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Billy - There are many athletes, including a pro, who have discovered heart issues. In fact, Dick Hoyt had bypass surgery due to exposure of a problem through training.  Now, I know you are a "man" but get your man to the doctor and discuss what happened and what he/she would recommend.  Now, I would make it a priority to find a doc who is an athlete (all of you should do this).  Most docs oftne recommend rest no matter what - and we all ignore them.  Get to a doc who is an athlete or treats tons of them so they understand what you are going through.  In case you missed the message here I will yell.....GET YOUR BACK TO THE DOCTOR.  NOW!  (stepping off soap box)

Gary - glad your daughter is better and congrats on the PR.  I have updated the finish lines.  We are on some kind of pace to put up some serious finish line numbers this year....

Amy - I hope your boys leg is better....I have a guy who works for me whose son just had a titanium rod removed from his femur.  He asked the doc for it and got it to put in a shadow box....I thought it would make a sweet top tube....

Speaking of top tube.....FINALLY SOME NEW BIKE PORN....love that....sweet ride....is that a bite valve on the end of that mondo straw???

Mav - as you know Morton's neuroma can be bad and chronic....take care of it....follow what they say....I know a guy who had it removed from both feet at the same time...he couldn't walk but he healed and recovered once....it sounds like a nasty growth....

Lena - sounds like some tightening in the arch....put a tennis ball on the floor and roll it  around under that arch to loosen it up some....it is good to do this on both feet.  And no more long runs like that until showtime....

I ran the America's Run Half Marathon today - it started at Cowboy Stadium and went by the Ballpark at Arlington, Six Flags and then through some neighborhoods around Arlington, TX.  My brother and I ran it together.  Stride for stride - just cruising the 13.1.  It was a great day - cloudy and in the 60s - just a touch of humidity.

Troy Aikman walked right by me prior to the start and we said "hey" to each other.  I doubt he recognized me....LOL....it was his first half marathon.  Debbie took a picture of him after he finished.

It was a strange day - they imploded Texas Stadium at 7am - right before we started.  We watched the stadium destruction on the big screen at the new stadium.   It seemed like cheating on your girlfriend or something....

We drove by the old stadium site on our way to the airport...it was surreal looking at that site, where that legendary stadium stood for over 30 years.  Many memories there...we celebrated state championships in that stadium with my nephew.  We watched many Thanksgiving day Cowboy games as well as many Cowboy games.  Tom Landry coached there.  It is like a great friend who transcended my childhood, college years, early adulthood and maturity is gone.  That is really weird -- talking that way about a stadium....

Hope you are all doing well....it certainly sounds like it.  Keep to the plan....

See you at the finish line.