This site still lacks integrity.  I've been trying to re find us again for a day and a half.  The website kept reading "this community doesn't exist'.    I thought maybe I had died!

Again, nice racing Roch.

Ribz - hope you can get back to those 20 min 5k's.   I think you can if you desire to.

Went to the dentist for a temporary crown this morning.  The dentist commented that I broke half the tooth off and therefore did half his job for him.   He declined my offer of me just paying half price.  Instead he thought he might just double it.      Too hot by then to run much but got in 5 miles at 7:50 pace.

Those boxers are quick!

cya tomorrow

Ran my typical Wed 10 miles of hills again today.   Last couple weeks legs have come around and I have decided I need more quality this training cycle so I was a bit lethargic starting out this morning.  Around 4.5 miles I finally felt like running.  Avg pace 7:43 which is the fast side of my "easy" pace for flat running so I'm pretty happy running this pace in the hills today.   Seemed hard to get any oxygen this morning in this high humidity as well.  Shoes now drying in front of a fan.  Def. summer here now.  High yesterday broke a record and hit 96 degrees.   Just wait till summer gets here!!

Hope you all have good runs today.  And Ribz is going to have two runs today.

Simon, talk away, please. I enjoy it, as I'm sure others here do as well. The thought I had when running past the empty car dealerships was about our economy as well.

Ribs, that sounds like an enjoyable 9 mile day. 

Fred, thanks for posting that link to past coolrunning posts (with Tinman and others). An interesting discussion. In my 20s and 30s it was all seat-of-the-pants training for me.  I didn't read up (no Internet then) on various training strategies-I did incorporate interval workouts and LSD. It was a little bit of everything, I think, done out of ignorance, really, whatever felt right. I don't think I trained for speed as well as I could have. I didn't measure my heart rate, for instance, at least not while running (only after I finished). Food for thought-now, I'm thinking of looking up some of these folks.

4 miles yestersday, easy, at work at noon along city streets (the quiet ones, in an industrial area). So, 18.3 miles so far this week. I felt OK--I'm not pushing it, and intentionally going slower than I could run.  I want to feel comfortable at a certain mileage per week before I run faster on daily runs. I might do a speed session tomorrow at the track, or a 7-8 mile run instead. This whole week I've had to run at work to save time in the afternoons to do some things at home, which necessarily cuts short the runs. I took a rest day today and walked three miles.

Good evening all.

I don't know why the dentist didn't accept your half-price offer, KS. Sounds fair to me

I've heard about that movie, Ribs. I'll have to put it on my Netflix account.

6 miles yesterday60 minutes. My dog ran with me for four and a half. There was a family on the track3 sisters playing while their mom and a friend walked. They took a liking to my dog, Cody, which was fun.  One of the girls--a cutie who was about six years old, came out to the middle of the track and said, "Can I pet your dog." So, I stopped a few times to let them pet Cody. They were there again today when I tried to go out for run.

I have severe pain in my upper right hip, above the thigh. It was mild about a week ago -- and I didn't notice it too much when I ran -- but yesterday it was difficult to run the last mile or so. Not good. I've never had this before--I was tired today anyway so skipping the run felt right. Tomorrow, I'll see how the hip feels when I run. I've done a few stretches that I've read might help. Strange. I don't know what brought it on.