ernie - a lot of people use ATB as a training run and don't trash their legs.  almost everyone I know PBd yesterday and we were all saying post race that we all felt pretty good.  See my reply to CA.  You need to remember why you wanted to run a marathon and think about it when you don't want to move your ass.  When I was training for my first marathon, I really really wanted the satisfaction of completing, and therefore the training was very businesslike - it's just what I had to do in order to complete a marathon.  I want to say I'll come up and run the last LR with you, but emma needs me too.

eh - ha on DH and his fat hints. He is in such good shape that he can just go out and run 19 miles! he should have come to Hamilton and bandited the race.

mer - see my post on FB re: horrible meeting with a manager.  I want to kick him in the balls, repeatedly.

CA - ATB is a week later than usual this year, usually there is enough time to sandwich ATB between a taper week and a recovery week.  Some people (Beth) said I should take the recovery week instead, but my last high mileage week was 73K and if I don't run 73+ this week then jumping into peak week of 83 next week will be total hell.

e_rain - our house was also built in the 50's and there's no room for 2 people to work at the counters.  did you see Robin's race result? she is amazing.  The hilarious thing is when my friends and I were driving to the race, there was a car in front of ours that looked exactly like hers (complete with the Boston 26.2 sticker), my friend sped up and passed by, honking, we all waved..and then we realized it wasn't Robin.

kant - that's big mileage for midweek! are you doing the Ottawa half?

spike - hahahah on the "crazy" reply. Sometimes we reply to B's questions with adult (inappropriate) answers and I guess some day he'll realize and call us out on it.

zorbs - Glad ATB was such a good race for you, that is always such a great feeling. I will check FB when I get home tonight.  Some people....

ernie - You are not lame.  A 3 hour nap sounds awesome.  Sometimes sleep is more important than running!

eh - I WISH I could accidentally run that far!  Your DH should take the dog with him for a few of his miles!  I doubt it is possible for you to get fat.

CAR - That is scary about the wife/baby.  I hope everything turns out well. I would HATE to have DH gone for 2.5 weeks.  Not to mention how jealous I would be for him to be in Italy and me be in WI!  Definitely something I will never have to worry about.

e_rain - Yay for a PR.  The Boston course sounds awesome!  Gald you had such a good weekend of running.  Drunken madness would make me a very unhappy wife!

kant - It was the pm that got me on Saturday.  It was bad.  Makes me scared to run long again.  Need to look up taking Immodium while nursing.

spike - The pics from the wedding look great.  J was all hopped up on sugar yesterday and DH made the decision to let him skip his nap.  Then DH couldn't handle his behavior.  WELL, if you had listened to me about the nap, we may not be in this situation.  Bummer about your DH being gone 3 weekends in a row.

rg - They are at such a great age for helping with those tasks!  J helped DH make muffins yesterday and it was pretty cute.

Eh- I never follow recipes. I diced up about a 1/2 lb of bacon, fried until not quite crispy. Discarded bacon grease, sauteed 2 sticks of celery and 2 carrots 1/2" dice in the bit of grease stuck to the pan. Added some cornstarch, dried onion, garlic pwd, pepper, cayenne. 2 cups chicken stock, 1 boullion cube, 3 russett potatoes peeled and diced. Simmer until veggies soft, add 1/2 c dried milk powder, about a cup of 2% milk, 1 lb frozen corn kernels, about 1/2 c cream, and some potato flour to thicken more.

Zorbs- Congratulations on your race! and yes, Robin crushed it too! Soo fun driving to races and seeing other runners driving there too.

Erni -  Hope your running feels better soon.  Sometimes sleep is what's needed.  Sooo cute about the sheep pants!

Eh- Funny about the running route being long and not knowing it!

Mer- Yay, baby had a good weekend!  always such a relief, and makes things so much easier! Sorry to hear about apartment meeting, no fun!

CA- yikes on the snow. I  am so over snow! although it has been nice for ice baths.  Too bad about the Italy trip, although it may turn out for the best.  Hope that baby is ok! so scary.

Kant- Nice meeting you too!! Hope you feel better! How old is A? K is almost 9 mo.  We have not tried Bio Gia. His GI apt is in 2 weeks, maybe I will ask if it would help.

Spike- So sad abut the car accident!  So far with dairy, he just seems to have upset tummy, and farts. no vomit or poop blowouts.

Rg- Yikes on the light fixture dripping! lol, I remember growing up if we used the shower upstairs, water would go through the fixture below in the kitchen...lol, my parents remedy was to not use the shower. Glad DH could fix it.