13 mile fell race while most of you were still in bed. Just below freezing at the start and a strong East wind, lots of mud and hills then we got snow at the end. 1:56:00, no idea where I came as I decided to get home before the weather got worse, so now its dinner and a long bath until my skin winkles.

The Superbowl is getting big over here again even though it is in the middle of the night for us. They are bringing a game over to London and sold all 75,000 tickets almost immediately

I just finished 12 miles at 10:22 pace. Now it's time for a shower and some pre-party chores to get ready for the aforementioned Super Bowl party with the homebrew crowd. I plan to eat a lot of chili and drink moderate amounts of really-good-beer.

Good morning all, Jules2, what is a "fell" race? 18.08 miles of hills @ 9:23 this morning...an absolutely gorgeous day here, daffodils are coming up and it will get into the 60's today. Enjoy the game everyone!

Its a cross country involving hills and mountains, some are only a couple of mile or so but go straight up and down the side of a mountain others are a lot longer but they all involve hard climbs. The name comes from the fells in the Lake District and they have been going for a couple of hundred years at first it was shepherds and mountain guides and even now they are separate from athletics for example the race today was organised by a climbing club.

9 miles...7:56 pace

Alright Jules, mud, snow, wind, & hills all that fun makes you feel young don't it Superbowl! I live in mostly Steelers country but grew up in Browns country. I'm hoping for Cardinals mostly cause I 'm a Kurt Warner fan and Larry Fitzgerald is great. Can't deny that the Steeler organization is a class act and the players ain't bad neither. Lou the homebrew club party sounds like a goodtime I'll be at a high school athletic booster club fundraising party, very costly but could win some money and it was fun last year. 30 degrees warmer than yesterday, beautiful sunny 33 F for our 7 mile club run this morning. I spent 9 years on-call for serious injury vehicle accidents and let me tell you, the 2 hours after the Superbowl are the most deadly of the year. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE TONIGHT.

Tammy—glad you’re enjoying the Garmin. Neat, isn’t it? Erika—you nailed that run last night! Great job. Jules—glad you explained the “fell” designation; makes that time all the more impressive! PBJ—puppy bowl? Peter—nice one with all those hills, as usual. Doug—glad you’ve got a break from the deep freeze…at least for a day. Gordon—it’s great to see you back, but do your posts have to go on and on and on like that? A warm front moved in during my run. At the start, temps were 28F with a pretty strong wind and my hands were cold. By the end, temps had and shot up to 52F; still windy but I was sweating by then. 21 mile progression run in 4-mile increments: 4 @ 8:56 4 @ 8:41 4 @ 8:26 4 @ 8:04 Then my “No-look Final-4 Fast-Finish Miles”® (pick up the pace and run entirely by feel—no Garmin peeks!) 7:52 - 7:31 - 7:26 - 7:19 Cool-down mile @ 9:18 I had fun. Trying to hit the target times helps make the run go by faster and I practice patience by running so slow at the start.

Thanks for the nice comments on my run yesterday. I was happy with it because I usually do such a crappy job at consistent pacing and I did this pretty much by feel! I checked the Garmin every now and then for overall time, but not really pace. Mariposai, today I'm planning on 16, but I may do like Holly and hit the TM for this one, or at least most of it. Running out in those temps (-24 now) and the snow... it just takes a lot out of me. Tramps, I don't have the patience to do those first 4 at almost 9 minute pace! That's where the treadmill helps keep me honest... but then you don't really teach yourself anything using the TM cuz it's doing the "pacing work" for you. Very nice run for you today! Sometimes I pick someone's description of their weather conditions and say I want to be there for the day. Today I'm picking Peter's day. That sounds wonderful, can't imagine daffodils coming up! Wow, nice. That Brewclub party sounds like a lot of fun... nothing so organized here. We'll watch the game and commercials, but I'll be up and around doing other stuff too. DS2 has soccer from 1-3, and the game starts at 2:30 here so he's not real happy with that. But we'll just hang around the house, grill some bratwurst and have shredded pork sandwiches, drink some adult (and non-adult) beverages and call it good. Hi PBJ and Gordon! Nice of you to stop by.