Good Morning! Thanks Vista for starting us out with your warm words. So many poignant and thoughtful posts yesterday, and Vista, PDR, Deez4boyz, Wildchild – thank you for your kind words. Bruce Morant – congratulations on your weightloss achievement! Spareribs – congratulations on running 11-miles! It’s been a long time coming, but you have been so patient. No running for me today, and I’m still being lazy about x-training, but I did do some crunches and push-ups. I was doing some thinking about running in my new neighborhood. At my old house, I generally ran in 4-6 mile loops, swinging by my house for potty/hydration stops at the end of each loop. But my new house doesn’t lend itself to the loop concept. I find myself not wanting to drag my butt up that long hill to my house every 5 miles. This means my LRs might become out-and-backs – 2 miles down to the river, x miles up and down the river trail, then 2 miles uphill back to my house. (Running in other directions heads to streets that are too busy.) That means rethinking potty/hydration needs, mapping out restrooms or wooded areas, carrying water or stashing a bottle somewhere, and probably carrying a cellphone since I won’t be checking in with my family at regular intervals. Either that or learning to love the hill. Come wintertime, I don’t like to get so far from home when it’s really cold. Those 2-3 minute stops by the house are great for adding/subtracting layers and warming up before heading out again. At least I don’t have to worry about that for a while. Happy Monday!

Morning all Thanks again for a great start off vista. Hope you figure your routes out Holly. Geez Tall.....you are blistering fast dude Guess I missed spareribs 11 mile run....that is super good news...he has more patience than I would have had. Well, I feel almost 100% this morning, so hopefully this week runs will be better....I desperately need some quality speed work with a few 10K races coming up. After Sat's 13 miles, I ran 6.5 yesterday in a slight drizzle which felt good, Plan on a 10 mile tempo run tonight if all systems are go. Yesterday got me thinking about my own "non" relationship with my mother (she is gone now). I didn't want to ruin yesterdays wonderful posts with something negative. But with what I am going to say is rather meant to be positive, not a bummer or negative....basically mean to say to cherish your mother - wife - and family members because not everyone has the blessed opportunity to experience this. I had absolutely no relationship with my mother.....I don't remember one hug, I don't remember one kiss, she never tucked me into bed, she didn't help me with home work, never come to one school event like track meets, football games, graduation etc. During parents night at out last home football game, I was the only one standing there by myself. We never ate together and basically me and my brothers had to fend for our selves. Even as a young kiddo, I could leave for days and my mother didn't know where i was at, and didn't care. After graduation and getting married, I tried to establish some sort of relationship....along with my brothers to no avail. The last time I saw her is when me and my (then) wife took our one year old son dressed up for Halloween and knocked on her door....she look out her blinds and wouldn't even open the door....that was the last time I saw my mom. She passed away years later, and I didn't even know she died till two weeks after the fact. Please everyone....don't take this as a negative/ depressing story, but rather a positive to cherish your moms, dads, and everyone you hold dear to your hearts. Believe or not, 3 out of us 4 brothers turned out just fine, and have good jobs and have had long standing marriages...I was married 20 years before my wife divorced me for a friend of mine, but I am happy with my life..... Just thought I would share something that was on my heart, that may help others in their relationships with family and friends.....thanks to all of you for being friends to me Have a great day all, Tim

Good morning, Tim, that is a touching story and a wonderful lesson. Thanks for sharing it. 3 miles for me this morning. I have been eating out so much lately that I think I have added around 10 pounds (I'm afraid to get on the scale), and lugging it around is adding to the effort. cheers Mike

Good morning, all! Vista - thanks for starting us off with more words of wisdom this fine Monday morning - I always enjoy your posts. Holly - I second SR's opinion - embrace that hill! Tall - you are indeed blazing - enjoy the rest of your taper - you are so ready!! {{{{{{{{{{Tim}}}}}}}} sending you some of the hugs you missed out on as a child. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Jesse and I had a nice 8 mile walk on Saturday - it was a bit blustery but otherwise OK. Sunday morning DH and I hit the CC track for 20+ milers (me 20 miles and DH 20+ miles). It was a beautiful sunny day (and I have the sunburned nose to prove it) with a nice breeze blowing off the Thames River. We had ice cream from the ice cream barn both days - pralines and cream on Saturday and butterscotch swirl with hot butterscotch topping Sunday - yummy!!! We had intended to do banana splits after the long run, but we had my Mom over for Mother's Day dinner and were so stuffed that we couldn't manage more than a sundae. We'll target the banana splits after the next 20 miler. 6.5 easy recovery miles on the treadmill this morning. Good runs to all!

Good Morning, Good runs, resting, workouts and very thoughtful/thought provoking posts already this morning. 6.4 easy paced miles for me. I felt a bit sluggish at first and then okay for the rest of the run. It's an overcast and windy day here with the rain staying to the South. I wore gloves since the 46F felt much colder with the wind. Tim---my mother has never said she loves me, so I say it to my kiddo every day (even when he drives me nuts). I may never know why she won't or can't express that, but I do my best to express it and demonstrate that as a mother myself. You seem to have a joy for life even without an example that came from your mother. Thanks for your post. I am home until Wednesday afternoon, so today's work uniform consists of jeans and an old sweatshirt. Off to my desk I go (I need to commute up the stairs first). CNYrunner

"Rochrunner, the Coyote's after you....Rochrunner, if he catches you , you're ...."! Sorry, I couldn't resist! Maybe your coyote just can't spell! We actually have them in our area and it can be serious..... CNY

Good Monday morning all! Just caught up on the Mother's Day posts...Vista, you are remarkable. I love reading your posts first thing in the morning. Thank you for your continued uplifting posts. We all can benefit from them! Tim, thank you for sharing your story. It serves as a good reminder to all of us about the importance of nurturing and embracing those that are around us. I am sending you some seemomgo hugs right now! Ran in a 9k yesterday and then worked the remainder of the event. Fun event in Boulder, CO but a tough gravel and rock course. Ran okay, but was once again reminded about the importance of running my own race/run and not being too focused on people running the event with you. One of the last ladies to finish the event was pregnant - due tomorrow! She pushed her 2 year old in a stroller the entire way. Honestly, I thought she was going to go into labor! She told the story of how she did this event two years ago and then gave birth on the Monday after mothers day to the 2 year old!! I'll bet she has that baby today! Awesome! No run for me today - I'll walk and go to the gym.