dromalena (evan/posie) - jitsu wa, joudan desu since I only run on weekends but i couldn't contain my joy when I saw that it's April and in twenty days getting to Wenatchee with butterfly posie and ultra-arf/divechief (with a italiano donna bellissima training run along the way)

I'm guessin' Tet did 20 miles today... but wouldn't bet money on it... Thanks CNYrunner, I'm hoping it works out that way. Glad to hear you're on the mend, Steve... sending something your way email. Took DS1 to the dentist today...didn't want to come back to work! It's 51 out there and slush and slop everywhere, but it's wonderful!! Thinking of a run in shorts tonight... but it might cool down a bit too much for that, we'll see! And it'll be a fun, EZ or whatever the legs feel like doin' sort of run! My favorite....

this morning I did a walk run treadmill thing, first time in 2 weeks. 1.8 miles with just the teeniest hamstring twinge. Incorporating some wonderful advice from a lot of you, some directed to me, some not, I a) stopped when I realized it was hurting. & b) was ultimately able to honestly be happy with it. being happy with what we can do at any moment...

Oh, Debbie, I am SO pulling for you to recover and be able to run some gentle runs in the blossoming spring, whenever it actually gets here (and there).....

End of day comments, no running stuff here: CNY, you really get it. Saw your reply in the hill thread. Posture, vision, nice post. Hallliar, when you give a lot of yourself to coach, do what you have your heart in. You did your share, and I bet you will give more when asked but it won't hurt to say, "I'll do it, but I want the XC job!" Mari, you always say the kindest things to me, thanks. From time to time people will mention others they miss, Thunderbolter, Dark Horse and others. How many of you recall Rip Van Racer? I respected his work ethic a lot. Poor guy was hurt and ran like a maniac on that TM. Put the rest of us to shame, and never once complained! Batman, you have my email. Drop me a line will you? Time for us to revisit stuff. You know I am thinking of you. Oh Tammy, stop! You know you are a knockout. Dump Tet and I am right there, no questions asked. BTB, after I get over this injury, and the next time I get hurt, I will remember how upbeat and generous to others you have been. Oh, and while I am on April Fool's stories, as I got appointed to do this complicated research (which involved clicking on Google) here is the number one April Fool hoax of all time: In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." Okay, back to running: Here is a paraphrase of a quote from Ron Daws, that I thought some of you on the DL would find amusing: "Runners are in only one of three different states: injured, recovering from an injury, or thinking about what injury they would like to have next." I hope all of you will remember this as you contemplate the next workout: why am I doing this run? Spareribs

beautiful photos, btb - where are you located? late afternoon run with DH and pelle (both of whom walk while i put i my miles). DH had a brilliant idea - he thought the fields looked mostly melted so we went "cross country" - which means across the snow, mud, etc. and somehow it was all uphill. we'll do the reverse (hopefully when the snow is melted the rest of the way) another time, and it will be mostly downhill... if that makes any sense. so... 3.25 miles of hill and dale and mud and snow and a bit of plain old county road, sunny, crisp, and clear. mountains still snow-covered... spring? what's that? susan

JJJ - I long for your "beautiful spring day". Here we had 90 km/h wind gusts and my run tonight was with cold winds of 54 km/h. Not complainin', just sayin'. A good workout tonight, despite the poor weather. Total 12.0 miles in about 1:48. W/U -- 3.1 mi ...29:42 ... 9:45 pace ... 143 hr MP-15 sec -- 6.0 mi ...50:01 ...8:20 pace ... 154 hr C/D -- 2.9 mi ...28:44 ...9:48 pace ... 141 hr Found out yesterday that a former business client passed away from a brain tumour last week at the age of 50. He was a very humorous and quite brilliant guy ... he'll be missed. Last year about this time, another colleague of mine died of a similar brain tumour. He was the owner of our company and got me into this consulting business 20 years ago. He was the same age as me and again a very witty and intelligent man, the kind of guy who's team you wanted to be on. I was lucky with a pituitary tumour 5 years ago as it was benign. It had to be removed and everything's been fine since. It was right after this that I got involved in running. I enjoy the gift every day. Have a great evening everyone! PJ

Mari, you always say the kindest things to me, thanks.

well...what can I do...I am still waiting for my eggplant parm dish in the mail

great posts today (well yesterday technically) i hit the road for 7.6 miles - didn't plan it so well and had a fierce headwind the last 2 miles and the rain started!! but felt good aside from a little achiness in the quads...........now i'm working an extra shfit - just 11p-7a ..........DS3# turns 18 today!! YIKES!!

once an alaskan, always an alaskan. best wishes - and thanks - to Peter.