I haven't heard anything from Jorge. We haven't been "rejected" but we havent' been "approved." We might just be ahead to go with those and make the changes we need. It would be nice if they'd customize them like they will the cotton t-shirts.

Good news...ended up in West Memphis on my way back home from a quick vacation to NW Arkansas and made my buddy finally sign up. We officially now have one more to the team and I also spoke with the SO's younger brother and his friend who just completed a Warrior Dash and I believe they are in as well, but haven't signed up yet.

Feels a heck of a lot better. Did some walking with the lady while we were back in NWA and have begun introducing running into the routine. I was doing a 1/4 mile last week at the end of my walks. Once we get all the way back down to MS on Wednesday I'll probably bump it to 1/2 mile for a week and then increase from there. Trying to ease back in very gradually by basically just walking the same amount and slowly making more of the end of the walk a jog instead. Good news is this is the perfect way to completely transition to my minimalist shoes as well.

Always trying to find the little glimmer of positive. Was really hoping to have progressed further than I have by now, but at least it could be worst.

I am absolutely in love with them...I can tell even from walking around in them and the little bit of running I've been able to do that I've increased strength as well as improved balance. Since I have the trails I'm thinking about purchasing a pair of the zero's in the road form as my next pair.

Glad to hear you got the heel slip issue worked out. I really want to use these to run the TM in, but I just discovered they really feel quite slick when on wet surfaces. It might have just been a couple times, so I'll have to test them more, but it would worry more for that even where you have to run up the halfpipe

Those look nice, itll be interesting to see what you think of the shirts.

Wdsman, how are those shirts? Think they'll work well enough for us?

What are you doing to train for it BTRA? Does the shirt feel like a traditional cotton t Wdsman?

Awesome, I was hitting it pretty hard but this last week Ive bumped it down to 4 days, osha is getting ready to run us through the ringer at work so my evenings have been spent doing paper work and trying to get things in order for their inspection. Next week Ill be able to hit it hard again like I was.

Hows that shirt working out for you? Hows everyone's training coming along? Your injuries any better btm7687?

Like I said, the shirt wasn't what I expected but I think it'll work. I haven't worn it as much as I expected. I buggered up my elbow somehow and I had a lot of swelling and fluid build up (one day it looked like I had a cantelope under my skin). Running jostled it and it hurt so I've just done some walking. Of course, the elbow also messed with the push-ups and weight-lifting. It's doing much better and I'm hoping to get back at it tomorrow. Anyway, the shirt seemed pretty cool. I don't think it'll shed mud as well as the old slick style, but I think it'll do better than cotton. What's our next step on that?

Next step would be design and a local screen printer there is a place in kc that does direct printing on the shirt and will do small orders like ours Ill give them a ring tomorrow and get an idea of price. If there is another shirt out there that you feel would work better Im not opposed to using it instead at this point I honestly don't think site staff will care what 4 or 5 runners put on there shirts. Long story short compressed a disc Monday lifting a object in a way that was stupid, got in my morning run before the accident but havent done anything since went to the chiropractor a couple times hes got me back to where I can move again so Ill be doing my run in the morning and hopefully working back slowly into the grove of things. I hate it when stuff like this interferes with my routine makes me feel like crap.

Pretty sure my friend and I will be heading over Friday at some point and getting a hotel for the night before. Probably will go back to Memphis shortly after the race though to go celebrate on Beale. Any more updates with the shirts?

How are everyones injuries/workouts coming along? I am happy and extremely relieved that I am now not only back to where I was before I hurt myself, but running faster as well. Right before I injured myself I was doing 3 miles at about 10:00 min/mile...I'm currently running 3 miles 4 times a week at about 9:00min/mile. Got the 5K in a week and a half to really push myself and see how fast I can go. What I have been slacking on is any sort of weight/muscle building exercises for my upper body. Really have been focused on getting slimmed down first, but I figure with only a couple months left I really need to start hitting that area hard to.

I've also discovered that I may need to find some new shoes to run in. I have done a bit of trail running and I need to either toughen my feet up or find something slightly thicker. Stepping on a sharp rocks does not feel good in those Minimus shoes!

Just got this today, so it sounds like we're good to go on permission. Just need to let them know how many.