Good morning and welcome to the end of the week. Thanks to each one for your wonderful comments in the forum yesterday that showed the care and concern you have for Any and her husband. There is a great spirit in this group that very much became evident upon learning about this critical event that these fine people were facing yesterday. It was great to get Amy 's "all is well" report last night. We need to continue to remember them in prayer and in our thoughts. A big "Thanks" goes out to Dtoce for the thread he posted from our request, outlining some considerations in this area of being on top of medical issues faced by runners at this age, especially for those with risk factors. As expected, he has done an excellent job of giving us some things to consider, along with links that will help us in our consideration. Thanks as well for Twocat's perspective into this. He certainly gave some good thoughts that are important to consider. The emphasis there showed us that medical testing without due cause may carry more risk than what any benefits may bring. He was not talking about responsible screening and testing when risk factors happen....just about being careful to not go overboard and get tested simply for the sake of testing. For lack of a better illustration, I probably don't need a pap smear test done since I am male. Good stuff and thank you for that. I think the key here is BE INFORMED........get the facts.......know your options...... BE AWARE......know what risk factors YOU have that make your situation important to you BE PROACTIVE........do what is right and don't put off doing it. There always will be surprises. There will always be situations where victims are sadly not able to prepare for a sudden medical crisis. However, when we all are smart, and do the best we can at doing the right things, these situations will be less likely to happen. Procrastination and an attitude of foolhearted carelessness are the two main concerns. That being said, I still know that God is in control. However, included in that control is His allowance of man to make their own decisions in such matters that does carry with it results......both good and bad. OK.......enough on that subject. Just evaluate and DO what you need to do. If you need help or have questions on anything related to this subject, this is a great place to get it. Ask away. I trust each one of you has a great day and weekend and that your runs will be enjoyable even in the heat that many of us will be facing. Be safe. Have a great day. Joey

Vista.. good synopsis. This is a great group. I'm not complaining about the heat.. A lovely 71F, 92% dripidity. A lovely 6.6 miles of hills (3x2.2 mile loop). First one with Tory who kept the pace to 9:15. Next two at 8 min pace huff'n and puff'n. 6.6 mi in 55:21 (8:23 pace) ETA: Was it a dream or did I really sign up for the Grandfather Mountain Marathon (July 12) last night? I love heat and hills...

Acclimation runs for me lately. Today was a scorcher. I "ran" (the work used very loosely) 9.25 miles in 1:30. The HR was way up there and this was a tough one. Comparing this run with my fast 8 miler 3 days ago really shows the difference between h&h and H&H. Bill

Happy Frid. to everyone. Yep, summer's here and the livin' is easy! No runs for me for a while. I'll be taking a short hiatus and enjoying different stuff. I was gonna say run cool, but think I'll change that to " run ahead."

I'm with Bill on the acclimation run today. A rare weekday run with DW at 5:30 this morning. Even then humidity was high and temps were already in the 70's. 5 miles on foot, then changed, hopped on the bike and rode 10 miles into work. I sure like nice weather. Curious sight on our run this morning. A woman riding her bike on the canal path, wearing sandals, not wearing a helmet, holding a leash, attached to a dog. I'm surprised she wasn't trying to send a text as well.

Well, I told Amy yesterday that I would be with her all day, and in fact I couldn't get it out of my mind. I am glad she posted yesterday and let us know what happened. Even the Red Sox pulled through for her, sweeping the Rays. That woman has power! I've had a poor two days. Yesterday my intended 4-mile run turned out to be a plodding, slow and difficult 3-miler and now back home this morning I went out to run and found myself sweating like crazy and breathing very heavily and made it to one mile and packed it in. I think this plan of mine, which I have stuck to very well, has caught up with me once again and I need a bit of recovery. I'll see how tomorrow feels. Spareribs

vista thanks for the summary you put what I wanted to say better than I did. hopeful strap a Gamin on. You may find puppy sitting involves more running than you might think! It could still be WINTER guys! Would you rather be running in snow, wind and sub-freezing temperatures? Do not answer that evanflein! Good runs posted this morning by perchcreek, biketm, berger1, WRFB, nonoruns, Craneium, Tramps, and pdr. Spareribs you are probably just having "one of those days" which is, alas, lasting two days. Hopefully the weekend will help you recover and get out again. Aamos so glad to hear your husband is doing well. I will keep my fingers crossed that all continues to go smoothly. Wow, btb actually came back and posted again! Good to see. Maybe it will happen again? My TP and I had planned on an 11 mile run. After about 2 miles an unexpected (at least given the weather forecast) storm blew through. We got soaked. Then lightening started to arrive. We planned to pack it in but on the way back to my house the lightening stopped, we were already drenched and so figured why not finish? At some point it stopped raining so at least some of the run was in dry weather. In the end we did 11.86 miles. Good runs all. Enjoy the day - hot or otherwise!

Hooray for Amy's DH!! I'm so glad. Every time I thought about you, Amy, tears came to my eyes when I thought about what you went through and what a miracle it was that your DH made it. I would appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers, on a much smaller scale! My ankle started bothering me earlier in the week, but nothing more than other twinges I've had. Yesterday on my 5.3-mile run, though, it got worse, and by last night I was limping around. This is the first time I've had pain like this from running, and I'm kind of freaking out. I'm thinking achilles problem. I did call my doctor this morning and they're going to see me at 11:45, at a facility with testing equipment. On a funny note, I can't tell you how weird I felt saying, "It's important because I'm training for a half marathon!" I felt like an imposter or something - how are those words coming out of my mouth?!? OK, I'm going to do some deep breathing now. Thanks for listening! Teresa