CNY, I'm not one to suggest that the 2 lb. thing is a "rule" but it is a decent measure for the very fast marathoner. Of course you are way under.  My RP is 5' 8" and 122 lbs. so she's fine too.  OTOH, there are many very fast marathoners who weigh significantly more than that ratio.

Sorry about that cold Holly and congrats on the 2,000 miles.  And so thrilled to needle you about the hill near your house!

Marj, I was so happy to see that statistic about 8 miles an hour. I think that's a 7:30 pace and I don't come near that in a fiveK any more, although I do run more than the 25 mile week guideline.  Amazing these new studies every month or so.  Next thing you know they'll tell us saliva causes stomach cancer.

Glad you got an answer Dave. Get well.

RP nagged me to do a bertha workout to prep for my hilly December half, so we left the dirt trail and went over to a neighborhood that had a couple of bertha of about 1/4 mile and did 6 x 1/4 berthas, total 6 miles of running.  So it was 40 when we started, and she's all bundled up and as we finished the workout, what is she doing but tying her jacket around her waist!

I said, "You can't run with me like that. What if someone sees me with you?"  That woman has no consideration. Spareribs

 

No running for me today. Count me in as one of those who are sick, but not as bad as some of your folks. The four of us in the family who enjoyed Thanksgiving together got it.

 And you invited me,  thanks a lot!!!.

just kidding of course  hope you all heal quickly.

and Mari,  thanks so much for starting the invite thread.  I will post to it when I have a little more time,  hopefully later today.  I just got off work and I need to get some sleep now.  I am working in Edmonds for at least the first three days this week,  11.5 hour shift and a 1 hour commute in rush hour commute each way.  As my schedules go, it's not too bad.

Piwikiwi.  we need to talk   in what part of the land of Kiwi do you live?  (I will ask the same question on the invite thread if you miss it here.   about 25 years ago I did a lap of New Zealand on a mountain bike.   I did a loop of the north Island (Auckland to bay of islands back down to Wellington.  then the South island - Nelson through Able Tasman park Down Westland to Invercargil, and back up to Christ Church ( and every road on Stewart Island in between)  It was a legendary trip, but I bet it has all changed a bit in the last 25 years or so.

Oh Yeah,  and those of you talking about gloves,  I really like these and they are great for most of the "Seattle cold weather"  but for the seriously cold that many of you are talking about,  they would not work at all

180S gloves

Hi All - Intermittent lurker here, trying to be a bit more social since meeting some of you a couple weekends ago in Tennessee.  My run will have to wait until later tonight - Wednesday night is one of my local club's weekly runs, and we have pizza & beer afterward so I try not to miss it.  Planning to do a shorter distance, like 3-4 miles (they go up to 8).  Hopefully it won't be too cold out there tonight!

Looking forward to being a more regular contributor here!

Hi all. Sorry I am not very good at personals as I possess a dinosaur phone that takes forever to access from but when I do get an upgrade I will try.

I am here to report that I did run today, 5 slow miles (duh, of course they were). They were NOT on Bertha. She wore me out yesterday. So I took it to the flat trails (similar to a rails to trails kind of deal) and did manage to spot three deer spying on me. I haven't been on trails too often in the last two years but need to get back to them since I registered for that 50k trail race in October (don't allow me near a computer with a credit card while I have been drinking). And that trail race has a CUTOFF LIMIT. And that cutoff limit is not quite within my capability. YET. So I have alot of work to do.

I am honoured that I inadvertently gave a new name to hills. LOL.   Most everyone who knows me knows of my nemesis, Bertha.

Headlamp on the entire time.

NIGHT LIGHTS <<<(jay/jeanne)>>>.
it’s a joy to run lightless with reflective gear in the moon and starlight, even when cloudy, and still be ready to take defensive/preventative action as necessary.  However, if you have to run at night and have to run on roads with traffic, as we’ve learned over-and-over again, most recently from Leslie-land, road running in the dark is so dangerous, life-threatening and can be fatal, it would seem to be worthwhile to at least carry a hand lamp that could be turned on-and-off in the presence of vehicles.  Please. Plus a cell phone. Thank you.
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MONKEY SIGNS
When the Yakima River Canyon Marathon was on April Fool’s day some years ago a “200 meters to the top” sign was about 3/4 of the way up the famed Rosa Hill at mile 23. Two hundred meters up from the sign was an “April Fools!!!!” sign with arrow pointing around the corner to the real top.   The ridiculously hilly 1.93 mile loop of the Carkeek 12-hour Run has only 0.5 miles of flats but plenty of monkey-like signs too reminding us “You are having FUN!!”, etc.  No wonder running is so much fun.
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ps bertha. You are doing too fine in not being annoying yet.
However, have you ever had tendonitis?

hint: no matter what, say, "no."

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ps jeanne - what's this from your profile?

Worsening cold has me talking in a whisper.

Same cold/cough has hit me also. I got in a nice run last night and it was the best I've felt since getting home from Nashville. So, this morning I made it in to the gym and got a nice 1650 meter swim in. 

Have a great day.

Paul

TW, when we were in a road section on the big bike trip that I took last June, a FedEx driver buzzed a couple of us very close (inches to spare) with no reason on a two-lane road with no other traffic. To add to it, a couple miles down the road he did it again (must have pulled off to make a delivery in between). I actually wrote to FedEx about it but just got back a non-committal corporate-speak response. And NBC News did a story last weekend about bicyclists subjected to road-rage incidents by motorists -- usually pickup trucks involved.

Holly, 2000 miles is about 4 years of running for me!

Never any Berthas on a rail-trail, so it was a smooth-sailing 6 miles this morning in a quartet of seniors. It was another nice day, with the temperature only about 30 but bright sunshine in the clear skies.

Keep the faith, everyone!