Leftovers

My favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. A race with 1,000 of my closest friends, daughters all home, two boyfriends visiting from afar, food for twenty though there are only six of us for dinner, electrical and computer issues and swine flu. Can it get any better than this?
Jan, who hasn't run in four weeks due to achilles tendinitis, throws off her body cast and runs sub-9 minute miles to try and secure a top 5 RROY spot. We think she missed it by 3 points for the season. Rats. But she did finish in the top 3 in her age group!
The 10k was my longest run of the month, due to some lingering hamstring issues, but I managed to squeeze by fellow Sal's runner Rick Merritt, who hadn't run in 2 weeks, for a solid 48 minute finish, only 4 minutes slower than last year (insert sarcasm here). Of course Rick, new head coach of the soon to be state champion Byron-Bergen basketball team was wearing fifteen pounds of cotton, Chuck Taylor high top sneakers from high school and dribbling a basketball with each hand the entire course, but a win is a win. We Sals people count them any way we can.
Oh, and then there was the youngster, Jen Katz, the one who told me during the race, "I'm a bit tired from the marathon I ran four days ago, see ya!" Yes, she beat me by at least a minute.
Reportedly Lou, in training to race Boit in the 100 yard dash, hit Mike W with a turkey leg as the gun went off so he could take the coveted 1 mile split honors, a scintillating 6:23! Mike, savoring the turkey for 3 miles, then sped up and ended up the top Sal's runner for the day and secured a top five RROY spot.
Eileen imsofantasticallyfast W ran an awesome time and garnered at top 5 RROY spot, as well as a 3rd place RWG placing.
The computer issues? Well, the boyfriends, who are electrical and computer geniuses, have cleaned up my hard drive, taught me how to download music, erased all my porn (damn) and made a machine I think is an original PC from Bill Gates garage days run a lot faster.
The swine flu victim seems to be Stacy, who traveled from Portland to be with us and brought along the disease. Don't get it. If you can get a vaccine, do it.

Upstate XC @ FingerLakes CC

Fleet Feet Women's and Men's Teams

Dogs?

If you look closely in the blog photo introducing Salsmiles, Mike and Lou are walking down the canal path, each with a dog on a leash, Mikes Molly and Lou's Teddy. The owners and dogs are all wearing Yankee shirts and caps.

Reasons why Mike and Lou need a dog:
1. The little dog paws come off the ground as much as Mike and Lou's feet while running, making them feel empowered.
2. What better protection when walking on the canal path than a cockapoo and a, ...well, whatever Teddy is (small and hairy).
3. When Mike and Lou make their wives angry and aren't allowed to sleep in the same bed anymore, they each have a dog to cuddle with on the couch.
4. Dogs like to get up at 5am, Mike and Lou like to run at 5am.
5. Teddy and Molly like to chase squirrels, Mike and Lou are nuts.
6. Eileen and Joanne said so.

Cross-country Rules?

Courtesy of MW:
Blast those rigid X-Country rules. Here’s my suggestions for alternate divisions which most of them coincidentally I qualify for:

· First and foremost the Men Vets Follicly Challenged Division.
· Men Vets Who Should Wear More Clothes
· Men Masters Who Get Scared They Soon Will Look Like the Vets
· Men Vets Who Frequently Fall
· Men Vets With No Article of Clothes That Match
· Men Vets Whining Division
· Clueless Men Vets
· Men Vets Who Eat Their Weight Worth of Post Race Treats
· Men Vets Who Make Noises When They Run…Sleep…Read the Paper…Breathe…
· Women Vets Who Look Like They Could Be In the Women Open Division (never miss an opportunity to kiss up) Go Fleet Feet!