Poor DH will be alone with the children for 3 whole days next weekend...He's already dreading it.  ...Not that the kids are bad or anything, just that they fight and squabble all the time and it's truly enough to drive anyone crazy.

 Holly, message from my DH to your DH: HTFU! If he can do it, so can yours. It'll be good for them.

 

Mariposai, yes we danced a lot! I was surprised DH wanted to dance so much! Usually its me dragging him out there. But we had a good time even though we were up way too late, and I might've overdone it on my foot but oh well, it's all ok. (and hey, you've had a cold for quite some time now, maybe it's allergies??)

 

Sue, congrats on the -2 sizes! That's awesome, and just in time for shorts season! I'm happy to be fitting into my skinny jeans, but the skinny shorts are still too small. Oh well. I see Goodwill in their future.

 

Deb, that's such a cute picture! I haven't seen any bunnies around here for awhile, I think we're in a population dip. Some beautiful foxes around here though, so there must be something out there to eat!

 

Sunny chilly day again, but we could get 2" of snow tonight! Ick. Today will probably be a rest day just because Monday's have gotten so busy for me with soccer and track and stuff around the house. But that's ok, I brought my gym bag for an after work-workout, but we'll see what happens.

Hey All -

 

Yep, I finished my first 50 miler, and all I can say at the moment is WOW!  I knew it would be hard, and it I wasn't disappointed.  And if it weren't for my buddy and pacer, Karen, I wouldn't have made it.  She yelled at me, cajoled me, pushed me, laughed with me, let me cry, let me be, but not once did she give up on me, even when I gave up on myself.  I made it in 12:52:55 - not a whole lot of wiggle room with a 13-hr cutoff.  And another cool thing - I got a prize for finishing DFL!

 

Right now I'm just plain tired.  More so today than yesterday.

 

So Sue's lost 2 sizes, Karen's kicking running a$$, and a number of you are gearing up for Boston.  Woo hoo!!

Leslie.. Congratulations on your 50 miler.  Wow that's along run!

 

Walt... Karin is "Sharpening".  I think she could split an atom right now.

Leslie - whoo hoo!  50 miles? You're incredible.  Thanks for sharing your DFL distinction, too.  I'll remember that the next time I'm tempted to chicken out on a race.

Holly - hooray for surviving tax season.  I'm looking forward to feeling that way about concert season in about a month.

Second consecutive day of running:  2.2 miles after yesterday's 2.1.  I have officially run 0.3 more miles this month than I did in February.  And I'm still feeling good.  

Eliz

Dad says you do good things Holly. Two jobs and kids to play with and an old guy like my dad and dogs and cats and then you run run run too.

 

Whoopie SueT

 

DG,did nyou get ice cream???

 

Turkey sounds good Slo Hand

 

Good luck Perch...Get better soon

 

 

I went for a 6.2 mile run at 6pm, nice time of day, 60F and kept it slow so the hotdog and cake wouldn't come back up.  Lots of cake burps though.  And rabbits.

Did you make the rabbits run run run??

 

Leslie, it sounds like your race was fun.!!!!

 

Great Liz!!!

 

I must be a good boy. Mom didn't put me in jail (my kennel) when she went bye bye for work!!! Oh I had fun!!!!

 

Mom goes outside and pulls up plants. She says it's weeding. She has plants in the house and I weeded them today!!!

 

Then I heard a bunny in a pillow. I open up the pillow and looked for the bunny, but I didn't see him. I got every thing out of the pillow and didn't find it...That's too bad, we would have had fun!!!

 

I was tired and I took a nap on Mom and Dad's bed. I made it all pretty for them too. I got bored and wanted to watch TV. I bited the remote a lot, but the TV didn't work. I saw a phone, so I tried to call Dad about the TV....I bited that a lot too, but it didn't work.

 

When Dad got home, his face turned lots of different colors!!!It was funny. His face was as red as the sun set, but he was a lot louder.

 

Dad got out the vaccuum and it scared me. . I was just trying to help.

 

The Dad and me went to go run run run!!!!! I saved him from a chipmonk!! Then I saw some deer and I was making them run run run!!!! Dad gets very scared when I'm not there. He screamed like a little girl and I came back so he would feel good. When we got to the creek...I jumped in and it was fun!!!!

 

Dad said we went 3 miles. "Miles" must mean "fun... We had a lot of fun.

 

Mom came home and asked what happened to her pillow. Dad said the cat did it. That dumb cat gets all the credit when I work. Mom says  he better not be telling strories or he's going to be up a creek!!!!!

Way to go Leslie! Congratulations on conquering that 50 miler. Amazing and you deserve lots of good rest and pampering now.

Sorry about the cold Maraposai. How's your taper going? We'll be cheering big time.

Y'all are funny but do wonders for a girl's ego. There were only 69 in the race on Sunday after all----my pointy sharp head is ready, we'll just have to see if the rest of me is ready to rock it. My colleagues and I cranked through a project today in the firm HQ in Albany, so I was sprung at 2:30 and met up with my friend Claire. She's in Northampton for work and was looking for a run this evening. Claire's Boston number is F117 and she'll be starting with the elite women at 9:30. Yowsa. We had a great run up at the Mt. Tom Reservoir loop and I just kept her chatting so the pace could be relaxed. Recognize the strategy Tramps? Feel good and no soreness from yesterday.   6 miles at mellow pace at 5:00 pm.

Hurray Eliz!

Forgot to say welcome to Frances the other day..... Welcome!

There's a good boy Tag.

Great runs people (You too Tag)

 

Awesome job Leslie and congrats on the prize.  looking forward to the race report.

 

(Mari): I hope your cold is getting better. 

 

6 ez miles for me,  tomorrow I start tapering   Tonight is my Friday.  then I just have to scramble around for a couple days before I head for Wenatchee friday afternoon.

 

Dave