walk through it for a while. Never really recovered after that and finished in 59:10. I was really disappointed after having a good half marathon in May. But, I ran it with my sisters and still managed to finish 11th in my AG, so life will go on. I didn't get to read yesterday's posts yet, but am interested in the talk about pace. That seems to be my problem lately - taking off too quickly, then paying the price later in a race. That's something I really need to work on. Nice runs Perch, Holly and Karin. You girls are so lucky to have the opportunity to run together. It's nice you get to do that every now and then. Holly - is the kitchen completely finished now? I took a week of vacation to rest up, clean up and get things back to normal. Off to do laundry, put toys away and get the house back in shape. Hopefully, catch some of the US Open this afternoon. Tiger Woods is really something, isn't he? Good Monday runs, everyone. Jeanne Oh, yeah - ran 6.4 this morning at a 9:31 pace. Nice and cool here, just the way I like it!

Good to see Karin and Holly getting a run in together this morning! My usual 5.2 mile route @ 9:16 pace. I did not know about "rickrolling." After having wasted 3 minutes of my life, I now have another reason to hate WRFB...besides the fact that he never gives me beer....and he's much faster than me.

Well, I handed in my dime at the Kendall Square Station and I changed for Jamaica Plain. When I got there the conductor told me 3 more miles but I couldn't finish that recovery run. Sore foot and fatigue I guess. I got in 1.1 miles and decided to come back another day. Speaking of amusing posts, this one lit me up, from Francesca yesterday: "Tet, I had to read your post a couple of times over to fully grasp what you did over the weekend...." Gee, someone had to read one of Tet's posts twice to understand what he meant. Nice long trail work yesterday for you Sue. Spareribs

Holly - is the kitchen completely finished now?

Not yet. DH asked me to help him with his outside project this weekend, so the kitchen waited patiently. I did find time to use the sander to do a light sanding of the cabinets and the doors, which I have taken off, and tonight I will begin painting them. I’m glad the wedding went so well, and even the race, though not what you wanted, was a nice accomplishment on this crazy-busy weekend. Will you post a picture of the happy couple?

Yesterday we went to see our kids and future daughter in law and had dinner with them. It was a nice day. Reading the posts from yesterday about fathers was interesting. I'm happy for all who had fathers present and had a good relationship with them. I feel bad for those of you who didn't but you seem to have done much better with your own kids. My dad was the stereotypical member of "The Greatest Generation". He was raised during the depression on an 80 acre family farm where the work was done with a team of horses and people. There was a hand pump and a "little house" out back of the family home and the first part of his growing up was done without electricity. He joined the army before Pearl Harbor and fought in Germany in WWII. After the war, he got his college degree using the GI Bill. He had a strong work ethic and his family was very important to him. He's been gone for 15 years now and is really missed. biketm, nice 10K with 2nd in AG and 16 miles for the day. Dave, congrats on the longest run in a year. CNY, nice 10K with 1st in AG and 2nd woman. Holly, nice 5K. anachrotech, I wish you good luck in finding shoes that work for you. Steve, nice, scenic, pictures. Tall, nice 5K with 1st in AG and 3rd OA. hallar, sorry to hear your knee acted up. I hope it's not serious. tet, you must have been around a bunch of kids if they don't know about "the man who never returned". Obviously a lot of us remember. Jlynne, it sounds like a nice wedding and 10K with your sisters beforehand. It was great to read about another Holly/CNY run. There sure were a lot of nice long runs (some real long) for Sarge (part with wife), Franc (trails), LaVitaDolce, mari, breger, Tramps, Peter, Twocat, WRFB, PDR, perch, ribs, CNY, and Holly. For the past couple of weeks, I've felt that progress was being made with my hamstring and then, as reported, I cut saturday's run short because of it. Even though I did not run yesterday, it was noticeable as I went about my day. This morning, I was nervous and unsure as to what to do. I decided to try a little and shorten my stride to see if that would help. It wasn't too bad and I did a cautious 2 miles in a little under 10 minutes for a 9:53 pace. My fingers are now crossed for a return to where I thought I was in my recovery. A good day and good runs for all. TomS