Go, you chicken fat, go away!

Proper LOL!

Nice run Burt. Thanks for the usual laughs.

HA!! This is better than my shot. Nice run today bytw!

No one is safe!

LOL

Happy New year Dude :-)

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha

ha ah ah ah ha ha ha ha ha

Burt!!!!!!!! Burt, Burt, Burty Burt!!!!!! I'm laughing so hard right now and my kids are laughing even harder!!! April is right - NO one is safe!!!! Look at those biceps though...

This one is almost as good as Eightkidmom running on water.

Happy new year!

You are very talented with PhotoShop, you never cease to impress me. Funny guy.

Happy New Year.

Way to start out the new year with a solid run.

Hi Lyns! Yep, with a body like that, there's no way they'll keep you in the corner.

Wow - I wish I had arms like that!

Burt, good run and happy new year.

You've jaded me Burt! Now every time I see this picture of Michael Banks all I can see is my big fat head and his body. :) And do you know how many times a day I see this very picture?

As long as your husband isn't too affected. If he seems a little withdrawn, maybe more distant, you'll know why. For that I truly apologize.

:) :) :)

Hope you are enjoying the New Year, Burt!

Nice job on the team run. :)

I'm so sad I'm not doing the Ragnar this year. I'm glad your team run was successful. 5 weeks until I get the okay or no way from my doctor to start running. I'm sure I'll get the okay. :o)

Burt, Feliz Año Nuevo. Mis mejores deseos.

Good luck with your team. I'm sure you will do great.

Good run Burt! Running around a lake sounds nice, I need to try that sometime. Only bad thing is that there's a lot of alligators here.

Teena Marie! I was wondering if that new blog was you. So far so good on the new year. Thanks.

Camille - what's your plan for work? Are you taking any time off with the new baby?

Erico - I like the tilde there. It beats feliz ano nuevo. That could be painful. I tried that joke on the Rocket when it was her birthday. Ella me leyo como un libro.

Vinh - LOL! I don't think there's any alligators around here. The Tempe Town Lake is basically a man made lake (correct me if I'm wrong Camille.) They've dammed up a portion of the Salt River. It's right by ASU, and they're starting to develop around it so that it's a nice community/business type of area.

Burt - I'm taking 12 weeks off. Only 11 weeks left. :o( I don't know what I'm going to do with the girls when I go back though. I hate leaving them. And not knowing who or where I'll be leaving them makes it worse.

And yes, you described Tempe Town Lake the way I would have.

Looks like a great run. It is always fun to run fast.

If Rhett says I'm fast, then it must be true.

Good work out Burt!

Thanks Camille. You too. I mean good work at getting that baby out.

Sometimes the anticipation of a planned tempo run is daunting, so it's cool that you were able to do an unanticipated tempo run.

Nice!

Great workout Burt!

Wow, is your mailbox really 0.2 miles away!?!? Nice run there..I SO wish it was me running! Will end up on the stairmaster tonight instead. How DO I make my blog so It has my shoes miles listed..I need to start doing that!! ~Missy

Carolyn - I needed to shake things up. I haven't done anything other than get out and run. I think you need to mix it up some in order to get to the next level. That's what I hear anyway.

Lily - just trying to start the new year out on the right foot.

Toby - Thanks. I prefer to sweat in the great outdoors. There's less water damage that way.

Missy - It's 0.1 miles away, so there and back, lol. As for the shoe tracker, I had to ask Marion the same question. Let's see if I can remember...oh yes, it's all coming back to me. Go to your workout calendar. On the left hand side there is a button that says Shoe Manager. Click it. Blah blah blah. Wah wah wah. Voila! You're done!

Good job pushing the pace to give yourself a jumpstart.

that's a good outfit.

Steve - maybe I'll lose 45 lbs this year like you did. Then I'll really be rockin!

Merri - I'm so glad you like it. I hoped you would.

45lbs would be a little much. Nice speed.

Thanks Burt I will Try it! Shoe thingy that is.

Very nice!

I am not expert, but I agree. Recover all you want. If you do anything hard the day before )speed or distance) you get to recover the next day.

Have a good day, Burt.

I agree with Kelli. :o)

Sounds Smart to me!

I like to follow Hal Higdon's training guides and then I just do what he says to do. :) then there is no thinking involved.

I think if you want to be a smarter runner you should try doing calculus in your head while doing mile repeats. :)

Otherwise, just recover on days when you feel like you worked hard the previous day. Or you can be a super wimp like me and just go to 3 days a week running and cross train every other day.

I'm DEFINITELY not an expert on smart running, but I would ask the question to yourself...why do I run?

Once you answer that question, it should be easy to figure out how you should run. Part of my answer to myself is because it feels good, I love the feeling and fitness it gives me, and I want to do it a lot.

What that answer gets me to do is listen to my body. I honestly don't care whether I go fast or whether I go slow on any particular day, and some days it feels good to push the pace, other days it feels good to go EXTREMELY slow. Because I don't have a pre-set expectation for any day, I thoroughly enjoy each one. And as it turns out, I have been getting faster and feeling good the whole time.

But like I said, you probably shouldn't listen to me, because I'm no expert on 'smart running'. But I sure do enjoy myself.

ditto on all above. just to lazy to type it.

I say recover for a day, then push it the next. You know an every other day ---- type of thing. I got faster doing that.

I'm a card-carrying expert on not smart running. Just do the opposite of me.

Aaron, I like your answer. That is THE way to run.

smarty pants eh Burt :)

Some people in my world believe that "smart" and "runner" do not belong in the same sentence. I disagree, of course, and I think that a hard effort should generally be followed by an easier effort day. That being said, I break this rule all the time!

Good recovery run Burt! I agree with everyone, just listen to your body. Let it dictate your pace.

If you want to stay healthy take an easy day or a day off after every hard or long run. I think I heard Ed Eyestone say that. Happy running in AZ!

Aaron, you should copy that comment. That is future book material! No plagiarizing now Burt!

Thanks for the input everyone.

Nan - my blog, my rights.

*throwing snow ball at Burt* oh and I hope it isnt melted but hits you on the smarty pants LOL

Mmm smarties, Only Smarties have the answer LOL!

hmmmmmm smarties DOH I left them in the car ha ha

oh my, anytime I need a good smile or laugh all I have to do is read Burt's blog :) Thanks all!

Oh, and nice runnin' tex! I'm with Aaron too...take it easy. (Oh, and a RW article in this month's mag agrees with us).

Nice long Burt. I am going through your song list and cherry picking. Since you are a Van Halen fan I would suggest Running with the Devil. Best VH running song and arguably the best VH song. I've turned a blind eye on Bon Jovi and the Bee Gees...

That is a serious music list dating strait back to 1984. There are quite a few songs on there I would even like. My current iPod Shuffle mix ranges from Depeche Mode to Guster to 30 Seconds to Mars. I generally stay in the Alternative / Modern Rock range. Silversun Pickups, Incubus, Arctic Monkeys, Matt & Kim, Ayin, The Rakes, Say Anything, etc. I can run with the Classic Rock too and be super happy. I would dig most of your selection.

Wowsers, you're a real 80s-90s music guy. Did your radio break at Y2K and you haven't been able to hear any good music since?

PS Winds of Change by Scorpions just took me back to Lagoon in 8th grade. Good song.

Lyman - the best VH song of all time is Mine All Mine.

Junior - I've never even heard of any of those bands. Okay, I've heard of Depeche Mode. My wife said, "You wouldn't be caught dead with Depeche Mode on your playlist." I said, "Yes I would because I'd have to kill myself."

Nan - There hasn't been any good music since Y2K. Literally.

Impressive run Burt! Nice song list, shows how much older you are than me haha. =P

Ha ha old skoooooool love it oh great run there Burt nice miles :-)

Vinh - 8 years. Is that really a lot. Oh who am I fooling? Of course it is.

Snowy Dune - of course old school. The music takes me back to a time when I used to be fast.

Haha... Sweet playlist! I am a bit younger than you so I think that is a nice selection of "oldies" :) Seriously, good songs though!

All right, is everybody younger than me??? LOL.

I know what's on Crockett's playlist and you can be confident that his stuff is older than yours.

Yeah, you wouldn't like what's on my iPod. Your wife is right.

That's one thing we can all agree on. Crocket is old. Nah, jk. He's awesome. Let's all agree he is awesome.

Bleh. That's one sorry list of songs. (I'm still sore from your ch 27 reference).

Nice miles... I like your playlist, takes me back... I think there are a few of those songs on my playlist, but also some of Jun's.

Michelle - I only said that cuz I'm jealous.

Lori - You're probably more up on your pop culture than I am. And that means you're cooler than me, too :)

I like some of those songs. I'm just too embarrassed to admit which ones.

Come on Mike! Give me some support here!

Cool list ! You got my support here.

Oh, and great run Burt.

I have heard of about three of those bands! LOL

And I have a cassette tape with a Cyndi Lauper album!

Eric - siempre mi fiel amigo. Gracias!

Chris - have you heard of Phil Collins? Elton John? Def Leppard? Those are the only good things to come out of England. Them and America. Totally kidding, Chris.

LOL Burt! Actually here is a video of ones of the best things to come out of England: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

Ha ha ha ha Rick Astley my cousin used to look like him when he was young too, if ya know what I mean prob look like each other now they have both aged....thats a bad song Chris, come on what about Yesterday the Beatles ??

Girl power now what was that group called Chris help me out ????? ha ha ha

Susan BOYLES ??? oh and Rod Stewart "if ya want my body do ya think im sexy" duh d d d dddd dd ha ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NmV3EgBvBc

The Spice Girls!

Chris Sarcasm not in your vocab (sorry) but yeah it was them LOL

Great run Burt! I take gu's all the time without water (if I have to, though I do prefer with water -- and I use PowerGel, which is less sticky) and so far, I haven't died ;-).

what an ecclectic mix of tunes, no Grateful Dead or Led Zepplin? hmmm. wow. Bee Gees? no way!

Rick Astley. LOL! You know I'm not a fan of the Beatles. Isn't Posh Spice a wag?

Bonnie - glad you're still alive.

Debbie Gibson

It's too bad the Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead didn't do an album together. Now those would be some fine runnin' tunes!

Nice long run Burt.

Burt - I would have never guessed you were into the "stake dance" mojo music :) Great miles!

Paul - It's Deborah now. Actually I was 90% positive Tiffany sung that song, but it pops up as Debbie Gibson on my MP3 player. Maybe whoever I pirated it from named it wrong.

JD - If that were to happen the universe would come to an end. It couldn't handle that much awesomeness.

Toby - What would you have guessed I was into? Jazz?

Chris - Okay, I wasn't going to tell the story, but what the heck. I can still remember a dream I had when I was 12 about Rick Astley being a child molester. I remember he was pulling out of the Bashas' (AZ grocery chain) parking lot in his mulit-colored Corvette. He had a personalized license plate that said ASTLEY. You ever get those creepy dreams that you remember forever?

Really? You just went out an ran 14.8 miles? How? :) And without water? Since I was born in the 90s I don't know any of those songs either.

Merri - What do you mean how? I'm just that good. Plus I'm not preggers. Born in the 90's huh? Babies having babies...

I guess I mean how without water in Arizona?

Again I say, I'm just that good.

It was 6:15pm when I started. The sun was down and it was cool. It is possible to run 15 miles in AZ without water. I was pretty thirsty when I finished though.

Very cool burt! I guess you did just run a marathon though. So 14 (so close to 15) is a walk in the park for you! :) Good job.

