Hi everyone and welcome to Kelly!

I had a great time in NY. I really do miss living there. I took your advice runNY and went to Greenlakes with my husband, but we walked around the lake instead of running it. He came down sick almost as soon as he got off the plane and neither of us wanted to tempt fate by pushing ourselves. What a BEAUTIFUL lake, though. Halfway around, I mentioned to my DH that I was glad we walked so that we had more time to admire the scenery.

Laying low kept us away from the Fingerlakes and the old Erie Canal, but we were together and that was the best part. Getting back on a plane to CA and leaving him in NY was one of the hardest (stupidest?) things I have ever done. Sigh.

I ran a slow mile around a High School track the other day in the rain and I hope to go out on a trail in the morning. I am fighting some serious ups and downs emotionally and that makes it difficult for me to focus. I KNOW that I will not regret any time that I spend running, especially on the trails, but motivation is low. I will report again tomorrow if I actually get my rear in gear.

Greg, I am not sure I can consider myself a runner yet, so I do not know about responding to your question. Thanks for asking it. I really enjoy the responses.

Kitrin

We are going to Connecticut to visit with Jack's mom where there are a couple of huge 5Ks but we haven't registered for anything so we'll see.  After spending 5 hours in the car with my two boys I'll need to do something!  To make it more interesting I'll sign them up too-run or no dinner!  I'm soooo mean-making my kids exercise!  !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!

But on the flip side I'm ready to put my feet up. Between the 50 last Saturday, with my job I teach a couple strength conditioning classes, a mat pilates class and half hour core class this week and a 6K XC race this Sunday-the idea of short, fast race on Thursday is not appealing. A nice and easy trail run (walking some hills of course) away from the shopping crowds of CT sounds better.

I am psyched how my recovery is going from the 50. I did a run/walk for a couple miles Sunday morning which was a little painful, nothing on Monday, 4 miles on Tuesday which felt much better, I felt the lunges in my Tuesday class, I ran 6 miles this morning and felt fine and class was fine too. I'll try for another 4 miles tomorrow, maybe 10 for my long run on Friday, 2-4 on Sat and race on Sun.

Glad to hear you''re getting back out there runNY. Nothing wrong with easy and simple. Are you getting any snow yet? They're predicting it here this week and a few ski areas are going to open this weekend already.

Ziggy I hope you're feeling better.

Kitrin, Greg and Lorrie-where are you hiding? !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!

Time to say goodnight!

Kelly

Hey everyone!

I really enjoyed my stint as a volunteer last weekend at the Rockledge Rumble. I was one of the finish line timekeepers, so I got to see the results of some pretty good tumbles. I got out to the trail to run some myself on Sunday, and took a tumble of my own. I was running a bit to fast on a downhill, slipped on some leaves and took a dive. My right forearm and thigh, along with both palms, are scraped and bruised as a result. Some pretty good battle scars, and definitely a conversation starter at work the next day. This weekend I have volunteer duties at Ultra Centric.

No turkey Trot for me this year. There's a 3 mile and 8 mile event in downtown Dallas. Before the stress fracture, I had planned on doing the 8 miler with a friend, but we'll just have to try again next year. Hubby and I are driving a few hours north to spend Thanksgiving at Grandma's house, then back home to leave next Sunday for a week in Breckenridge., CO. It's supposed to be a ski trip, but so far it doesn't look like they've had much snow. Only one ski run is open. We went the same time last year and they'd had lots of snow already by this time. Oh well, I'll be a nice break even if the skiing isn't great!

Have a great weekend!

Lorrie

Sounds like a nice run

fatozzig

Great end-o-the year racing

kelywil !