Good morning, everyone. This morning was a beautiful day to run -- 51F, nice and crisp but not cold -- starting to get light even before the start of the run. Best time of year, I think. Workout: 3.1 miles, 8:33/mi, AHR 146 Overall: 4.1 miles, 34:52 Ok, I will admit (even to myself) that I have had some soreness in one of my knees (in the back at the base of the ham) for the last week or so. It probably isn't going to get fixed by ramping up the mileage, so I'll take a few days off -- I have had good results with short rests in the past. (There, I've said it). Have a great day, and a great weekend. Best of luck to the racers -- OMG there are a lot of you. (Courtesy Ileneforward) 5/01 hermosaboy - TC 1 Mile 1 Mile Minneapolis 5/03 naphtali - Indianapolis 1/2 Marathon, Indianapolis IN 5/03 flkjr - Cox RhodeRace 5k Providence,RI 5/03 predawnrunner - Frederick Running Festival Twilight 5k 5/03 WillRunForBeer - Frederick Running Festival Twilight 5k - DNS 5/03 Mariposai - Sunflower relay- 21.7 miles (I will iron it), Mazama, WA 5/03 evanflein - Chena River Run 5k 5/04 TammyinGP - Eugene Half Marathon, Eugene, OR 5/04 Soundrunner - Eugene Marathon, Eugene OR 5/04 Econo - Eugene Marathon, Eugene OR 5/04 BReger1 - Eugene Marathon, Eugene OR 5/04 enkephalin - Eugene Maration, Eugene OR 5/04 hally - Eugene Marathon 5K, Eugene OR 5/04 TomD - Lincoln Marathon in Lincoln, NE 5/04 Sarge - Flying Pig Half Marathon, Cincinnati OH 5/04 Holly S. - Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati OH 5/04 ultrachick - Seven Sisters Trail Run (12m) Amherst, MA 5/04 mainerunnah - Hot Pursuit 5K - Brunswick, ME 5/04 CNYrunner - Derrill's Race 5k, Eashtampton MA 5/04 SueT48 - Cox RhodeRace half marathon, Providence RI 5/04 hermosaboy - Bud Break 5k Chanhassen 5/04 mrbill - Palos Bank Southwest Half Marathon, Palos Heights IL

Good Morning! Happy Birthday WRFB!!! – and good luck with the ham/knee issue. Hopefully some rest will clear it right up for you. No running for me today – light x-training instead: shoulder presses, butterflies, hammer curls, incline dumbbell presses, superman lifts, butt-blasters, and a 15-minute ab/core video. Hey, according to the schedules on the IRS website, we’re supposed to get the $1800 tax rebate deposited in our account today. Woohoo! That will almost cover the chimney sleeves on the new house. (sigh) My bank account has a revolving door that’s spinning so fast it’s a blur. Good luck weekend runners!!

Good morning Everyone, 3 miles for me this morning. looking ove the list that WRFB posted, I'm amazed that so many of you that ran Boston are already running another marathon. You Guys Rawk! Good luck! Is anyone here in the Knoxville/Chattanooga area? It looks like I'll be moving there in the next month or so. I just accepted a job near Athens. Woo Hoo! Cheers Mike

I wish I could teleport myself to all these Boomer races! Have fun this weekend. Happy Birthday and Good call Lou! I think a rest is a pretty good gift! I'm buying shoes with my rebate This morning's run: Mix GA and LT: 2.2 mi warm-up with Tory at 9:15 pace then 4 hard/moderate miles: 7:10, 8:12, 7:45, 7:19 and 0.8 mi cool down at 8:12. Need to work on this as I couldn't get the ticker out of the 160's. Legs felt great. A bit warm 61F, 70% humidity. w/o 4 mi at 7:37 pace avg (AHR 163) Total 6.8 mi in 55:36 (8:11 pace)

Good Luck Racers, And Happy Birthday Lou, take care of that hot spot. Ummmm, cake jjj

