A 10.5 miler for me this lovely morning, followed by a mile swim. That puts me over the 100 mile mark for the first time! Woo hoo!! WTG Liz for your PR as well. Thursday, my doc put me on a diuretic for my newly acquired HBP I think that is why I had to actually stop once during this morning's run and beg for water at a convenience store. I also had mucho cramps whilst swimming. But it will all work out eventually. All you people w/ snow, send some this way!!! We desperately need a day off from school! Surely you must remember Tom, how by Jan. 31st, you had just had it. And I can't help you w/ your problem, but as I'm rapidly approaching my new decade, I will look forward to any answers you receive. Holly, have a wonderful dinner party. You're so Martha Stuart! Happy Saturday to all!

Nice run, Byll, and yes I agree the traffic is bad at that time of day. But the world didn't end and you got your run in, so it's all good, right? And good pace today... that's where I seem to end up on my "just to run" runs. Holly, I was thinking of doing a wave run on the TM, too. There's no way to hold paces steady out there now with all the snow and ice, and for me... road crossings! There's that traffic issue again... But I also have a hard time holding the correct paces out on the roads anyway with hills, intersections, cars, snow, etc that I've thought of setting it up on the TM. But wave runs are supposed to be in the 12-14 mile range, right 'Ribs? I remember trying it on a 20 and just about died, and was scolded for it afterwards. EGH3... when I had bad shin splints, the only way they healed was to stop running. Sorry to say it, but that's the only thing that worked. And what got me to stop running was I hurt my knee... Nothing like some severe tendinitis to put a whoa in your go. When I was all healed up from that, I was delighted to notice my shins were 100%! Try taking 5 days off, keep icing, maybe try pool running if you can (the best and most boring thing you'll ever do for recovery) and see how it goes. Happy birthday to Divechief and Aija! I'll get my run in later, will try it outside but will wait till this afternoon. It's -20 out there now, supposed to warm up to -10 or -15 later. But with all the new snow we got the last couple of days, it might just be too much (cold + new snow) and I'll retreat to the 'mill. Oh well, that's what it's there for, right?

I was in a training class all day yesterday, so didn't have time to read or post. But I did get two runs in! I ran 4 miles at lunch, and another 3.1 miles after class, since we got out at 4 pm and it was still light. At lunch I ran a mile down the road from the training building to a dirt trail, but only had time for a mile on the trail before turning around to get back to class. Later in the afternoon, we were looking out the window during a break and saw several cops chasing a guy, then tackling him, punching him, and cuffing him face down in the parking lot right below the window! Gee, those Denver cops look so friendly. Turns out it was a shoplifter running from the WalMart across the street. I'm thinking it wasn't the best area to be running alone... So after work, I stopped in Golden on the way home and ran on the creek path - much safer area. Helen, I liked your comment about Holly being so Martha Stewart! Except I doubt Martha ran 16 miles on a treadmill before her dinner parties! And your comment about passing 100 miles for the month (congrats!) made me realize it's time for the monthly mileage thread!

Peter, I too am self-employed and my income for the month of January was zero. Spareribs

That's good training if you want to be a carpenter in this economy. I smile, but until the HELOCs start flowing again, and that may be awhile, I will be very fortunate to remain as busy as I have been. I'm currently booked through April, so I shouldn't complain....but in the past I've been booked for up to 1 1/2 years. No run today; 7 on the TM yesterday, long run tomorrow.

Peter NC, Spareribs and Walt.RB I sure hope business picks up again for all of you. A long time friend of my DW and myself lost a major account and I am a bit worried about her financial situation. I wish some of the economic forecasts looked better. My DW says she is starting to dread reading the WSJ in the morning. Hopefully the low interest rates we have now will do something sooner rather than later.

Tramps That guy has a nice lean. I feel incredibily tired after reading about Holly's 16 miler wave run on the TM, then all the stuff she has planned for the rest of the day...pass me some of that energy please! 6 slow miles, 15 min on the bike. I am hoping to do at least 8 tomorrow (preferrably 12) so I can hit 40 for the week. It is such a magical number and 39 just won't do.

2 easy miles, then 6 400's at an average of 1:28 with as many pullups as I could do between the 400's (average was about 12), then another easy 2 miles to cool down.

Well, there's a workout not many of us here could do. Good job. Spareribs