[originalsuds]

<p>Good morning!</p>
<p>Tough commute this morning, traffic sucked big time.</p>
<p>Anyway, hope you all have a great day today. I'm taking it easy for a while with running but will be starting some new weight workouts tomorrow. I hate to be inactive.</p>

 

[sb70]

<p>Good morning!!<br><br>
CONGRATS TO SUDS & SISU!! Awesome job, great times, and sounds like some yummy beer after! <br>
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<p>Suds...hope that hip heals up once and for all for you! My hip is still giving me trouble at times too..always tight.  I cant believe with how LITTLE running I have done in the last 6 months, I can still feel it. Really need to make time for yoga, stretching and more strength work!<br><br>
No running yesterday....we are having beautiful weather here right now (80* yesterday) so really no excuse! Should be able to get out tonight..i have my running clothes on & am ready to go! Sunday I was stressed and cranky and ended up with a migraine.  Yesterday morning, we recieved a phone call letting us know that our dear family friend had passed away after her 5 year courageous battle with cancer. She had fought long and hard for the last 2 1/2yrs after the cancer came  back.  She continued until the end to put her family and friends ahead of herself.  she took everything that was given to her, never complained and stayed positive.  We last saw her in June when she flew home to spend time with her family and friends.  I remember her telling us so matter of factly that there was nothing more that they could do, she would die from the cancer, but everything would be ok! She set goals, make it to her sons grad day, make it home one last time, make it to her nieces wedding this summer...she accomplished all of that and truly spent her last days with the people she loved and doing what she loved.  We camped with her older sister and older brother and their families on labor day wkend...she also went camping that wkend in FL with her family and friends.....so sick from the cancer, she didnt make it out of the camper much that wkend, but she was happy to be camping. She truly amazed me & everyone until the end....her courage, her spirit, her strength, her faith, and her positive outlook.  It puts things into perspective for me, what she lived with every day would make most curl up into a fetal position but she dealt with it as it was handed to her.  I need to stop sweating the small stuff, and do what I love..spend time doing the things I love and spend time with the people I love...cancer sucks and it sucks that she is gone, but we all learned so much from watching her fight, she will live on in all of us.  hug the ones you love today!</p>

 

[originalsuds]

<p>Wow, SB, sorry to hear about your friend. Sounds like she was a great person and a strong fighter. You're right, don't sweat the small stuff.</p>

 

[Ron]

<p>Morning my running friends.  Not sure what kind of working out I will do today, but I hope to go for a short run with my son after I get home tonight.  He is getting into running a little.  I can really keep up with him when he wants to go fast so he will have to keep it slow tonight.</p>
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<p>Paul rest that hip and get stronger.  I could never stop lifting.</p>
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<p>Staci sounds like your life has been much better just by knowing someone like that.  Cancer Sucks!!!</p>
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[Fer]

<p>Hi all!  I am sitting in the Las Vegas airport right now, waiting on my flight home.  After Ron picks me up, I will drop him back off at work and go to the gym and run for awhile. </p>
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<p><strong>Staci-</strong>That is so, so sad about your friend.  She sounds like an amazing person, and you are lucky that you had the chance to have her in your life.  It's still so hard to say goodbye.</p>
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<p><strong>Suds-</strong>Sorry about the yucky traffic this morning.  Have fun with the new weight work outs.  I know resting from running is tough when you want to run!</p>
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<p><strong>Hi Hubby-</strong>Only about an hour and a half until I see you!  I can't wait!!</p>
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[Sisu]

<p>Staci - your friend sounds like she was a wonderful person.  I am always so amazed at the strength that people have in the most challenging times and how they lift others up when they are in so much pain.  I know it must be so difficult that she's gone but it sounds like she touched so many lives and you will carry her with you always.  A local mother passed away here last weekend and she fought cancer for five years. So sad.  </p>
<p>Suds - bummer about the traffic this morning.  We don't have traffic like that in Maine!  Glad that you are giving your hips a break.</p>
<p>Fer - hope you have a good trip!  Have fun at the gym and seeing your husband!</p>
<p>Ron - hope you have a good run.  Say hello to your wife for me when you see her </p>
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<p>No run for me today.  I'm not really sore from the HM and that makes me happy.  I may go to bootcamp tomorrow since I haven't been in almost two weeks.  I need to figure out what is next for me running-wise.  I am thinking maybe another 10k this fall but not really sure yet.  </p>
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