Fast Buddy appeared at the track! First time in 4 months. We did 35 minutes running and caught up on all the family news. Things are going well for him so we hope to see him regularly.  It's a good workout for me because he is tall. My little rodent legs were scrambling.
Track run today with a little cardio DVD thrown into the mix.
Happy runs, All! :::HUGS:::

4 miles this morning and felt really good, except for a couple of scares.  First I had paused because my Garmin couldn't seem to get going this morning and a young man steps out, all dressed in black and says " excuse me"  I am thinking to myself  'well my luck just ran out and I am glad I have my runners ID bracelet on"  All he wanted was directions, but I still think it was a little suspicious, directions?  Walking?  at 5:45a.m. ? He was foreign and we have a lotta of foreign youngsters that work Cedar Point in the summer. so I guess it was legit, all I know is that my heart didn't stop pounding for quite a while!  Then about a mile later, I hear a dog run out of a back yard and start chasing me, there goes the heart again!  Friendly dog that just wanted to run a while I guess.  Gees, a lot of adrenalin that early in the morning.  It was still really dark too.

Not going to be able to do the gym thing on my lunch break.  Just not enough time.  I did meet with the trainer, but not for long, so we have to get together and figure out another time for the both of us.  Tuesday mornings are set, but I need at least twice a week.  I am enjoying it so far though, for as little as I have done.

Karen....good luck with the hunt for clothing.  I am not as small as you, but at Ann Taylor now my pant size is a 2, and I am nowhere near a size 2...it really is ridiculous.  Like you, I am thinking that pretty soon , with this vanity sizing I am going to have to shop atthe little girls department!  I am not that small!!!

ITS  FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ginny

Hi ladies-

I wanted to jump in and say hi even though I haven't had a chance to read today's posts. No run for me today, it's an SDO, and this doggone job interfered with my plans to go to Bodyflow! I did get in 5.1 miles yesterday. I tripped on the curb and fell, and wouldn't you know, it was on one of the busiest streets - plenty of people to see my go down! I was lucky and got my hands up in time, so I just wound up with a scraped palm and a bit of road rash on one leg. I plan to squeeze in a run tomorrow morning between soccer games.

Linda - I hope the antibiotics are kicking in and you are feeling better.

Marjorie - happy anniversary!

Tessa - as always, I'm thinking of you with all that you're dealing with. I hope bringing DH home goes as smoothly as possible.

Karen - fingers crossed for you on the job possibility.

Waves to everyone else.

HI!  Decided to do the Keesler AFB Mini Tri this morning.  200 yard swim/9 mile ride/2 mile run.  I thought it went well except I forgot it was two laps and I got off my bike after the first lap!!  RATS!!  I was 1st in the 50+ women (don't get too excited, I don't think there were that many of us) and am waiting on the results to be posted--I may have been second female.  It was fun.  Since I was over there I went to the commissary, took groceries home and came to work.  In my running clothes ( I did take a shower, clothes are clean )  Usually a light crowd at the office on Fridays, so not worried about it.

Karen--I like Loft too.  Good luck!

Have a great day!

Judy, glad that Fast Buddy appeared. He's the one you normally run with at the track, as opposed to Sunday Buddy?

Karen, good luck with both the race and the follow up interview! I think Ann Taylor and Talbot's might be more suited (pun intended) to what you're looking for. Kohl's tends not to have much of a selection for people who are not, um, robustly built. And Forever 21 and the other trendy stores do have small sizes but not something you would wear for a job interview.

Ginny, sorry that you had a scare. In my experience a lot of people do stop runners for directions because they figure we know where we're going. (Not always the case -- I was stopped near Nashville by someone looking for the soccer fields and as it happened I had gone by there so could tell them where to go, but my reaction tends to be "I haven't a clue, I am a visitor here!")

Glad you are liking the trainer. And dogs are scary even if all they want is "can I run with you, huh, huh, HUH? Pretty please?"

Damaris, you're doing a double today, or are you posting whilst on a water break?

Cindy, sorry about the fall, or as Lisa calls it an "unplanned gravity check". BTDT. Hope you can fit a run in around soccer games tomorrow. Could you run while they're warming up?

Marjorie, you're right, Talbots can run big, though they do have petite sizes -- Karen is taller than I am (as is everyone) but maybe a skirt would work.

Susan, congratulations on the mini tri, you don't have to work today? Is it a holiday?

Lisa, I really hope the PT works for you, sounds like it may be. I am sorry that it took you so much effort to get that referral, they should have had you in there as soon as the surgery was over.

I had a meeting with the PT at the SNF this morning, so ran longer than usual in anticipation of not having a lunch break. 11.3, starting in pitch darkness, finishing in full sun. I like that. It was very hilly and took me nearly 2.5 hours, but it was worth it.

Meeting went well. Learned some techniques for transfering DH from bed to chair and vice versa, and the discharge planner said the hospital bed and wheelchair will be ordered and we're hoping for delivery early next week. Then DH can come home. Lisa, you're right that he may wind up back in hospital again, though I am inclined to say that an old sick man should be allowed to eat what he wants and if it isn't the best choice for longevity then so be it. He's talking wistfully about baby back ribs.

Tomorrow MM and I are meeting at 5 AM for 18-something miles. She gulped a little and then looked at the weather forecast and agreed. I'm guessing she might not go to bed until after the run! It's going to include one long tough hill, several smaller ones, and we'll be starting in the dark but I will bring reflective vests and a headlamp. Then I have to scoot down to the airport to pick up my sister. She will have to deal with me being schtinky, and since she's flying back on an overnight flight with a stop she is likely to be smelly also.

Tessa, I was doing a double.  7 this afternoon.  I am glad the meeting went well.  Have a fun 18.

Karen, good luck with the race and interview.

Cindy, nice 5 yesterday.  Ouch at the fall.  Hope nothing major is hurting.

Marjorie, nice mileage as usual.  Thanks for the emails on hamstring exercises.  I got both and shall start them soon.

Sue, good luck on the tri.

Lisa, sorry about the knee giving you issues still.

I am thinking of doing two 50Ks in 2014 apart from my multiple marathons.  The only reason I am not doing the 50 miler in either is the cutoff.  I hate being slow.