Congratulations fellw runners! You certainly know how to Tri and Du!

I would like to congratulate everyone on their accomplishments over the past few weekends.

Mike (OOSG) - Congrats on your awesome finish at the Galena Triathlon. I am sorry to see the pics of the sunburns that you and Barb got. OUCH.

Elizabeth - Congrats on the Flying Pig finish! What a great time! And you have so many awesoem goals for this year. Keep up the great work!

Eric - Kudos to you for completing a 100K in record time, and managing to dance the night away afterwards! Also - congrats to your lovely wife Michelle for becoming a 4-star MARATHON MANIAC!!! She completed 4 marathons... in 4 weekends!!! She certainly is a Marathon maniac!! But she is an awesome runner! Congrats to you both!

Lil Miss Runner Pants - congrats oncompleting your first Du! You did wonderful out there!

Great job on the 5K JKRunning and daughters. It is sad to see such dishonesty in running - but rest knowing that you are a good person, running for a good reason, and that you that you at least, follow the rules!

Earlier this month some people I follow completed the Indy Mini-marathon. Congrats to Runner Susan and Shauna for their great work! I know that you did not finish Sahuna - but congrats on have the courage to start the race. You gave it your all... and I am so happy to see that you are going to finish your next.. STRONG. ;) You truly are a great person!!

Jess - I am glad that your feeling better and running with no pain! What a great feeling! Denise and Josh - I am glad that you are back and sasfe from yoru trip to MN. I look forward to seeing you again (Denise) and meeting you (Josh) while I am out there for the Distance Classic this August!

And to anyone I missed, I am sorry - but I want you to know that I am proud of you all!!!!

Keep up the great work!

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Cleaning up on a semi-crappy Sunday.

My goal wa to do a nice 5 miler out at Kennsington. HOWVER - I am 3 weeks out from starting my training officially. AND - my office at home has been a compelte mess for 2 years now.

Seriously.

SO - today I opted to ditch the 5-miler (it is cold and dreary and not so nice out right now) and clean the office once and for all. And it is done! For the most part. I can see the huge desk we have (it i one of those large "L" shaped ones), I can see all of our book in nice neat order, and I moved around a bit of furniture. I definitely got in a workout today!

What prompted this? Returning to school for one. And being sick and tired of having amessy messy office for another. I need order in my ofice pace. And once Mike adn I moved in together 2 Christmas's ago - we crammed both of our stuff into this one room. It has become the junk room if you will.

He has his game system and TV in here, I have my books and painting supplies in here.

When I lived solo my office was where I studied, where I painted, and where I did work. Mike never had a 2-bedroom place, so his desk and everything was in one room - his living room.

I am not complaining - but honestly he is so used to jut piling everything into one area - whereas I have rooms designated for different things. And yes, this has been an ongoing battle since we moved in to the new place. I am clean and orderly. Mike is... well.. I love him to death - but he is not. :)

I feel more at ease in a clean environment. And now I feel like our office is truly that. A nice break away from everything else.

Let us just see if we can keep it there!

So running for today - nill. BUT - I did get in a workout!