Twocat, all I can say is, I am so sorry you are having such problems....and with the doc's trying to figure it all out. Best of luck to you Buddie....you are in my thoughts! Tim

I'm in and out of here as much as I'm in and out of running these days. What a couple weeks with leg and heart issues. Echocardiogram today and will discuss with Dr Tuesday (should be good). My leg was feeling good enough to walk painfree Sunday so I ran 7 miles slowly on Monday and it hurt just a little. Then I found some stretches that helped so I ran 7 miles Tuesday but the leg started hurting with every foot strike and Wed and today I could not put my weight on it.... major limping. So at the cariologist appt, after the echo, I limp by the Dr and she sees me limping and says oh no, what about Boston? And I say yea and I can't eve take Advil because I'm on the aspirin and Ca-blocker. She says, yes you can, but use Aleve as it interacts less with aspirin. So I then limp into the Sports Med Dr and describe everything and he moves legs, hip etc and I show him how it kills to step up on a stool. He does Xray, pulls out a book showing muscles adn nerves and concludes that bones are ok, muscles are ok, but they have tightened and are grabbing nerves which penetrate the adductor area. He has me do a piriformis type stretch and then I get up and no pain! Prescription: hot bath then stretching and max dose Aleve for 5 days. X-train in morning before taking Aleve and try running next tuesday/wednesday. I'm encouraged that I'll get to the Boston starting line ... now to figure out a way to the finish! My main goal is to be able to walk to the parties (at least the pre-race ones )

Training my West Ottawa Speed Group tonight. I have to do a 25k workout including 3X6K at 4 minute per k pace. Hopefully the battered and bruised body can hold up to it... Have a great easter weekend Tall

Just dragged my sorry behind through 3.1 miles. I think I overdid it with the weights last night, 'cause I'm really tired and sore. Allergies are also kicking up - time to get back to the sea air at the shore. Holly - I'm still trying to picture what it must have been like for your DH to clean up a gallon of spilled paint Walt - glad to hear that your DD is on the mend Happy birthday, Henrun!!! Handy Mom - I'm nervous about my upcoming 10-miler in a "what was I thinking" sort of way, too. I love what Wild/Carolyn said about your being guaranteed a PR. SLO - way to give it to those creepy kids. Hope it does make them think twice before they pull something like that again, but in that their frontal lobes don't fully develop until they're in their 20s . . . . who knows? Leslie - welcome back. Heading back to NJ this evening for what one of my church musician colleagues calls the "Holy Marathon," - will pretty much be rehearsing, singing, running, eating, and sleeping until Sunday afternoon - not a bad weekend at all. Eliz

I probably could have run them a wee bit harder. That's the trick. Sometimes you don't know until you're done.

SRL I struggle with this too. Finding the right pace for an interval session. Usually I feel like I could have taken it harder "faster" or I went to hard and was unable to complete the targeted sets or walked on my "active recoveries". The more I study, read, listen I gather that the primary objective is to provide "just enough" stimulus. You shouldn't feel like your completely wiped but rather like "I could go one more set". I think what you said said "I probably could have run them a wee bit harder" is a perfect indication that you may have done them just right ! I dunno......

Hey Tamerilla...did ya hear about what happened???

I didn't hear about it . . . but one thing about me is that dropping some bait doesn't lure or entice me in the least. I guess I'm not like most wimmen in that regard. And I don't like shopping either. And I own very pairs of shoes just returned from closing arguments in a 2 wk murder we've had. interesting but very sad case. probably inherent for just about all murder cases - a level of 'interest' and a huge element of sadness run after work tonight - and it's been a misty light rain all day - it'll feel good to run in the mist.

Your cycling post brought back memories, SLO. Good to see you handymom Jeese Louise TwoCat, hopefully your Dr doesn't have House's bedside manner. DW had to call her corporate office's tech support...It's a few time zones away. She introduced herself to the lady who answered. The support person asked if she knows a Steve P. DW told her I was her husband. The person from corporate said she has a cook book and one of my recipes cracked her up. DW asked if she tried it and the response was "Oh no.". I told DW that, when she has to call back, let the lady know I'll autograph her cook book for only $5.00 and, if she acts now, she can feel my 1,000 mile thighs at no additional change. 1.5 miles with the dog. I don't know what other runners do. My job is pretty physical. As a result, often, when I run, I don't seem to loosen up. It's more like lumbering along. I'm not happy with my mileage. I quit posting for some time because of the set back.

Steve, do you do any relaxation/stretching stuff? Yoga? (don't laugh...) Pilates? A friend of mine here works at a gold mine, lots of sitting in heavy equipment but also lots of physical work (digging, carrying heavy stuff, etc). He likes to run but felt he was so tight and stiff all the time, he was asking for injury. His wife dragged him to Pilates one Saturday, and he really likes it... and he's running more now, too! Just a thought...