3.5 w/u
4 desc - 7:55, 7:17, 7:01, 6:37
0.2 c/d

I did walk a bit more for a cooldown - soleus (I think it's that and not my achilles) tweaked on the last mile.

I *heart* FAST running

Took a few days off from running to get the knees to mend a bit. The run today felt great today along the riva' with four pick-ups thrown in to make life interesting and get the metabolism jump started. A quick stretch, too.

Keep running!

with a nice big crew this morning. Speedy 1 and Speedy 2 took us out kinda fast, so I chilled the last few miles. Need to rest up for tomorrow's 20 miler!

I was spoiled because Shannon brought the double, and we popped DeLaney in next to Zoe and I didn't push for a single step. :)

Had a great run with Shannon, Bob, and the little ones....nice to visit with Vanessa who taught DeLaney about butterfly kisses, and see a large Eden crew who were finshed as we were starting.

Had a John S sighting, too! :)

Great to see that the moms have migrated back to Eagle Lake this fall. Around the lake, yesterday and today, with lively company.

under watchful eyes.

There are a lot of issues with my stroke.
First of all, I didn't swim all summer ('cuz my shoulder hurt when I did) and thus lost a bunch of my shoulder muscle. I am, apparently, "skinny." This was not a compliment.
Couple technical issues that would take more trouble than it's worth to describe, and may or may not be contributing.
To try: physical therapy, other strokes, lots of drills trying to figure out how to swim again.

Bit of a catch 22 as far as needing to swim to get the muscle back, needing the muscle to swim like I used to.

around EL. Beautiful run with great company, as Suzanne shared. Good to see so many at the launch point (welcome back Megan & Zoe). Life is good in the woods.

16.5 miles on the carriage roads including up and down Day Mt. Felt great! Cruised by some of the morning eden crew. Sorry for being anti-social and not stopping to chat, but I was running late (again)and I have a bunch of stuff to do today and I really needed to spin my legs and a bunch of lame excuses like that... :)

around town nice and slow.

pigfarm-bass harbor loop.

7.5 in the day, 5 in the evening. Took both at just under 8.

Here's a side-by-side comparison of finish line photos for me between Labor Day '07 and '08:

That's awesome Spotter!

with Matt F. near Little Long pond.

Nice work Spotter.

Quite an accomplishment.

Isn't running a wonderful sport?

Wow, what a difference a year makes Spotter. Fantastic.

I had a stress driven run this evening--out to WHP, then 5k hard(20:23 per Garmin) around most of the loop, then back to EL. I didn't feel all that great, but I enjoyed seeing the First Striders (great crowd!) and visiting with Frank, Sara, Matt, Shannon, Julie, Bob, Vanessa, Don and Jean so much that I was in a good mood by the time I finally got home.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!

Wow, Athlete of the Year for sure!!!!

The First Strides group is growing. I got to run with Peter & Linda, who did very well, and enjoyed the post-run birthday celebrating for Kasch (Mr. 2) along with some bodacious muffins ala Julie & Shannon. You have to love it when you get not only a good nutrition presentation from Shannon, but delicious samples too.

Spotter - Very inspiring indeed and "Congratulations" on great work.