Carol - Done!

Arla - I've been getting really thirsty starting around Mile 18 or so.  Two weeks ago, I had nearly emptied a 26 oz bottle in about 3 or 4 miles.  One of those usually lasts me 8 miles - taking in approx 6 oz every 20 minutes.  Since I drink the Ultra and Amino, this would make me prone to taking in too many calories along with what I'm eating.  So to combat that and the thirsties, I will be carrying a 20 oz bottle of water to sip on, as well.  I will have to make sure I still get the right amount of the sports drink in me, but for the in between times of drinking that, I can sip water and try to satisfy the thirst.  Plus, after awhile I just need plain ole refreshing water.  It really helps me out.  It's weird - first I was dealing with nausea, now I'm dealing with being hungry while running and being thirsty.

Carol Done!

Having trouble getting runs in this week but finally got in a 4 miler today.  Lulu had to stay home, just wasn't up to being dragged today. Lynda said she threw a major fit when I left her. She is pretty hard on my sore hands on leash and enough traffic she needs to stay close now as farmers/ranchers are busy now.

When its cold I don't feel the need to drink alot during a run but mine are usually capped at 2 hours so nothing like some of you. In the summer I have to be careful and consciously make myself drink, maybe more so working than running cause I get easily distracted at the task at hand. Moutain hiking I carry 20 oz of water and 20 oz of sportsdrink in the winter,  and 64 oz in the summer for a normal day and up to 120 oz for an alpine start moutain day( 2- 3 am start). I choose between  2  different platypus bladders in the summer a med size and the large one depending on the day.

Joe that sucks getting swerved at. I have to tell ya a story about my crazy friend, call him Don to protect his identity. Anyway he was a good runner and ran small college track mostly 1/4's . Anyway after college he moved to a very rural  very impoverished tough community to farm on his own. He was out for a run on 3 separate nights and the same car ran him off the road. On the 4th nite he took his 357 and emptied it in the trunk of said car after it swerved at him again. Never happened again. I said Don what if you woulda hit someone, you could have killed them!! He said no problem, I aimed low and to the right.................

Arla hope the legs come around, those downhills are killers, why I'll never do the slacker half with mtnchk and hub :-). Congrats again if you didn't see it before. It is disconcerting for sure to see someone face plant ahead of you. In Vegas I never saw hit but saw the ambulance and heard the sirens as a 31 yr old guy collapsed at the finish line 10 minutes ahead of me and died 48 hrs later. It did give me quite the pause seeing the ambulance rolling.

Cindy hope you free up enough to enjoy some of that spring mtn weather and get some runs or turns in but still make some bucks.

Lots of drama here on all fronts this week. Finaly said the heck with it I don't care I need to run today and did.

 On the plus side looks like I will start spraying wheat tommorow with fertilizer and 1/10 of an oz per acre of herbicide for winter annuals, mostly mustards. Works like a charm and very safe to handle.

Hiya to the rest of the group.

4 today with a tempo portion. I tried to do the tempo too fast and couldn't hold it, got a ways to go to get in BB shape.

Ev glad you're back on the board.

Leslie don't fret bad runs hit us all once in a while and you have knocked out some incredible runs lately.

I need the temp to rise about 20 degrees to spray so it won't be long and I'll be burning diesel today, official kickoff to the farming season. Better check markets again and get to going outside, just about have the planning portion of the day handled.

have a good one

Kelly!!!!!!!  I was just wondering about you the last two days and have been meaning to get off a "What's up?!?" email.  Nice to know you're still alive and functioning.  Good luck prepping for your 100-milers.  You're gonna do great.

Farmer Jim - Loved the story about your friend!  ". . . aimed low and to the right . . ." *snicker guffaw snork!*  Wouldn't that be fun to do sometime.

Hi, Ev.  We've missed you.

Bonkos last night - and I won.  $60!  Woo hoo!  Then I get home around 10:30 and 3 of The Hub's buds are there drinking.  I plastered a smile on my face, chit chatted for a few minutes, went and took a shower, chit chatty for a little while longer, then about 11:15 said, "Okay, get out of my house.  It's after 11:00."  Nice guys - one of them is who The Hub is trying to get a bbqing catering biz together with - but at that late hour, especially when I have to work the next day - Get Out.  Guess they had shown up only about 1/2 an hour before.  Who the heck shows up at someone's house at 10:00 at night?  The Hub had seen them earlier in the evening and had told 'em to come over for awhile if they wanted, but he sure didn't mean that late!

Anyway - ended up sleeping like a log.  I woke up once with a bad calf cramp, woke up again to feed the zoo around 5:00, then hit the hay again 'til around 8:00.  I don't sleep that good very often, and it was soooo wonderfuuuuul! 

Cripes, Ev.  40+ mph winds??  Definitely a test for the hardiest for souls.  You done good, son.  Be very proud of yourself.

20 miles - 4 road, 16 trails - today with as much climbing as I felt I could muster.  My legs are tired.  My back is tired.  I'm tired.  I so desperately need a massage.  I am very ready for El Tapero to begin.  So, so ready.  Now I must go eat something else.

Hey, there's Kelly!  Like the description "flirting on the edge of disaster" .

Jim, glad you said to heck with it and ran!

Leslie, sounds like there was more than one kind of zoo at your house.  Nice 20!  Got another back to back this weekend?

Stumpy, how's the gym treating you these days?

Ev, wish I could fake some enthusiasm be so positive about the wind today.  10 in 40 mph wind = at least 15 in the calm. 

Rode my bike up to church to help my hubby set up chairs today.  Had the 35+ mph wind at my back/side most of the way, but chickened out on riding home back into it.  Nothing "aero" about me on my mountain bike.  Jammed the bike into hubby's  the trunk for the ride home. 

Thanks so much for your support and recommendations!  I am overwhelmed that you guys would take the time to do that.  Like I said, you have already made me feel like a winner no matter what.  You are some sincerely good hearted people.