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Apr 15, 2007 11:59 AM
in response to:
roy c
Re: Sunday April 15 Boomer Runs
Welcome, milo. We'll be glad for your company and wisdom from many years of running. runwun, congrats on your speedy 5K and AG win. nice job, ksrunner on your 60 mile week. DaveinAA, sorry to hear about the foot issue. I hope that the Dr. appointment gets things back the way they should be. Fortunate, congrats on your 10K PR. I thought you were supposed to take it easy in a taper, though. roch, way to go on the speedy 8 mile run. Robin, that credit card episode sounds a bit creepy and unpleasant. Evan, congrats on your big 5K PR. roy, congrats to mrsroy on her longest run yet. sfch, sorry to hear about the bike crash and the subsequent soreness. dg9, I hope your follow up with the cardiologist is all good news.
Nice long runs for Flying (and big week and back home by now), DaveinAA, TMWIP, Holly, bigguy, goofy, millbot, hopeful, Tramps, caddis (progression), munch, canfit, Lab, breger (with heat and wind), milo, WRFB, and PDR. Good job on the speedwork for glidegal and WRFB.
I'll chime in late on the discussion about all the demands on time that so many of you have. As an old retired guy whose kids are grown, I can look back on those times without having to live them any more. I well remember having both of us working, me also teaching part time at a local community college, the kids having activities most nights after school, and keeping up with things at home. I was just getting started running when only one kid was at home and didn't really get ramped up until they both were gone and I gave up the part time job. It was tough and my sympathies are with you who are in the midst of it now. If it's any consolation, we made it to retirement and will hopefully be able to survive comfortably from here on out and the kids seem to have turned out fine. In retrospect, it was worth the effort. So to all of you, hang in there, there is a payoff down the road.
This morning it was about 30 with just a light wind. I got in 8 miles in about 1:15:30 for a 9:25 pace.
A good day and good runs for all.
TomS
Glad nothing damaged.
"Now, here you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that." Still, I did 5.55 TM miles. 
which is my most ever, even before whatever it was that happened in January. doesn't sound like much after reading this thread so far, but I was happy.. I had a harder time keeping my heart rate down, I think it's time for that 75% reduction for a week that nighthawk talked about. It's overdue anyway, but it's hard to make yourself do that. Did anybody else ever feel like you'd never get there? (where ever there is..)
