Good Morning! Where is everyone today? Mariposai – beautiful photos yesterday. Dg – poor Sadie.... Erika – enjoy your time in the sun. Tammy – I made that apple cinnamon cake this weekend and it is unbelievably good! But I don’t understand why it was in Cooking Light magazine – it’s not exactly what I would consider low-calorie. But then, who could possibly limit themselves to a sliver that is 1/12th of the cake? One bite and you’re hooked... No run for me today, light x-training instead, mostly core work and upper body. Happy Monday!

Good morning Holly and Peter. Nice run this morning, Peter. I've got some Bob Seger on my IPod as well. Holly - what is this apple cinnamon cake you're talking about, and is this a recipe I should try? I signed up for a half marathon last week and it feels good to have something to train for, even if it's not until May. I did intervals this morning - one mile warmup followed by 30 minutes of intervals on the dreadmill with the rest speed set at 6.3 and work speed at 7.3, two minutes of each. I finished with a mile cool-down and 3 minutes of Holly's inclined lunges. I'm ready to go lay down! Have a great day, everyone.

5 easy miles on four inches on fresh snow plus one hour of snow shoveling as a XT I don't want to go to work today....I want to play more in the snow... Erika sistah...have fun in Florida!!!!!!!!! Jlynne, great workout. wonderful news about your Half Marathon in May...great time to start aiming at a race. Holly, are we going to keep the weekly non-weight-gain challenge? I hope so, that was helpful. Hi Tramps Twocats, keep up with the stretches three times a day...you will be amazed at the result after one week.

6 miles of running in a giant Slurpee...8:30 pace

That is a great way of putting it. Make that a Cola flavored Slurpee No runs or other workouts for me yet today. I had the alarm set for 4:15am with my swim gear set out but decided I had earned a morning off and stayed warmly snuggled next to my wife. I hoping to get a decent swim in after work followed by a quick 5 miler tonight. There is nothing on the schedule for activities tonight so I should have the time. Over the last several weeks I have been preparing for an upcoming 4 mile local race. I've been talking alot of smack so I need to make sure I can back my $h!t up! The stakes just got higher because I just found out that one of my competitors has been sandbagging on our public log. He hasn't fully disclosed all the miles or his actual pace.......That just tells me he must be scarred (or I've been talking TO MUCH smack and now I'm due for a dose) Everyone have a Great Day Running !

Jlynne - Yes, indeed! Here’s the link to the recipe: Cinnamon-Apple Cake from Cooking Light http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=222502 I used Golden Delicious apples instead of Rome, and this was melt-in-your-mouth good! I recommend it warm with vanilla ice cream. Mariposai – the final weigh-in on the 5-week challenge is this Thursday, but I agree that we should set new post-holiday goals at that point and start another session. Slo_Hand – sandbagging on a running log? Not very competitive, is he? UMWB - you mean you have to actually run to starth the thread?

Hi Back at work too.... feels wierd 4 Magical Healing Miles with Tory this morning in 40:10 (10:02 pace). Ran in new shoes, shorts and tee in 55F...nice

Hi Boomers, Happy Monday! I'm just getting around to posting yesterday's run: 3 miles with DD at the rec center indoor track. It only got up to 12 degrees yesterday and I just wasn't up for running outside on the big hills. Tramps, your hills look pretty big, from the graph you posted yesterday, but that elevation is so low! Is your low point really 20 ft? My hills are similar sized but the low point is 9200 ft! I thought my dogs would be bummed that I wasn't gonna take them running, but they looked pretty darn comfy sleeping on the window seat, so off I went to the rec center. This was DD's first time running 3 miles straight in her C25K program! I lapped her once at about 0.5 miles, but when I caught up to her the second time, she sped up and wouldn't let me by! I took one short break to take my shoes off ( I did half the run barefoot) and when I caught up to her, she wouldn't let me by again! I tried a couple of times but she sped up each time. So I just ran easy right behind her. Avg pace about 9:45.

good morning! Gordon... yuck! did you freeze your feet? Erika... "Amazing how I've finally figured out how to manage it after fighting it for so long...". What are you doing that is working? glad you get a few days to adjust. not like New York. S.h.Steve, when's your race? Jeanne, cool. Which half? speaking of those lunges... where's Mary? Holly. "I used Golden Delicious apples instead of Rome, and this was melt-in-your-mouth good! I recommend it warm with vanilla ice cream.". Stop it!!! oogly... narrow escape. I was still a little sore this morning & really didn't know what was best to do. I decided to go ahead & try a gentle workout & see what happened. I think it was a good choice. . 2.57 miles at about a 10.34 pace, then 20 min. on the elliptical. This recovery run stuff is pretty cool. (thanks). I think I feel better than I did. Still will probably take it easy for a day or 2. Sunday was probably a mistake. I will try to make those less often. MTA, Carolyn, that's so nice to read about your DD! good for her. Nono... glad your legs & back seem ok. didn't remember it was your legs too..