Good Luck to some friends racing this weekend!
Kirsten is running her first marathon at the Lake Front marathon in Milwaukee. Bob W. is also running Lake Front. He has a number of marathons and races under his belt but is gunning for a 3:20. Jaye is running Twin Cities and has had a great training regiment this time around. Paul (Stihl) is running Twin Cities. 1L (Michele) is running St. George (i.e.- elevation!!!) I believe. I am not sure if any one else (maybe Donna) has a race this weekend- best of luck to everyone! I hope everything goes well for you in your travels and in your race!!

I had a pretty decent week last week with the running- I missed one day and cut one run short that I had scheduled due to work copnflicts but hit the other 4 days I had scheduled. I have really slowed my pace down in an effort to ramp up mileage a little quicker than I normally would.

Mon- no run
Tues- 3 miles
Wed- missed run
Thurs- 4 miles
Fri- no run
Sat- 9 miles
Sun- 5 miles

Total- 21 miles

I am not a real real political guy but I got the following e-mail today that made me think. The govt. is working on a "bailout" plan to help the economy. The following is an interesting thought:

Hi Pals,

I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000 ,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000 .00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college - it'll be there

Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car - create jobs

Invest in the market - capital drives growth

Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else


Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( 'vote buy' ) economic incentive that is being proposed
by one of our candidates for President.


If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As f or AIG - liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can 'never work.'

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Been gone for a while again. I have been extremely busy at work. We still haven't hired a replacement for Vicki. I am not really sure what the plans are for that except I am told they are currently looking for someone.
I was able to take my scheduled vacation last week. We went to Panama City Beach for the week. There are some vacations you can't wait to be over and those that you don't want to end. This one was the latter- Kathy and I both agreed that we wish it could have lasted about 3-4 more days.
The doctor's office called and had to cancell my follow up appointment but I will reschedule soon. I am still not running much but am picking it up a little- I actually had double digit mileage this week for the 1st time in a while.
The weather is cooling a bit here in the Southeast so that should help as I try to rebuild a base (or something like that).

I hope everyone is doing well and your running/training is going well!!