Nope Cathy...there were less than 50 people in the entire race...I rarely saw anyone and those were all of 4 people running the 50 miler.  I'm over it now and no biggie since I won't do that one again.  There are so many to chose from so I have lots of opportunities and it's not like I looked like anything but a soaked cat.

Elina, good luck on your run Saturday, you will have fun.

Lisa, enjoy the coffee, that is where I am at currently.

Lizzie, Nexgard is a good product.  We sell a ton of it.  Good luck with the bigwigs and here's hoping to mammal screwing up.

Sue, I am flabbergasted at your boss.  WHO ON EARTH WOULD DO THAT??  I think you are handling it well.  Tough not to lose it on someone that awful.  You plan of attack sounds good for tomorrow.  Best to you.

Damaris, awesome at the outside miles.  Your soon to be new boss sounds like a good guy.  Frustrated (at him, not her), Megan emailed the artist 2 days ago, no response...    I don't really want to be a pest.    I will give it a few more days.

Judy, hang in there!

Diane, excited for your race Saturday.

Sandy, Columbia?  No.  Never been to Central/South America.  I assume you are thinking of going?

Ginny, YAY on Woodstock.  I get being discouraged, so am I.  When is Cleveland??  Could you just run as far as is comfortable and walk the rest?  Or would that be just as frustrating.

Cathy, 80 and snow left over?  At least you were close to home when the rain hit.

Sitting out back feeling kinda mopey still.  Throat is sore, sniffly, and body feels like lead.  Though, I think it will pass.  Think I might go out for a short walk.  Doubt running is in the cards.

Race (long walking slog for me) is forecasted to be 78 and raining this Saturday.  Beats the thunderstorms that were predicted.  Lots of hills and boulders, with some dirt that will likely be mud based on the rain predicted for the remainder of the week.  Hopefully the stream crossing isn't a river.

I actually called and set up an appointment for labs on the 17th.  I would be surprised if things were abnormal, but good to rule out.  Depression and laziness go a long way to being fat and out of shape.  Funny, I don't feel depressed, but I know I am based on my behavior.  I think it is just loneliness, the meet up groups I do either haven't been posting events, or the events are at times I can't go to because of work.  Such is life.

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10 for me this morning. It was hot and humid. I was going to get up early to get it done, but it was already hot and humid and I didn't want to go out there so I procrastinated. Then I ran when it was hotter, still humid and the clouds burned off. When I finished it was 86, feels like 96. I am not ready for summer. I know it's May, and we've been lucky with weather so far, but no.

Elina, . Love the conversation with your boss.

Liz, make that GMP, not DMP. Because it's more doable than dream, it's goal. Maybe in a few weeks, maybe not, but it's happening. I couldn't even run one mile at that pace right now.

Damaris, of course the office asshole doesn't realize there's an office asshole. It's kind of like my Ragnar theory - it's going to be awesome but there will be one person in your van that is annoying after awhile. And if there's not, look in the mirror, because you might be the one! (Not you personally, you as in "me" in this case.)

Susan, get things in writing wherever/whenever you can. You don't deserve this treatment, or the stress that it's causing.

Diane, that sounds doable. I think a lot of the ultra stuff is mental, and you've got tons of mental toughness. I also think this is where we have to consider time vs distance. I probably can't explain it very well, but the guy that spoke at my conference in Portland talked about injury and the one thing that correlated most with injury was not distance, but time. The more hours on your feet, the more likely you'll get an injury. It's almost like training is slowly pushing towards whatever that point is and seeing how close you can get without going over. But it's different for everyone. So as long as you do a slow increase and pay attention to how you're feeling, you can do more. But don't go crazy and do mega mileage, because you're going to be on your feet a lot longer than someone running.

Sandy, nice workout. I avoid people by running at 10 am on weekdays. Can't keep doing that though with summer here.

Ginny, that sucks. I'd wait and see what the chiro says on Friday.

Cathy, it is so so so so good to see you running again. I would have loved a storm this morning during my run!

Okay, gotta go do a couple things. Back later for page 2.

Let me explain to you what FLAT means:

Anything not like this, IS NOT FLAT AND I DON'T WANT TO RUN IT, LOL.

Busy place here today!  I ran 8 miles this morning before work, planning on around 6 tomorrow.

Wait, what?  How is it that so many of you are talking about temps in the 70s and 80s?!  Wasn't it just snowing?  What happened to spring?

Kilmisters, laughing at your coaching tips for floor hockey.  Who are you rooting for in NHL since Flyers are out?  San Jose Sharks are in it but will likely crash and burn.  Can't say that I'm following them too closely, I wasn't raised with hockey... not a thing in California when I was younger.

Turtles, without question Kilmisters knows what she's talking about.  But still, maybe your daughter should not jab too hard with the elbows just yet...  Sorry about the drenching this morning but sometimes it's not too bad.

DHuff, Karen -- with respect time vs. distance when training for ultras, Karen's point makes very good sense.  I think training plan mileage is supposed to correlate roughly to time on feet, but that goes out the window if one is doing a lot of walking.  You wouldn't want to walk 30 miles just because the training plan calls for a 30 mile run, since your chance of injury goes up with that much time on your feet (versus the amount of time on your feet if you were running).  I will just add that rest & recovery time is vital to all of this.

Damaris, laughing at the utter flatness of that route.  I don't think I could do something that flat, my legs would rebel!

Kat, sorry you are feeling down but it's good that you recognize what's going on.  And always good to get things checked out.  Any interesting volunteer opportunities that might get you out of your funk and out doing something with new people?  Museums?  ASPCA?  Food banks?

Seloc, I've never been to Columbia.  A little unsure of how stable things are there with the FARC and residual drug trade. At least they don't seem overtly hostile to Americans like some other places that I looked at when considering our S. Am. race next year.  Any interest in going to Chile to do the Pategonia Int'l Marathon next year in Sept?  https://www.patagonianinternationalmarathon.com/en/  Although I know you've been to Chile already.

Lizzie, you are right that employers should be more open to giving employees flexibility in where they work.  I work for the government and they know that they can't compete with private companies on salary and other perks, but one thing they can offer is flexible work schedules and the ability to work from home ("alternative duty station"). Works for me!

Judy, I hope the toe is feeling better!

Lisa, agreed, coffee is good!

Sue, smart not to send the snippy email.  I hope the call tomorrow is productive!

Ginny, sorry your back is still bothering you.  Hope that the chiro can help.

HCK, cool to 90 degrees?!  

Hope I didn't miss anyone.  Off to fix dinner!