Good moring gang.

I've taken the last few days off just to get some rest and my plan is to get back into my normal routine starting Sunday.   Tomorrow I will be busy saying good bye to the final 5 puppies.       Probably why I did some tossing and turning last night.  I will miss them - but I won't  miss all the work ....

Happy Friday!!!

We'll miss the puppies too.

An easy swim for me this morning.......Taking a 1/2 day off here at work to travel to Des Moines this afternoon.

Handymom.....If your checking in Good luck to you, enjoy the race. It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. I'm taking my Sister, her hubby and two girls to the Macaroni Grill tonight.......Bread, Olive Oil and Pasta.....and maybe a glass or two of beer.

And finally.....I'm sure Tim is keeping in touch with some of you......I was thinking about him today.....hope he's got his head in the right place....say HI to him for me.

Live it up !

SueT wrote: 

 I was running on the MKT trail in Columbia, MO early this morning.  It had rained overnight, so temp was around 60 - IRC for this area.  I was on the return leg of my out and back - enjoying all of the cardinals - when a rock jumped up out of nowhere and snagged my toe.  Of course, I went flying and landed on my left hand.  Cracked one of the metacarpal bones and gashed up the hand pretty good.  The friend I was staying with works with a specialty medical practice (how convenient) and took me in to see a hand specialist before I could protest.  They dug the gravel out of hand, bandaged me and sent me on my way.  The worst part of the whole thing is that I trashed my Garmin when I landed.  The bone will heal, but I think the Gamin is a total loss ........sob......  I did finish the 7 mile run ;-).

Now I'm going to take my pain pill and go to bed.  I have an early flight back home tomorrow, and I have to run a trail race tomorrow night - provided I don't have any flight delays. 

Sue – Ouch!  And you’re running a trail race tonight?  Ouch again!

Mary – hard to let them go, but I’d bet it will be nice to get back to the normal routine.  Be sure to give Hailey lots of love this week, as it’s probably harder on her to see her babies go.

Bill – while you’re still in top shape, have you thought about finding another marathon in, say, a month?

1.75 miles on the TM, then my usual Friday lower body routine, plus superman lifts, front raises, bench dips, reverse flies, stability ball crunches and 4 chin-up, one at a time.

Bill (whispering), think Tinman.  Start anew.

6.2 yesterday and 4.5 today at easy pace.  Yesterday I did my first core and flex workout in over a week as I was concerned about my back, but I am good as new.  I think I may race on Sunday as a TT just to see if there is any improvement and to adjust my track paces.

We are getting super weather here in N. TX, cool, dry mornings, then of course high 80's in the late morning.  It's about 72 degrees when I run at about 8 a.m.    Spareribs

SueT48 Sorry to read about your hand.  Good news is that it does not seem too serious.  The better news is that you can still write about running a race this weekend despite the hand!  Maybe the best news are those pain pills . . . just how good are they? 

Walt.RB  Part of the problem is that the IFSM has not sponsored any research into shoes types and injury rates.  Instead they are just touting shoes by those sponsoring them.  Even if they now funded research I would worry.  True it would be better than nothing, but certainly not as good as having an independent institution (i.e. one that did not depend on a particular shoe company for support) do the funding.

hopeful4ever  Better to be giving them away than to do what my SIL has done.  She keeps them!  Now she is the proud, and in my view totally out of her mind, owner of seven jack russells!  Good thing she trains race horses for a living.  In the morning she and her spousal equivalent go to the track to work and the dogs are let loose to knock themselves out.

breger1  That is the great thing about racing.  If you can run, there will be another race.  Good luck with your next training cycle.

SteveP  Maybe a carbon fiber watch would be lighter.    I have to remember your line about the size of the watch and being able to see the numbers.

Today was my every other gym day which due to traveling has been rather sporadic.  I may try working out in the gym both Saturday and Sunday as I have a PT appointment on Monday and will likely want to avoid going to the gym as well.

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my SIL is the proud owner of seven jack russells!  Good thing she trains race horses for a living.  In the morning she and her spousal equivalent go to the track to work and the dogs are let loose to knock themselves out.

 This visual I'm getting is of total, but hilarious, chaos.

Sue - Ouch!  Just run with your hand up in the air and your finger won't swell as bad.   Boo hoo about the Garmin.  Doggone it.

Got up too late to do my 30 min of cycling to nowhere, so it was just an hour of core/strength.  Have decided to forego anymore lunges as they make my right knee feel wonky.  Will substitute step ups w/weights. Am also doing step downs and Bulgarian squats w/weights, so getting plenty of quad work in.  Also have changed the overhead lift (not shoulder presses) to single arm lifts and wowza!  My triceps are really feeling it.  Yee haw!

Tomorrow will be a 16-mile trail run followed by 10 trail miles on Sunday.  I should be sufficiently pooped come the end of the weekend.

Have a good one ~

no, I don't have his email. Maybe I missed where you had mentioned it.

I have emailed with him before - but it's always been in a reply to something he sent me first and then I never took the extra step of saving his email in my address book before deleting the email as I was cleaning out my inbox.