4.3 miles in the dark, around the neighborhood. What is funny, is that it is the same pace I have been running on the treadmill for the last week. Tonight, I had the Garmin on to record data, but it was too dark to read, so I had no clue how fast I was going. I guess the legs are just used to moving at that speed. Makes me wonder, if I should up the pace on the treadmill a bit. The Parrot Predictor says I could run a 3:59 marathon, based on this weeks running. The Parrot Predictor, takes your fastest 26.2 miles of the week and says that is your best possible time. No answer if you run less than 26.2 miles in that week.

Dave - that stinks. Was it your knee that was bothering you after MCM, or is this something different?

Yep, feels pretty much the same. I iced/elevated last night and it feels better today but not great. My 9 tempo will become 6 easy today. See how it feels tomorrow. May scale back 19 to 12 or even 10.

Congratulations WRFB. It really goes by way too fast with kids, doesn't it? Dave: Knee problems were banished from here long ago. It will just have to get better. Hope you are running fine this afternoon. Core workout for me this morning. I am waiting for the mid afternoon temps to run in. I took yesterday off from running and didn't feel like single digits this morning. I will be absent most of next week. Work meeting in Dallas. Bonus is I get there mid day Monday and should have opportunity for a daytime run on the Katy before the work stuff starts. Morning temps in the 40's all week. Nice break from the cold weather gear.

Lou, I love that picture! Showed it to DH and he agreed there is an amazing resemblance there. Dave, sorry about the knee. That really does suck. Cash, what was your pace? Nice day and the snowplows were out last night... so I want to head out for my run soon. Just been puttering around the house all day so far and I'm amazed how I can do that all day....

CONGRATS WRFB!! The doc visit went good. Confirmed what we already knew. No picture. Appt Tuesday for the ultrasound. Guess they want us to max out on co-pays. Excited to get a due date. Working on house stuff this weekend--lots of work to do. My side business has dropped off big time--good news is that will free me up to get my running in again.

9 miles today, avg temps about 4 or 5 I guess. A little colder than I was planning, but dressed fine for it. What I wasn't prepared for was how slippery our roads (hardpack snow) can be after the grader goes by! Here I was all excited for the cleared roads to be easy to run on, and I ended up slipping and sliding all over the place. Almost went back to the house to get my Spikies, but I really only needed them for the first and last couple of miles. But oh wow was that slick. Like running on buttered glass, I swear! Whew! Glad that's done and no falls today. Overall pace was about 8:50 to 8:55, which is slow for me on this route but that includes mincing across some icy road crossings and waiting for traffic a couple times. <rant>The main bikepath was a miserable mess with the new snow and snowmachine churning over the icy hardpack. Yuk. So I moved over to the side of the road and dealt with the traffic... those $^@#%! drivers who won't move over for you even an inch. Geeez I hate that. It's like they're in a trance and just don't see you (yeah, a tall runner wearing a bright pink top and a neon-yellow headband...). Sort of scary, but it really shows why we have so many moose collisions. These drivers just don't watch and react.</rant> I think I'll go up to campus tomorrow for my long run and do a couple of laps of the bike path that is plowed and not icy. It's the one I've done the last two Wednesdays and will be nice to do it in the daylight. Hey Pam, how far are you running tomorrow anyway? What are you currently training for? (guess I need to check the race schedule thread)

Sorry to hear about the slippery roads Erika!! Nice run despite that! I'm looking to do somewhere around 18 give or take a mile or two since I'll be running local roads and who knows how long I can handle dodging cars. I'm training for Run for the Red Marathon up in the Pocono's in May. Nice run Cash! Hope everyone's having a great weekend!