Thanks for getting us started, Fred.

Ribs, I think you are experiencing what is often a part of the healing and recovery process. You've done so well. Maybe it's time to maintain and not increase.

2 hours on the AT today.

Fred - hope your achilles injury is mild

Euphie - is it cool up there?  If so; send some on down south please.

Ribs - scolding accepted.  How are you at painting?

Go Ribs!!

August 3:

" Ribs sat in a chair yesterday for a bit and ate his first real meal since the surgery. This caused some pain later but had the problem under control before the"saint" (Mrs Ribs) went home at 10 PM. I think ol ribs is going thru and ordeal."

Within 2 weeks of this day he was doing 4-milers and I saw more than a couple "feeling great" and similar comments.

Aug 18:

"My next goal is the ability to walk 5 miles at 15 minutes a mile. I will hit that goal very soon, but no running until October first, at least. Spareribs "

Aug 19:

"5 miles on the Y indoor track @ 14:46 per mile. Felt super."

and now this:

"there are times when I really get down in the dumps about my progress and wish I weren't so tired. The dr. warned me about this too. It's a runner's thing I think."

It's a human's thing I think. You have done amazingly well, Ribs. I'm sure that there will be more "felt super" days ahead. The bad ones just make us appreciate the good ones more when they come.

I plan to be posting more this month. This was my first ever runner's forum and has helped me a lot over these past 3 years or so.

Hopefully there will be lots of healing from all the injuries and other aches and pains that have been going around.

Fred, after you said you needed to find another way, I thought maybe some longer runs at steady state or tempo would be fine, and then thought, "but who am I to give advice to Fred?"  Then I saw your McMillan post, which by the way was helpful and I see you have a plan.

Yesterday (Tuesday):  5.1 very slow, felt sluggish the whole way, I think still tired from that fast walk on Saturday.

Today (Wednesday)  5.25 miles with my wife at just under 16's.   It's cool here in N. Tx, very windy, but no rain.   Ideal day for a walk.   Spareribs

Hope you have a good race Jim.

8 mi steady state yesterday.  10 mi of hills this morning.  Amazing what 10-15 secs per mile slower, 4 degrees cooler temps, 5% less humidity, and 9 mph breeze makes on a run.   Hope to run 22 Fri morning like I did the 10 this morning.  We will see.  Registered today for my one and only Boston marathon.  Have airline tickets purchased and a room waiting.

Go ribs

Fred - I notice some of your workouts that you run what I consider odd times  1:55 or 2 x 59 secs. all out.   Why not 2 mins or 1 min or yards or meters.  What are you doing besides driving me crazy?

5.75 easy this morning.  2 or 3 days in a row we had a nice breeze to keep us a bit cooler.  Another 5 or 6 tonight easy getting ready for long run tomorrow.   This morning as 5 or 6 of us gathered to run at a friends house; we find the neighbor out drunk in the street at 5:20 a.m.  He is dancing and playing football all alone.  He decides to come visit for a while and determine what we are doing.   As we leave to run he shouts  "you should go surfing dudes".   Well, that's the only clean thing he said I can repeat. 

Stay sober boys and girls.