I stayed up a little late last night. It was a madhouse at my house last night. My wife slipped on a wet floor and hit her head on the cabinet. I switched between the CMA's, World Series, and the Louisiana US Senate debate. How David Duke polled high enough to get in the debate is beyond me. My candidate didn't even make the cut... Anyway, I thought they were going to have to call the cops to arrest that nut; he was going off. It was like Geraldo and Jerry Springer on acid, surreal. Oh, yeah, I ran 2.15 this morning along with my new skunk friend who has been on the trail for the last 4 days.

QOTD: All systems are go for me. But Daydreamer, your deal with the ankle at Tussey reminds me of my last run at Pinhoti in 2014. I had run a 50 mile race in September as a work up race and did something to my back at about 35 miles in. I finished the race, but my back hurt from September all the way up to about 4AM on race day in November at Pinhoti. It suddenly stopped hurting, and it never bothered me during the race. It was just one of those weird things that happens.

15.4 miles yesterday  on the old union canal towpath.

QOTD I have a bone spur that goes into my Achilles tendon,  A groin pain that has been there for a few years and what I was told before was knee Bursitis.  But all in all I'd like to think I'm pretty healthy!

7 miles with the Lady last night on the Green Lane trails. It was over 70 degrees, shirtless weather really but I tend to get modest in November. Nothing much to report but quite a few folks out and about since the weather was mild. Oh yeah.. I did get a big whiff of some mary-gee-wanna near the first creek crossing 3/4 mile into my run. Saw some dude lurking off trail near some boulders and I suspect he was the source. I should have stopped and said "high".

No run yet today, some light rain moving in presently, but plan on a few wet miles this evening on the trails.

Tired from staying up late and watching game7 last night. Dogs and the wife probably thought I was a maniac in the bottom of the 8th as I was up running around the house hollering like a madman, but alas it didn't pan out for me in the end. Hey, it was a great series and at least now I have my life back and can get back to my regular routine of watching the Browns lose. No stress there.

QOTD: Still battling some left knee "runners knees tendinitis" gunk, but it's improving despite my refusal to stop running. Really the swelling has gone tremendously in the past few weeks. Also had some fun back pain out of the blue last week, likely SI joint related and likely left knee related since it's on the same side. No issues with that the past few days.

I give up on the weather Apps.  Checked before I left and said rain starting around 2pm.  As I pulled into the trail it was starting to rain. WTF.  Ended up running 10 miles in a nice steady rain.  Actually was nice since it was humid out. Saw an older couple (70's) with umbrellas walking  a very frisky dog.  Stopped to chat and found out the dog was a rescue animal from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, UT.  Told them I was just there for a race and they were there around the same time picking up the dog.  Small frickin' world.  Dog was cute as hell.  Looked like a cross between a beagle and a lab.

Daydreamer is having nightmares! Strangely ironic.   Maybe since you are dreaming about Mandy and NH, you need a trip to Wisconsin.

LB - David Duke is scary dude. Hope wife is OK.

NHLA - Love to get back to Echo mountain. Ran there once on a trip to Asheville. Saw a pretty lake up there (think it was there).

Muppy - what race are you stacking miles for?

Blarg - good luck this weekend.

XT -  woke up DW at one point during the game. Glad I made it through the rain delay. Awesome game.

Queen - Hope you won't have to take the old man outside every 2 hours to blow his nose. Safe travels and enjoy your time home.

QOTD:  Running parts are all OK.  Right shoulder is acting up again and might have to bite the bullet and get it fixed.  Surgeon wanted to do it last year and I've been putting it off.

Blarg - What 50k are you running?

Xtreme - I had high hopes for the Browns this year. It really seemed like they were trying to turn the corner and get better. For some reason they seem snake bit.

AT - DW and I were just going over next year's vacation plans. Maybe your right and we should head off to Wisconsin for a few days.

3 miles last night and lunch yoga today. I'll get out for a short run later this afternoon.

qotd: Pretty good, aside from some minor glute pain that I'm attributing to weakness and a sloppy form (new bad habit).  I've been working on strength, stretching and especially this week, my running form.  I wanted to nip this little problem in the bud before it got any worse, and so far, I think I'm succeeding.

 

I keep having nightmares thinking about Mandy's hip issues and NH's stress fracture several years ago.

 

Hmmmmm.  Mine was never tender to the touch.  Mine was always a very consistent dull pain deep in the groin.  I had to move in oddly specific ways to induce sharp pain.  (Rolling over in bed was a specific trigger for the acute pain.)  The best advice I can offer right now is that if you wind up eventually getting an MRI is to make sure you're getting one with contrast dye.  (That means a big needle in your groin beforehand, but so be it.)   But let's hope it heals quickly and doesn't come to that!