Good Morning! Tim – thanks for starting us out. I have the same weather here, and was lucky that I switched out my LR for today instead of tomorrow, due to a late night planned tonight. RunninginDC – I downloaded AdAware to my computer and run scans regularly for what I call “spybots,” which build up quickly and slow down my computer tremendously - I thought I was the only one who used the term. Kudos to you for figuring out how to rid yourself of a Trojan Horse. 14 easy-paced miles for me today (ave pace 9:55), legs a bit stiff and sore from yesterday’s weights. I need to work out how to keep up my strength training without the soreness affecting my LRs. I do the same darn exercises every week - you'd think I'd be used to them by now. We’re having a rare night out tonight, going to a friend’s surprise birthday party at one place, followed by dancing at another. Since the kids are spending the night at my dad’s, we decided to have dinner out before the party as well. Calorie overload, for sure, but I’ll work on running it off next week… Happy Saturday!

After my long run last Saturday, I came down with some sort of cold/flu. So no runs for the whole week. This is the first time I've had something that made my joints hurt. My run today, even though it's supposed to be long, was only 4 miles. Back to square one I guess. Good runs all.

Nice runs, everyone -- especially Tim's 30 I set out to do 8 miles easy, and I guess that's what I did. Not really sure if it matters easy vs. general aerobic, but this run was on the GA side of the fence. Workout: 7.1 miles, 8:13/mi, AHR 150 Overall 8.1 miles, 1:07 Have a great day today!

Have loads of fun tonight Holly! WRFB returned last night from another two weeks on the road, so I opted out of our 8pm conference call. I am assuming that the world didn't come to an end, though I suppose I won't know for sure 'til I get into work in an hour or so. It'll be a short stint - I'm working on an elaborate birthday cake for dawndaughter2's 23rd. and I'll need a couple hours this afternoon to finish it off. Oh - and 6.3 miles for me today in a mix of rain and snow. Felt peppier than early in the week.

Evan, your neighbor's encounter with a moose sounds scary. Steve, thanks for the pictures of your grandson. bap, I'm glad to hear your lungs are improving. anachrotech, sorry about the setback. I hope it's temporary. Nice long runs for perch, CNY, enkephalin, Holly (before a big night), and breger (with the big boys and girls). Good job on the speedwork for jjj, Mustang Sally, and BTY. This morning, I lacked enthusiasm for my weekly 12 miler but went out anyway. It was a nice day, temps in the low 30s, a light wind, and the roads had hard packed snow but were not particularly slippery. I plodded along, not feeling too bad and at the approximate miles when I hit the splits button on my GPS, I could see I was keeping it under a 10 minute pace which was fine with me. As I got closer to the end, it looked like I'd picked up a little time. Also, the last couple of miles were harder than usual which I attributed to just being one of those days that the old body doesn't like a longer run. When I finished, I checked my overall time, about 1:55 and pace 9:35 which was plenty acceptable. Later, when I was filling out my log and scrolling through the laps on my GPS, I found I started with a 9:28 pace for the first two miles then slowed a bit which is not unusual. I kept finding somewhat normal mile paces until I got to mile 10. Holy carp, my GPS had me for an 8:12 pace for that mile. In retrospect, I can't remember consciously doing or feeling anything different in that mile, but it might have contributed to the tough last two miles. A good day and good runs for all. TomS

Anachrotech, don't be discouraged! I had a similar cold the foirst week of Jan, then did hills and hurt my heel stretching afterwards so almost no runs before mid-month, but found I got back on track quickly and have done my long runs the last couple of weekends. Short run scheduled today then longer tomorrow. Simon.

Morning Boomers. Ran a 15K Valentine race this morning in 27F temps (nice) but 25-30 mph winds. Fresh snow last night made for tricky footing so no PR for me. I was pleased that I was able to keep up with my niece and her friend (both 32 years old) for the whole run, and we finished in 1:27:30. You have to love Wisconsin people. When we crossed the finish line, volunteers were handing out chocolate candy bars and cheese! Good Saturday runs to all, Jeanne