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Good morning boomer buddies!! Happy b-day WRFB. Holly my "gift from the gov't" has been spent and I haven't even gotten it yet. It has been a bit over a month since I shut ‘er down and I have been good and true to my word and have not run or walked for fitness. I am drug free, not even an over the counter. I have faithfully worn my strassburg sock to bed nightly despite the strange looks from the kittys, and have accepted my fate in life. My foot is perpetually cranky. I have seen improvement and have hope that I will be back out on the streets someday, but I have no idea what day that will be. Just when I think all is well, bam, it is cranky again. Can’t figure out why. I am doing the stretches, wearing the sock, and wearing my running shoes all the time. I took back the mizuno waves and got some brooks adrenalines (thank god for your LRS is all I can say) because I couldn’t wear the mizuno’s without an insert and I don’t’ want to have to have them in my shoes. And frankly scarlet, I am tired of tending to this cranky foot. While working to heal the foot, I learned how to do the backstroke (ok, good swimmers still laugh at me) finished my masters thesis project (I present it on Tuesday and than I am done, yippee!!!) and let Lincoln out of my pocket and got myself a whole new wardrobe to celebrate my graduation and my losing that last 15lbs (thank you RA weight loss group) that I thought I was stuck with forever. Nordstrom’s loves me right now. I have proposed to start a C25K group at work and have received the blessings of the higher ups. I will have our first planning meeting the end of May with a start day a couple of weeks later. My goal is to work with those that thought they never could and show them that they can. So, once again I will not be posting everyday…this is a running group and I am not running or walking, but swimming. But I will be lurking…however now that I am not knee deep in my masters project I might just be able to respond to posts. Prior to that, I really couldn’t put a coherent thought together and prayed no one would initiate a conversation with me. It often came out gobbledy (spelling Mr. Ribs???) gook. HI Annied!!! Welcome from lurkdom, this is a great group. I have been running through you guys this whole time. Congrats to all who ran or worked Boston. Loved the Boston reports…loved the weekly trials and tribulations. Berger excellent recovery posting, many of us aspire to that level…Erica hope the snow and cold disappears soon. Munch you are one special lady and the many J’s I am in awe of your talent for both running and writing. Mr. Ribs, you cranky old soul, I am so pleased to see you out there and getting the miles in however slow. Are you still wearing your strassburg? SteveP I hope that you are able to get through you mom’s estate without too many more issues (folks, throw the stuff away, ok). BTB, I miss your daily recaps…hope all is well with you. You are an amazing person. CNY I was looking for something on the web the other day and came across a site for products from CNY. I was immediately craving a hoffmans and granny browns. Saw the Bucks and I had forgotten about that. There was a time I wouldn’t eat a piece of beef without my bucks. And I thought about you and Skip. Someday we should meet and do a CNY run. Econo, I think of you when swimming and wonder how you are doing. Tom the pirate and Tammy (and others from KR) it is nice to see your posting here. I don’t like the split at all, but do not have the time or the desire to keep up with more than one site and RA is my online home now. I am not a social person (funny given that I got my Masters in Social Work, but so be it) and one is enough for me. Vista, I am so sorry about the mockingbirds. Tell the kids the truth. It is life. This world is in trouble because of lies. I see a couple of friends from CR have found there way here finally. Good to see ya! To everyone: I am living through your running. Please keep up with you daily stories. I love them and look forward to reading them everyday. I continue to believe that someday I will get out there and do this once again, but for now I am but a swimmer, lurking on the running site. Looking forward to the day I can post, today I ran one mile. (Yes I am a bit of a drama queen but that is what makes me so freaking lovable) Yes, now that I am no longer working on my thesis I am chatty….

Cake, did someone say cake? Happy birthday Lou, be good to yourself and get that knee recovered! Good luck to everyone who is racing this weekend, especially those running a marathon. Let's show everyone that Boomers rule! STAY TOUGH! Easy 5 miles for me today FFW (freedom from watch). This is the best time of year for running Lou. This morning when I went out at 5:30 am, it was 60F and the sun was just starting to come up. By the time I finished it was a beautiful sunny morning! Have a great day everyone! Bruce