Wishing Arla a cool, dry, day, I think she can handle the rest!!!

Me too!! Interesting stuff Jim. Don't worry,the runnining will come back to you,if you don't rush it. Nice run Mr + Mrs Evryday! Jewels- good thing you're a hard working student with that schedule! Do they have Nautilus machines at your gym? They're great for improving flexibility. To answer your questions, Buddy walks into the 35* ocean in Jan and Feb. He really doesn't care .On our lr last Sun, he was pissed the ponds were frozen over. We tried boots on him last winter when it was single digits. He walked like a clydsdale (very funny) and managed to shake them off in less than a mile! Don't see boots or cute little sweaters on those Iditorod dogs, and Buddy never complains about the cold.

Easy 2.8 to give me over 18 for the week, highest since early fall. Cutback week is probably in order.

Thanks for the info on Arla, Ev. I'll have to check that out later. Farmer Jim - What you do never ceased to interest me. Thanks for sharing so much info. Joe - Buddy = Clydesdale. Too funny! Jewels - Every once in awhile something goes haywire in my brain and I think, "Maybe I'll take a class somewhere." But I just lay down for a bit and things go back to normal. Question re the new log page - Today was my first time running since the changes. My "pace" doesn't show up there next to the time. Anybody know a quick fix?? Hit the trails for 8.25 miles today. Did much better than I anticipated, although my HR got up there pretty good a few times. The ankle is definitely sore after the run, but the rest of my feels great. It is absolutely gorgeous today - suppose to be a high of 68 . . . somewhere, which is a nicer temp than we get during the summer months. Just goes to show that Mother Nature does have a warped sense of humor. So I have to share what happened today while we were running. Okay - my buddy, Karen, is speaking at a friend's memorial service this afternoon. This woman was one of her best friends, and she died the day after Thanksgiving at the age of 47 from lung cancer. Never smoked a day in her life, but grew up in a smoking household. That's the background. So Karen's been nervous as heck about talking, and worrying that she'd start crying. Told her, so what? Gives you a good excuse to inject some humor by saying, "Hold on folks. I need to blow my nose or there'll be snot everywhere." Keep it simple, keep it the happy memories, and take deep breaths whenever you need to. Don't drink any dairy or caffeine beforehand, wear flats so you're not trying to bawl and balance on heels, wear waterproof mascara. So at one point in the trail, she has to use the bathroom. No problem, that's why we carry baby wipes and baggies. About an hour later, we caught up to our coach and we're all running together. About half an hour after that, she has to go to the bathroom again. Bill and I walk a little ways ahead to give her privacy. We're standing there talking AND we're downwind of her. Yeah, not a good place to be. Dang, girl! What the heck did you eat?? Pretty soon I hear, "Leslie, can you come here." Well, in all her nervousness, she has diarrhea and needs extra wipes. I tell Bill to go on if he wants, we're gonna be awhile, and he leaves. Then she says, "I need help!" She didn't look real well before she squatted, and consequently there were some fern fronds in the wrong position when she went to the bathroom, and while she's trying to clean up, the fronds, which now have poo on them, keep hitting her! She has poo on her shirt, up her backside, and every other way. I'm trying my best not to laugh, but it's impossible. She ends up having to strip her shirt off, and she turns around and I'm having to wipe various places on her backside where the fronds have smacked her, and in the midst of this, Charlie, her dog, decides he's going to walk through where she just went to the bathroom, and the fronds hit him in the face! I swear, there was poo everywhere! It was hilarious, and it provided the laugh she needed. Luckily, she had a jacket with her that she was able to put on, we got Charlie wiped down, too, stepped back into the trail, and there's some guy standing there with lime green sleeping bag over his head. Just standing there. I had seen him walk toward us, but he stopped just on the other side of the stump we were working behind. Charlie instantly goes into the defensive mode, and the guy's all, "Hi!" O...kay... We hoofed it out of there sort of quickly. Cripes - what a welcome back to the Arcata Forest!!

Leslie-you have the best adventures!!! LOL!!! Holy sh!! Literally! Poor Karen....wonder how the service went. I'll catch up with you all later, Kelly

Morning..... Thanks for keeping us posted on Arla's race Evryday! She's doing great! Way to go Jim on an 18 mile week. That's great! Thanks for all the answers to my questions on pesticide. Didn't realize how involved it all was. Joe, not sure what kind of machines they are! I'm enjoying it though, I'm hoping it will help me become stronger all over and benefit my running! Buddy is a tough one! Leslie, glad your ankle held up for the most part on your run. Way to go....now that is a "poo" story if I ever heard of one. Holy crapola! Shoutout to everyone.... Enjoy your Sunday, Jewels

Morning Folks!! Gooooo Arla !!!! Very funny story Leslie, scatologically speaking! Going to be a nervous wreck around here until, oh about 4pm.....Not only do we have Giants vs. Eagles, but for the 1st Sunday since 11/2 there will be no long run for me today. My reward for riding mass transit this week was to catch a case of the crud!!Yuk!

YEEHAAAA!!!! Arla's a MARATHONER!!!!!!!!!

Yay Arla!!!!