90% of running is half mental, don't forget.

Enke and Vista, this happened to me just today! But I put my chin down and ran through it! I have a feeling that my boinking on Sunday and hardship today on my 5.3 miler is due to me having the begiinings of a cold. Sniffly and coughing occasionally since Sunday. So as for the stats: 5.3 miles in 49:22 on trails, 37 degrees sunny with some wind. Take care Roy, I hope it all checks out. Touche', Ribs! Chris

btb, thanks for the wise words. I decided NOT to run today, since I'm still not at 100%. It's interesting that it's a harder decision for me now NOT to run than to run! Kind of cool. Wildchild, that's amazing you did everything yourself! DH was the GC, and did all the finish carpentry. It was rather frightening to figure out how many miles of interior trim there was to cut and finish! Did you do calculations for the actual oak pegs themselves? We had to turn down a design job a few years back, because there was no accepted info for their capacity. (That was a commercial job, though, which is totally different from residential construction, which uses pegs all the time.) Some university finally did the necessary research, though, and there's even a computer program to figure everything out. I'm impressed you did the structural design - wood connections are really hard to do. When we built our log cabin up in the middle of the Maine northern woods, our contractor thought we were nuts when we showed him what we expected him to do! That's the problem with being an engineer - you know how things SHOULD be done, lol, but they usually aren't, and buildings seem to stay up OK, anyway.

Yeah, we actually built it ourselves. DH is the original do-it-yourselfer. We designed the house, poured the concrete, did the framing, electrical, plumbing, roofing, everything. It's a timber frame, also called post and beam, made with round logs. DH hand-cut the mortise and tenon joints, and it's pegged together with oak pegs. I did all the structural engineering calculations, which is a stretch because I'm a chemical engineer, but our building inspector was OK with it. DH quit work for the better part of two years to build it. He worked as a ski patroller during the winters, since we really had to shut construction down then anyway. Our building season is kind of short at 9300 ft. I continued working full time to pay for it, and built on weekends. The biggest plus, besides having a beautiful home, is that we have no mortgage. A word to other overachievers who think this might be a good idea: it takes MUCH longer than you would ever think. When we thought we were nearly done, we decided to start a family (kind of like we were building our nest.) DD came along about a year later, but she was a year and a half old before the house was ready to move into.

Wow! Very impressive. I'd love to see it.

Good runs to all today! An easy 3 miler @10:27 pace. Temps are up in the 70s this week...the running trails were packed with folks. Great seeing everyone out enjoying the warm weather. Go Boom!

Evening everyone, A beautiful DST evening run of 6.4 miles @ 8:50/mile pace on the hilliest road near my house. Paul

Deez-- I can't imagine how tough it must be getting on a regular schedule and running after 3 nights in a row. I have a sister who is a nurse -- she worked nights for many years and now works as a school nurse where her girls are. My mother was, too. I have a niece about to become one. Thanks for choosing nursing. It's a tough job. Easy 3.2 mile warm-up. 3x3 hill repeats. 1 mile cool down. Legs feel terrific.

thanks for the kind words soundie and erika!! erika - glad your dh had a good experience - hope he recovers easily!!