You're faster than you think!

Randy, Try soaking in epsom salt. It is great for bruises and helps it heal much quicker. It's a cheap fix about $2.00 at almost any drug store. You can keep the humidity. The heat here is bad enough. I worked out side all day today in the sun and at the end of the day just before workout I had to go in an attic space it was so hot I was sweating from every pore. Keep up the good work. Wish you could have been at our workout tonight it was great fun.

Bill

Randy,

Good to know there are other runners in the area. I'm living close to the East Falls Church metro station, so it's quite easy for me to hop on and jog over to the island and would love to join you guys sometime for a few miles of Georgetown trails. I'm at 435-760-5440, in case you get out soon. Thanks!

Cool. This Sunday the other guys are out of town, but if you want I can meet you in the parking lot at 8am. I'll give you a call before then to confirm. Later...

Yeah--please do.

I've got some "leg thing" going on. I've been happily injury-free since January and have taken measures to stay that way. I don't know where this thing came from--like a pinched nerve or something. At any rate, i hope to be back on by the weekend--but likely at a rather chilled out pace. We'll be in touch...

What kind of course is Clopper? If you use the Course Tool, you can map it out, and then every time you do Cloper it will hyperlink to the map and the analyzer.

Sasha, Thanks. I entered Clopper and NIST to the list of courses, these being the two that I do most regularly.

Sasha, in some cases the syntax Clopper 10 did not work. See my entry from Thursday. I tried all different ways of entering it, like making it the very first part of the entry, etc. (like in my Friday entry, which worked). I can't figure out what is different (??).

Also, while I am here and making comments... is there a way to see other's schedules in a calendar view? It is hard to see at a glance what others are doing week to week (I think) unless there is just something I am missing. I know there is a "week view" but I don't think that is as convenient as the the calendar view. And hey buddy, don't get me wrong, I think the blog is incredible! This is just a suggestion. Best,R

Randy - that is a bug. What breaks it is two courses in one entry. I'll fix it shortly.

Regarding calendar view - that is a good idea, I'll add it to my TO DO list.

I've fixed the bug. If remember right, there is a group of Russian runners in Gaithersburg - a couple of guys in the 2:15-2:20 range.

Sasha, Thanks. Looks like it works fine now. I'll keep my eye out for the Russians. I met a couple of dudes yesterday that are apparently pretty fast. One was a 4:01 miler and 30:30 10k guy in college. He's now 29. And there another guy right at about my level or faster. He claims to be going for the marathon trials qualifier this year, but only has a 2:33:00 under his belt so far... so we'll see. I also do long runs with a guy who is good friend with Darrell General. General is 45 and has run in 5 marathon trials. I think Dennis knows him well. If he makes the trials this year it will be a record for number of times to make it. I haven't run with him yet, but hope to soon. All in all, there are a ton of great runners out here.