Oops, forgot to post this morning. 8 miles @ 9:15. Will try to read later.

4.96 miles run in the cool of last evening. I am trying a new dimension in my runs that I want to experiment with for a while before I comment on it.

I can't wait to hear about your new dimension, Vista! It wouldn't be "too many significant figures" would it? (sorry, bad engineer joke)

Wildchild: Altitude? Absolutely! My buddy who lives in Santa Fe claims it takes at least a month to start adapting...when I go out west for ski trips, I don't even bother to bring my running gear anymore.

Yeah, but I've lived at this altitude for 26 years, so I should be adapted by now! I think that no matter how adapted you get, high altitude still slows you down somewhat. Similar to getting adapted to H&H - still slows you down. Biketm, you're sweet to be so concerned about Erika. You're a good and caring person! Dave59, thank you for reminding us to count our blessings. It does help put our perceived difficulties in perspective. Glad you're feeling 30 years old again! Spareribs, that was an exciting run! I'm not as fast as you so I would have gotten wet. I went on a four mile trail run last night on the way home from work. I only had an hour since it was my turn to cook dinner last night, so I picked a shorter trail. I thought four miles in an hour would be easy. Well, the trail went straight up (800 ft) in the first mile, then gently downhill (-250 ft) for the second mile. Then back the same way, with the steep part being too steep to run down in many places. It took an hour and five minutes! Hard work, but the wildflowers were beautiful. The second mile downhill is through an aspen meadow which is full of wild iris right now. I felt like I was floating along. This trail is also particularly beautiful in the fall when the aspens turn color. Good stuff. Trail running is hard but such a wonderful change from running through the neighborhood. And I have to think that despite the 16 mm pace I was getting a good workout.

vista, another nice start. It was appropriate with what seems like an unusual number of us injured, healing, or dealing with other life problems. evan, belated anniversary greetings. I'm glad to hear your husband is recovering well but not glad to hear you are feeling overwhelmed. I'm glad you feel free to let us know about your situation and I hope things improve quickly. Holly, I feel your pain with the hamstring. The way it came on rather suddenly during speedwork makes me especially nervous. I'm glad to see you took today off and plan on taking it a bit easy to let it heal. dg, a bunch of us need to adopt your "wise and mature" decision making more often. The trouble is my mind and the rest of my makeup aren't always in agreement. dromedary, I can't decide whether to give you sympathy or to laugh along with you. Dave, I'm glad to hear the massage seems to have helped and that you have some bright spots in your life. Nice long runs for WRFB, perch, Holly (with injury producing speedwork, so the nice doesn't apply to your run), TheJogger, biketm, and Peter. Good job on the speedwork for BC and breger. This morning, it was in the mid to high 60s with a light breeze and a bit humid. The first thing that I noticed as I went out the door was that my GPS was dead. It's probably at least 5-6 years old so maybe a new one is in order. I've become so addicted to running with it that I don't know how to cope if I can't check my distance and time whenever I feel like it. My plan was 5 or 6 miles, but my hamstring was a little more noticeable than my last run. Just before I went out, I had read yesterday's thread with dg's "wise and mature" decision and the thread Holly started about when to run and when to back off. Several posts there, especially, Sarge's (I tend to make schedules somewhat sacred) were fresh in my mind. I convinced myself to quit after approximately 3 miles in a few seconds under half an hour. My immediate feelings were that I had done the right thing. A little later, I was feeling frustrated and bummed out that I had wimped and let myself down. Now I'm back to thinking I did the right thing. Why can't it be simple? A good day and good runs for all. TomS

Tom and Holly: Be careful with those hammies! You don't want to be where I've been for the last few months. I'm glad that I've at least had bicycling to throw myself into, which keeps my mind off the running that I'm not doing (at least most of the time). My worst mind trick is to have something hurting and be able to convince myself that I don't feel anything. Really dumb and a good way to make a bad situation worse. Now all you able-bodied Boomers (if there are any), get out there and run!

Spandex is a privilege, not a right.

OMG, isn't that the truth! We were in Waikiki to meet the team for the official tournament photo, and ended up wandering around in an area where, let's just say there was a lot of speedos and spandex, but very few women... My boys were horrified... and when we were talking later about what beach to go to for waves or whatever we were looking for that day, the boys would say "just not Waikiki, ok??" I have a running skirt by Nike that I just love. Wore it at Boston and my recent 10k. Sort of found it by accident on a sale rounder at Nordstrom while looking for shorts... I love it and it was half price!

YAY Bernie goes to his new running home! That's great! Erika - I'm sorry you've been feeling so overwhelmed lately and especially sad that you don't seem to be getting the understanding and help you need at home right now. I hope you find that even keel in life soon - or at least feel like you have some control over things, instead of it having control over you . . . My runnings been "meh" lately. Nothing to report - therefore, I haven't really been reporting much. Still keeping up on my log and as you can see, it's been mostly short runs. I have a 5K on Saturday - which won't be fast. I just haven't had the speed in my legs lately. Maybe I should try incorporating in this . . . what do you call it . . . speedwork training that I hear some of you talking about? . . . I wonder if that would help?

Very tired today so I headed for the treadmill to avoid the H&H, 4 miles easy at 9:55 pace. Roy nice run with the Mrs. Joey I've been trying to clean out the basement one box at a time for several weeks, almost done. It's amazing what you can accumulate after 15 years in the same house. Tim that's a great workout, good job. Ribs way to beat the storm, maybe that's what I need to do Wildchild I think trails like that were made for hiking. 800 ft. up in one mile I guess you were getting a good workout! TomS I hope I helped...