Hey everyone!

10.2 cross country miles, great run, still soggy from all the rain we had yesterday.

Enjoy your runs flarunner, LRB and SIAR. And have fun in the snow Kay!

 

im heading out in a bit to go skiing on some good ol man made snow in the St Louis area. It's going to be nearly 50 degrees, should be fun with my 18 year old DS and his friend. No run today but my LR tomorrow.

 

Just booked a trip to Ft Meyers Beach Florida in May!! I'm REALLY looking forward to early morning runs on the sand.

 

@flarunner-what part of Florida are you from?

Few hours north of there in the Tampa Bay area.

Easy 12. I am very thankful that the authorities are diligent about plowing the path through the county park. Very sluggish first 4, but got better.

Wow, y'all have been busy!

This morning I did the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo 4-Miler.  It was a lot of fun!  So much fun I guess I got carried away, I took more than 80 photos for this one!  Here is the link to the report and photos. The report is on the main page of this forum somewhere.

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BF_and_Beyond/forum/Post/699a4dcff8ef4f70b01882bce80319ef#focus

Tomorrow morning I am doing the Be My Valentine 5K on the San Antonio Riverwalk

Thanks, everyone. Since this was more of a "workout with company" than a goal race, I don't plan on doing a real race report. I did just find the full results - I was actually 6th of 22 in my AG (30-39) and 13th of 65 women overall. Top third works for me.

Baboon – Hope your PT keeps on going well and things get easy soon. Keep hitting the ice and know that all that hard work pre-surgery is paying dividends with how you’re recovering.

AprilRunner – That’s awesome that your road is clear already. I completely understand the annoyance factor with the messy sidewalks. I almost only run in the roads – the only exception is a couple of narrow busy ones that I don’t tempt fate and will hit the sidewalks. Unfortunately, that sometimes means walking them because of the ice.

kristin10185 – Coffee is a REQUIRED start when you’re looking at a snowstorm outside. I too enjoyed reading RedSparkle’s RR and it sounds like you’ve got quite the plan to dust off the Wii for a fun workout today … sure hope your power stays on.

DCDan78 – Have a good day with the kiddos on your SRD.

Docket_Rocket – Hey … send that stupid sun my way and I’ll share some snow with you Good job on hitting the 7 recovery miles already.

Robert31320 – Great job on getting in the early 6.4 miles AND planning more work for your crews. I think you’re correct, they may not let you run in town anymore.

AmiK – That’s awesome your 6 felt great AND at the faster end of easy pace. Enjoy your dinner & movie date with your DH tonight.

StepbyStep-SH – AWESOME job on the race and I think you were wise to run it exactly as your training planned tempo – not raced all out. Nice job on the AG place and overall finish!!

runmomto3boys – You rock! Just think … that pace was MP not that long ago for you. I am amazed at your speed and how you just keep on improving!

FreeSoul87 – That’s fantastic news that your race went well and you bested your goal!! It sounds like you had a great time … despite the evil hill.

So_Im_a_Runner – Sounds like your runs went great today … both with your group and the trail run. Sounds like you had a good time … in spite of going slower than your plan. ;-) What Montrails did you try out? I’m interested because I do have a pair of Brooks trail GTX that I use to run in the slush/slop and they feel OK but are a bit too rigid for my taste.

c0derunner – Great job on the 8 last night and 6.5 today.

LRB – I hate technology sometimes. Great job on shrugging it off and getting in the 7.53 miles – even if it wasn’t your intended workout.

Happylily -  You are seriously quick there woman!! I don’t care if you say you only had 18 miles in you that sounds like a great workout to me. Take care of yourself and hopefully you can get some extra sleep this evening.

Paulajmcd – Ice is the WORST. Good choice on turning around and hitting the TM today instead.

Outoftheblue – Enjoy that recovery run today.

Dtothe2nd – HEY, what’s wrong with your snow? It looks all short and green. Great job on the 10.2 today.

scrape. Glad you had a good 12 today and your paths were cleared. Wish the same was true for our paths today … they were dangerously icy.

Scottydawg – Nice RR on the 4-mile race today! Looks like you had a whole lot of fun, despite the weather!!

Luke79 – Great 3 miles today in spite of the foot pain. Hope you can get some rest to heal up before your HM. Just remember, that’s the purpose of the taper … rest, recover and ready yourself.

I ended up doing 7.5 miles but it was one treacherous endeavor. The roads were mostly snow packed and had frozen slush that made footing tough. To make matters worse there were quite a few icy spots underneath the snow. The park trail (only about a mile worth) was icy death and I’m really fortunate to have not taken a digger.

Tomorrow is supposed to be 17 miles but we’re going to be getting freezing rain changing over to rain in the afternoon. I may just run it indoors at the track on campus – though that means a whole lot of left turns ;-) BTW, I think I’m tiring of this winter running … at least the road conditions.

 

Tomorrow is supposed to be 17 miles but we’re going to be getting freezing rain changing over to rain in the afternoon. I may just run it indoors at the track on campus – though that means a whole lot of left turns ;-) BTW, I think I’m tiring of this winter running … at least the road conditions.

Be cautious with that kind of distance on an indoor track - I think it was my 8 miles at MP (320 turns) that tweaked my ankle Thursday. Good luck finding a way to get the miles.

12 for me. Feeling pretty good but more snow/ice forecast for overnight will not help my mood.