Good Monday morning.... Another nice run for you Leslie and I'll be right over for dinner if you have any leftovers! Celebrated my daughters 18th B-Day yesterday. She was in her glory all day, thinking she is so grown up. She graduates in 4 weeks and has already informed me she is moving out the weekend after graduation. Ba, ha, ha, ha.....too funny. She is dead serious tho.... Have a great week everyone..... Jewels

Wow, you can just feel the Spring transition in everybody in here! Ain't it Grand! We officially hit "Mud Season" in a big way up here...warm weather, then big snow dump(up to 5' in some spots) for closing weekend (except for Loveland & Arapahoe Basin, who will now fight for last one closed!) Now back to warm weather - supposed to hit low 80's in Denver by Thurs. with the season wrapping up, it appears that my steady work is also coming to a close..will just have to work out something else to get me through the Summer (besides getting in more running ) I have this thought to organize more MT's for some of the bigger races...hmmmm Mairead & I got in more wading than running the past cpl days - & right down the middle of the street! As the snow melts rapidly & rivers form...Meanwhile, Doug & I have been gathering all of our workout equipment into one spot (big open basement!) Added some interlocking floor mats & a TV/DVD player & viola! Prolly shoulda did that looong time ago! In needing a "few things" for a more complete set up, HAD to do a little shopping @ Sports Authority, who incidentally is currently giving out Cherry Creak Sneak race entries for "qualifying purchases"...sooo, also now have chips & shirts for that this coming Sunday weather peeps are saying IRC & Big Block Party are in the forecast! . Poor Doug is lamenting that I signed us up for the 5M, which is later than the 5K & "most of the beer might be gone by then!!" I'm trying to console him with that he gets to sleep in for an extra hour... Updates: our friend is doing very well & should be kicked loose for outpatient PT any day now & new Grandbaby is home & also doing well. Good sleeper already! Hope everyone has a fabulous week!!! Happy tapering Ev! & where's the concert?!? Cindy

Howdy folks! Greetings from Illinois . About to head out to add another "state visited" to my list...Wisconsin. Only about 30 miles. Going to the Jelly Belly factory for gifts and maybe a little outlet shopping since there is one new. Yesterday was downtown Chicago, including a coupla hours at the Art Institute so I could pretend to have some culture. Been cold and raining here...possibly mixed w/ a little snow today, so no running thus far. Looks like lots of nice trails here (we're staying N. of Chicago in Lincolnshire). Maybe in the morning...supposed to clear off just in time for us to head home tomorrow afternoon. Joe and Ev are gearing up I see , or perhaps gearing down is the better term. Good job going public w/ the goals Ev, and glad fun is a given. Jim and Lynda are gearing up in another way. Neat how you neighbors help each other out. Those are BIG favors, not just edging the lawn and such! Howdy to everyone, gotta get on the "Road to the Jelly Bellies" and be the tourist that I am.

Happy Birthday to Jewels DD!! may the transition be "entertaining" to you both! Happy Touring to Carol! I'm assuming Jelly Bellies do samples!? Happy Tilling Planting to Jim & Lynda! (Doug is totally unconcerned w/looking redneck anywhere! he just likes to see stuff) you guys doing the BB??? Happy Tapering to Ev & Joe..... Happy Trails to Leslie!! (sounds like everything is coming together! ) Happy "Running in a straight line" to Arla! Stay Cool Diana (forecasting 101 in Phoenix today! ) took a few minutes to look up a few RA-ers who ran Boston yesterday.....exciting stuff!! gotta run all over the boards to get a good listing....delighted to learn that one of our local guys (who barely missed meeting Jim & Lynda @ the Bolder Boulder last year, because he'd run his wave (AA) & back out to his car for his camera & then spent the rest of the time photographing everyone else running the citizen races) smoked it (IMHO) in 2:57:33 Yay! Mairead doesn't like the stuff in the basement...workout clothes = RUN! mta: okay, okay...so, I gave in...for an easy 4...it's just one of those "find a cloud in Colorado" kinda days most of the snow has melted, still lotsa water running down the streets, paths are mud bogs, things are back to blooming & leafing out: bright red tulips & giant Hyacinth poking through snow-cone textured lawns, the still dripping pine trees are sunshiney fragrant, ....the sound of chainsaws cleaning up the broken limbs from the heavy snow....

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4.3 w/ tempo. perfect weather. howdys to all, gotta run

Cindy - Of course we wanted to see pics of the new grandbaby! Oooh, what a sweetie! And good luck to you with your DS#2 stopping smoking and running with you. Ev - Yes, I have a trail run coming up May 10, a 30k/18.64 miles. It's significant in that it's my first event of the reason, and I'm hoping, hoping, hoping that this will be a nice jumping off point for ramping up the mileage for the SOB 50k in July. I totally and completely derailed at SOB, and it was my first (and so far only) DNF. Let me set the scene for you: All of us who got pulled at the same station had to catch rides back with the workers once the station closed. I was really bummed that I got pulled (didn't make the cut off time), but wasn't surprised, but I was still pretty cranky about it. I and two other runners, one who'd stuck with me most of the run (Phil) and another butt head guy ended up in the same truck. Phil is in the bed of the truck, I'm in the backseat with a bunch of station stuff, and Butthead is in the seat right in front of me. He kept saying how it didn't bother him that he was pulled. He was glad he didn't have to finish the last nine miles. He was glad he didn't have deal with the last hill, yack, yack, yack, blah, blah, blah. I tell ya, it was all I could do to not start whacking him up side the head with a water bottle. I wanted to yell at him to shut the he!! up, that not everyone was so blase about getting yanked. Grrrrrrr! I had to keep telling myself, "Stay calm. The ride will soon be over. DO NOT hit him. Whatever you do, DO NOT hit him." Hopefully, I don't see Butt Head again this year. An hour of core/strength this a.m. Was suppose to do 3 miles, as well but didn't wake up in time (I really need to start going to bed earlier). Maybe I'll get the 3 in tonight when I get home. We'll see.