I woke up at 4:30 and decided to get my can on the treadmill. My DS brought over this little fan, which was really helpful. 4 mile tempo this morning in 43:40. I have to put this one down as pretty good. Good runs all.

Good morning! Very cold this morning at 16F. It wasn't as windy as predicted, though, so the cold wasn't too horrible. I decided to rest my knee a bit today -- planned 12 mile speed work was cut to a 4.5 mile recovery run. I didn't pay much attention to the pace or heart rate during the run, which made for kind of a fun run. But of course I have statistics: Workout: 3.5 miles, 8:14/mi, 136 AHR Overall: 4.5 miles, 37:35 Have a good day.

Good Morning, Master-Boomers!

Holly, any reason for 4 20 milers instead of 3?? Curious minds want to know.

Enk - I put together my plan after looking at 6-8 other plans, and listening to advice from other Boomer marathoners, and felt that the four 20-milers would be better preparation. I felt well-conditioned during both of the marathons I ran this year, I think due to having the four 20-milers, and although they were hard, I didn't hit the wall or feel "completely spent" at the end of either of them (which might mean I didn't run them fast enough or I'm just really lucky). When I got up this morning it was 8(feels like –6) degrees. I found my Garmin knocked off the cradle and therefore dead, contemplated the many layers I would need to run in, and decided on the treadmill in the garage instead. 2 mile WU, then 5-minute slow-to-fast segments (6.0, 6.4, 6.8, 7.2, 8.0mph) x 4 2 miles at MP (6.8mph) plus 1.8 mile CD at 6.5mph 8 miles total I should say that today’s intervals were not part of my marathon-training plan – they were solely to make the TM time go by faster…

Good morning Boomers. A balmy 2 below zero here this morning. Headed to the Y for a warm-up mile and 40 minutes of intervals with a work speed of 7.3 and rest 6.3 at 1% incline. Then did some upper body weights and crunchies. I'm reporting in for Boomer Diets with an official YMCA scale weight of 123. The holidays were not kind to me! My goal is to try to act like a reasonable adult during the week, and allow myself a "treat" or alcoholic beverage on the weekends. I'd like to not look like the StaPuff marshmallow man for my son's wedding in June. Good Thursday runs, everyone!

Better a baklava for a snack than a balacava out and back. Dark Horse

That's good. I had a piece of baklava after I removed my balaclava. Mike

Spareribs, Chess alert -- I was only able to draw my game last night against a 1586-rated player. He played 1 d4 and I got nothing. I've never had anything good against 1 d4. Have you ever played 1 d4? If so, what defenses did you not like to face? Dark Horse, aka Winless in Newburyport

A brisk 21F today; nothing like those of you getting really cold temps. I'd much rather bundle up a bit than face the heat and humidity. 7.5 miles @ 8:41 pace; my HR was a little high today for some reason: AHR 147. I'll have to keep an eye on that. I always look forward to the annual baklava/ balaclava humor.

I ran last night, my plan is to run tonight again just to mix things up a little... Avoiding the cold temps in the early AM is also secondary motivation