I knew you were kidding anyway Merri. You put that smiley face there. Smiley faces make the world go round.

Excellent to get to run with someone, nice of him not to run off!

And you told him to sign to the blog too, right??

Good run and good week. At first I thought he was a blogger, but when I clicked on the link I see he is somebody you found on the street? That's cool that you found somebody that fast that way, sounds like he knows a lot about running.

I remember run2day. :) I think I passed him a couple times while I was wearing my surgical masks.

Chris - are you crazy? after everything I've said about him? lol. The topic never came up. I just don't want to push it on him. It has to feel right.

Flat - He does know a lot. And I try to act like I do so I don't feel stupid by him. I'm a poser.

Merri - (cough) Stalker!

no he was the stalker, that's why I had to move. don't ask him about it though, he gets a little emotional about it and he's not supposed to know where I moved to.

Burt - your going to let a 50+er kick your butt - motivation for Noche Burt - run with him everyday, good way to get faster. When are you going to run with the road rage guy? *Note, a 3:20 marathon guy in the 50 to 54 div. will place in the top 10 (in his division) in most marathons, good runner to hook your bungee cord to.

Stay Kool, consistency, B of BS Rools out

I hope i'm in good shape like that when I'm 50+. :o) Good run today after a long run.

Brent - Strangely enough, road rage guy hasn't come knocking. I looked up Bruce on Athlinks. He's 54. Last month he paced the second half of the Tucson Marathon for the 3 hour group. In 2007 he ran PF Changs in 2:56.

Camille - I know a shape that suits you well.

Okay Burt... and that shape is?

Let's not open up old wounds Camille. No, let's. The shape is that of the agitated cream of milk in spherical form.

It's always fun to talk running with someone who knows their stuff!

That's why burt talks to me so much.

When you say stuff, do you mean double stuffed oreos? That's what Merri and I talk about all the time.

Hey, being 50+ is great! I seriously love it.

Burt can I borrow run2day for my marathon LOL thats cool to run with someone thats faster than you they keep you on your toes, did you sprint finnish then I always end up sprint finnishing when I run with someone else its all in good fun tho :)

Burt! Are you running PFchangs? I SO wish I signed up for that instead of St.GeorgeHalf. I need some toasty AZ sunshine! And..didn't you know..F5 is now Obsolete! You must use Alt F4 from this day forward! :)

AWESOME RUN!!!

Missy - I'm not doing PF Chang's but I may go watch this year. And I'm not falling for your little trick, so forget it! LOL!

Come on you are tempted...something inside us all toys with Alt F4.

Your team will to should do well at Ragnar, if you in the planning stages already.

If you want to lose 25 pounds, try eating more veggies. But be warned, it might turn your skin green.

You know everyone Burt!

I hope I can do the Northwest Passage Ragnar this year. Last year I was out of state for training on that weekend and on crutches too!

All the better to hear you with, my friend!!

P.S. I'm guessing that photo is from when I starred in Dragon Ball Z, the Japanese comic book?

You got it Pic. You were always my favorite character.

Burt I must be able to read you mind or something :)

RT - looks like early registration closes 3/31/10. Plenty of time to put a team together.

Sam - why is it that you can read my mind?

go cardinals.

I don't know enough runners to put a team together myself. I'm hoping that I can fill a spot for a desperate team at the last minute if I'm healthy this year.

allie - what a game! They almost found a way to lose it. That's the difference between this Cards team and years passed. They manage to hang on and win.

RT - that's not a bad idea. And some teams may be desperate enough that you won't have to pay the registration fee.

i was hoping they would win just so their lame kicker wouldn't have to fear for his life

When he missed that field goal I was just staring at the TV in utter disgust and disbelief.

I'll see you next week at PF Changs. (I still believe you're coming down.)

Burt,

I think you need to visit Allie's blog today. I can see some type of crazy photo coming from her entry.

Ahhh I can read your mind with the blog putting up a new piccy I said on FB lol

BTW, burt---i am not coming to arizona anymore. i dropped it from my schedule because i am not ready. are you running it?

Oh yeah. Now I get it.

No, allie, but I still believe that you are. I can't give up hope.

Oh man that is so sad... I'm so glad you were there to help.

OOH... Details?

Hey Kung fu king, thats at least 5 miles worth of training :)

That is all we get? What is that, like a teaser? For being one that is gifted in writting you would think...

Sorry. I put a lot of the details on FaceBook. Okay, I was napping on the couch Sunday afternoon. When I woke up I heard this yelping outside. I thought maybe my dog had gotten her leg caught in something. I went out the back, but it wasn't her. It was a woman's voice. I could also hear some yelling. So I went back in looking for a phone in case I needed to call 911. I couldn't find one. Then I went to the front yard. There's an old lady that lives next door to us with her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. She's a Mexican lady and she was carrying on about somebody going to kill somebody else. I heard the commotion going on from next door and I poked my head around the corner not knowing if someone had a gun or something. I saw the son hitting the dad in their driveway. I yelled at him to knock it off. The dad told me to go call the police. Then the son runs up and gets in my face and tells me to stay out of it. He tells me that it's his father and he has been terrorizing him and his mom their whole lives. He said that his dad was from Iraq and he was a bleeping terrorist. At this point the father tried to go over to my other next door neighbor's because they're really good friends (both from Iraq), but nobody was home. Then he told me again to call the sheriff. I went inside and told my wife to call 911. Apparently someone else already did, too. They got their not too long after that. They arrested the son and took my statement. There's more to it than that, but that's the most exciting stuff anyway.

Thanks for more details.. glad you didn't get knocked out!!!

Sounds like a pretty rough neighborhood. Its a good thing you've got your 22. That'll show em who's boss.

That is some drama right there. Here comes Burt to save the day.

Sounds like you need to start packing heat or at least mow the lawn without a shirt on a couple times. That will give that thug kid neighbor of yours a good idea of who he is messing with.

NOTHING is official until it is on facebook. I totally believe you since you had to post it on fb first. haha.

I have a weapon of choice, but I fear this information may get leaked out when and if I have to testify in court, so I'll keep it to myself.

KP - everything is true on facebook.

yikes stripes fruit striped gum

No pictures still!

What a disappointment, I need my fix of photo comedy!

Did you see the one from Saturday last week?

I haven't had time to do a lot of pictures lately.

I better step it up.

You would make Tony Horton (P90X Guy) proud!! Good Job!!!

I'm going to try and make him proud when I start that program pretty soon.

I keep meaning to start up again with P90X, but it requires me to get up super-early because evenings are devoted to studying. For some odd reason, I find myself not being able to get to bed early enough to wake up at 5 am.

That's pretty much my problem.

funny my pull ups are always attempts as well.

But you weight like 20 lbs. Surely you can pull that much weight up.

I found the eightkidmom yesterday, and I think it was through your blog? Where did she go? What's up with argentinerocket? Is she okay? Nevermind, I found eightkidmom.

I'm facebook friends with the rocket. She's still around, but hasn't been blogging. She promises she'll get caught up one of these days.

hey way to go on those miles Burt, I would go mad if I lost my Garmin its plobably the best watlch in the horld :-o

oh and I love Victorias picture of you on FB very Freddie Mercury LOL

:) Nice run! :)

Nice run Burt, I bet you were hittin sub 7 min miles.

no worries about the garmin. i clocked you from the bushes and you were going about 4:47 pace for the last 3 miles or so.

Sam - who you calling Freddie Mercury. My wife and I are much better than him. He's like a total loser and we are the champions.

Teena - thanks!

Vinh - no doubt. And thank goodness for my stalker friend allie for getting an accurate pace for me. LOL!

Hey I love Freddie Mercury ;-)

Sam - I'm not sure the feeling is mutual.

Sadly, I am worthless without my garmin. It is the motivation I need to keep truckin' along. I know I need to run without it sometimes. I just keep coming back to it. The darn thing is addictive!

I couldn't find my Garmin this morning either.

Hey Burt, that's a nice picture of you. I didn't know you like bows. . .

I love bows, but I hate glitter. Are you saying that I'm a little....nevermind...

So you were a Ginger guy? I always favored MaryAnne.

MaryAnne comes with too much emotional baggage. She's too clingy.

My, what large *eyes* you have!

cutest dog ever........besides mine of coarse!!!

James - enough with the "I'm a gay dog" jokes. I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment.

Yes I do.

Anji - I was going to post the one of her and my baby back when they were both little babies, but I couldn't find it.

Hey, I was going with the little red riding hood reference there! Gotta admit, those big green pupils (prolly from the flash) look pretty spooky.

He he but what large ears you have?

Oh yeah dogs do learn left and right, or gee and haw! I have a trained husky whom has raced sleds, with me on the sled, I dont bother with it now, but he knew his gee (left) from his haw (right) as the finnish would use these words oh and it isnt mush on its HIKE hike, and I am the musher or the person on the sled is the musher. When I take simba with me on runs I can still stear him with those words..... happy mushing then :)

Burt - who let the dog out, you can expect the alien big dogs to come a courting with the spaciee eyes. Check your grass for weird burned circles.

Nice pace, running with space dog will get you some PRs. By the way, we have had running dogs for several years, they are great if you can get them trained for running. We are training our puppy, she is up to two miles.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

what a cute little poochy smoochy. so spoiled with her bows.

That's awesome Burt - I hope she protected you during your run :)

MaryAnne > Ginger

Running with my dog is like wrestling with a bull. It's a great workout, but a terrible run.

Nice run Burt! You should have your dog run with you during your races haha.

Cute dog, glad she took you an a good run! Her trainer must be a genius. My dog never quite figured it out, it is harder than it looks.

Indeed I am a genius Kelli. Indeed I am.

I usually only take her when I want to run 3 miles. Once when I went 4 she started to slow down and run in front of me so I had to slow down.

I know you are Burt, that is what I admire the most about you.

So my sister called me yesterday to make sure we were coming down to run Del Sol. WHAT??? She got a job this year so I did not even ask her to do it, turns out she was perfectly willing to take work off and watch my kids. BUMMER, but we will be there next year doing an Ultra I believe.

She also said they changed the course. Is it going to be better or worse?

They didn't change it too much. They added a couple of miles to it so now we end at Tempe Marketplace and we'll be able to see the teams come in on the jumbotron.

That is cool! She thought that they changed where the race started, I guess she did not know what she was looking at.

Awesome repeats Burt!

Nice speed!! Looks like you had a good run!

Nice miles, Burt! Some people think that ANY attempt at intervals is crazy. You had some speed today.

6:56? Speedy Burt....

Thanks guys. It felt pretty good. Yes, I got to work an hour and 15 minutes late, but it was worth it. 6:56 baby! Hopefull some day I'll be able to say 5:56.

hopefully, I mean.

Way to get under 7!

When's your next race?

Well, Steve, it was going to be surprise, but since you ask...I'm doing a 10k on the 30th. My wife just signed me up for it yesterday. Actually she accidently signed me up for the half marathon, but we emailed the race director, and they are going to refund us the money. (I kind of feel bad for that because it's a charity run, but I really wanted to do the 10k.) I can do a half marathon, but I'm looking to crush my 10k PR. That's the plan anyway.

Nice miles Burt! If you are going to run a 10k, I'd start doing more of these workouts so you can smash your 10k time. What are you shooting for? sub 45?

Umm...yeah Vinh. How did you know? Get my message from Athlinks?

Very nice run Burt. What's up with your foot? Hopefully nothing major.

