[Hippo]

After reading about all the badasses in here I read this really fast and thought you were going to do a long run of 50 miles tomorrow. <img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif"><br><br>
You're still a badass, but I'll try to pay more attention. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[Hippo]

I'll throw a little cold water on this rumor. I know Haha (a bit) and love her to death. She's always worked really hard to keep some parts of her life private online, but she's used CR/KR as an outlet and talked very freely about other stuff. That's always kept some tension with her between stuff she talks about and stuff she doesn't.<br><br>
So when she said goodbye and didn't add any details, that was completely in character. She never said anything about stalking AFAIK, people speculated about it and started rumors. I don't have any more inside info about Haha that is very recent but I'm pretty sure she's fine. She just decided to make a clean break and wishes to be left alone.<br><br>
I'd bet most of us here have at least one or two reasons lurking around that cause tension that might someday cause us to leave this place. Most of us may never, but it's certainly easy for me to see how it could happen. This stuff is kind of addictive so cold turkey is an obvious way to go about withdrawel.

 

[Hippo]

<img alt="wave.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wave.gif"> Hiya 'LemmaGawgeous!<br><br>
I think TY was referring to the fact that after Sunday's 'thon I've been pretty badly injured and in a general funk about it.<br><br>
Last night was the first night I could get any sleep, today was the first day I could walk without (much of) a limp. I'm still living on Ibuprophen but at least I felt a little functional.<br><br>
First day back at the gym: very cautious stuff. It will probably be weeks until I can run at all, but I carefully did a little incline walking at lower speed and angle than usual. It doesn't seem to have made anything worse so a little more tomorrow: baby steps.<br><br>
I had to back waaay off on the weight for my normal knee rehab - 50 lbs vs 160 lbs. It felt OK to do more reps. I think I'll also set up to do them at home and try to get at least 2X per day sessions in. Leading up to the marathon I'd let these slip a little: maybe 3X per week instead of 6X. Don't know if that caused the problem or not.<br><br>
Surprisingly, no post M weight gain or really any lost ground for sitting on my butt since Sunday. Usually a 5 day layoff puts me up 5 lbs. Thank goodness for small favors.<br><br>
Pac Rim 24hr is off my schedule, Dizzy 50s too. I was going to send in $ for Mt Si 50M but will hold off now. If they haven't filled by late March then maybe. Still hoping I'll be OK for Eugene, but NB2V 100 mile in late May is probably out.<br><br>
(sigh)