Morning everybody. Morning Roy! very nice run! Mainerunnah.... at least, don't dilly dally daily. . I hope it dries out for you soon. That can get depressing. Holly, yay! but, be careful. You've really pushed it the last couple of days. 2 days in a row. & what happened to the 7/ mix yesterday. where'd 8 come from?? Hey. I stopped & stretched a couple of times during my run today. I never do that. I wonder if it's a good thing. Seemed to help a little. I agree with Ribs. do be careful. hogs are heavy. Ribs, it's great to have you here. Did you say hills yesterday? Be careful. (you said it's our job to stay on your case.) Tramps, how beautiful. DickyG. um. glad you're enjoying the Olympics. PDR it is nice that you're back. Glad you had a break. just 2 things I remember from yesterday.. haven't finished that thread yet. huge < large="" obnoxious="" font="" /> WTG's for Erika & Enke! another piercingly beautiful day today. wish I could have taken a few pictures. there's this narrow path off the path, nice because it's dirt.. it's closer to the river. the wildflowers & especially the grassed are now taller than I am, they were blowing in the wind. The sun highlighted the flowers/seed heads, & the river sparkled. I was so glad I went!! Almost didn't, have been sick for a few days, especially yesterday. Spent 2 hours just flat, not even reading. dizzy this morning, but anyway, my run worked out well. 6.05 miles, 164 ahr, 177 max. 10:20 average pace. polar says 5:05 max. could that be? I did push it once to pass some people when there were bikes coming the other way. not a pain free run, but am hoping it's ok. stretched a lot after. & remembered to ice! I take it with me, then usually get home & I've forgotten to use it. as tw would say, enjoy the gift.

Holly, may I make a suggestion? You are probably right on the brink of being able to run now and this is the time that many people make mistakes. Why not warm up with a 1/2 to one mile walk, then move to an easy jog. Hold the hog no longer than 3 miles. This will ease you back into running more carefully.

This sounds like very good advice, but I'm not sure I can carry a pig that far...have you seen how big hogs are?..... On a more serious note, I will try this on Tuesday (Monday is a non-running day). How long do you think before I can resume longer mileage safely? Or should I just play it by ear? I ran/walked 8 miles yesterday (8 min run/2 min walk segments), with seemingly no after effects, but I worry about the same thing - how quickly to move back to higher mileage without re-injuring.

Recovery day for me today. Went out at 6 am, IRC today. I did 4 very slow miles in 42:33 (10:39 pace). My legs felt a bit stiff when I first started out, but once I was through the first mile they were fine. My mileage for the week was 54 miles, which is a new weekly PR. I don't think I will increase it more than that for the rest of the year. Have a great day everyone. Bruce

Debbie, thats a great run and pace for the HR aswell Roy

Hmmm, Spareribs has Holly holding hogs. Wow, sure glad he doesn't give that advice to everyone, I'd have no idea where to get one! Seriously Holly, you're doing great but again you're asking someone else when you can increase your mileage. You already ARE increasing your mileage, and the one you should be asking is you (and your owie). Take it slow, I'd think not increasing two days in a row, and warm up carefully beforehand. And watch out for those hogs. Mainerunnah, oh boy can I relate. But we haven't been able to get near our mower in days... I'm so glad it didn't rain for the half marathon yesterday but it did rain all afternoon and pretty steadily all night. It's still raining, but lightly. My garden is full of big beautiful leaves, but very little actual produce. Coop. Extension says that's because all the rain is leaching the potassium from the soil. So, I need to go find a high-K fertilizer for some foliar application... but then they went on to say do it when it's not raining or it'll just wash off before the plants can absorb it. Great. That leads me back to the original problem... it won't stop raining!! Steve, way to go on that long run. My last long run is always done on the Equinox course... miles 1 to 11, the on the way back down I go around campus a bit to finish the last half mile or so on the actual finish part. Excellent workout, and I usually need the three week taper to recover from it! Thanks, Deb. Glad you're feeling better. Nice run... tall grass! Karin, you're lucky to have those J's to run with. If there's one thing I'm starting to think my running lacks, it's a partner. I've always liked running alone, but lately I've had the chance to run with someone sometimes and it's been nice. Finding someone my pace is hard... they're mostly really slow or super fast. Does your husband do the cooking at home? That's what I call my RLF (run-limiting-factor) is that I do the majority of the cooking and if I run long after work, then dinner is late. Would be nice to not worry about that AND have something besides grilled cheese or scrambled eggs for dinner. Hey, the sun is shining thru the clouds! And it's still raining a bit. Hmmm, always kind of cool to see that, but I'd prefer it if the rain stopped... Will try for a run later but tired of being wet.

Nice running, people! Dicky—Yeah, I know they can be a nuisance but they are fine-looking looking animals as they gracefully bound at an impressive speed. Roy—deer won’t bother you. They’re quite skittish. However, they do have quite sharp hooves and will lash out if they are downed and injured by a car or hunter. Don’t walk up to a downed deer without making certain it is dead. Holly--I believe “holding the hog” is a popular training technique used by many elite runners. Throughout Asia, especially, children begin this training regimen at a young age with smaller porcine, as illustrated here. Either that or Ribs is feeling better and is pulling your leg. (That “typo” was a bit too convenient.)

11 miles and I didn't get wet! Except sweaty... even with the temps only 50F, the sun did come out after about 3 miles and there was a little breeze, but it seemed to play with the tops of the trees and left me alone for the most part. Got me thinking I may do some outside work today! Goal today was easy pace, but the average was 8:21, and that's with 8:26, 8:40 and 8:30 being the last three miles. Legs felt good, not sore at all. Foot was not happy but that's just too bad. Whenever I'm not sore at all after a race, I always wonder if I didn't work hard enough at it.

Woke up late so my wife made it a " Honey Do " day. Won't make that mistake again. Have to get off now and finish supper. I know what a 3 x 400 - 600 - 400 - 200 is, not that I could do it, but whats a spatula ??