Feliz Ano Nuevo Burt!!! I just read your marathon report - sounded pretty painful, kudos for not giving up! I love your new photo, you're hiding your pain pretty well!

So what else is new with everyone? You have to keep me up to date so I don't have to read everyone else's blog!

Rhett - sometimes it hurts on top. It's okay today though. Maybe tiny stress fractures that heal up quick because I drink milk. It does a body good.

Lucia - you are in luck. It just so happens that I've been in the habit of highlighting excerpts from other bloggers on my blog. You're best bet is to set the view to Month View and scroll back on my blog and look for the entries with pictures.

Burt, I haven't been on Athlinks. It was just a guess haha. I'm sure you can do it. Just get in some good speed work till then.

You're going to crush your 10k PR on the 30th. Looking forward to the race report.

way to go idaho.

Darn wedding on the 23rd! I was going to challenge you to the Fit City Scottsdale 5k when I was visiting town next weekend. It would have been my honor to have my butt kicked by you. :-)

Burt, the top of my right foot has been hurting a bit lately, but it doesn't bother me when I run. I've never had this before. As you suggest, I sure hope it isn't a stress fracture.

How long you going to be around for Wes? I'm not afraid to meet people from the internet. Just ask Rhett.

Burt have you deleted my message ????

What message? I haven't deleted anyone's message. If you said something inappropriate, maybe Big Brother did.

I get in on Thursday around Noon and leave Sunday 8am. Thursday and Friday look pretty open, but Saturday isn't quite as open. I'll still get my runs in even if it's late at night. I'll send you my contact info via email. It would be fun to meet you and hit the roads. I'll do my best to keep up! My brother lives not too far from Camelback so I may make it a point to hike/run(??) up it. I hiked it twice when I was down there on my mission from '90-92. I'm very excited to get back down there. I love AZ!

Cool. I've never hiked it, but I have looked at it.

great job Burt! You rock!

Hey Camille. There's an open mile at SCC Tues. at 6:30pm. You should do it...

Ha ha Burt it wasnt innopropiate (like my spelling lOL) it was something like that but also about Freddie Mercury nothing rude enough to delete me thinks not!

but hey British Humor is different to yours ???

Burt, first: What is an open mile? second: Noelle has RSV. We (Noelle and I) are at the hospital. I know that we will be here at least one more night, but have no idea if we will be here longer than that. I'm doubting I'll be running anything Tuesday night.

Third: keep thinking of me when you do hear of things like that because eventually I *will* be running again!

1. An open mile is just a mile race open to the public. No entry fee. Just come out and race people to see how you do.

2. So sorry about Noelle. I just read your blog.

3. I think about you every day. (not really.)

Nice running Burt, love the new picture.... did I tell you that you suited a tache !

What you talking 'bout, Benny Hill? Not many people can sport a Freddy Mercury stache like me.

Very nice run Burt. Enjoy your Saturday!

And, might I add that FUNNER is not a word?

Ouch Kelli. You cut me deep. You cut me really deep just then.

I am trying to feel bad about it...

Great run Burt!!

Thanks Dreamer. I like the new picture you put up.

Nice almost pull up yesterday. It's crazy I have been lifting for several months and I still can not do one single pull up.

Good run today.

I hate people who can do pull ups. There are a few gymers (don't get confused with the fakers) who put everyone to shame!

My arms are the size of hot dogs and I couldn't do one to save my life. It's a good thing yours was an "almost"

Oh how I love ragnar teams. :)

Whoa! Sweet looking run!!

Hey Burt and Kelli,

In Alabama FUNNER is totally a word. Y'all need to meet some of my kinfolk.

And, yes, I tried to redneck that up a bit for you. I don't typically use the "kinfolk" terminology although I know several that do. Unfortunately...

Thanks Kristin. Alabamans are never wrong.

I love "y'all" but I am sorry to say that funner is not a word. I checked the dictionary (not that I do not use it, "more fun" sounds so fora ml and educated and i try to avoid sounding educated, but it is not a word! My father drilled that into my head at the age of 4.)

Well the word Nazi is making this blog less and less FUNNER as we speak. 'Scuse me for trying to educate you about MY people!

haha

Oh, believe me, I am no word Nazi! Burt is the grammar Nazi so I just had to JUMP at the opportunity to correct him. I have been waiting for over a year, carefully reading every blog he writes and comments on. I am his grammar and word stalker. But, now my mission is accomplished and i can go back to spelling everything wrong and using bad grammar and, well, just being me.

I am sure that everything is funner in Alabama!

Kelli and Kristin - speaking of Nazis, I just watched Valkyrie. Pretty good flick even if the main character gets killed. (Spoiler alert)

Dangit, Burt! I haven't seen that yet. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I guess I will just take it off my Netflix list. Ugh.

I said spoiler alert. Was I supposed to put that first? I can never remember. Hey, I didn't know they had mail service in Alabama. Is it the pony express?

Nevels, who is the smartest blogger here, is going to kill me for that one.

Nevels is for real a genius. He can solve a rubiks cube in like 4 minutes. Seriously. And, me, the idiot doesn't even know if I spelled that right because spell check doesn't know that word. Ugh. I would be anti-genius.

Burt, guess what??? We liked the same movie (miracle). That is a good one.

I concur about Nevels, sheer genius there.

Born and raised in NYC. Went to Catholic school her whole life. She had a wholesome upbringing. What happened?

By the way, I know that because she was on Oprah this week. I do enjoy celebrity gossip but I don't keep up with her. She isn't at the top of my list. I may need to change that.

And I totally just commented about Gaga (discussion on my blog) onto Burt's blog discussion about my redneckish ways. Whoops.

I'm laughing pretty hard right now. Someone's thinking, "Is she talking about Nevels?" LOL!!!

Hollywood happened. That, or maybe too much acid. She is a trip! I head he speak once and I thought she had an accent, I guess I was wrong.

haha. He isn't even here to defend himself. He is totally a closet Gaga lover so I bet he knows more info than I do.

Kelli - is the r sticking on your keyboard or are you falling back into your "ways"?

DARN IT, spell check did not pick those up. I am holding my 4 year old on my lap, but I do plan to return to my old ways.

eally, I just wanted to give you something to keep you busy.

(Yes, I did that on pupose. And that.)

Nice run Burt!

Hmmm ... can't decide what I should comment on: your run OR the conversation!!!

Either way ... here's to you! :)

omgoodnes are people going crazy on your blog LOL thats allotta conversation there BURT my inbox is crammed with your conversation..... I was complementing you on the tache! benny hill style ha ha but if ya wanna take it the wrong way feel free ;-)

Thanks Vinh. You, too. If anyone hasn't read Vinh's race report on his amazing PR for the half marathon, do it now.

Teena - thanks, but I'm not half as cool as you.

Sandy Dune - Sorry about stuffing your inbox. Hey, I used to work construction when I had that mustache. It was cool. But no offense taken.

Where's the picture of the 'stache?

It's on my wife's FB profile pic.

Monte its on facebook looks really cool :-)

the inbox is now unstuffed thanks Burt its tache in english speaking LOL

Woah. The funner runner, tache wearing, cyclist counting, comment receiving champion. Go Burt.

ha ha Nan I think i have to make it a 40 comment day to compete with Burts other huge comment day of 40 maybe this matches his age ??? so if we get to 41 comments Burt you may need to go and do

40 sit ups

40 pull ups lol

40 press ups

40 star jumps

40 squat thrusts

or am I pulling your leg but you do need some elbow grease to do all those exercises me thinks and any errors typos mis-spells well its all on purpose honest LOL terrrrahhhh for now

Matches my age????? You're going down Sam! Down to Chinatown!

ha ha ha ha I am kidding but it got a nice response from you, Walter said you were early 40's LOL

Sounds like we will soon be seeing the ripped Burt. Nice core work.

I'm not gonna lie. I'm getting pretty ripped. (Okay, maybe I'll exaggerate the truth a little.)

Hmmm looks like a nice core workout. Copycat time.

Our runs on Saturday look almost identical! Mine was a little shorter than yours, but the first and last 3.7 miles look very much the same (elevation-wise). My calves don't hurt, but my quads sure do ...I hate hate hate steep downhills. Although I did read an article a few years ago that said if you train on downhills you will lessen your risk of injury in downhill races.

You will have to come down to Tucson sometime Burt. I am sure we have a couple free passes for the Desert Museum laying around ... it would be an awesome day-trip for the family, we could show you around.

nice workout there Burt, did you read my mind on the thoughts about you doing 40 of allot of exercises ?

You know my thoughts on calf muscles soreness, rest elevate ice ice ice massage stretch ;-)

I can't do any pull-ups. I think I skipped that part of PE, and I think a lot of other runners did too.

Nice job Burt! I did 30 pull ups for you today. I used to do 30 something at once, now probably can get only 18-20.

Except for vinh.

April - mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery.

Sam - I'll get to 40 eventually. Even age wise.

Flat - Vinh's an animal.

Hey, you are making progress on all fronts, more pushups, more situps, and more "almost" pullups. Good work!

BTW - Vinh is Marine tough. Its to be expected that he can do 20 pullups.

Burt, hu rah - Jar haircut? nice workout today. Work on that belly fat from the holidays, hate the jiggle when running, gotta get after it. Your picture, lady just missed tripping you hey?

Stay KOOL, keep up the good work, B of BS Rools out

Hey Burt...How do you Insert a Youtube video on your blog? Instead of just a word link Thingy....Tell me STAT! :)

We used to do circuits in our running club kids too, and it was squats, star jumps, pull ups, press ups, squat thrusts, step ups, jump steps, sit ups and run up and downs. 1 min then change

I used to be able to do the pull ups for the whole minute, nobody else did LOL now I am not sure I can do 1 !

Bonnie - we'll make it down to Tucson one of these days.

Thanks for the Email Burt..I will try to fig out the Youtube video thingymajigger later today..

SAM! You Beast! I am entirely impressed with your Pull Up Prowess..I know you said you aren't sure you can do it anymore..but your muscle has memory, you would get it back quickly. As for me...GEEZE my body is so HUGE..Need to lose 50 pounds before I can do one..lmao.

What? All those muscles and you can't do a pull-up? I find that hard to believe.

Well golly GEE Burt..When my rib is better I will try..don't want to strain the Lats! I always do assisted pullups and Lat Pulldown...I'm working on "cutting" right now..here in about 5 pounds or so I will see how many I can do! I feel a challenge..:P Burt the Button pusher!

OOOh missy I am so competitive I cant resist a challenge, but hey I build muscle so easily its mad, I look like i do weights now and I don't LOL

Well Sam...You would WIN. I swear my legs are made of lead..LOL. :)

Burt, good run, especially considering the special circumstances. Glad you kept everything together. I'm gonna see if I can find some little races like this, they would be a lot of fun.

I'm going to have to pull out my 70s clothes, that's what fits now.

The oldest I was in the 70's was 6, so I don't think that would quite work. Maybe in a few months.

Burt how did I miss your race report! anyway what a day that sounds like urghhh rain at the track....

Well done on your mile debut excellent time too Burt, I take my hat off to you for doing the 2nd mile with the circumstances you did great well done.

Great job Burt! Sub 45 10k coming up!

Thanks Sam. You missed it because I just now finished it. I couldn't post it last night because the blog was down. And I didn't want to post the pictures of Britta on my race report, so I put them on Wednesday's blog, and that's the first thing you see.

I hope so Vinh. That's a 7:15 avg.

Just need the right shorts. LOL!

Nice Burt. You should wear 'tights', so they don't fall down. =)

Plus, they'd show off my manly figure.

