Tselbs, from Wikipedia: In the famous 1991 book Generations, William Strauss and Neil Howe defined the birth years as 1943 to 1960. (instead of the usual '46-'64). In that case, wouldn't you be in and I be out?

That's interesting, nono. You made me feel younger. Thanks. TomS

Jlynne, 10 on the dreadmill at 5:30 am - wowza. You're nuts. Mary, 9 in a snowstorm sounds better to me. Although you're probably nuts too. Leslie, I liked your "here's your sign" comeback to the driver. Bill Engvall's a funny dude. Perch, great racing! Your training sure is paying off. Nono, you've had some speedy running lately. What's your secret? (sea level?) Holly, way to tough out a 20 miler. The wind can really sap your energy. Too bad you couldn't just keep going with the wind at your back and call for a ride at the end! But I guess 20 miles is kind of far to expect someone to come fetch you. Maybe there's a bus? Mari, nice 20 for you too! I don't think I could speed up that much for miles 12-15. Enke, nice "happy place" running in the horse poop! I had to skip my planned run after the eye doctor appointment yesterday because my eyes were dilated and I couldn't see very well. So I'm seriously behind on mileage this week and trying to make it up this weekend. I did a variety run today: first, 4 hilly miles with Tazzie and Ladybug. We got about 2" of snow last night so I wore yaks, but took them off partway through and set them under a tree because there was more bare dirt than snow. But then the next mile was almost all snow, so I wished I still had them on. Then DD and I went to the rec center where I joined her for the 2 miles on her schedule today. (Tomorrow is her first ever 5 miler!) She dropped me at the crest of the hill on the way to the rec center and also on the way home, so I got in another 1.8 miles all downhill. Kind of cheating to have her drop me off at the high point, but it's tough to run up and over that hill twice. And I'd already done it twice on my run with the dogs. So a grand total of 7.8 miles today.

Ouch, sorry about the fall, Carolyn. Where'd you find bare dirt? Enke, I think mid-40's are about IRC, too. Especially with no wind or rain! Mariposai, I do several 30 mile weekends and while they're tiring I think they're pretty good training in the last couple of months before the marathon. We had a beautiful day here, with nice temps (14 when I started, 9 when I was done) and bright sunshine. A little breeze made for some uncomfortable wind chill, especially on my face, but didn't really slow me down. I did find myself wishing I'd had a second layer on my top... another long sleeved tee would've been nice. Oh well. Bike paths were plowed, some better than others but overall pretty nice considering all the snow we got this past week. Goal today was an overall marathon pace run, and since I'm not sure what to plan for MP I was hoping to keep it between 8:20 and 8:30. Started out sorta easy with some road crossings and hilly parts, then settled into some nice paces for the later miles. 10.5 miles, 8:15 avg pace. Mile splits: 8:28, 8:23, 8:28, 8:20, 8:27, 8:17, 8:12, 8:01, 7:50, 8:01, and 7:58 for the last half mile. I'm really pleased with mile 7 (8:12) because that had an icy road crossing and a pretty good sized hill on the overpass over the train tracks. Sure hope I saved some of that sproink for tomorrow's long run...