Deb, always glad to hear that your run made you happy: that's the way it's supposed to work. Keep up the good work. Gee, what a difference a measly 40 degrees can make. That's the difference between my run on Wednesday and this morning, going from bundled up and a balaclava to the first run of the year in shorts. It also felt really good to get back onto the local rail-trail for 4.2 miles at an easy 10-minute pace. I hope that Spring is arriving for everyone else as well.

It's shorts and T-shirt weather here now. I did just 2.2 on the dirt track as I don't want to exceed 40 miles this week, then full stretch and core workout at the Y. Spareribs

Morning Gang - Bruce - I'll be down in the Long Beach area in May for a Conference. I am very much looking forward to running in early morning warm weather. Holly - I thought a vanity plate with MNOPSL (even though I'm not . . . yet) might make people give me a wider berth when I'm driving. For you fish pill takers - what benefit are getting from taking them? I'm suppose to take iron, but I can't stand the after effects. Timbo - Hope your weekend is perky. I've never been able to swim. Mom even put us in swim lessons when we were kids so at least we wouldn't drown. I can dog paddle, float on my back, and go forward under the water, but I can't do the regular swim stroke thing. My longest run this a.m. since surgery - 4 miles - and cripes! Who knew 4 miles could be so dang tuff? Am suppose to be keeping my HR under 160 for now. Yeah right. Av Pace/Best/HR 1. 10:11/9:10/145 2. 10:21/8:34/161 3. 9:48/8:07/160 4. 10:30/8:49/160 And most of Miles 3-4 were at a decline. I have a sneaking suspicion that tomorrow's trail run is going to include a lot of walking.

I dislike those fish burps so much that I've stopped taking my fish oil pills. What's a brand that doesn't cause that? Add me to those in the crazy weather corridor. After barely breaking into the 20s on Tuesday, today it was 60 degrees and sunny. It's supposed to be 80 on Sunday! Yikes. That is not going to be pleasant long run weather. I ran a sluggish 13 miles this morning. The heat and strong SW winds were not an aid to running any faster. I am definitely in need of new shoes. My current pair have over 800 miles on them. I wear the Asics Gel Nimbus, but am not a fan of the new lacing system on the 10s. I can probably rustle up a pair of 9s still, but have a feeling I'm going to have to find a new shoe eventually. I swam for a year round club for years and years and swam in college too and never did get the hang of bi-lateral breathing. Luckily, I don't need to breathe every stroke except when swimming fast intervals. I can understand wanting to learn it, but I just never was comfortable with it. Deb, good to hear that you made it out for a run! I hope you are feeling better than yesterday. Holly, your DD sounds like my younger one. She has absolutely got the most outgoing personality and can walk into a room full of strangers and have three best friends by the end of an hour. I think she'd absolutely love that sleep over your DD is attending! I hope your son has fun with the pool. Tim and all, have a great weekend.

Meg--I believe the ones that I take are Nature's Bounty. I get them at Walgreen's whenever they have the BOGOF sales. I picked them originally because they appear to be the only brand that contains no cholesterol. Figure if I'm taking them to improve cardio health, I don't need to add that in. As I said before, I never notice any fish burps, so that's not why I picked them.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll see if I can find some enteric coated ones. The gel caps are the ones I've used and they always give me nasty fish burps! Holly, are the flax oil ones just a good as fish? If so, I will try those.

Fish burps sound unpleasant. 33F, frost coated gravel and shrubbery, sun blazing. 5 miles @ 10:48 with two hills. Nice easy paced run, no body parts complaining, and after logging 51.7 miles the past 7 days, that makes me There is a regular runner on my loop, she is at least as old as I am, but looks twice as fast. I was thinking of changing directions next time she passes me, striking up a conversation and covertly hitting the lap button on my Garmin so I can measure how fast she is going.

We get the Fish Oil capsules at Sam's, too. I just take whatever my DH brings home. We used to get some that gave us fishy burps, I felt like a seal! But the capsules we have now don't seem to do that. Like Sue, I take other stuff, too but mainly the calcium/vit. D and glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM. We have wind today! Wow, we don't usually get much for wind. I snivel about breezes most of you would find pleasant. For all my cold temp outings, I'm really a "fair weather runner" and avoid wind, rain and active snowfall if I can. We got about a foot of snow yesterday, it's incredible. Today we have wind. So tonight we'll have drifts! Fun how that all works out. For now, I'm watching ravens playing with the wind and catching the currents off the side of the building. A couple of them hang there, look like suspended animation, right outside my window. Very cool.