Very cool race Burt. Now go buy some smaller shorts with a string in them so you can keep them up.

It sounds like a fun race to do. I wish I was there to watch run while holding onto your shorts. Great time nonetheless.

Rhett - I specifically chose those shorts because they were the lightest ones I had. I forgot the drawstring came out of them.

Lyman - Hopefully with the rain everyone kept the cameras and cam corders inside. It was very noticeable, though. LOL.

He he I now have images of Burt running round holding his shorts up as if they were a skirt dragging in the puddles LOL

I'm sure that's what it looked like. And there was a nice puddle on the second curve.

Hey, its the soggy bottom racer! Awesome run with having to hold your britches! Maybe suspenders next time? lol Keep up the great work Burt!

Walter - I am a man of constant sorrow. My wife told me to throw the shorts out. I just can't. Too many fond memories.

Now that I have recovered from laughing(running, rolling, and tucking is just funny imagery), congrats on getting out there in the rain--that first mile was quite speedy Burt! You are a real trooper to keep going and make a second mile out of it!

I must have missed this race report. Glad you got out there even though it was raining. That's really not a bad time considering the circumstances. Way to run!

Thanks April and Steve. I was hoping for closer to 6, and I know I could have, but oh well. Next time.

Wo Burt, keep your shorts on. I have been out of town and just barely read your report. Excellent report by the way. I hoped that you have dried out by now.

Burt - garbage cans making out, look like a fool with your pants falling down, you have speed, put in the training buddy, good times ahead, without DyNomite.

Burt, you have fun anytime

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Good work on running in those conditions.

You remind me of watching the World Champs mens marathon in Helsinki, when Ghaorib won and spent then entire race fiddling with his shorts and tucking/untucking his vest!

Now thats class. Trying to moon everyone while your running just so they will drop out and you can get a better finishing place. Shame on you Burt. J/K. Good job on the rainy, clothes dropping run.

Twinkies - I'm pretty much dry now, but we've got a lot of rain this week. Hasn't rained this much in a dog's age.

Brent - I haven't been watching American Idol this season, but I did YouTube the pants on the ground guy.

Chris - plus I'm about as fast as that guy.

JamesH - Yeah right. I was mooning the people that were lapping me. LOL! Actually I beat some people the first race and came in 10th place. The second race I came in 10th again but was last.

Nice race Burt! Poor shorts! :)

How is the P90X?

And *what* is P90X?

Sounds like a sportsdrink!

Thanks Marion. I think it's going pretty good. I'm working muscles that I don't usually work, especially core muscles, and that's translating into better overall performance.

Chris - No P90X is not another flavor of Gatorade. Sorry you guys only have orange over there. It's a series of 12 extreme workout DVD's. You're always working different muscles. The theory is "muscle confusion" so as to not plateau. http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x.do?code=GWO_P90X_PYP_B&gclid=CPb9uJ3DvZ8CFSMSagodoGEszw&ef_id=1908:3:s_3d8e651e569952b2cd77b3a61f6d5042_3894887803:S1yAO9BkAk8AAHNmJ88AAALA:20100124171539

I see, it makes sense now!

We could also try muscle confusion with running perhaps?

I have to believe there is no other runner more confused than me, Chris. You come a close 2nd.

Britta and her twin are hot and so is that chocolate.

AAgghhhh.. Oh no you didn't!! I haven't even seen those pics yet. Where did you get them. You are like some kind of hacker!

Oh yes I did!! The correct term is stalker. Just ask Merri. But Merri's come to deal with it. hahahaha!!!

Yes stalker is the correct term. by the way I really need to work on my paint skills. you've become a paint pro.

Thanks Merri. There's just a few tricks of the trade that I've learned and perfected. Someday I'll teach them to you. You know, someday when I'm in your 'hood taking pictures.

Merri how do you look so good running, I always pull funny faces and waft my arms about or they take a picture when I have just smeared a gel all over my face LOL!

Nice piccies and I think Merri's eyebrows look much better placed than her twins :-)

I wish that was me. That is miss Britta...but don't worry Samantha I look like I have gel smeared all over my face too. usually i'm foaming from the mouth as well. and large sweat tacos.

Yeah Sam, that's Britta. But Merri looks fine when she runs. There's nothing wrong with sweat tacos. LOL!

Plus Sam if i had abs like yours I wouldn't care what my face looked like :) ha ha

Sorry Merri, well Britta looks great too, confusion from tiredness from so much running LOL and no sleep

I wish I had abs like you are implying ha ha ha LOL

Burt,

I wish you wouldn't have put an actual stick figure next to me. It makes me look like the fat twin...How are you at air brushing?

Sam and Merri,

That is the very first pic ever... that I haven't looked like I was in pain during a race.

You don't look fat. You look buff.

I think the unedited photo would be good for the cover of RW (but in the UK version they don't use people who actually run, just models)!

It almost looks as if Barbie is trying to run whilst avoiding the sunglasses fall off! LOL

Britta could be both.

These are great! Britta, you look like Reese Witherspoon.

Only you Burt!!!!

Those pics are AWESOME!!!

Britta, of course, looks FANTASTIC - and who knew the extent of her multi-tasking abilities ... WOW!!!!

Very very very cool!!!

VERY FUN pix!

Britta always looks SO FABULOUS!!! :)

Haha Britta does look good running!

Someone needs to buy her sister a mayonaisse sammich. and I have no idea how to spell mayo.

Burt- total crack up!!! LOL!!! I think you may have way too much time on your hands....(giggle)!!!

That may be entirely true, MD.

Jun - you nailed mayonnaise, but sandwhich needs a bit of work. I take your point though. She's a bit anorexic.

There is no need to visit Merri's blog today. Nothing interesting at all.

*Goes to not look at Merri's blog*

Is the debt reduction calculator new?

Look down

I have the debt thing too. And the fat woman shrinking at the top. My life is pathetic, apparently.

Maybe that's why the blog was down last night and this morning.

Hacking Stalker! Those engineers have skills...You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills...BTW Don't think they are identical..Britta's way more Hot. :P

Missy, aren't you like really good at drawing animals and warriors?

Yar I can draw me a mean Liger. Did you know I really am a Liger? Year of the Tiger and a Leo. :)

AH, beautiful Britta!!!! You look great! And Burt, you nailed it, she is a perfect Barbie!

Speaking of hot.. missy I just went to your blog. I saw your picture and was thinking you must be newly married then I say ... 4 kids!!! Seriously, you have a rockin bod. All those lean muscles!!!

Kelli,

You are too nice! I am thinking about July 10th!

Oh Gee Britta! *makes note to self of who to call when needing a self esteem boost!*

Hey Burt you have become an Athlete then :-D

and I am so glad your Garmin is A OK :-)

I guess 99.99% of all my runs are a waste of time. Darn. I am a failure.

Sam - I wouldn't go that far...

KP (notice what I called you?) - You're not a failure! You're a winner. And joining FRB is the first step in becoming a champion! You sure like that 99.99%. Everything to you is 99.99%. LOL!

I am trying to emphasize what a loser I am! DUH! If I had said merely 99% it doesn't seem as strong; I'm not quite as big of a loser then.

I would theres even a video about it LOL

http://quitecontrary.fastrunningblog.com/blog--nbsp-Is-anyone-else-as-excited-about-/01-20-2010.html

p.s sorry :-)

Rhythmic gymnasts are not athletes!

Are cheerleaders athletes?

http://burt-mccumber.fastrunningblog.com/blog--Last-night-my-left-calf-muscle-cramp/06-09-2009.html

Of course cheer leaders are athletes. Don't be silly.

Oh Burt... I've thought about adding my pic to the blog. But you definitely just made me change my mind. haha. WOW. You better find me on FB, otherwise no pic of KP.

Hey Burt! P90X is amazing and tough!! I have it and like it.... thanks to that program I can do pushups really well and have gotten some great upper body strength from it...very challenging. Don't short yourself Burt!! I can't do all the dvd's because running has essentially taken over my life, but love the plyo and ab ripper dvd's... great workout no matter which dvd's you use!!!

KP - Don't worry. I'll add your picture to the blog. LOL!

MD - I plan on sticking with the 90 day program. Right now I'm sooo sore. We'll see how I do.

Burt - it' gonna totally kick your ass, but when you post a new picture on here when you are done with the next 90 days- I will be telling you that baywatch has nothin' on you!!!;-) Bring it!!! LOL!!!!

Burt,

Thank you for your comment. I am surprised you did not do the AZ Rock N Roll isn't Queen Creek knocking around Phoenix? You are a very fast runner, keep it up!!!!

Thanks ejrunner. Queen Creek is pretty close to Phoenix, but I'm doing London's Run on the 30th.

P90X! Cool beans, Burt! You can be my Sunday buddy!

Burt, some runners should use duct tape? I once told joggers at work they were not real runners unless they could run 8 minute miles. Do you need some of my duct tape?

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Brent - after doing that Yoga X last night, I feel a lot better.

I did yogaX last night for the first time, too. It is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS how hard some of those moves are. I actually feel MORE sore from the yoga workout than the shoulders and arms workout the day before...or maybe it is just d.o.m.s., either way, I feel your pain, and congrats on getting started!

Thanks Lybi. I seriously couldn't do some of those balancing things, and I was getting frustrated. Then Tony Horton was like - don't get mad if you can't do this. Whatever. Na ma se to you.

come now burt no running is ever a waste of time is it? :)

Of course not. And of course as you can see, I only ran 2 miles here. It wasn't as much of a waste as I thought it might be.

Did you take some nice revealing "before" pictures?

oh dear even I dont do yoga too girlie LOL

I did Paul. But I couldn't let them get into the hands of all the scorned bloggers.

Lol, funny stuff. You need to record yourself next time doing yoga.

I agree with Vinh, but scorned bloggers ?

You know Sam, those seeking revenge on me.

Good pace!

Excellent run Burt!

Nice run and good solid pace.

Thanks guys! I wanted to just do 9 minute miles, but I couldn't go that slow at first.

Way to hit the double digits!

Someday I'll think going 9 minute miles for double digits is slow...

Good going Burt. Nice pace for those double digits..

Toby - Thanks. I was running all over the neighborhood looking at the damage done from the storm.

beef - You just ran 9.4 in under a 9 min./pace. See, it's not that hard? lol. But I think my weight loss and the P90X is really helping because it seemed easier than it's felt in the past.

Eric - Now I need to do double digits every day like you.

Good solid run and pace, Burt, hope to see you this weekend.

Absolutely Mark. I'm even thinking about running you in because in theory I'll finish the 10k before you finish the half. So after I've caught my breath I'll head back out and find you.

Sounds painful. ?

Are you flexible like a pretzel now?

Actually it feels great AuntieEm. There were a few painful stretches, but not too bad.

KP - oh my gosh, I can barely reach my toes, but this one lady in the DVD had an 8" yoga block under her foot that she was grabbing. Crazy!

Wow I love this report, the content is really amusing and I just love the middle part about the bunnies your one crazy dude Burt Love it :-D

You have an overly active imagination, Sam. Either that or you've come to expect too much from me. LOL!

Burt I do have an overactive imagination, and an over active brain that needs to be on the go all the time running helps LOL

how is the p90x going for you? I picked it up a few weeks ago and it kicked my bottom side after a few days. how are you feeling now? Sore? Do you still look forward to doing your workouts every day??

I think the thing that's making me come back is that I'm seeing and feeling the results. But it's a tough commitment. It's at least an hour a day. My mileage really suffered last week.

oooh look at Burt cross training. You go with the P90X. I've heard its good!

