Hi Everyone,

Rest day for me today,coming down with a head cold I think.I Watched the Marathon today. I  was hoping for Ryan and Kara to will, but 3rd is still awesome!!!!!!!

Spice- Nice job with crowd control and handing out bagels!!! Glad you were able to snatch  one  up!.Great pace on you run too!!! I think you will  do great on your  next half!!!!! I'm glad  to  hear EC will be there to cheer  you on!!!! I think I'm  getting the bug to run a  full ( i cant beleive i'm saying that!)  Just don't know where or when? Enjoy your taper week! lol

Meg- Nice 4.4 Sat And 3.5 yesterday.What movie did you and your son go see?

Carmen- Sounds like you had a great weekend with the kids!

Run the #s- Good job on pacing others for 13 miles!!

Sue- Nice job on your hill run! I haven't signed up for Run To Remember yet, But I did book a night at the Seaport the night before the race. I'm going to see how I feel after my next half  before I sign up.

Miss wendy- Nice 6 miles! Glad you didnt run into any wildlife today!!!

Macd- I cant wait to hear about your daughter in Boston!!!!!

Hi all:  was supposed to run 3-4 miles this morning but it's rainy and icky out.  So I decided that my foot needed an extra day of rest and am staying inside!  Now that I'm back up north, I can relate to you folks who've been wimping out of running in the foul elements!!  I am a wimp!

I've done some additional research on the pain in my foot (what did we do before Al Gore invented the internet???) -- and I'm starting to think that the custom orthotics may be the way to go.  Several sites recommend orthotics for this type of pain, so at least I have some validation (of course, it's validation of a self-diagnosis!

Happy running,

Sue

Hey gang!  Checking in at lunch.  Went to gym yesterday, 30 min elliptical, 20 min rowing, 15 min swim.  Running 3 miles after work today.

• Carmen - Glad you were able to enjoy the great weekend weather!

• Runjr - Glad you and your family had a great HM!  And a new PR to boot!

• Sue - We went to San Antonio to visit family, the wedding was actually in Boerne, about 35 miles NW of SA.

• Lorie - Rest well, take some Zicam!

• MissWendy - LOL, I just recommended Zicam to Lorie also!  Now she'll have to take it!  Great runs there! 

• Carmen - Great 5.5 miles this morning!  And why are you whispering?    LOL

Joe

Hey gang!  Did 4 miles yesterday after work.  Rest day today.

• Runjr - Wow, still snowing up there?  It was in the mid-80's yesterday when I ran!  Yes, we'll see how the draft goes this weekend.

• Spicegeek - Well here is your chance to get caught up!  LOL too on getting the thread started w/o me!  Enjoy the rest of your taper week.

Joe

Hey all, sorry for not being around much... we are moving at work this week and it has been crazy. I have not run in 2 1/2 weeks now because of the hip, but am going to try it tomorrow no matter how it feels, since at this point it neither feels better nor worse. We shall see.

I don't have much time for shout outs, but wanted to say Congrats to runjr & family - fabulous race! You are all so fast! I'm glad you had nice weather for the race.

Okay, Boston... awesome to be there, even as a spectator. But I confess I was watching for DD and her friend, and my sis and I had timed where we were watching to catch them, not the elite runners. We saw them at the 7 mi mark, they were running ~8:23 and looked good. We were hoping to see them at Heartbreak Hill, but by the time we'd ditched the car and hopped on the T, we were afraid to go out that far for fear of missing them, so we settled for about the 24 mi mark. By then DD's friend had gone ahead, and DD was about 15 min. behind. After seeing both of them, we took off for the finish line, but didn't get there until DD had already finished. The weather, as I'm sure you know, was decent, but they ran into a good headwind the whole way. DD had hoped to run about 8:15, but she finished with an overall pace of 9:00. I don't think she was too surprised. Her schedule is so hectic that her sleeping and eating habits haven't been too good lately. I think she's going to take a break from marathons for a while. I'll try to add a pic but don't know if this will work:

If it comes out, DD is in the yellow (official shirt).

She did say one thing was really neat - as they approached Wellesley College, the girls were screaming so loudly that they could hear a roar from about a half mile away. How cool is that?!

Thanks for all the well wishes, all. We had a great time.

Happy running!