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Fantastic mav. You are such a tremendous swimmer!! Dan/Leston - glad you chuckle at my goofy humour !! Dan - both you and your daughter did a great run!!

My brother and family stopped off with us last night en route to the family cottage in PEI. We had a lovely visit. Their kids are 5 and 3 so it was particularly nice that both our kids were off work and had a chance to be with their little cousins. Highlight of the night was a visit to the stable where my daughter rides so the wee ones could have a chance to ride too.

Today has been one of the laziest days ever for me but tomorrow I am going to run with the Sunday morning group at the Running Room store. I'll be thinking of Christine the BT-er and will say a prayer for her family.

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Did an 8k run this morning. With the humidity it proved a little tougher than usual but it felt good to go longer than 5k which is all that I've done of late. Said a prayer for Christine and family.

Dan - apparently you weren't the only one who went to see the new Batman flick since it had the largest ever opening weekend sales. I rarely go to movies so none of my scheckles were in that count.

Awfully quiet here on the LRR thread. Where is everyone?

Tropical storm Christobal is apparently on its way to our region. Lots of rain in the forecast. Thankfully the winds are not expected to be too severe this far inland.

Mav - since you aren't too far away, here's something for you to think about long range. The 30th anniversary Terry Fox Run will be held in September 2010 and in honour of this the Confederation Bridge between New Brunswick and PEI (13k- the world's longest span over ice-covered waters) will be closed to vehicle traffic and will be turned into a run/walk route. This will be only the second time in its history that the bridge has been open to pedestrians. The first time was for the 25th anniversary and I made sure that I was there to participate - me and 14,000 of my closest friends!!!!! Of course sTRIvers from further afield would also be welcome and our cottage (10 minutes from the Charlottetown airport and about 40 minutes from the bridge) would be the perfect place for us all to bunk.

Vibes of success flowing southward and westward to our weekend racers !!

Mav - great that you were able to sucker recruit someone to run the marathon leg of your IM team relay. Actually I saw the post on the Tri Talk thread and was hoping someone would respond.

As for me, I hope to get in a long-ish road ride this weekend plus the annual Highland Games are on here this weekend so I'll be down to listen to the pipe bands, watch some of the highland sports and take pride in my scottish (my father's side) heritage.  

I'm here, I'M HERE! Sooooo sorry guys... I've really let real life keep me from the board lately. And OMG, you guys have been doing and sharing wonderful and entertaining (still grinning) events and thoughts! What a great bunch of people you all are! I'VE MISSED YOU.

So ok, me: It's been one of those "if-it's-not-one-thing-it's-another" months. My part time job turned out to be mostly full time for the first 3 weeks. My fault. I told my supervisor I would take all the extra hours she could give me. She took me seriously. There have been lots of co-workers taking time off.

I haven't worked outside the home in 15 years (and 15 years ago I only did substitute teaching so it really doesn't count), so 30-40 hour weeks were quite an adjustment. Until this week, most nights I'd come home eat, and go to bed. During the 1st 3 weeks, I was experiencing severe sinus headaches, too - book dust maybe? They seem to be better now, but last week I came down with a summer cold. Yuk. Have missed church 4 Sundays in a row. Very bad. Without a spiritual re-charge, I slap run out of juice. Ok, ok. Enough negative. I got back to part time schedule this past Monday. My cold is getting better, and I made myself go to the gym this afternoon after work. Did 30 min. / 2.5 miles on the elliptical and swam 1250 yards. It was just what I needed. I'm hoping my schedule for next week will let me get in 3 days at the gym and maybe I can bike on my days off. Note: I've a applied for a full-time professional 'librarian' position that came open last week. It pays almost as much as much as the starting pay for a teaching job, so I have my fingers crossed. I would like tips from all of you on how to handle a full time job and work out regularly at the same time. You all amaze me with your energy and enthusiasm. "I wanna be like you!"