Careful with the back....very careful.

Isn't that a violation of some kind of runner's etiquette, wearing a shirt from a run you didn't do? :)

I hope your back is feeling better soon. Be careful with those spine stretches!

I try to be careful, but it's entirely possible that I'm doing them wrong.

RT - of course it's a violation. That's why I only wear it in the dark, so nobody can see.

Love the niggles, and the middle part about the bunnies I love bunnies, and cats tooo is this all for moi ?

X

Yep, all for you Sam, since you were so sad that I didn't see any yesterday.

Cats and bunnies?? AWW!! Such a cute and entertaining run to read about!!! The most I ever see is some dogs and dog poop. Sorry about your back... take it easy. we don't want you hurting yourself Burt!!!

Hope you feel better tomorrow Burt! Are you hurtin from the run Saturday or the yoga? Be smart on your training this week since you got a race coming up.

MD - does anyone pick up after their dog in Mexico??? lol!

Vinh - Probably both. Or maybe because I tried to do a pull-up cold. That last thing I want to do is put myself out of commission for the race. Got to get that 45!

What's up with the weather down your way? I didn't even have to scrape ice here in Salt Lake. I guess you get a taste of what temperatures we're running in. Good luck this year in your running goals.

Burt are you doing a 10k race? when? why didnt you tell me? Icould give you lots of ideas ? he he

I have been doing P90X for 5 months and last week, while doing the 'crouching cohen curls', I blew out my back. Be careful, P90X isn't easy for US pansies!

niggles ha ha are niggles like the "runs" not the runs normally talked about on here.

Heehee love the shirt Burt! You should wear it proudly in daylight. Hope your back feels better today.

I'm going to have to internet search what a niggle is...

missy- did you find what a niggle is ? lol

BURT---Nah...got distracted forgot to look up "niggle"...oh wait I guess I did look it up..but I forgot what it means already..lol

Burt...I'm sorry to hear about your sweet little girl getting sick. She will be in my prayers. I hope she will be home later today.

Burt lots of thoughts and hugs to Em hope she is okay and heals quick, If I had known I would have run EM instead of BURT!

anyway send hugs from the UK to EM

Thank you Lori and Sam. You gals are sweet.

Wow Burt, I'm so sorry. It is so hard when your kids are sick and there is nothing to do to help them. Big hugs from UT!

Hope all goes well.

I'll keep Emily in my thoughts, Burt.

Oh Burt, I'm so sorry to hear about Emily. Y'all are in my prayers.

Thanks guys. I just texted my wife and she said that they're lowering her IV levels and if she can stay hydrated, she'll come home tonight or tomorrow.

So sorry to hear about your daughter! I hope they find the problem and she has a speedy recovery.

Sorry to hear about your little girl. I hope she gets to come home soon.

Thanks gals.

Sorry to her about your little girl. It looks like the doctors are getting under control and she'll be home soon. Great news. She'll be in our prayers tonight.

Wow, that is scary and no fun. Glad to hear she'll be coming home soon.

Burt, so sorry to hear about your daughter. Dehydration is so serious, glad she seems to be turning the corner.

Burt I'm sorry about your little girlie! Hope everything is going a little better by now.

Burt - happy day prayers for the little one -

Stay Kool, Kool One, B of BS Rools out

I'm sorry to read about the scare with your daughter. I'm glad to read that she is doing better.

Hope all is well.

Hope your daughter comes home and recovers quickly.

oh Best Wishes for you little Emily! That's no fun at all! Hope her recovery goes really well!

Sorry to hear that. Hope she feels better soon.

Emily's home now. She's a little weak still. I posted a picture of her right after she got her IV.

Glad things are on the mend. Take care of the kiddie.

Burt-she's so beautiful! Good luck tonight!

glad to hear she is home. all the best to emily and your family.

What a doll she is Burt! I'm so glad she is home and doing better.

Hope she continues to recover quickly sending you all some good thoughts and prayers!

Burt, what a cutie. Hope she gets better quick. Nothing worse than sick kids.

I hope she is better soon Burt

Poor thing. I'm glad she is home and hopefully doing better today.

Such a cute little girl. I glad to here you have her back home.

Thanks again everyone. Also thanks for getting me on the Hot Discussion Board again for a zero-mile entry. LOL! At least I got my P90X workout in last night.

Sorry to hear this Burt, but also nice to hear she is back home. Hope all is better.

Poor little girl. I hope she gets feeling better soon!!!

Ooooh...Bless her Heart! (((((((Emily))))))

Yuck, I hate seeing IVs on kids! I feel for you sleeping overnight in that dreaded place. You think they could develop a more comfortable way to lay down. Best wishes from the Brown family.

Oh man, poor little thing! I hope that two days later now she is doing much better. Did they ever figure out what was wrong?

She is much better. It was her ear infection causing the white blood cell count to be high, but a tummy bug that made her not want to eat. My wife cried when she read through all the comments.

I am glad she is doing better, that is no fun!

You are well loved. ;o)

Burt I am so glad Emily is feeling better! It so hard to explain to young children why you can't make everything better (even though you are nearly Superman).

Nacho is "nearly Superman" not quite, but almost.

Glad Emily is feeling better. :)

Burt!!! I'm so happy that Emily is feeling better. I'm so sad she was in the hospital. Do you need anything?

We're good. Thanks for asking Camille. A dinner the night of might have been nice. I should have told the RSP. How is Noelle?

She is doing better, thank goodness. But I am still watching her closely and limiting visitors.

Oh Burt! Best wishes for your sweet little one! Hope she is back to her wonderful perky self by now.

Glad you are back at it and all seems well.

Chest & Back is a tough workout. I'm out for another week or 2 from doing any P90X. I strained my back last week doing Shoulders & Arms. Keep up the hard work.

Thanks Paul and 8kiddad. I'm going to have to skip a few days so I'm not too tired for my race this Saturday.

Yeah I was just thinking that you should take it easy this week with the p90 stuff, sounds like hard work Burt.... you will be able to do the 10k goal pace if the everything is right on the day i.e weather, fueling right etc.

oh or is it FEUL ha ha ha LOL gotcha :)

Burt - hum - honest self study of training? Are you ready for 7:14s? No guts no glory? Mentally tough - go for it.

STay Kool, B of BS Rools out

I just started p90x last week. It is seriously kicking my tail. What is your opinion of it? I like it, I just hope it is really going to help me, not hurt me like it has been the past week :)

It is painful. I tweaked my back and I'm sure it's because of P90X. But I'm also getting ripped. LOL! What do I do???

Brent - I ran a 7:17 avg. for the 4.2 mile Pat's Run last year. I have to believe that I'm faster now. Plus I know I can crank out a 6:30 mile. 44 seconds slower for 6.2 doesn't seem too unreasonable. Just hope my back holds out.

Good luck on your race this weekend. I'm with Brent, no guts no glory! Pace sounds reasonable, go for it!

Oh, and thanks for the entertainment with Walt's pic - I'm going to have to pass it on! :) -with due credit to you of course!

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Walter LOL

I'm glad to be the blogs entertainment! Funny thing about this pic is my dad is about that size. My momma not so much. I'm definitely the runt of my family. Get to work Burt! Sheesh!

LOL LOL! Burt - you crack me up!! Great picture!! As for your little girl...so glad to hear she is better and home with you.

The P90X program is all about kicking your a..! Just make sure you take it easy enough so you don't fall on it!! It is certainly for the serious, but be careful. Nice workout by the way!!!

I couldn't even sit on the toilet after the plyo dvd... ouch...

MD - I know what you mean about the toilet sitting. Definitely more grunting than usual.

For me, it was more like grab hold of the toilet paper dispenser with one hand and brace yourself using the wall with the other....slowly descend....

Get some sleep. :) Love the poles.

Cancel because of rain. That's just silly.

Nice job on the photo. Looks like a great place for a run.

What a guy Vinh is, still only wearing a vest and in those conditions!

Ha ha, my my thats a wicked photo Burt, your so naughty LOL

oh and raining causing mud and cancelling the race, goodness gratious me, we would love it over here, the more the mud the merrrierrrrrr LOL :-)

Oh snap! lol...That is a good photoshop pic! Too bad I've never went skiing. Thanks for making me look like a pro Burt. I guess you got me. How are you feeling about the race? PR ready?

They wont cancel because of rain ... I assure you. What do they think we are baseball players?

Good luck tomorrow Burt!!!

I would be careful with Vinh, Burt, I am pretty sure he could kick your behind ;-).

Good luck with the race Burt, and try and enjoy it too...looking forward to reading the eventful blog :-)

Paul - I was up 'til 1am last night doing my kid's homework. That'll make you grumpy.

Twinkies - Bruce RUN2DAY is the one that said he heard that. I agree. Silly.

Chris - Vinh is a man's man.

Sam - It is a wicked photo, huh? Do you like the shadow? LOL!

Vinh - Are you sure that's a photoshop job? Hmmm...lol. I think I'm PR ready. We'll see about sub 45, but I'll be gunning for it.

Bonnie - My father always used to say that Chuck Norris would beat the snot out of Bruce Lee if they ever fought because he's so much bigger than him. I'm pretty sure if I sucker punched Vinh, I'd have a chance.

lol, , , I'd say hit the slopes! Vinh looks totally focused, , , , so great!

GOOD LUCK at your race :)

Bonnie- Burt has been doing P90X - soon he'll be able to kick all our behinds!!! I didn't realize that they cancel races in AZ because of rain....that's pretty funny!! As usual, you don't cease to surprise me with the hysterical pictures!!!

It would be a shame if they did. I'm not afraid of a little mud. Hopefully it's just a vicious rumor.

Also P90X does give me roid rage.

Good luck in your race.

I hope Emily is feeling better.

he he I missed the shadow thats cool :) ice cool lol

Vinh...Are a Natural! :D

oooh Im first to comment, LOL at the picture you are now topping the funny guy list ha ha ha :-)

nice legs! I wish mine were cut like that! :o)

Burt, are you running in London's Run? I have noticed on the Arizona Event's Calendar that they have been rescheduling a lot of races lately (due to the rain).

With legs like those, you don't need to shave.

Yep, Camille. I did the 10k this morning. Probably more like 11k, though.

Nope, I wouldn't... and I'd be hot! :o)

How did you do? Was there a big turn out? What race you running in next? I go to the doctor a week from Tuesday and hope that he gives me his blessing to run. Brandon thinks I'll only be able to run around our street once. LOL. I hope that I'm a little better than that. I'd really like to run in the Ostrich Festival.

Well I didn't know the press had gotten out on my biking yet... so thanks for posting Burt!

I make that outfit look good! LOL

Camille - There were quite a few people there including two fellow bloggers.

Lori - you wear it well.

you never answered the big question: which race are you planning on doing next?

Hey, was Greg at London's Run?

BURT!!!!!! Would you get to "clogging" your race already????? I had to think about it for half of my 18 mile run, and now I am patiently waiting.......

Camille - The next race is Ragnar.

Kelli - Sorry. I'm waiting to see if they'll post the results. I have no idea what my time was. Plus I need to download my pictures.

Nice easy run Burt! How does the 2 splits at 9:00 pace equal 18:24? =P

LOL Vinh. The last 0.04 was at 8:57 pace, but I was too lazy to type it in.

Good report, Burt, you are getting blazing fast. My family all wants to do this again so maybe we'll see you next year. I'm sure the race will work out the kinks and it will be a lot smoother the next time. Thanks again for hunting me down.

