6.66 miles 30 deg F with a 20 mph se wind pumping moisture up from the gulf light snow/freezing rain. I almost bagged it but put on my heavy coat and walked out to the road and found it mostly dry as the couple inches of snow last night blew off, so dressed to run and headed out. Really not that bad out with the wind and probably didn't need my long sleeve tee under my softshell. Run went fine, really suprised to see I ran a 10:13 pace, amazing what a 20mph tailwind can do. DW picked me up and I was chilled by the time we got home, my clothes were soaked. Winter storm watch tonight, Let it snow!! Have a great week forties folks!!

Kelly - I read your post on last week's thread. Congratulations! Great run! And kudos to the SO for giving you such a great bday.

Hi Kiddos- Busy weekend for me being on the other end of the Bday thing.DW's b-day on Fri.Got the kids together and out to dinner.Ended up having a real nice time. R2-Really good to hear that you are running strong.The warm weather will get there soon. Kelly-Happy Bday to you too! Leslie -how's the hip problem going? I am on the bench.Yep,injury time-out.First one since starting this running thing over 10 months ago.The knee feels fine while walking,stairs ,etc.No swelling or soreness except while running.Took only one run in the past 4 days,that was yesterday.Felt fine until mile#4 when I get the minor pain in my right knee.From reading up on it,I would say either ITBS or tendonitis is the culprit.Very discouraging but I'm keeping the chin up.Going to give it about 4-5 days rest,then see what happens. Happy St Pat's to all you Irish folks!

Joe: Here's the info I found: http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/itband.v2.html "Some runners make the mistake of only running on one side of the road. Most roads are higher in the center and slope off on either side. The foot that is on the outside part of the road is therefore lower than the other. This causes the pelvis to tilt to one side and stresses the IT band." At the link I provided, there's a stretch they show where you stand at a counter, extend one leg behind and across your body and squat in the other leg. I may have been doing it wrong, but it felt like my knees were being really stressed. Might help.

Hi All, Still cold here in New England, but there's a rumor that Spring is coming. I'm usually in shorts starting in March, but pants are still required this year. 5 chilly miles along the Charles today with a north wind. Joe, along with stretches for the ITB, work hard on the quads. That helped me a few years back when I went through this, at the advice of a PT. The best exercise I found for the quads is to put a treadmill on the highest incline, set the speed at about 2.5 to 3mph, and jog backwards for sets of two minutes each. It's a lot tougher than it sounds. Good luck.

That is the only way I have been able to continue running without going in for a cortizone shot.

Ack! I've had a couple of those in my wrist over the years. Holy Mother of All Things Painful! Ooh - now I could actually run away!

Greetings 40's Folks! Hope everyone is Spring Transitioning well..... Nice progress R2 {{{{Joe!!}}} drats!! Leslie: there's an article about C. Engle in the new Runner's World too...I haven't finished it yet....like most of my reading these days! hope you get your sink fixed soon....I'm still doing my dishes by hand as my dishwasher has gremlins...same as my 29 yr old stove, 23 yr old washing machine....I'm gonna bulldoze this place an start over any minute now maybe I should just "run away from home!" I did get to "run" the St Patty's7K on Sunday...despite DH accepting an invitation to go over to friends' house for "non running type food" (I'm trying non-alcoholic beer these days) & T.P. (I suck cause I don't watch enough TV!) the eve before, & it seems I've come down w/a bit of a chest cold, & life being what it is, I'm not getting enough runs in..('nuff whinin'!)....Not sure how to take this though - input please: event info says: "certified course/7k chip timed..now, mind you, my only intent w/this "race" was purely experiential ~ just to "run the thing" as I haven't even been running a year yet!....however - "Garmin says course a bit long - 4.37 miles - & I forgot to stop the timer right when I crossed the finish (aarrgghh! always!!) so I stopped it @ 44:52:12 after spacing it off for a good 3-5 minutes!~ I had to wade through lotsa people to get to the race folks who removed my chip & tossed it into a bucket, then I'd waded my way to the water table, drank one & then located DH BEFORE I remembered to hit stop!! at least I'd remembered to start it right @ the gate..Anyways, so I went online to see what the chip said my time was & it had 45:03.2!! not that it's a big deal, but is this normal? Other things I learned: well, the last 5K, I started too far back in the pack & had to spend the 1st mile hurdling/dodging walkers....so this one, I started a bit too far fwd & kept trying to run w/the leaders! my 1st mile+ @ avg 8:56pc sooo, had to walk on the 1st hill....& the 2nd, cause I did it again! Took a 3rd walk break (yep, I did it again!) (Garmin said I had a brief under 7 time...& couldn't breathe!) & my guess is that I should have had around a 40 min 7K...not bad, all things considered...& I got to learn a few things... like the feeling of being passed by roughly 2,000 people wearing various green costumes.....I really liked the shirt that said "Chase Me! I'm Irish" before heading to the free beer tent! (I only had one small cup - after 24 oz of water & 12 oz of good quality coffee & later 2 16oz bottles of "organic" green tea).... I didn't take Mairead, but found out I could've, so I'll list it for next year....My DH bonded w/the beer man whilst their wives were running, so I guess we'll see them @ the Cherry Creek Sneak in May....Lotsa creative costumes in the crowd! I had on my Guinness pajama pants & lime green ball cap.....& since it was only 7K & Sunday is supposed to be my long run, I did another slow 5.25 miles w/both big dogs later in the afternoon.... minorly achey today...... Ciao!

Way to go Cindy.....nice race/pace. Getting caught up in the front or back with 2000 people is crazy. Makes for a fun race with that many people, especially seeing all that green. You did awesome and you haven't been running that long either. Woot, woot! No running to report here....just taking it easy for a couple of days. I have Friday off so.....a run looks doable in the a.m. and than back to moms to FINISH painting. Have a great HUMP day all.......Jewels