Sorry, I haven't noticed before now.....a really big Welcome to George BTW, I am the forum Clown and idiot TimBo

Oh Craneium {{{ }}}} Those calls are the worst. Hang in there and I'll be hoping the best for your Dad. (rest day for me)

Peter... Conover. Closer to your neck of the woods than mine at least ...but too far to meet up.

Brrrrrrr, it's so cold out there for many of you! Right now, I feel lucky living here on the coast of Virginia where it is not going to get much below 20F! I would definitely be on the treadmill if it were minus any degrees. Busiman, good to see you back and congratulations on a sub-3 at Hartford. That is awesome. Tim, it's good to see you feeling better and back posting. I am sure you are afraid of the pain returning but you will be okay as long as you back off at the first twinge. I wish you a speedy return to pain free running. (((((Craineum))))) Sending prayers your way. I hope your Dad makes a full recovery. Five easy TM miles for me this morning (8:10 avg. pace) and then a weight/core session with more knee rehab. I think the rehab is helping, but dang is it ever boring to do those exercises.

that Meg is sure fast, her easy pace is mine speed workout pace...I wow to you sistahh. Craneium my thoughts and prayers are with you. Do your parents live closed by? Prayer and support to your mama as well. Predawn speedworkout for the Posie this morning (her butterfly wings sure hates waking up so early to fit in this speed w/o) 2 miles w/u; 800: 4:03 ----1' recovery jog 1000: 5:05 ----1' recovery jog 800: 4:03 ----1' recovery jog 1000: 5:05 ----1' recovery jog 1000: 5:05 ----1' recovery jog 1000: 5:05 ----1' recovery jog easy cooldown and 8 miles total for the day. Hard workout since I kissed good-bye to yet another 800 to welcome one more 1000 in this workout. My plan is to be doing all 1000 by the end of January. As last week, I concentrated on proper breathing and forms during the last two. twocat, how are you today? You are back to work, I hope. How is Tobias doing, SRlopez? Timbo, you are not the forum clown, you are the energy of this forum. Happy to see you recovering so well. Busiman, happy to see you around here again. I hope to hang out around Hartford in the fall...I am loooking at it as my fall marathon and it would be so kul to see you there.

Timbo--every village needs an idiot, but I'm not sure you're fully qualified.

I totally beg to differ on that - Hey Mari...what do you have against Clowns...I get told I'm a Clown by everyone jdmom3 , actually I keep forgetting to add...I still have the broken toes issue I am dealing with too. But the AT is what I am taking about when I say my foot feels good. But really could run right now, and I don't think it would be too awfully painful with the toe issue (Maybe a short dreadmill run tonight is in order) TBo

A Tobias update (written today, in fact) can be found in my last two posts

My computer is refusing to post over there (just my stupid computer). I suggest Pet Steps. We got them for our old cat, Fatso, and they work really well. All our cats use them now to get on and off the bed It only took me working with him for about 10 minutes before he realized how much easier they made things. We're going to get another set for our couch. The ones at Bed Bath and Beyond are $40, but you could probably find them cheaper somewhere else. I'm was such a slug this a.m. Overslept! BUT, I got into work early to compensate for leaving early for my dr appt . . . but then had to deal with computer problems. So, basically I have accomplished absolutely nothing this a.m. {{{Cranium and Family}}} Stumpy - Good luck with all the doctor stuff. I'm NOT looking forward to the medical bills that I know are on their to my mailbox at this very moment. I have a nice round $5,000 deductible I have to pay before my insurance kicks in. The upcoming weather for all you folks in the middle of the country looks absolutely miserable. Stay safe!!

Craneium, I hope all is well with your dad. Please keep us all posted as everyone cares here and we will support you. SLO HAND, I know you are a very good runner, but that workout seems unusual if it is in the wrong point in your program, OR it may be just right. Hard to know what is right if it came from a book. But here is something to think about. Tonight or today I hope you back off and just do a nice recovery run, slow as you like, and then tomorrow pay careful attention to how you feel. You should be ready to run "easy" or GA pace, with no after-effects from that track work when you run on Thursday. If you experience any stiffness or lassitude, that would indicate that the track workout was a bit much for you, as I suspect it was given your having to back off it a bit. Frank Shorter and many other top runners swore by doing tons of 400's so who am I to argue. The trick to that workout however is to not do them at such a fast pace, and keep the recovery short. This is why I asked busiman last night to talk more about his workout, and I'll post some comments about that workout and yours later today. Good work Bill. And no, you don't need the data! In my RA log all my daily runs are coded as "slow/recovery" because until I can run "easy" that's what they all are. But since my sore ham/butt is feeling better, I am seeing some easy miles sneaking in there, and for the first time I am able to enter in my log today 2-1/2 miles slow and 2 miles easy. Feeling pretty good about that. Also, because I am 62, it seems natural that I should also talk about the weather. It was 36 when I went out this morning, very pleasant. Right now it is 55 and sunny, a beautiful day. Spareribs