Jewels!!! Glad you guys are okay!! The fires are still a primary on network news! Cripes, it looks like quite a bit of FL in on fire! Our prayers are w/your friends & neighbors as well! I hope they have THE b@$t@rd man responsible!! dontcha just love police dogs! dragged my butt through 5.07 leaden miles after a quiet day @ work this afternoon.....Mairead wanted to go much faster than I was apparently capable of! ......just how long is this supposed to take to get back to feeling somewhat normal again?!?!

Lynda was wanting to try a tempo today and didn't really want to use my garmin to set pace. The Mcmillan calculator put her tempo at my recovery pace so I let her get a head start then caught up to her midrun and did a mile at her tempo pace with her then ran off ahead while she did a cooldown so about 3.1 in total. My speedwork tommorow. Jewels glad you are ok, the guy they showed on tv as the accused arsenist looked like a real headcase. Cindy you'll find your legs soon. If you are already doing 5 milers again you are well on your way. Leslie, Lynda thanks you for bringing up your shopping trip as it reminded me of an "earworm" from Bette I have been serenading her with checking fields this morning. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bettemidler/ottotitsling.html Joe did coach Bud give you another workout yet? Still muddy in the cornfield, maybe tommorow.

Hi Folks- Jewels- Sooo glad that you and your family are ok. That's serious stuff alright. Are the fires out ? Can't say here what I would recommend as punishment for the creep(s) that caused that destruction. Leslie- Good luck in your travels.That's alot of heat to get used to. Cindy- Beautiful baby you have there! Congrats again to you and yours. Better get those legs in shape for your next race. Aren't you doing the BB along with Farm? Farm- that sounds nice that you and Lynda find a way to run together. Only way I can get DW to run is to have something chasing her! Been having a very busy week at work so not much time to post. This week's running however, has been splendid for both Buddy and I. What a difference in being very relaxed without a race looming to push us along.Just taking our time..... C ya's

Thas toooo funny Joe!!! I saved it to keep reading....no time now....& who/what should be chasing DW?!?! Jim: sentcha a bit more rain for today too....I'm thinkin' ya must need "one more day off!" DH went out for an "easy 2ish" last night....doesn't seem the worse for wear ( ) hmmrph! well, I guess I don't want him to hurt himself @ BB! I power walked 2 this am w/Mairead...just loosening things up...then ran w/the Snug Runners this eve for 3.3 in 33 mins...including crowd control, stop lights & two major potty stops for Mairead! I paced 3 young ladies (25ish) for about 2 miles (their pace - I stayed just behind em including catching back up after said potty stops)....then I kicked it up a notch....@ each crossing, they were catching up/staying w/me - right behind me..kinda like some funky caterpillar!!... .until the last 2 blocks!! one by one, they dropped into that "discomboberated" walk Garmin says about that time: "best pace: 6:38!!" I still have an "awareness" of right quad but, apparently things are coming along just fine!! Whoo-Hoo!!! some of the folks are starting to do two loops around the park......hmmmm mebbe next week...... Ciao!~ Cindy

4.0 with Jonathan's patented 3-2-1 REA pole speedwork with a couple hill repeats thrown in for fun. You won't find that workout in Runners World. Last hard workout before BB. Jonathan told me to only run enough next week to feel like a runner. Those were good Joe. more later, gotta keep moving

Hi Everyone-just popping in for a quick catch-up. Another crazy week coming to an end witha little less busy weekend. Cindy-glad to see you're starting to move again Jewels-hope things arebetter your way-I don't watch TV or read newspapers to know all the news Leslie-stay cool-no passing out from the heat-I actually bought a new fleece today-a spring/summer looking one because I'm tired of being cold all the time R2-was reminded of you yesterday-when I was on my way to the school for soccer car pool I had to stop and wait for a corn planter to come through-it was as wide as the road so the farmer's wife had driven ahead to stop traffic at the entrance to the field so he could get through without driving onto people's lawns to let cars go by! Joe-sounds like you're enjoying post race endorphins Arla-Mom will be fine, go for a run I've got more lacrose games and my son turns 11 on Monday but I have a mtn bike party planned for him on Sunday-along with a couple long runs there's my weekend-Enjoy! Kelly

0.41 this morning, looked at my garmin and noticed I was 0.27 short of a 21 mile running total mileage week which would be a record sooooo.................Ya all ever do that? Off to play in the mud, laters

Evening everyone..... r2-Way to go! Yes, I have certainly thought that if I just ran another .35 I could have that 15 or 20 miles in for the week.....it is addicting. Great job. Leslie-Conference sounds like alot of fun. Go get your white self a little sun by the pool! I love your "very large rear ends" comment you made about some of the gals there at the conference. I seriously belted out a good chuckle reading that. Cindy-Glad the legs are almost there as in feeling half way decent. You'll be back at the ole pace/mileage before you know it. Arla-Um.....triple digits, I'd stay in with mom too! Have you been trying the morning runs or are you still trying to get in the afternoon/evening runs? joe-Nice and steady wins the race! You have really come along way in your running. Enjoy! Kelly-Another busy week for you. Your weekend plans sound great. Thanks for poppin' in! Crappy week of running but things will come around and I'll get back out there. I will never give up! Had a neighborhood sorta yard sale this a.m. Haven't done one in probably 15 years. Got rid of alot of kid sorta things. I told my girls if your up and out there at 7 a.m. and you stay until at least 12:00 you guys split the cash 50/50. It worked! They can now fill their gas tanks up this week! Had one family that came that had lost everything in the fire. That had a couple of shirts in there hands, a couple of coffe mugs, a blanket and a couple of kid toys. They came to pay and we were like, "just take what you need, no need to pay". They thanked us, the one lady started crying and they left with just those handful of items. Enyoy the rest of the weekend......Jewels