Nice running Burt, especially before the wrong turn. I had that same feeling the week before when I went the wrong way (though it didn't add quite that much mileage). All these people pass you up and it really takes the wind out of your sails. Still looks like you did great up 'til then, really fast, and hung in there for the finish. Nicely done.

Thank you Burt, it took long enough! That is quite some confusion, I am sorry!! It sounds like you would have had a stellar race had you known where you were going. But, you got to make new friends, so all is well!

Glad the stretch worked out for ya, I was wondering how that would go!

Bummer that the volunteers directed you the wrong way, but that's life (and running). Glad you were able to meet up with some more bloggers. If I can be healthy next year, I will plan on doing this (prolly the 10K) next year. I'll have to see about doing Pat's run this year.

You have a great attitude for someone who just got the run around... literally!

When's your next race?

WOW !

What an Adventure!!!!

Ouch sorry to hear the race went pear shaped huh dang you would have done a great pr with the right course and weather, always next time :-D

Flat - It's funny how this was the first year they used timing chips, and they were still having all sorts of problems. I had a backup plan if I couldn't find you. One of the guys on my Ragnar team also ran, and I would have kept going until I found him. It was great to meet you, and sorry I didn't get to say goodbye.

Joe - thanks for the encouragement. Now that it's over I tell myself I should have pushed it anyway. Just some mental toughness I need to get over.

Kelli - It would have been stellar by my standards (which aren't very high.) Next time I'll wear my clogs.

James - When the puzzled face volunteer got on the radio with the other guy, I knew exactly what he was saying even though I couldn't hear him. Ha! That would be cool to see you at Pat's Run. I'm sure I could find you no problem amidst the other 15,000 runners.

RT - the next race is Ragnar Del Sol at the end of the month. There is another 5k I did last year in between, but I'm not sure I'm going to do it this year.

Amber - Of course this race is all about making money for families that have kids with cancer, so I'm not complaining. I do think it would be better if there was some way to separate the half marathoners from the 10k runners and the fun runners. It makes it so confusing.

Sam - my dear Sam (Lord of the Rings) Next time. Next time.

Now that's a race you'll always remember! It's fun to reflect back on those memorable moments over the years.

What is it with last minute race changes ? Screws things up ! Don't race organizers know that it takes a lot of mental preparation to get to the race itself?

I dont get the Lord of the rings pun! cba googling

oh and very funny me old Dorris LOL

Great job Burt despite all the craziness that went on! I know you will get that sub 45 this year. What race is next?

It's a bummer when they send you the wrong way, it happened to me last August in a race, anyway sounds like you had a good time meeting fellow bloggers

Nice job Burt. Never trust a race volunteer. I ran a race once where the volunteers told the 5k runners to go the same way as the half marathoners. Those that didn't figure it out ended up running about 11 miles.

I'm just impressed with that px-90 body.

artichoke - my placing in this race will always have an asterisk next to it.

Eric - At first I blamed myself for not looking at the course map on the website because I figured I knew it from last year, but that wouldn't have done any good. The only place they had the new map was on this billboard.

Sam - I just think it's funny when Frodo's talking to Samwise Gamgee and he says, "My dear Sam." I say it all the time. Now you're on the "in" of my inside joke.

vinh - Ragnar Del Sol! You should do the Florida one.

Chris - There was a big apology letter on the website. But they can't change any of the results.

Twinkies - 11 miles for a 5k???? Crazy! Sorry, but I would have quit.

Paul - You can see the results no doubt. That picture has not been digitally altered. It's the real deal, baby.

Such a bummer Burt. Sorry about that. I had an experience like that once. Even though my heart was full of forgiveness I never ran in that race again ;-). You, as usual, are taking it like the kind soul you are!

Wow, I got frustrated just reading the report. Sounds like a mess. We to stick with it and keep your always positive attitude.

I'm all ticked off and I didn't even run it. Good for you for finishing and keeping a good attitude. I get really frustrated when a course is not marked well. I can't imagine how I'd feel if someone sent me the wrong direction.

Burt, see a fork in the road - take it, with Yogi, although the race was a disaster in some ways, always fun to have a funkie story to tell, you will remember this one for some time. My favorite curse word is "whatahey", please use this word when cursing B of BS - Nice read, you always make it fun.

Also, still a nice pace given the unforgiven fumble butts race ...

STay Kool, B of BS Rools out

I hope you don't mind Burt, but I just looked at the pictures. :D

You don't look like you broke a sweat even! Sorry about your course mishap...recipe for Nightmares! O.o

Bonnie - I'm a little bitter, but I will run this race again because it's so close to where I live.

Rhett - thanks. There's no sense in crying over spilled milk.

R-A-B - You know that guy has to feel so bad inside now. LOL!

Brent - Whatahey! We think crazy things when we're running.

Missy - I sweat more than 103% of the world's population. I mean, it's bad. That shirt was light gray at the start of the race. I'll have to post more pictures because I was noticeably sweaty even before the race started.

BTW Riverton - I looked at my before P90X pictures. I'm hideous!

Crazy! There must have been a few unhappy people after that race. Nice run, though, and it is fun to meet other bloggers. I like that you always seek them out.

Aww you poor boy Burt, were you nervous before the race? :)

No Missy. When I'm nervous I pee my pants.

Oh My Burt! Before a race I get nervous..or even back when I was dancing I would get nervous backstage, and feel like I had to pee like 5 times prior..But I never have peed my pants...Except when I was a teen doing crazy stuff involving running and laughing at the same time..when you run that fast and laugh that hard..you really feel you are going to pee yourself!

Ugh I'm sorry burt, there is nothing worse than being sent the wrong way! been there done that and it sucked! :) But you still did good and got to meet some bloggers in person so that makes it all worth it.

I think plyos are more of an all-over discomfort.

PLyos are FreaKin WeIRD LOL just hard and uncomfortable way to go on doing them though :-D

Mike - I hear they cause anal leakage, too.

Sam - plyometrics aren't glamorous, but they are a very good work out. Sweat levels up to 10.

no they dont do they really cause leakage for you LOL

btw I love the fact you didnt get tripped up in the photo that sandal man needs his foot stomping on

:-O

I've never noticed sandal guy before, Sam. Of course at this point in the race I'm sure my feet were only coming a centimeter of the ground, if that.

Stud.

hmmmm ... you must have looked like one of the grey rainclouds that just came into town ;-). Seriously, be careful Burt. We need you.

Whatahay, whatahay

Do a Dance, Do a Dance

Don't pee your pants

Oh Race Day Face, Race Day Face

by Burt Ba BA

Burt, learned the hard way, always stay calm, do not think about a race, splits, avg pace, etc. Just run hard as you think you can and hold that pace for the race. I was the same as you, too much thinking.

STay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Bonnie - that's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me. Before that it was Paul calling me a stud.

Brent - I expect to see you on American Idol next season.

ha ha falling in love w/ your legs eh? :)

Are you doing Nair for those legs? :) (Remember those 80's Nair commercials?)

Merri - is that so wrong?

Toby - Oh yeah. I remember those. I'm surprised RivertonPaul doesn't have the YouTube links for those on his blog. However, the hairiness adds to their appeal.

Yellow is *the colour* of 2010!

Good run Burt! Don't you mean a car almost got hit by you! haha

Chris - you and your British spelling of the word color...lol!

Vinh - you should have seen how apologetic the lady was. I just gave her the evil eye.

Nice job, Burt. I like to run at 10-11pm in all black with just my face showing. Sometimes I'll be nice and not wear my black gloves. I figure if the cars can't see the reflective properties of my shoes then they deserve to be hit! :-)

or the reflectiveness of your bald n' spicy head.

It's only reflective on full-moon nights, Burt. When the sun's out, it's covered by a doorag, so as to avoid scalp burn, which is almost as annoying as nipple chaffing! Plus, my skull and crossbones doorags combined with the goatee & sunglasses tend to scare off most people...parents with their children panic as I get near. I think of it as a public service, though. Parents should be watching their children more closely anyways, not just when some scary looking runner approaches. Besides, I run so "fast" that it gives them plenty of time to find them and get a hand on them before I even become a real threat. Again, I'm a nice guy. haha

How adorable...she is beautiful

Thanks Anji. She's a keeper.

Burt she's gorgeous Happy Birthday Emily hope she enjoys her birthday now she's feeling better :-)

What a cutie!

Happy Birthday Ms. Emily!!! I can't believe it has been 3 YEARS! She is such a cutie!

She is a beauty! Happy birthday form Utah!

Sam - We always let our kids decide what dinner they want for their birthday. We're trying to figure out what she's going to want.

auntieem - Who knew she had the strength to crush an egg in the palm of her hand?

Camille - Time flies. Can you believe Abby was born a month after I started working at HEC? BTW, I just passed my 5-year mark. 3 weeks of paid vacation coming my way. Woot - woot!

Toby - I assume you speak for everyone from Utah, except anji. lol!

Congrats on passing the 5 yr mark! Feels good, doesn't it? I would be at 8 yrs if I were still there. Actually, next Tuesday will be my 1 year anniversary at Nfra. Crazy? Isn't it? Abby is so cute. I can't believe she is 5 (or almost 5).

What a cutie! Glad she's feeling better. I'm coming up on my 4 yr anniversary at my company. I don't get jack squat until 10 yrs, so enjoy that 3 weeks!!

Happy Birthday Emily! Your a lucky Dad, Burt.

Wes - we have people coming up on the 10-year anniversary, and they just took away whatever benefits they were supposed to get.

Lyman - Thanks. She really loved her presents. She got some 'pop' (bubbles), some little wind up toys from her sister, and a karaoke machine which somehow she knew right away that she was supposed to sing into the microphone.

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Emily -- happy birthday to you!!

Well, I'm glad they gave the benefits to you! You deserve them.

I saw the "pop" she got and was horrified that you may be teaching your child that soda pop is "pop" - it's SODA people, SODA!

Bonnie - We must have sang that to her a million times yesterday. She would laugh when she hear her name.

Wes - speaking of SODA, my oldest daughter has been getting bad migraines lately (girl stuff, I guess), so we've been letting her drink Dr. Pepper, and now her other sister thinks she's going to hell.

Perhaps you should give her Mtn. Dew.

Burt, she is truly precious!

I wish the yoga workout was shorter. 1 1/2 hours in down dog! Jeeps.

Paul - it's actually those tiny cans of WalMart brand, Dr. Thunder. I was too embarrassed to admit that we buy generic.

Lybi - I don't mind downward dog. It's upward dog that bothers me. Are you really supposed to be on your toes and off of your knees? That kills!

Happy birthday Emily! I love her pictures she is such a doll!

You did not want to do Yoga???

She is adorable, and those eggs on her pants are the reason I buy "fake eggs" as my kids call them (egg beaters). My 4 year old has never seen a real egg! I am such a mean mom.

AWW!! So sweet!! Happy Birthday Emily!!

Burt-wiggly-Burt...Ooooh Fancy, did you screenshot and save those pix..cuz when you click on them usually they are tiny and blurry you know....I'm surprised they are so clear! You are photogenic, I can almost envision your smooth stride...I look hideous and like I am dying and oozing out of my clothes in running pictures..lol...:)

Yep. Screen shot and save. You're on to me.

