Wow $35 is cheap for a race here. Woohoo I did range of motion exercises at the gym today and things feel...ok. Not great - I am still way too aware of the location of my hamstring, but I was able to do hamstring curls (virtually weight free - dynamic tension mostly) and only felt fatigue, not pain. But I know that just past fatigue lies pain, so more of the same for at least a week. I was talking during my run/walk this morning and ran 4 whole minutes (at a 12 mm) continuously. Multiply by 60 and I'll be ready for Boston.

bob, its hard to lie to him b/c he has access to my log and i just can't bring myself to lie on my log i normally take about 3 weeks easy.. plus, i think the message i got from him was to try and run more than just 4 miles per week for the next 2 weeks of recovery dcv, like you i raced on 1/18 but my legs are feeling pretty good this week. that being said, i ran 3:39 and you ran 3 hrs so with that great of an effort, its not a surprise you're feeling like molasses. heres hoping your legs come back to you soon! ennay, hang in there!!

We are back to more seasonalbe weather here on the Westcoast.

We're in for more seasonal temps here in the northeast this weekend as well, you know lows in the teens and highs in the low 30's...heck I'll take it right about now, especially if it doesn't snow! I'm doint the Mid-Winter 10 miler in Cape Elizabeth on Sunday. Hopefully with the "warmer" temps I won't have to bundle up quite so much and maybe that will help a bit. Good runs all, and stay healthy.

We're in for more seasonal temps here in the northeast this weekend as well, you know lows in the teens and highs in the low 30's...heck I'll take it right about now, especially if it doesn't snow!

I had to scrap Wednesday's run due to unbelievably icy conditions, my walkway, stairs and sidewalk have about an inch of solid ice on them. I had them all down to bare pavement after three or four inches of snow, then we got hit big time with freezing rain. I really want to run as soon as I get home, but I'll probably wind up chopping/scraping/shovelling. By then, anything that melted will refreeze. Damnit. This is from today's Boston Globe and sums it up pretty nicely: A tiered, well-traveled walkway down to Haymarket had obviously been shoveled, but it was so encased in ice from melted snow that there was no reason to pay $4 to skate on the Frog Pond. In the 34-degree sunshine on the opposite side of the building, however, the red bricks of City Hall Plaza remained practically snow-and-ice free at noon yesterday, except for pools of melted sludge on stairs outside the Government Center T stop. That was Boston yesterday - ankle-deep slush in the sunshine and ice-slicked sidewalks in the shade. Pedestrians could have used ice crampons on their footwear on one block and knee-high rubber waders on the next. "This freezing and thawing is constant," said Michael Galvin, the city's chief of property management, which had a crew of eight clearing walkways around City Hall. "You have to go back four and five times a day."

I missed out on Derry (though I can't say I missed it) - I had a couple renal finals this week, and couldn't justify the commute time. Instead, I just hacked out my long run on the treadmill on Sunday morning, and scooted to the library. But, if you need to know anything about the kidney, judging from how those exams went, you should ask someone else. I've been feeling guilty about not running outside much lately, so I went out for an 11 mile run - well, it wasn't so much a run as it was ice skating - yesterday. What kills me is that I was slipping and sliding everywhere, but when I finally wiped out, it was just me tripping over my own feet (me == disaster), and yelling "F**K!!" in front of a small child. I think I'll stay inside until the snow is a little more gone - the melting and refreezing is too hairy for me.

today when I left the house it was dark, not foggy and only patchy ice. About 30 degrees. As I walked the fog rolled in and froze to the road. When I got home it was light, foggy, still 30 and the roads were a sheet of ice. Crazy.

Sounds like you moved to the Northeast...

Feel like it. I live in Oregon dangit, we arent supposed to have winter. We have 2 seasons...Wet and Dry