Please make it just a short break lyndenrunner! We like hearing from you. I ran with the Team Runner's High last night. I love watching them run..they are all so fast and effortless. 6.2 miles along the marine stadium, a perfect clear crisp evening, and no land sharks about.

Enkephalin wrote:

Most photos looked like an embarrassing freeze frame of the runner squatting on one leg, grimacing.

Enke – that’s an awesome photo! Your feet aren’t just off the ground, they’re WAY off the ground. And you look so tall and slim and fresh – definitely looking too good to be in the middle of a race. Tammy – I love your new avatar – you look great! Tramps – you DO look tall in that photo.. Timbo – I do NOT think you’re crazy... Gordon and Stumpy – we’ll miss you. Stumpy, I will go over to the newbies thread and check out the details. Peter – I have noticed that the cold sucks the battery power out of my MP3 player sooner than it should. To remedy that, instead of tucking it into my jacket pocket, I put it in a cellphone case clipped to the inside of the back of the waistband on my pants. My body heat seems to keep it warm enough there to keep that from happening. 6.25 easy-paced (ave 10:33) miles for me today on legs that felt pretty good, considering yesterday’s intervals. I’m scheduled to do 18 miles for my LR this weekend, but the weather doesn’t look good for either day – freezing rain tonight, and tomorrow is calling for snow on top of the ice layer. Since I have to start out early to get my run in before our family activities (5:30 am if Saturday and 4:30 am if Sunday), it’s dark for at least half of my run, and I don’t relish slippery footing in the dark. Maybe it’s time to re-think that headlamp issue.

Good morning everyone. Nice to see a post from Mr. Timbo - we miss you, friend! Also, healing vibes to Stumpy and Gordon. Please, keep posting and let us know how you're doing. It was a rest day for me today, so I volunteered for a 4 hour shift at one of the homeless shelters here in town. The limit is 62 people, but the priest in charge of the facility will not turn people away. It was packed when I got there at 6:00 AM this morning. I don't know how they made room for everyone. It never seizes to amaze me the number of young people that are homeless. Some looked like they were coming off of something, others just looked - lost. Count your blessings, everyone, and give your kids a big hug when you see them tonight. Have a great day, everyone. ETA Peter - my IPod acts up in cold weather also - even in temps as high as 30F

Gordon, we will miss you. I hope you stop in now and again to let us know how things are going. Kevin, I'm sorry to hear about the heart issue. I too will stop in over at the Newbies thread to check it out. Tim, interesting news about the boots. It sounds like they are helping so that is a good thing. I don't know much about AT problems, but it may be that you will always need to be careful of the AT or risk it flaring up. You are actually going to be running in these boots? That sounds odd - are they running friendly? Bob, great wave run yesterday. I hope mine goes as well on Sunday. I did not have an issues with my Shuffle this morning, though it was about 30F when I ran. Today's run was a perfect PBJ Special. 8 miles in 1:00:00 exactly. When I hit my watch and looked down, I laughed out loud! Not even one one hundredth off. I probably should not have run this pace because it's non-man's land but what the heck, I felt pretty good and it was a nice day. I ran the last two miles in 7:15ish so at least those were close to current MP. Good luck Erika and all others running Disney!

Erika - I'm envious of your visit with the Reger's - they are one of the nicest and easiest to be around couples I've met. I only wish I could have spent more time with them in Eugene. Have a good time!

"Erika - I'm envious of your visit with the Reger's - they are one of the nicest and easiest to be around couples I've met. I only wish I could have spent more time with them in Eugene."

Ahhh thanks! Right back at ya Lovely Tamster! Bill

But as Holly told me, at some point I will have to take a test run and just see, but stop if there is any pain...which worries me with my all or nothing personality.

Yes, that's EXACTLY the issue - can you be trusted to do a SLOW JOG and to STOP AT THE FIRST SIGN OF PAIN? (Dg taught me that) Erika - hoping for a great race for you with no foot issues...take some pictures, too, okay?

Tim, I have had a chronic problem with my left AT for the past few years. It is never 100% and probably never will be. I have learned to live with it. Sometimes it doesn't bother me very much and sometimes I just have to NOT run when it acts up...just the way it is. Even when I stopped running for 2 or 3 weeks last February after prostate surgery, it did absolutely nothing to help it.

I've had much the same experience but at the moment ( fingers crossed ) it has gone or should I say sometimes I feel it very slightly but it does not effect my running. At one stage I thought I would never run again and resting seemed to make no difference.