I've got computer hacking skills too..shhh don't tell anyone..I used to "Dupe" in Diablo2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-WFBeSZBk&feature=related

A Necro "Bonmancer" and Meteor Sorceress with fast cast rate lag out the server out in the Blood Moor you see there..They run into camp and Drop some items on the ground...log out, and bring a new character in to pick up the items..Because the server was down..Blizzard(creator of WoW and Diablo) does not know that The first character dropped the items from his inventory..so then you have to characters with the same items.."Dupe"...Not as easy as I make it sound...It was fun..heheh...I get trained by the best nerdiest guys!

Well eventually Blizzard made a Patch that eliminated Duping. :(*** I had already moved on to Guild Wars by then..lol..Hope you have a Beautiful Sunday!

That last pic is pretty sweet. Most of my running pics are terrible; the only one I really like is the one on my blog.

Missy - Wow! I'm surprised it took you so long to learn how to post pictures on your blog properly. LOL!

RT - that's the picture I don't like. It looks like I'm trying hard to squeeze my butt cheeks together. You can see the mud on my shoes tho. And Flatlander probably hates me for acting like a goof in all the rest of them.

I learn best from others. :) Need my nerdy friends to coach me through life.

Never did catch that guy in the white shirt. But that's OK, the race results have him listed as a woman. Wait, is that even worse? My sister would say it's only natural. Someday you are going to teach me how to post pictures. I can do it on blogspot but not this one.

Maybe you were trying to avoid a VPB?

What's Diabolo? Is it like Settlers 2? The youtube clip makes no sense to me

Mark - You did gain a lot of ground on "her". Another 100 yards and she was all yours.

Chris - I'm sure they wouldn't have minded a little extra fertilizer.

Chris...Diablo is an RPG (Role-Playing Game)and Settlers 2 is real-time strategy.

Rainbow connection graph looks cool

That's smart starting at the bottom so you get to go downhill at the end. Looks like a painful climb. They would've had to airlift me back to my car. Nice going.

Way to run up and down a mountain.

WOW!! Sounds like a brutal but wonderful run! :)

Burt - what does not kill you, makes you stronger - a couple more of those hill runs (speed work in disguise) you will run those 7:15s - stronger tougher - name of the running game.

Rainbow warrior hey - what about mormons - do they still have horns? I thought they we extinct? ha ha

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Paul - some day we'll find it...

Joe - I'm glad I don't live at the top of a mountain. :)

Carolyn - It looks like a big mountain that we ran from one side to the other. Actually, most of it was in a canyon.

Teena - It was brutal but I was running it thinking - I feel like a real runner. I couldn't have done that a couple of years ago.

Brent - let me check [feeling the top of my head]. No horns. LOL!

I'm loving your graph! What a difficult work out. Glen is running on the team again? I like him. He was a great guy.

Camille - yep. Actually nobody from work wanted to do it this year, so a bunch of us from Rio Salado College where Glen works have formed a team. Of course they made me team captain, the only guy that doesn't work there. LOL!

Way to go on Team captain LOL great run over a mountain hey, and I love the colorful rainbow ! and you guys spell colourful wrong LOL

Sam-maybe Burt's 'u' key is stuck LOL

What a fun colourful graph, full of all my favourite colours!

Burt - Both Bethany and I will want to do it next year. I also have a niece that was started running. I want to see if I can get her to do it. she'll be 14. Do they have rules on underaged runners. She is going to do the Ostrich Festival with me, and is working towards doing the Rock'n roll 1/2 in Jan.

We love to torture our kids too. I should post ours. I'd never buy these photos for the price they ask for them if the looks of sheer terror weren't worth capturing for all time. We keep them posted on the wall for all their friends to see. If they don't notice them soon enough, we point them out. PRICELESS!

I would have paid three times the cost.

Why aren't the hands raised up Burt?!

Vinh - Well, in the first picture my arm was broken. In the second picture I was too fat and lifting my arms would have changed my center of gravity to where I would have fallen right out.

love it. :)

Merri - look at my son's knuckles. His fingers left permanent indentations in that hand rail.

haha!! at least YOU are having fun.

he he Burt with a goaty LOL class!

So funny I will have to post my sons on a rollercoaster it took us about a day to talk him into going on LOL we are such bad parents, he was glad he went on it to boast to his friends, but said not ever again, I ran round and went on it about 3-4 times cos I am such a crazy kid, LOL

allie - the fun part was seeing their faces full of joy and excitement at the top and then transform to sheer terror as we dropped.

Sam - yeah, I used to try to look tough with a goatee.

Hysterical!

Oh I can't believe I just saw this! LOL!

When my daughter saw that I posted this on my running blog she was like, "Seriously, dad? Seriously?"

Burt - 1,000 words -

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

I just showed my 15 yo daughter the pictures and she said she would "so kill me" if I posted the ones of her. Where were those scans...

Brent - In all fairness, the Legoland one was their very first roller coaster ride. That's probably why it's so great.

Wes - I think you owe it to us all to post them.

burt, i just came across this old photo of you when you were in college. i remember when you came off that ride it took you like 2 hours to stop crying.

http://lilomag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/scared-roller-coaster.jpg

allie - you were supposed to send that to me as a private message!

I never disappoint - only embarrass:

http://baldnspicy.fastrunningblog.com/blog--It-s-1-30am-here-so-I-suppose-it-s-ok/02-10-2010.html

Ha. Funny story. I love it. I also love golf, so sorry.

Jun - as much as I respect and admire your running, especially all the cool trail running you do, we are world's apart in our likes and dislikes. LOL!

I like pizza. Any common ground there? We would just never see each other at a concert or on the golf course; well, unless you were walking your dog and she needed to go to the bathroom, that is.

Yes, pizza is good, and yes, I would let Ginger poop on the golf course and the alternative rock concert.

Oh darn. I forgot to YouTube those songs. Remind me tonight when I get home. I have to give them a fair try at least.

At least it was your dog and not you . . . I'm just sayin. . . running does that to ya!

Certainly did it to me this morning.

Nice run Burt!

Amber and jun - I'm training myself to not have that problem. I went before and after.

Toby - Thanks. Glad you haven't drowned in the pool.

Hey Burt, no need for training yourself. I have found that adult diapers work wonderfully.

Scott - what brand works best for you? Do they make ultra thins for discreteness and extra cushiony for comfort?

Stood up twice in one day? OUCH! Glad you had Ginger.

Memo to self: NEVER Google 'adult diapers' ever again.

memo to self, adult diapers for marathon, last time it cost me 2 mins and a sub 3 hr marathon I did 3.01.10secs, C LOL no I am training to not bathroom during a run, so If you see me running holding my butt ya know why LMAO

LOL!!! You know how I feel about those little "gifts" left behind Burt!!!

burt is very sensitive about PAS in nature.

but remember burt, the bank isn't always going to be open, and someday it will be you on that golf course.

"Depends" is marketing to the wrong demographic. They need to put an ad in Runner's World. "Guaranteed to shave 3 minutes from your old PR - no extra training involved."

slowjoe - this would alleviate the need for POPs along the course. maybe it will catch on at the "green" marathons.

5,000 adults running down the road in diapers...what a great sport.

It's not so much the PAS, it's the wiping that I'm anal about. Pun intended. Bank won't be open, good one.

Joe - can you imagine the guy that tries to get the interview with the winner. He's have to be really dedicated to do his job.

Burt, leaves can help you out there. Not that I would know, I, uh, heard... from a friend.

Allie, they could even create a special fertilizer from the "proceeds" to green it up even more.

hahahahaha! i can't even comment on this, it's too funny.

LOL! And I think I saw a dog licking the salt off his face.

Maybe the M stands for Muscles

wow...

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! You better watch out Burt... Chris Monstrous may punt you through the next finish line with those burly legs!!!

There are no winners when elephantitis is the assassin. Even you Moromon folk can't justify this cruel fate!

Chris' goal for 2010: Less hill work...much, much less!

LOL Burt!

Maybe I did go a bit crazy with the hill work after all...

Chris still has some Wicked calves.

*high fives missy*

Calves Im loving those hips LOL thats so funny, way to go chris maybe a muscle man competition just for legs though he he LOL

*high fives Sam*

*tries to high five Chris. gets left hanging.*

Joe - Leprosy is one thing. Elephantitis? There's no explaining it.

Oh my, one of the better ones yet :-)

Seriously, BEST ONE YET!!!! Sorry Chris.

He he Kelli I did a photoshop on Burt LOL he looks so nice with blonde hair LOL

LOL! Oh yes, best ever!

It makes me feel good that so many of you like this. I didn't think it was my best and I was so afraid Chris wouldn't be happy with it.

No Burt, this is one of your best!!!! :) (You could only do this on a guy you know, , , , ) LOL :)

You know, it's funny Amber. You are on my list. keeheekeehee. (Insider preview: MichelleL is next.)

I think you did a good job Burt

There is a list?

Remember in Billy Madison when Adam Sandler calls Steve Buscemi to apologize for being mean to him when he was a kid? Then he offers to get a coffee with him some time. Steve (Danny) says he'd like that as he leaned back on the couch, crossed Billy's name off his list, and applied women's lipstick. That's me.

WHAT!?! How is there possibly a two day old post WITH PICTURES and NO COMMENTS! Have you been deleting all the comments on this post? Usually there are comments on your posts before you even finish writing them. Cute pics. In a few years Katelynn will be so upset with you for putting that weird faced picture of her on your blog.

LnOL! I posted it this morning. Didn't get a chance the actual day of.

You've got some adorable kids, Burt.

Thanks Mike. You too. It's cool how your girls are such good friends. My girls hate each other. LOL!

Nice one!

Once I can run a minute faster per mile like you, then I'll be saying 'nice.'

be careful with that knee!

Hey nice run Burt, well done, I know the hammy tightstring thingy madjigzic, ha ha hows about that for a tongue twister LOL

Nice job Burt!! Take care of yourself!!

Nice solid run. It always helps when you feel good too.

Good run, take it from me, don't wind those guitar strings too tight.

So what song does it play while you run?

As long as it doesn't play "!!TWANNNNGGG!!", it doesn't matter. :)

Do you have a little black spaghetti strap dress that you run in when it's warm enough?

At the Rocket City Marathon (Huntsville, AL) this year, I for real saw a girl that ran the entire race in a white, halter top dress. Ummmm.... weird! I don't see how she did it!

Of course Carolyn. Do you even have to ask.

KristEn - my secret is body glue.

Good run, I can never get going that fast in the morning. The cold has got to go. I almost pondered thinking about considering to possibly mull over trying sweat pants this morning instead of shorts. I was that close.

Way to resist temptation Joe.

Hey Burt, saw your comment on my new blog. Congrats on your recent marathon finish.

Thanks Rob. I didn't have any miles in the 20 minute range, but a couple were dang close. Happy training!

My debate is whether to wear the boxer briefs or the thong.

I like it when the splits are always faster than the last one

Wow - that must have been a sight! Nice run!

Wes - there's more overall chafing with boxers and more concentrated chafing with the thong. Pick your poison.

Chris - that usually happens when you go uphill and come back down...but I wasn't, so it was nice. :)

Toby - you should see me in my high heels. LOL! Okay, okay. A brand new blogger commented on this thread, and he's going to think I'm a total weirdo fruitcake. Sorry Rob. You caught me on one of those days that I'm in rare form.

Burt - true, but does the speed factor outweigh the chafing discomfort?

Rob, it's always like this. Get out while you can.

Hmmmm ... muscle man tank versus spaghetti straps??? That must've been a tough call.

Any pics?

(Very nice run!)

The common misconception is that the extra chaffing as a result of a wearing the thong is a negative factor compared to the boxers.

In fact, the extra concentrated chaffing acts as an incentive to run faster to finish the run (and the agony of the chaffing) earlier.

