Good morning everyone.

Welcome to our "running world".     I am always aware of the compartmentalization that our lives bring.    We have small world segments that come together to be "us".     There is our "family world", "work world", "health world", "financial world", "spiritual world" and of course, "running world" to mention as at least some of these segments that we all face.   Each world requires effort or consideraton and some are more fun, which hopefully is the case in our "running world".    Running can be the escape and therapy that helps us handle some of our other areas of responsibility.

Congratulations to those who ran races over the weekend.   The reports are appreciated and looked good.   You people amaze me and there is never a week that goes by but what I use your experiences as an illustration in some conversation or presentation that I am making.

I ran a 6.37 mile course yesterday for the third weekend in a row.   It is a new route for me and is quite nice or at least a change.

Thanks for the comments on my new little grandson.    The little guy is less than 2 months old but seems to me to be extremely expressive. Yesterday I posted a pumpkin picture and this morning added a couple of his expressions that are cute.    This is for those who like baby pictures.   I promise not to bore you with baby pictures but did think these are unique.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49179880@N04/?saved=1

Have a wonderful day.   I look forward to reading your posts throughout the day as I use this "running world" as an escape from my "work world".

Joey

..post away vista//..........this is a Cutie..........

rest day........back into the trenches in my Other World

well put

 phrase there joey

Vista he is a cutey!

hi everybody, sorry to be so long absent.   for now, just saying hi, um well I guess I did that.   and that I hope you all are well.

will also avoid caramels.   thanks for the heads up PBJ.

Congratulations to CNY for her splendid 19:32 5K AG win and a 20 year PR.  That is outstanding!  You certainly have earned this and deserve this with all the work you do putting in the "Miles of Trials, and Trial of Miles".

Congratulations to Erika on her sweet 3:41:56 on what she said was a "Hilly Sucker".  For her to complain about a hilly course means it must have been a series of small mountains.  That's a good time on any course.

Congratulations to Tim on his sandbagging 3:58.  C'mon Man.  You got more than that.  And you know it too.  (A little kidding Tim.  A nice time coming back from a tough injury.)

My "Running Compartment" is going pretty well right now, as it usually does when our weather breaks and my Fall Marathons are done.  If I hadn't had obligations yesterday I would have gone for an HM PR as I'm sure I have one waiting to happen.  6 miles this morning at a comfortable 8:53 pace.

My weight is going up ... rather consistently.  Eek.  I'm at the highest I've been since I started running 5+ years ago.  Gotta stop with the snacking.  Caramels?  Did someone say something about caramels?  (Anyone know of some good healthy diet choices that assist with mental outlook and energy?)

Bill

..thanks jlynne//........apparently not,

 I thought PBJ was talking about camels........

Wow, congrats CNYRunner! I hope to kick some 5K butt in 2011. Nice job. Kudos to Erika and Tim too. Real nice times.

Leg workout this morning: squats, stiff-legged deadlifts, leg press, hamstring curls, some ab work and back extensions. followed by a short easy 2.5 miles on the treadmill in my new hyperspeeds. just getting used to the flats on the TM first before I use them on the roads or track. Glad I was indoors this morning. Really high winds and rain. Wind nearly knocked some people over as I was walking to the office and I saw a couple umbrellas flying through the air like darts.

Ran an easy 4 yesterday, then did 8x20 second strides. I was doing them on the street in front my my house so my oldest DD joined me for the final 2. She can actually keep up with me pretty well. Felt good to do a little fast stuff. Still managing this PF with stretching and icing.

Good Monday everyone.

MTA: Re: PF. I missed a bit of the daily this weekend - kept myself busy so i didn't see Perch's and Holly's posts.  Perch, it's pretty typical PF. I do some ankle rotations and dorsiflexion before getting out of bed. It'll be a little stiff but loosens up pretty quickly. Holly, no real big races on the calendar right now. So I can pretty much run easy through year's end and baby it. I have a 5K Thanksgiving morning that I may/may not run. It's a really fun race so I could just go for funsies. I can make that decision the day of. I'm running the Mills City Relay with my running club on 12/5 but not sure which leg so don't know length. My club asked me to run a race yesterday as part of a 5k or 10k team and I declined. It's only been 3 weeks since my marathon and didn't want to risk making things worse. but running the strides yesterday after my easy 4 gave me a bit of confidence. It's a nuisance injury and could take some time to completely go away but I can run as long as i keep up with the stretching and icing.

Good morning everyone,

Bill, the sandbagging thing did come into my mind, when I was passing 100's of runners the last 10K. But as Karin said though, running marathons is a mysterious thing to figure out sometimes, and I'm actually still pretty new to the Marathon distance. But like I said.....hind sight is 20 / 20, and if I had it to do over I would go for it. I knew endurance wise I would be fine, but I just didn't have the time to work much on my MP at all really because of my injured knee. But with my trail marathon and 50K trail race quickly approaching, maybe this was for the best. But on the inside.............I wish I had another road marathon I could run fairly soon 

I feel very good today, and the only thing that is sore is my quads a little bit....but no biggie.

Thanks for the start off Joey......NO such thing as boring us with baby pictures Ya know  

I never got to tell Karin.....super job breaking  20 minutes on a 5K (I would have thought she had already done that, with as fast as she is)

Erika had *another* outstanding Marathon.....WTG !!!  Look forward to seeing you and Slo in about four weeks in my neck of the woods.

BTW Slo.....way to tough out your long run over the weekend. My hill work I did leading up to my Marathon really did my legs in at times, and took longer for me to recover, vs speed work. 

Holly...........you also amaze me........now enjoy your HARD earned taper !

PBJ..........snow sleet = yuck

Bill.............step away from the snacks    I actually would hate to weigh myself right now....I will wait for 3 or 4 days.

George.....I have a new night splint boot for PF that you can just have. If you want it, just send me a PM here with your address, and I will ship in right out today !

Well, I better get back to work...........

Tim

Karin is a rock star. 

I was not at all well-prepared for my Half yesterday what with the sore knee after TCM and all that business travel, so I had no great expectations. In the spring I ran just under 1:50 at this distance, and although I didn't think I could do that again, I went out with the 1:50 pacer yesterday just to see how I felt. When the balloons disappeared on me at about two miles I knew this wasn't going to be the day.  I finished in 1:56, 17th out of 62 in my AG, about what I deserved.

The Saint ran a 2:16 and was only a minute off her goal, so I am happy for her.

2 mile recovery run this morning with Lucy von Sheltie, now to pack and head to Cleveland for work. 

Pretty tough for Erika, traveling across the country and running that kind of time on a hilly course.  Great result.  Spareribs