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maybe mr. fab can fill you all in...the intial diadonsis was a stress fracture from an along the same line as a previous one.but after a MRI, the doc gave him the full go to run, with signs of no fracture.

go robbie fab!

pigsteak wrote:playlists suck..ignore steve..it isn't running if you have to wear headphones. it is a night at the movies.

Whatever man. I'll give ya climbing, drinking, mowing the lawn w/o headphones, but running? Ya gotta have the tunz.

go robbie fab!

LOL thanks everyone. Pigsteak has it right. After the initial X-ray the doc saw a stress fracture in my right fibula at the same area as my previous fracture. But the MRI showed no fracture. I had completey fracture that right fibula in a bouldering fall back in 2001 and the area has a large calcium deposite on it now which is causing the pain. The doc showed me some stretches and exercises to do for it and said it was ok to run.

I haven't ran a lot on it yet but so far it feels pretty good. I am pretty sure that I will only be running the half marathon now. Or my other option is to put the fund raising on hold until next year. I'll need to decide this by the next of this week. When I saw Josh last Friday he we pretty quick to tell my to take care of myself and not worry about running. That meant a lot to me considering.

lol...I'm with ya steve.....on any run over an hour, I take the tunes. wierd thing on yesterday's run....my ipod quit working after 90 minutes in my utility belt....has any one had a sweat related incident with their ipod?

I've had a rain incident with my Nike Mp3, which lead me to buying a shuffle - I have two now because I couldn't resist the 2nd generation clip-on. Just buy an Ipod condom for sweat protection. A 1G 2nd Generation is 50.00 at applestore.com.

For some reason I can't get into listening to music while running outside. I guess I am old school about that. Plus I try to do most of my running in parks and on trails where I would rather be engaged in the natural surrondings. Though some NIN would be rad when I am fighting for the last 2 miles of a 10 mile run.

Hey Everyone

Josh passed away last night. Here's a copy of the email annoucement that his sister sent out. Thanks again for all the donations and support. Josh will be missed by many.


Rob Hunter




"Friends,

As you know, my brother Joshua Topy has undergone a long and serious bout with cancer. You also know that his condition worsened several weeks ago when the cancer returned.

I'm sad to announce that as of tonight, his battle has ended.

Joshua passed away peacefully at home with friends and family and was comforted by many of you who have visited him over the past several weeks. We are all grateful for your love and support.

The funeral services will take place on:

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

1:30 pm

Tifereth Israel Cemetery

2565 Performance Way

(Corner of 104 and Alum Creek)

Columbus, OH

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State in honor of Joshua. Please utilize the following link to make your donations.

http://jamesline.com/waystogive/how/memorials/

Please feel free to inform others not included in this announcement who were lucky enough to have known Joshua and would like to attend.


Sarah Topy
614/506-2219
sarahtopy@gmail.com"

shit...such a nice guy... at least he had friends and family with him who loved him

Update-

Today is the deadline to meet my fund raising goal of $1700.00 and this morning my online fund raising account reads $1766.00! Thanks everyone for your donations and support. The half marathon is Oct 21st. I will be sending out thank you's to all who donated with info about the race if anyone is interested in coming to cheer me on and remember Josh.

Thanks,

Rob Hunter