Good afternoon Everyone, Joey, Your brother is in my prayers. I'm sure he knows how lucky he is to have such a supportive and caring family, Sarge, I'll keep you and your family members in my prayers too. I know it can be especially hard on a family when more than one health crisis occurs at the same time. Well, yesterday was my last day at work. I'm heading to Tennessee Monday morning. 4 miles for me this morning. Cheers, Mike

Yes, my son confirms the person who is the Undertaker was a pro wrestler some time ago. That makes sense now that I think of how big he was. Tall, just be careful tomorrow. That tingly thing today worries me. Spareribs

Vista my sympathies for what your brother is going through. It cannot be easy. Tall good luck with the race. Here is hoping you tear up the course!

Vista -- Your brother will be in our prayers. Please keep us updated. 6 miles this morning in Umstead. Felt really good....thought we were going to get rained on but managed to miss it.

Just stopping in to say that it was IRC at Bayshore today. I did better than I expected. I also got to meet tselbs and his lovely family and steve aka Batman along with Cory another RA member in the Michigan group. I will have RR when we get home. Good luck Tall hope it goes well tomorrow! Larry

Vista... hoping for the best for your brother. Munch.. I did get rained on during my run this morning but was ready for it with a cap and my leaky Garmin wrapped in plastic. Sure enuf at mile 6 it started raining. 17.2 MOH in 2:29:18 (8:41 pace, AHR 153). 2.2 mi with Tory at 9:40 pace then 15 MOH at 8:20 pace, last 4 MP or faster. Felt very sproinky today for what ever reason. Hills were especially easy after those WV runs. Steve

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I just returned home after a 20 miles hike up the mountain trails with DH and DS#2. I decided to forgo running my scheduled trail race today so I can join the guys on our son's 20 mile hike that he needed to do as one of the requirements to achieve his Eagle Scout rank. I am glad I choose to tag along with the guys since we had a very special day with our son. Seven hours of hiking, over 2000 elevation gain and fantastic views of the Cascades Mountains gave us a great opportunity to really have some "bonding time" as a family. It is funny, my body feels more tired at the end of this 20 miler than after running a marathon. Maybe running a few of the hills have something to do with it. SR, I liked that tarantula avatar, that is why I kept it for a week . Sorry that some people did not enjoy my tarantula creature as much as I had. Thank you so much for you guys' nice compliment about my race yesterday. You all are the best cheerleader I have ever dreamed to have.

Deb, MOH is Miles Of Hills. I think Peter started that one... Mariposai, you are such a sweetie. And that does sound like a wonderful time with the family. We've talked about doing something like that with the kids... there's a "Run and Soak" race here later this year that starts in some hilly trails and ends at a hot springs. DH wants to do that with the boys, but I think it's during a soccer tournament. Vista, I sure hope things turn out well for your brother. Rindaroo had some interesting comments... I'll be thinking about Tall tomorrow morning... he'll be done by the time I get up! And looking forward to Larry's RR from Bayshore, glad to hear it went well! I finally got out for my run, and had a pretty good one but I do seem to run out of gas on the way up the hill. In hindsight, the pace wasn't bad, but I was working pretty hard on the last two miles. First 6 tempo miles at 8:04 avg pace (ok, sort of cheating since it's downhill or flat), last 2.5 miles up the hill at 9:19 avg pace. I did have to take a couple of walk breaks, but once it was up the steepest part and three trucks had gone by--fast--and the dust was terrible! Pulled my shirt up over my face! We really need some rain... my lawn is pretty sad.