True, Chris. But, you save a ton on Body Glide if you're only protecting a smaller area.

I agree with bald and spicy LOL thong ha ha body glide is great too ;-)

and for the new blogger this aint nothing yet :)

Nice splits Burt!

I hate it when I go through the lack of sugar phases. luckily i make sure they never last very long.

go get a sugar buzz then run 9 miles LOL I love sugar buzz's buzzes buzzzy zzzzz

Looks like you are off to a good start this week.

Burt - when the going gets tough - .... - easy to get in a funk during the winter months - I forgot, no winter months in Arizona - whats the excuse? Come on Burt - fast as bee, tough as a bear, they both love honey - 7:15s will put you in the money. I expect at least two 7:15 miles during your run, three times a week. Take the challenge and run with it.

Stay Kool, zzzzzzzz, B of BS Rools out

That picture is frightening. I love it.

Burt, you're doing good, good splits and good distance.

I don't want to think about what all popped up when you Googled "full body spandex." Or do I?

LOL Spandex-tastic!

OMG LOL you could have used a lady body no likey the pouchy ha ha

Nice run Burt! Can't wait to see you take it up a notch!

wow Michelle is so, er, muscular..

Joe - Thank goodness for safe search filters.

Sam - I swear I did not notice that. Only you would. I thought with the scissor-legs it wouldn't be a problem. I may need to do some image enhancing. I already thought about enhancing the bosoms, but I'm not that talented, and it would be a bit creepy on my part.

Now Burt why would I notice that LOL you trying to say something ha ha ha

I noticed it too. I'm glad you took it down, it was creeping me out. Bumps in the wrong places.

It'll be back up tonight. I, uh, smoothed out, uh, well, let's just say I made some changes.

Laughing. :)

LOLLING ha ha much better now Burt ha ha :-D

!!!!

LOL. hall of fame.

Hahaha. I concur too. I never got in a fight as a kid because I knew I'd lose. In fact, it still holds true today. I'm a wuss.

Great story Burt and greater run! Wow you were flat SPEEDY today. It's the lack of sugar!

Same here jun. Hey, I don't know if I commented on you marathon day last week. That was awesome. I've thought about doing that, but haven't tried it yet.

April - Lack of sugar! I think you're right. LOL!

Theo and Tim Martin, right?

Nice pace. Getting faster all the time.

Glad you didn't get put in jail.

That's right Steve. Theo and Tim. I remember the first time I saw them when I was a sophomore. That was the year I joined cross country. The Martin twins won the Four Corners Invitational in Flagstaff. That was a big time race, too. I thought, "Hopefuly they're seniors so I won't have to worry about them next year." Next year came around, and there they were again. "Dang it! Hopefully they're seniors this year so next year I won't have to worry about them." The next year I'm a senior, and there they are again. "Crumb! I guess they were in the same grade as me all along." So the next year I go watch one of my sister's meets, and there they are AGAIN! They were freshmen when they won the Four Corners Invitational! Have I told that story before?

I don't know. I graduated in 1994, and I think they were my same year but could be wrong. Fast guys.

They must have been class of 93 because I was 92. 92! 92! They were very fast. They won state championships in cross country and track; one mile and two mile, every year except for their senior year when a kid from Buckeye took 2nd in the mile and one of them took third.

Burt, do they still have the Olmstead Relays in Winslow? I have fond memories of that one, but it was a long time ago, a lot further back than 1992!

Never heard of it, Mark. In fact, I've never heard of Winslow. Just kidding. But I don't think I ever went there once in all of high school for anything.

Figures, oh well. Kind of sad, it's the only race I ever won -- I guess my victory has disappeared into the dustbins of history. Honest, it used to be a big meet, everybody in Northern Arizona would come. Too bad I missed Theo and Tim, but glad I didn't have to race against them. They're probably still out there somewhere, though.

Yes but are the twins about now ???? no but you are Burt high five for Burt hes still running cool fast run today huh well done love the slap a bus day ha ha we need a day like that over here LOL

I like how you prepared to go on a mission by fighting. Guess you gotta get all that anger and frustration out before you buckle down and be mature. Or did you keep fighting all through your mission?

Uh, that's another story Nan.

Burt, I guess you've never had a chance to be "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona."

No, but I know at least two woman that swear that songs about them as they were the proud owner of flatbed Fords at the time that song was written.

What's a mission? :)

Nice run today Burt. I wish a bus would come give me some "inspiration" too. You could have almost gotten a speeding ticket if it were a school zone.

Impressive run Burt. I wanna see more of these!

ha ha and happy belated slap a bus day.

I don't feel sorry for him either!

Man...you are showing some Wheels with those paces lately! Nice!

Did you know the Universe is expanding at exactly 1/100th of a mile per day? That is the reason!

"not checking my email" that's a good one....

Nice run Burt. Maybe you should try running the trail backwards. And I don't mean in the opposite direction. That would really throw Bruce off when he saw you.

Wowsers Chris that sounds huge :-O

Great run Burt, fast paces eh! I feel sorry for him ;-)

Another nice looking run, Burt. 2 blazing miles in there!

Great job Burt!

Going Commando Burt?

Thanks Joe and Vinh. I'm not 100% healthy right now, but I'm running better than ever.

Missy - wow! you really now how to read between the lines.

You got lots of speed, good job.

Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!Doughnutsandcupcakes!

WOW!!! You rocked that run Burt!!!

FL - thanks. I haven't weighed myself recently, but I'm probably down 20 lbs. this year already.

RAB - You're so mean. I kill you!

MD - That run rocked me.

wow Burt wish I could assign you some commando points for that 6:50 mile but I don't have hardly any:(

Great times Burt!

Nice speedy miles!!!!

Are you running Del Sol next weekend? Same legs?

April - sorry :( I don't have a whole lot either. But there is a reason why I put that word in bold, and Missy nailed it.

Toby - thanks!

Kelli - I am doing Del Sol. I'm in van #1 this time. I've got the hardest leg. Well, I assigned myself the longest, but then they changed the course, so there's one set of legs longer than mine in van #2. I really wanted to be in van #1 this year, and luckily we have stronger runners than me that can do the 22+ miles.

Wowsers!

So, how many miles do you have to do?

21.2 miles :)

Nice job. No commando points, though. Instead, in honor of the Olympics I'll give you a bismuth medal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth.

(Notice "Bismuth subsalicylate (the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol and (modern) Kaopectate) is used as an antidiarrheal and to treat some other gastro-intestinal diseases (oligodynamic effect)."

Woo hoo! Bismuth! I will wear it proudly around my neck and hope the radioactivity has no negative effects on my heartbeat.

Burt - major commando points - if you want to run fast - run fast - sweet - 200 commando points - major commando points come with consistency in training - no dissing or kissing - play it again sam in a couple of days -

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Ha ha I thought that Missy, going Commando great minds think alike eh! :) p.s great run Burt, those 2 fast miles were your feet on fire :-)

I was just trying to help you be mentally strong. Did they freeze any for you?

Have you ever tried running commando? that might make you faster?

Or is that what Brent means?

Running commando would definitely not make you faster!

Okay. Because I have such close confidence with all of you, I'll tell the whole story. Remember that time I ran home from work and had to do it commando? http://burt-mccumber.fastrunningblog.com/blog--Another-run-home-from-work-nbsp-This/10-29-2009.html So I didn't have any clean underwear yesterday, and yes, I went commando. I didn't think it would be a problem because I'd done it before. Well, the first time I didn't run as fast, and it wasn't as cold. I haven't been in as much pain after a run as I was yesterday. And that includes my marathon. There. I said it. Are you happy?

I'm only authorized to award desk jockey points, but you get a couple for that story.

Sorry for your Pain Burt but that just makes me LOL ;-)

Thanks for SHARING!!!!!!

Great speed Burt! Apparently running comando has nothing to do with it...

Thanks for the laugh Burt.

well that would explain why RUN2DAY "doesn't check his email often" but it doesn't explain why he would run the loop you usually run backwards...

Or does it, Merri?

I am glad that Brent doesn't just dole his commando points out so easily. I've seen him give quadruple digits to people who have major PR's in marathons. So a couple of sub 7:15's from a former clydesdale is nothing. If anything, running commando should cause me to give up my commando points.

at least we know you and brittney spears would be good friends.

We are. I do her hair all the time.

that's right wasn't that you who shaved her head the night she went crazy and hit the paparazzi with an umbrella?

And I think we all know who she wrote "womanizer" after...

TMI

Yeah right Nan. You're the queen of TMI.

Nice pace for a recovery run! It's much faster then mine! Nice to see that you are so social on your run :)

Good running this week. Great run yesterday. I am jealous of the fact that you GET to run AND you get to run in nice weather.

Thanks Lori and Bec! Hope the both ya get better soon.

Hi Burt :) Did you see RivertonPaul's blog entry for Friday? There is a video there I think you can appreciate..."Numbnut" *cough* Feeling recovered from your Commando run?

Yeah. All better now. thanks for the concern.

Dearest Grammar Nazi,

I see a typo...

:D

Whatever it is KristEn, I'm sure it's deliberate.

What are you laughing at Missy?

I wasn't laughing...That is my Oh so very happy face. :D

Those look like just the kind of houses I love to eat!

*Attempts to eat computer monitor*

Also I think you should call an electrician out, those power sockets look real dodgy!

burt - this is the hardest i have ever laughed at one of your pictures. hahahahahahahaha oh i can't stop

it is quite possible that nobody will even notice the subtleties

Haa haa I see!

And there I was thinking Burt was posting a normal picture! LOL

Subtleties? What subtleties?

OH SNAP!! I knew Nan was walking out my door, but I didn't notice you lurking in RUN2DAY's bushes.

Are you kneeling in a pile of goose poop?

OMG please take them down I want to eat the screen, ha ha or better still Id eat Nan and Allie wouldnt I LOL

Burt you just take the biscuit with these LOL

i am so glad RUN2DAY decided to plant that giant bush so i have a nice place to lurk. his entire yard is covered in goose poop though. you should confront him about that one.

I will never again comment blindly on one of Burt's pictures without a thorough inspection. LOL

LOL! My wife thought I put a new picture up because she didn't notice it at first either. Once you see it, you can't help but notice it anymore.

So is the confusion your fault or his? Maybe he needs a haircut?

He does have a bushy moustache, but it's just that he's so fast, I'm not expecting a human to run that fast.

Good job Burt! Those look sooo delicious. I also had to fight the birthday party woes as I passed up my son's birthday cake and cookies'n'cream ice cream.

sugar, schmoogar; however, I'm glad to still be eating it. (Even though I'd be better off if I'd at least cut down a bit!) You guys are all SO strong for cutting it out. I'd be in no sugar mania for weeks and they'd have commit me!

Nice run for the morning, nice paces and crazy miles! It cracks me up to think that a human can make you think they're a coyote. Must be like Wile E - walks upright :)

I feel your pain :) Every time I fast, people bring goodies to work.

OOOH I had to have sugar today after my run I was low really low, so some choccie minstrels helped LOL your great avoiding all that yummy tummy food well done :)

April - wow! You are staying strong. Hang in there sister!

RAD - I know. My wife laughed at me, too. I guess it's just me and my wild imagination.

RT - It never fails, huh? And last night my daughter brought this plate home from her youth fireside filled with cookies and cupcakes.

Sam - European chocolate is pretty good. We fatties in the USA love milk chocolate. Oh, and I forgot to tell you. Friday I saw 5 bunnies. None today.