Good morning, all. a lot of people seem to be sleeping in this morning. I was 3rd on the daily, which I never seem to manage. Of course, they;re probably still out running greater distances than me it was a nice run this morning. I love running in the snow, especially with little to no wind. a balmy 27F this morning, with about 1/2" of snow on the ground. happy to have brought the trax with me as the new snow made the old ice very treacherous. I'll second (3rd?) the suggestion that you don't get carried away with the pace bunny. I will acknowledge that I am doing the same thing, but hope that I can use it as motivation and and not an absolute plan. Having said that, I'm happy to see teresa high on the list and Eliz tight on his tail (and I'm catching back up, I hope) Linda--I amazed that you can move around at all, much less try to run, with everything you have conspiring against you. think I'd be curled in the fetal position in the corner at this point. whoever said that women aren't as tough as men doesn't know what they're talking about. Deb--tiny steps is a good philosophy at this point, I think. In the "do as I say, not as I do" mode (since I do NO other x-training) keep up with the PT and other exercises so you'll be better off when you can get in a real run. waves to everyone else this morning. now that I've hung out here for a while, the sports section beckons, so I can read about how badly the Pats will beat the Giants

I wasn't going to bring up the pacebunny, because some people do fine with that sort of schedule. But when you follow the a strict schedule, it can bring problems. For me & certainly Debbie, it just doesn't work.. thats how we get into problems.. for others, you tend to push through injuries but not pay attention - just hoping for healthy times for all! Cause those things sure can be fun if you're healthy. For me, I learned a long time ago to go by my own schedule, beat to my own drum, etc... lol Kevin/Eliz/Mr White & everyone else - ahh thanks! its a choice you know, you either do it or you don't... So, I don't give up just because it isn't on some certain level - its still beneficial, thats how I look at it. Plus Kevin, I thought they say women are the stonger sex Actually this comes from my dad (who has been told many times by doctors that he shouldn't be alive in his stage of Diabetes) for years now. He's still looking for a cure for his Diabetes & his blood problems too. When I was a kid, he took us to do lots of fun things.. but would never let us quit - it just wasn't allowed. You didn't even bother whining & crying, because it made no difference.. I remember one time when we went skiing, we were intermediate level skiiers & accidentally went to a black diamond run which had amazing moguls.. my brother & I wanted to walk down.. (I think I was about 14 or 15), but you guessed it, it didn't matter how we did (falling all the way...), but we did it. I think those types of experiences just stuck with me. (Plus lying in a fetal position is absolutely no fun!, believe me I've been there, but not for long) & also there's the German blood in me & my dad - you know those Germans are just so stubborn!! lol

Deb, I agree with you not joining the pace bunny thing until youre healed. I read about the bunny and thought it was a good idea but not until I am 100%. Glad to see youre sticking through all the other exercises and PT too. I keep getting told that hamstrings heal slowly. Eliz, Did you get your 3 on the boardwalk? Sounds like heaven. I am jealous. Hows work going? Kevin, I just hope those Pats dont get cocky and screw it up. Would be a shame. Not a Pats fan here but I want them to go all the way. They worked too hard all season to blow it now. You handle the cold really well. You must be a well seasoned New Englander like Theresa. Theresa, follks from Maine are the hardiest of all New Englanders. 13 degrees! I would die the instant I walked outside. I'm such a warm weather wimp. That race I did in Florida this fall was heaven. 70s and humid! Covered in sweat at the end. My type of running weather. Hopefully I'll win the HGTV dream home this year and be a Florida runner after all, hahahaha. Linda, I really liked your ski story. Thats almost survival training of the fun kind. I've pawned my running partners off on each other. I brought them together to run with me and now I am out of the picture all together. They have even planned a few races this year. Did 30 mins on the eliptical this AM. Which is like no workout at all. Barely broke a sweat. Boredom set in 20 mins into it. Ugh. This is what they have me do in PT...a variety of stretching, warm ups, ultrasound massage which appears to have to effect at all. Then some massage with stainless steel instruments. Hurts like hell but the muscle is all soft and warm when its done and the kinks are worked out. Then some strengthening exercises. Usually about an hour and a half total and I am worn out when done. They taped the muscle up last time which helps somewhat. About to wrap it up again. Laurie "I miss running, waaaaaa"

Laurie--just looked at the 7 sister's race site. I think it may be a little out of my range at this point. 12 miles with 3700' in elevation Maybe someday. Since I've just hit 7 miles and not much over an hour, it may be a while. Kevin

Eliz, Definatelly post about your job on this board. Isnt that what these boards are for?

That's sweet, but I do run partly to forget about work. Beats drinking to forget, right? Rest day today after running two consecutive days for the first time in a month. Not feeling any worse for wear and looking forward to running late tomorrow afternoon. OK, minor work rant - left the house at 6:00 a.m., got home at 6:00 p.m., worked essentially straight through, not counting the 40-minute commute each way, during which I was planning lessons in my head, and I still feel totally swamped. Even if every part of my job were absolutely perfect (which no parts are), there are just too darn many parts! I'm on a TV fast this week in order to spend the time I would have been vegging out in front of CSI reruns working on my resume and tracking down job leads. Good runs, all, Eliz

Good morning, 46 degrees and 17mph winds. We are supposed to really get socked tonight. It sounds like Toledo should be expecting 16 degrees and 30 - 40 mph winds. I may just blow off my run tomorrow morning and sleep in. 4 blustery miles for me this morning. Mike

Good morning Everyone, Roberta, I think that should work. Pick a race out now and use it as a goal. I bagged my run for this morning. 9 degrees and 45 - 50 mph winds. I'm afraid that without a gps, I'm not sure I would be able to figure out where I ended up when the winds stopped blowing. Cheers Mike

Not much time to really check in right now, but I can take a moment to post a link to One-Hour Runner: http://www.coolrunning.com/major/97/training/swit0214.htm#run Enjoy. Dragged myself through 3.1 miles last night. Nasty air in my afternoon school yesterday made it hard to breathe last night. Also, I wore my Dansko clogs to school and I think that contributed to my feet getting really sore toward the end of mile 2. At least the evening was misty and warm - good for the sinuses and lungs. Rest night (frantically write lesson plans for the rest of the week night) tonight so that I can get back out there tomorrow evening. Eliz