A common thing lately....people show up with new new medals draped around their necks.Weird shirts....Shirts with great stories of accomplishment and survival.What does it all mean??
It's marathon fever! A certain disease is sweeping our group, as hordes of runners are knocking down marathons with ease. Even the slightly saner ones are halving the dose, notching half marathon finishes to their belts. Top pic, Cassie has that insane silly grin sporting her Cowtown bling. Second pic is Bobby who paid the price of 26.2, 31.1, and then 26.2 again to achieve the status of Maniac. Third pic is Stefanie, sshwing off her finishers shirt from Cowtown.Please, somebody help. Aiden is gonna catch the fever!

Temps have been so much nicer. T Z actually showed off his hairy zombie legs both Thursday and Saturday, and amazingly, no one was blinded by the glow-in-the-dark sheen from the severely untanned skin. We have had good crowds out to run. RunnersWorld was packed as usual on Thursday before the run.Here, a group of runners discuss the good sales on winter apparel.

The bunny slippers were awarded to Kim of course, for running her double 50Ks last weekend. She then announced that she wants to run a 100 miler. GULP!! ONE HUNDRED MILES??? Yes, and I want to be the 1st to toss out a bet that she will indeed finish!

Thursday we again ran through the older neighborhood of midtown Tulsa. Nice houses, nice rolling hills. Very enjoyable. Soon, we will be able to access the new trail on Riverside from 41st Street northward, but I hope we can occasionally keep the midtown course on the menu.

Cruising with DOG power.

Mukash is flying on the return trip.

Roman and Michael both had birthdays this week, and a few of us found our way to Dave and Busters for dinner and games.Birthday boy Michael, just before extinguishing his candle.

Roman pauses very briefly before plowing through his birthday cake.

Two guys with virtually no coordination waste a few credits.

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Our Saturday morning was a cutback day, with Marathoners going 9 miles, and the halfers going 7 miles. We took advantage of the strong south headwind and used it for resistance training. Worked great.

Up hill, and into a wind. And still smiling!

But coming back, some people were running sub 5 minute miles.Leaning hard into the turn!Of course, some people were slower than others.

Ed flashes some gang signs, while Ken stakes his claim to the trail with his flamboyant pants.

Always willing to support the running community, several of our runners wore TRC running gear in today's run.

Now, can you name the person in the next three pics?I know....this one might be easy....but as a bonus, care to guess the date and gender of the new arrival?

No problem guessing the loud tights....I already gave that away, but who does this knobby knee belong to?

Finally, who does the smiley face belong to? I will be impressed if anyone other than about 3 people get this!

Have a great week! 18 miles on the slate for next weekend!