[ksrunr]

<p>"Fish and Company stink after three days"    That's good Johnny; I'm going to steal that line.</p>
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<p>HappyFeat - Nice eagle sighting.  Are you sure it wasn't sizing you up for a meal?</p>
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<p>6 miles which turned into a mild progression run.  8:46  down to 7:26.  Hope to get second run in tonight.</p>
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<p>hang in there kickstars</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Hi KS</p>
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<p>I'm going for the double today also but on the eliptical.  Just got done with an hour at a moderate effort. </p>
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<p>Probably done running for a while as I irritated a disc in my back doing a roofing job over the weekend and I have tendinitis in my foot.  The back injury was from when I had an accident a few years ago and it comes back every so often.  Once it is irritated, the pounding of running makes it worse.  The last time a couple years ago, I had to take 6 weeks off but I don't think it is as bad this time. </p>

 

[HappyFeat]

<p>Dear me, I'm <span style="text-decoration:underline;">so</span> not in your league, guys - doubles?? I hauled myself through 3 slow miles this morning and said "no more."  Still got some structural imbalance going on, giving me sciatica, back and leg pains. Had a beautiful clear view of the mountains this morning though to help me endure my discomfort. Today is yet another vacation day. I've got a massage tx appt lined up for this afternoon and I'm re-committing to doing my yoga routine and the other exercises recommended by the PT some months back.</p>
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<p>Rip, hope <span style="text-decoration:underline;">your</span> back and foot feel better soon.</p>

 

[Johnny]

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<p>Hi all</p>
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<p>I can't claim the fish and company line for myself. My mother is a bit of a philosopher and has a saying for practically everything life throws your way.</p>
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<p>Sorry to hear of the back & foot problems rip.....hope they can heal up quickly. You seem to have been doing a lot of what sounds like hard work lately.</p>
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<p>HappyFeat - You CERTAINLY do belong in the same league. We all do what we can, some have better genes that others, some of us are injury prone, but we at least get a pat on the back for putting forth the effort, unlike the other 99% of the population, unable to get off the couch. I think the "average runner", whatever that is, runs something like 20-25 MPW. In the 3 months I've been doing the monthly mileage thing, you've been around 30 MPW, so see, you're an above average runner.............BTW what does "massage tx" mean? Is that a medical abbreviation?</p>
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<p>I "planned" on running this morning, but felt really tired & sluggish when I got up. Besides I didn't want to maybe twist an ankle or something and miss out on my chance to take the MIL to the station.......day's not over yet.</p>
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<p>Where's Irunmike been lately???</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>Hey you's guys! I just got home last night from an incredible almost-two-weeks away. Newport was awesome (Johnny, I sure hope you didn't make the trip because we didn't see you!), although Mariposai and RasmussenMP both thought it was too hot. We've been "hot" here for some time now (not ksrunr hot, but certainly warmer and drier than Oregon/WA this spring!) so my last couple of big training weeks were mostly in the 70's. I ran a good race, even with some foot cramping in the last few miles but still pulled off a 3:30:49. I figure at least one of those walk breaks in the later miles cost me the clean 3:30, but I'll take it as an almost 2 minute PR marathon.</p>
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<p>Sunday I met DH at the Portland airport, and we spent the next several days in Scottsdale where I ran most every day in low 90's. Amazing how it didn't feel that "hot," but I sure did get thirsty. On Thursday we headed up to Flagstaff, where I ran 5.3 miles of hills, peaking at 7,300 feet. That was interesting, and not as hard as I thought it would be. Friday we went up to the Grand Canyon where we hiked part of the Kaibab Trail before heading off to Four Corners on our way to Jemez Springs, NM. Sunday we drove back to Phoenix, overnighted and caught the plane back to home thru Portland again, getting home at midnight. I was up early and on a plane again on Tuesday for two days of meetings in Anchorage, got home last night. Today is my first day back in the office in ages, and my head is still spinning! Not much running this week, but that's ok.</p>
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<p>We put 1,405 miles on our rental Camry in 3 1/2 days!</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Congrats on a great race and vacation Erika!!</p>
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<p>I had been waiting to hear your time.</p>

 

[ksrunr]

<p>Congrats Erika.  Now come back and tell them about your hardware.   Did you see McSolar on Arizona?</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>No mc sightings. We didn't make it to Tucson even though that's where DH went to school and I'm sure he would've loved to have gone back. Just not enough time. Hardware? Oh... you must be talking about my first in AG from Newport! Yeah, that was pretty cool. Beautiful hand-made glass medals, too. Very nice race all around. I didn't have any oysters though. bleh.</p>

 

[HappyFeat]

<p>Well done Erika! Sounds like you had a wonderful time at the race and your travels afterward.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the kind words, Johnny.</p>
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<p>Tx is an abbreviation for therapy or treatment. Massage tx being the kind that hurts and doesn't feel good until it's over and you realize you can bend over and lace your shoes <span style="text-decoration:underline;">without</span> stabbing back pain - like today<span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"> - although I still had pain shooting down my leg while driving home (sigh).  I signed up for another appt in 2 weeks, came home and did my yoga workout like a good girl.</span></p>
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<p>Now I'm havin' a glass of wine and preparing to go to a nonalcoholic potluck (I know! Whoever heard of such a thing!)  Anyway it's being hosted by a friend of mine who is the owner/operator of a small local gym and a friend of hers who I ran with about a dozen times a year or so ago. They've invited everyone they know who runs or wants to run....sounds like there might be about a dozen people coming.  I'm looking forward to it. </p>