OK.....Brag time... The weather is perfect today for running, so with 10 miles left on my goal to reach 1,000 miles for the year, I headed out to "finish business". I chose to go to the local Ten Miler Race route that I run in every September. It was at the finish line there that I ran my first mile back in 2003. It felt fitting to now cross the same line to complete my 1,000th mile for the year. It was fun finishing off the run wearing a Santa's hat. I had the goal for the whole year but after 9 months was 400 miles short. November was a difficult month to make up miles because of tapering before and after my Richmond Marathon. Never-the-less, I have completed it and will now be able to back off from running this last week of the year....something I feel like I need. I am supposed to be visiting a friend over New Year's and was worried that my goal would come down to needing mileage that last day. Just to be sure I asked....."Do you have a treadmill?" While the answer was "Yes", I now can simply enjoy the company. It is great to see more friends checking into our thread here.......henrun and marge, vkay, tselbs (now I KNOW everything will be alright), RunsTheBitteroot, Millbot, and hailllar (sorry about the potatoes...opps).

Merry Christmas to all my Cool Friends here at Running Ahead! I too, think that this is my first post on a daily thread here. Glad to see that Tom is here, and I am looking forward to learning the new names and adding more people to my little spreadsheet! Vista, thanks for your well written message, ditto that for me. I’m sure Tallrunner has a gut-wrenching post about what all you mean to him … ditto that for me too. …. I appreciate the friendship and camaraderie here soooo……. Much! Our Christmas Eve service last night was just so special to me, the music, the drama, the hope, the message. We Come, We Behold, We Adore, We Proclaim! The Good News that a Saviour has come to earth for us all. After many days of baking and preparing food, the families all left this morning and I miss them, but finally have time for myself. I haven’t run outside since November 25th, so laced up the shoes, and layered up for a run around the lake. Gentle snowflakes falling, mcsolarmix10 (the belly-dancing one, thanks, mc!) for tunes, warm temp at 29 made it seem actually warm. Once I got going, I think one layer and a vest would have sufficed. I enjoyed the time alone and didn’t have to stop at all! 4.89 miles in 58:35 so met my goal of under an hour. (DH knows to come looking for me after that, ha!) Ribs - we had Prime Rib again yesterday, but I conviced DH to take it out of the plastic wrap before baking. It wasn't my favorite, but at least wasn't over done. They must add alot of salt to those packaged roasts sold to restaurants. Some day I'm going to buy a real one with the bones and all and show hime how to properly cook it! I think my garlic mashed potatoes and Ultimate Spinach Salad were a hit though. I gotta go back and re-read this thred since I missed that Aamos is here too, HI AMY!

OK.....Brag time... The weather is perfect today for running, so with 10 miles left on my goal to reach 1,000 miles for the year, I headed out to "finish business".

Brag on, buddy! Congratulations!

.......CONGRATULATONS VISTA//........nice running....... ....am currently back after 2-days of driving.......and got a cold to whip, but the Hip feels great, and hoping to hit the streets Thurs..... .......good running to the rest of ya........

A special gift for me, Kay was able to go skiing with me this weekend, couldn't get her on the lift, but she did try a few times and spent the rest of the day at the lodge with friends, probably her best day so far. She wants to go again and perhaps soon I can get her on the lift. Larry

Oh Larry – that is SO good to hear! TomS – hello! Vkay – I’d love to see a picture of your puppy. Hally – maybe we can start a pet thread here. Just as soon as we figure out how to post pics. Is it the same as old CR, where you can use flikr.com? BAP – good run today! Vista – congratulations on your 1000! Enkephalin - It wasn't that I ate HUGE amounts of food today, just that the food I DID eat was HUGELY FATTENING and rich. I feel like a blimp. My eating has surpassed my running in recent weeks, and I'm feeling the results. Time to get back to reasonable eating again, before they roll me away. Back to work tomorrow.

OK.....Brag time...

BRAVO! Congratulations on your 1,000th mile for 2007. Very cool that you did it where you first started running. Well done! Eliz

OK.....Brag time....

1000.1 -- well done, Vista!

Wooohooooo Vista, Rauk on buddy! Ground out 22, with enough stretch and pee breaks to wear out the pause button on the Garmin practically. Finally I had to take some IBU at mile 13 to get the run finished. By mile 18 I was pushing the pace up and got the last half mile in at my 10K pace. Ice Bath (PPPSSSSSssssssssssssssss) followed. And heavy eating. Visited some friends and I am turning in soon. Happy Feast of the Nativity JJJ