Now let me talk about you guys! I don't have time now to coment on everything I've read, but WOW, you guys are an inspiration to me. Marianne? Dang, girl! *Pointing at Mav and saying "role model!" Wow again. I so want to do OWSs the way you are. I'll look around and see what 'kind' of swimming is available around here, but honestly, I'm terrified of fresh water (lakes AND rivers) because of the aligators, and I'm even more terrified of the gulf because of the sharks. Cowardly. That's me. Thank you, too, for all the messages calling me back. I heard you. *grin*

Peter, umm I mean Sticka! *grin* You and your geese! Too funny! I'm picturing a full out brawl between Canadian geese and killer swans! ROFL!

Dan? UNBELIEVABLE! You have become an incredible athlete! I'm like Mav.. looking back and looking at our first posts, it's absolutely WONDERFUL to see the progress you've made! That last 'family' run was just awesome. How great for you guys! I so look forward to reports on how your masters swimming is going!

Leston! An OLY! I can't wait to hear about it! Awesome guy! And Marianne again: I can't wait to read your race report this weekend as well! Am sending every positive racing vibe I have left to you two right now! Go Leston, GO! Go Mav, go!

Bryan! Hope you are having a super vacation!

A Mid-west sprint TRI would work for me if we could have it in Denver! My oldest daughter and her husband lives in Denver. They've been there for 2 years and we haven't been able to visit her yet. How awesome it would be to get together for a TRI and visit my daughter too! Just wow. I'm assuming this would be for next year? That's exactly the kind of goal I need to keep me motivated no matter how much I'm working. Oh! and I have one picked out too. The Crescent Moon Sprint Tri looks wonderful!
http://www.racingunderground.com/crescentmoontri/

I would love to try to make it to the the 30th anniversary Terry Fox Run. Hmm, 2010? To quote "Angels in the Outfield": "It could happen!"

Love you guys! Thank you for... well, thank you for being you. And thank you for not giving up on me!

sTRIve!

OMG, the Phoenix Phlipper has risen from the ashes !! Great to have you back on line Juanita and what a great newsy post. Sorry to read about the illness but great that you're on the mend now. Like you Juanita I haven't been to church in weeks (I think it's been 7 weeks now). My choir takes the summer off but we're still supposed to go to mass. Tomorrow I'm going and will be playing/singing, together with whoever else happens to be there.

Finally got out for a road ride today - the first in 10 days or so. I went 20k and it felt OK considering how long its been since I was in the saddle. Tomorrow the plan is to get out and run at least 5k.

Picked up a new pair of running shoes today. I LOVE getting new "kicks" !!!! My wife Jill works part-time at a running specialty store so we get a wonderful discount (amywhere between 20 and 40%) - we joke that she makes more through the discount than through the wages so you might say she is simply feeding our habit.

Saw the last inning of the Yankees-Sox game on TV this afternoon Also saw some of thr IronGirl triathlon from Las Vegas on NBC. Mav - made me think of you and your race tomorrow - lots of positive vibes coming your way from the North.

Last week of work for me and then its off to the cottage on Prince Edward Island for two glorious weeks.

Can't wait to read a race report tomorrow !!!

"Sorry it's so long"

What you talkin' 'bout Leston ???? RACE REPORTS CAN NEVER BE TOO LONG. I want to know every bit of detail that you can remember so that I feel like I'm there with you.

OK, so I gotta know. When you cross the line at the Spudman, did the announcer say "Leston, you are now a .... Potato Head"   Seriously though, congratulations on a great performance. Very envious of you now being an Oly distance veteran.

Very sad that a life was lost during the race. May God bless his family/friends with strength at this difficult time.

Wise words Dan that you wrote in your post - we can all use reminders like that to focus on what's important FIRST and allow the other things to fill in around the edges.

Good night all !! 

I'm Backkkkkkkkkkk

Wow...you have all been busy....finish line count has been updated.  I need to be sure I updated it correctly so I need to re-read all the posts.  There is much to be commented on as I read everything already once but I will leave that until later. 

I have a car to unpack you know....and a sprint next Sunday to prepare for....by the way - if you are ever in Mobile, AL, you must visit Ed's Seafood Shed....thanks to Juanita we kicked off our vacation there as we rolled through Mobile.   Thanks for the info Flipper or Phlipper or however Sticka spelled it....

I have missed you all and thought of you often....glad everyone is doing well....many comments coming...

By the way, there is not a lot of new stuff on our calendar....have you all not been posting your race dates???????

sTRIve