Good morning! Thanks for starting us WRFB. It appears the house deal fell through. We offered to put in a high-efficiency furnace and fix the radon problem, but their list of wants beyond that (including $2,200 for roofing material) was more than we are willing to give, especially considering we set our bottom-dollar price with them before we knew they expected us to put another $7,000 into the house. (Ha! As if we even had that kind of money.) And the roof still has 2-3 years left in it, so I don’t know why we need to fix it right now anyway – there are no leaks. It’s just as well, though. Now maybe we can make the repairs one at a time, and then put the house back on the market for a higher price, and at least recoup some of our loss. I suppose this means we lose the house we’re buying as well, but another one will come along. It’s early in the season. SteveP – excellent news! Spareribs – hope you’re out of the doghouse… 6.15 slow and gentle heart-cleansing-kind-of miles today in a wet and windy and exhilarating 54 degrees. The legs are still a bit tired from Sunday’s run, but happily nothing hurts, and only one purple toenail. Life is good.

... oh.. April Fools (ok, it's early..) 8.2 mi in 1:08:16 (8:20, AHR 157) skipped strides, lead legs. First 2.2 mi with Tory. Mu glasses kept fogging up as I passed through cooler and then warm muggy air. This is a dead leg day. Two days after a hard workout my legs often feel like lead (right, Holly?).. This may be a form of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) without the soreness.. just lack of power. That is why it is better (for me) to do speed work on Wednesday following a Sunday hard long run and then another hard effort on Thursday. You can sneak in 2 hard efforts before DOMS sets in. In fact the second hard efort usually feels great becasue the blood volume is high from the day before workout. Have great runs!

Good morning all! Perch, you had me there for a second! We did tell the kiddo he had a snow day this morning and he paused for a nanosecond and then got the joke. It's actually already 54F here (rainy) and on the way to 70F today. Holly, you have the right attitude about the house and the running. Lead with your heart and the pace and the right house will be yours. I am sorry you had to go through the hoops of all those inspections though. I am convinced that a better deal on both ends will come your way. Hang in there. Hugs to you. I was worried about DOMS today, but have to fly out tomorrow at zero dark thirty, so TTR day is today (tempo torture run----Hi breger!) 12.4 miles with 2x 25 mins. and 5 minutes rest. The speed sections are decreasing in quantity, but not intensity. In fact Coach said try to maintain the wu and rest and cd at close to general run pace. Whew. I went out at 5:15 AM, just overcast and 50F.....shorts and short sleeves! Yee haw! The whole deal came in at 1:41:35 (8:12 pace) with the speedy parts at 7:43 and 7:40. No beagles or numbers painted on the road. Lots of birds twittering and various creatures roaming about. I wasn't really that sore---tired to be sure---but pretty recovered, so that's cool. Good days to all.. CNYrunner

Good Morning! Perch - you had me there!! Holly - it sounds like you have the right attitude with the house deal. Sorry it all fell through - but it probably wasn't meant to be. Unscheduled rest day for me. I laid out my stuff last night, went to bed, and then they started flashing news about a high wind warning starting at 2 a.m. until 5 p.m. today. SO, I rolled over, turned off the alarm and went to sleep. I really need to do a cut-back week, so I think this will be it. I've been putting in some pretty good mileage for me, and I think the body might like a little break - as I do NOT want to get injured. ~Mary

Good morning, all! Holly - sorry about the house, but I'll bet things will work out better for you in the long run. Other than the wind and rain, it's a great morning here with temps in the 50's. The peepers were out in full force this morning. 6 miles on the treadmill this AM. My legs were dead yesterday after a full weekend. Jesse and I walked for 2 hours on the trail on Saturday. I did 15 miles at MP on the track on Sunday followed by another hour and a half walk with Jesse. We were both pooped Sunday evening. My group at work yesterday had a "tailgate" party in the afternoon which included a chili cookoff. My chili took the best overall award which netted me a gift certificate to Dick's Sporting Goods. As the winners were being announced, a sound like a gunshot occurred below our floor - I felt the vibration in my feet. We had to evacuate to the first floor - there was some concern about whether or not the floor in the second floor atrium could handle over 200 people at once. Good runs to all!

Morning, fools! Er... I mean masters! I'm hoping Mr. Ribs checks in and gives us a history behind April Fool's Day. from yesterday... eliz- good thing you missed the rain yesterday. We wouldn't want you melting on us. Thanks for the healing vibes, and if you do get to read the posts today, happy fools' day to you! biketm- thanks for checking in, and I'm glad you are back on track with your running! JJJ- rest day? What are you tired from? from today... WRFB- time to start resting that body for the task at hand in 3 weeks! Holly- rats! I'm sorry for the crap you are dealing with. I was thinking of you over the weekend, watching "House Hunters" and some other show about making your house more marketable on HGTV. It may be worth your while to get someone who can come to you house and tell you where to put your money to get the most bang for your buck. Continued well wishes to you. It'll be great when all this is behind you. Take it easy this week PLEASE! Your run over the weekend, plus stress, equals a weakend immune system. perch- if you can do 26 miles at MP in training, doing 26.2 at that pace in a race should be doable for sure. breger- it's only fair that work should let you sneak your run in today since they deprived you of it this AM. I'll bet you were hoping that the call was an April Fools' joke. CNY- you did THAT workout right after a race??? I bow to thee! I'll bet the shorts and short sleeves felt wonderful! Awesome run, as always! Well done! hopeful4ever- your morning sounded great! It's nice to be able to do that once in a while. Good call. SueT- Nice running, and hiking, this weekend. Congrats on your chili victory! I think we'll need a recipe posted, or is it a secret? Funny that the award was a gift certificate to Dick's, so you can go get some stuff to work off the chili I suppose. That's wild about the 2nd floor not being able to handle all those people, especially people with their bellies full of chili! After my needle appointment yesterday, I hit the gym to try the elliptical out to see if it would be ok on my ankle tendon, and it was doable, so I put in a half hour on that, followed by some stretching. My ankle looks like a giant marshmallow, all puffy. When I look at it, I can't help but to think of S'mores. Yumm! On the way out of the gym, someone commented that I had awesome legs. Unfortunately the comment came from a 70+ year old man. Sigh. I'll take it though, compliments are few and far between these days! Nice guy, I stopped and chatted with him for a bit, it's great to see people still active at that age. This morning I hit the gym again for another 1.5 hours on the elliptical. Man was it hot in there. By the end of the workout, the foot pods that you rest your feet in were filled with sweat and sloshing around. Capped it off with some more stretching. No compliments today. Last time I had this injury, I was put in an air cast. I think it's time to break it out again. Podiatry appointment later today to get my shiny new orthotics. Yay! Life's little pleasures. I'll leave you today with what is probably one of my favorite Pooh quotes. “It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.” Have a great day, master friends!

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