yup, beautiful morning for a run. Just like Tim, I overdressed a bit. Once around the lake plus a bit more for a total of 11.1 miles @ a nice 9:05/mile pace. Paul

I'm still deciding which board to post my Jingle-bell RR on. in the meantime, I'll just say that I had a very pleasant warm-up run with the Pro, and he was nice enough to wait for me at the end. 5K in26:18 watch time. it will be interesting to see what the gun time might be, as there was at least a 30 secoond wait to cross the start and quite a backup at the end. fun run. Kevin

Wow Tim!! Nice run and talk about a quick transition time!!

this is the first time I have been able to do that and not be limping afterwards. Especially with the pain that I was feeling after the MRI. That seems to have vanished. It felt good, so good. Yippee

Good for you! Hey - this is what it's really about, in my book - running injury-free and pain-free, and feeling good at the end. Tim - great run today! Dark Horse - you don't actually have to run 40 miles to visit the 40/40 thread. Just come over and "be decorative." Always room for eye-candy.

Another very wet run and my peak week before Carlsbad is done. Slow and easy 8.2 with my pal Laura late this a.m. She's such a good friend, tagging along with me on many long runs too and not even marathon training right now. We'll be training for our first 50k soon enough, though. I'll be getting my second round of coffee cup curls in a bit when I head out to do errands. First stop at the Java Bean shop down the road for a cafe mole -- a mocha made with Mexican chocolate instead of the really sweet cocoa. They are addictive. Great running today, masters -- especially predawn's 15 at 5:15 at such a busy time. Impressive to say the least. Ribs, hang in there. PF eventually does go away -- perhaps when you least expect it. At least that was true for me -- after trying everything to get rid of it, one day it was just gone.

Soundie, that was just what I needed to hear. Thank you. May I speak for all injured people when I say that it kind of distorts your entire mind? You think all your posts are boring and unworthy (and heck, they probably are) and even though you love your friends, you get so jealous of their fast races and great workouts. That said, I am having some vicarious fun watching some of my favorite runners prepare for key races, Tim V. among them, also KSrunnr (who I am not speaking to), and of course the Sun God from Arizona. Some great RRs coming our way I suspect. BAP, good to see you in here! I thought Joe's feedback to you yesterday was spot-on. Stay healthy in '08. Spareribs

The wind finally died down after noon today - I guess it blew east! Holly, sounds like it made it to Ohio, but we didn't send the rain, as it was snowing here. I went out for a cold untimed three miles with my two dogs. Wore yaktrax and ran in the tire tracks up our dirt road in the snow. I just couldn't face another day running round and round on the indoor track, and with less wind it wasn't too bad. 18 degrees, and my face was cold, but the rest of me was warm enough. Dark Horse, we're all glad you're here from B&B - you're so decorative, and funny too! My DD has the flu - DH took her to the doc this morning, and it was confirmed as influenza. She got meds, and is now curled up on the couch having a Harry Potter movie marathon. We got her the most recent HP movie for Christmas, so she's all set for a while. Bummer that she's gonna be sick on Christmas, though.