RR: Going to get some miles in at lunch today since my neighbor is taking the dog out at lunch.  I'm such a running bad ass in my head, time to make that a reality!  Fell asleep reading training plans last night.  I think the hardest part of  the training will be scheduling  the time not necessarily the actual running.

RG: man those are some fast times!

zorbs: you'll look super tough with your bruises.

ernie: I love that the car windows are held up by spoons.

jen: school pictures are crazy expensive and generally not the best pics. i paid $15 for one page, just as a 'this was you then' pic.

Strollerm: Yay for a letter and a gift! I love that he wants to know the Broncos details.

RG - Wow! Can't wait to see how you do in your marathon!! I'd get the massage 3-5 days before the race, I'd probably do a trial massage a couple weeks before just to see if you like the MT, I find that finding a good MT that I like pretty difficult and very personal.

zorbs - lol on the bruises, you'll look hard core - just make up some bad ass story about a fight, and they should see the other guy

ernie - Our wednesdays are similar, I usually do ST'ing (skipping this week to give my legs a rest) and then 8k w/ RP, but we don't bring any strollers. YAY for getting the ghetto car fixed!

k O finally woke up, I'll post more later....

cx2 - Hope your knee feels better after a rest day! Boo, this must be wake up early day for babies. S was up at 6 this morning, which is WAY early for her, especially since she went to bed at 9:30 pm. She hasn't taken a morning nap since she was 7 mos old, so I am expecting her to turn into a tired mess anytime now.

Jen - I would take boot camp again, as I found it really fun and and good workout, but the instructor normally only teaches it weekday evenings when DH is at work, so I have no one to watch S, or Saturday mornings while I am usually doing my long run. Wow, it is warm there today! Hopefully the 40F forecast they are giving you for next week ends up being wrong. Glad the school pictures were cute but that is expensive! I guess they know everyone will buy them no matter what they charge. Lol, congrats on your cooking feat!

Mrszm - I take it you are back to running with RP, did you even find out what her deal was with ditching you before? How far away does your sister live? Mine is an hour away. I would love it if she would move to my town but it is just too boonies for them. Your FR from yesterday and today both sound yummy!

Dexy - I agree that actually doing the running seems easy in comparison to scheduling the runs sometimes!

Spike - I think it's safe to say you are going to smash your 10k PR the next time you race! Which probably means you'd take some time off your 5k PR as well. Resort weekend with DH sounds great!

Mer - I am trying to combat runners sock tan line by wearing flip flops the rest of the day. Ew to rooming with your boss. That just seems too close for comfort. Hope you can get your berry chiller today!

Stroller - Ewww, snow on May 1st? How rude! Your DH sounds like such a sweetie, no wonder you miss him so much! And for the record, I don't think you sound like a negative nellie at all. I see your point about the running schedule helping you get through this time - training for you hm might be a good happy medium. You can still follow a plan, but not so much mileage it becomes stressful to fit it in.

Bermy - Hope all goes well with bermy2 and DS today! I used to be a GMAT instructor, so if your DH has any questions you can fire them off to me! I hope I don't embarrass myself now that I've made that offer - it's been a couple of years since I taught.

CA - I think 50k of easy miles is just fine this week. So funny about tricking M with the flax. Apparently dreams about teeth are very significant in dream analysis. I have no recollection of what it's supposed to mean, though.

update: the bruises look nowhere near as bad as they feel.

ernie - lmao on the squats, I love watching toddlers perform perfect squats.

cx2 - dare I ask how you know today is Bugs Bunny's bday?

jen - everything has been about the marathon and NOT SIL's wedding.  I'm sure the Scotts are all pissed at me, but I know what my priorities are.

mrszm - whoa, I've never heard of blisters from Crocs! I misread your RR as you took off your bra and ran in your shirt. :P

mer - omg, rooming with the boss is so freaky! I'd make up something, "I snore like a pack of rhinos" or SOMETHING to get out of it.  Can you pay extra and get your own room? I tan really easily and my lower leg is pale, from wearing calf sleeves a lot.

stroller - well any purple bruises will coordinate with the purple flowers on my dress :P

rg - nope, she was a no show, so she is GONE from my schedule.

bermy - I want to say yes to a bermy tote bag but I have tons already. I would never be as motivated as you to learn to sew but sometimes if things get a hole, I wish I had a machine to fix it up.

CA - lol on the food fooling.  My DH is convinced that he is deathly allergic to shellfish (I don't think he is) and I made my chicken rice with these chinese dried scallops in it and he ate a ton and said that I made it particularly yummy that day.

spike - chicken pot pie filling + mashed is exactly what my Tuesday pie is.  Except that is potatoes over pie filling. woohoo on your fast run.  Usually that happens to me when I'm trying to keep things slow, like on recovery run Sundays.

dexy - do you run in the mornings? I feel like, I can't get up any earlier to run 5K but if I have 10 miles on the schedule, and a limited amount of time to do it, I tend to procrastinate a bit less on those mornings, and getting up an hour earlier isn't that big of a deal.

becky - hope things go well with your dad.  have you done the newspaper in shoes thing? and then prop the shoes up in front of a vent?

Bermy- Which tote are you going to make? Can you get an MBA if you don't have a bachelor's degree? It sounds like your DH is one of those people that is successful without education! I hope Bermy2 and DS get on well so you can get a break. I had a question I was going to ask you but I totally blanked...... Maybe I will remember later.

CA- I usually need more time to recover mentally than physically from a race. LOL at the extra yummies.

Dexy- I've been flying by the seat of my pants for the last 6-7 mos, so I need to figure out a plan. I'm kind of type A once I set a plan so missing runs and stuff really pisses me off. I'm not sure if I will follow an actual plan, I might just set a weekly mileage goal and long run goal and see how I do from there. This week and last week I have things popping up keeping me from running 5 days a week, so I'm packing all my miles into 4, and I honestly think my running is improving.

Becky- We have a Peet brand boot dryer and that thing is the bomb.

Zorbs- I'm thinking I'll do the potatoes separate that way we can decide how starchy we want our dinners.

Jen- let me tell you, this weekend away thing is a first despite us being in a relationship almost 12 years. Any other trip we have ever done was planned by me.

I'm so pissed. I showed up for my U/S appt for my cysts and they informed me that they don't know why they scheduled me today, they don't have an U/S tech on Wednesdays. Last year our town voted in a huge bond issue to remodel the hospital (I voted against it), I don't know why anyone would want to give that hospital any more money, they are absolutely incompetent. I have yet to hear a good thing from anyone who has been treated there. I drive 30 minutes to go to the doctor because the healthcare in my town is crap. So I drove across town and took time off work for nothing, and because of my schedule, I can't do it until next week.

Spike- boo! That's awful