I wonder how they ended up with Houston and Disney on the same weekend? Disney pushed their race back a week. Anybody know why? Fortunately, I see they have better weather in Disney this year. Here is to all the fleet footed boomers down south! After my long run yesterday today was a recovery run. First half alone, second half with DW. She left early to run 7 and I was happy to meet up with her so that I could run a bit less. Ended up with 6.21mi@9:47. Well it looks like the great weather here in CT ends tonight. They are forecasting 3-7 inches of snow this evening. That is going to make for just a really great commute tomorrow morning.

When Dexter-dog started running with Holly a few months ago, he had 6 inch legs.

Well, you know what they say about women and judging measurements accurately... Spareribs - I meant to say that mcsolar was the one who posted about it on the recent marathon training speedwork thread. I see now that he said you were the one who called it "wave runs." Tramps - golly you were such a cutie! Mari - I don't know how often I will do the wave runs, but every other weekend from here till May I will do a 12-14-mile LR (alternating with 18-20-miiles on the weeks in between) and that seems like a good run to do that in.

Good Afternoon Everyone, 5 miles in 45:51 for me today. Cheers Mike

I was out pretty early this morning for a little over 12 miles at a nice easy 10:10 pace. I dislike starting out in the dark on weekends, but I was rewarded with a nice sunrise about half-way through the workout. Like Holly, I am shifting between medium-long and long on alternate weekends. I think mine will average a mile or two shorter than hers in each case. Trying to take good care of my fragile bones...

Good Morning! I swung by my house and ran the last mile with the Dexter-dog. He only has 4” legs, but he easily outpaces me…grrr… Hoping the racers have an excellent day!

I have one point to make and one question. Point: You look better in a running skirt than Dexter. Question: How far is that in Dog miles??? Erika, I rode a bicycle 7.5 miles to work in -10F...I was dressed for -30F...I over heated. As soon as I stopped, I tore layers off. The grabbed my bike and my hand froze to it. It's good to see a post from you Ribs. 3.3 miles...Kinda slushy.. DD#1 is having a baby shower today. If it's a boy, I'm naming the baby Robin and getting it a red romper with a yellow cape. If it's a girl, I'm naming the baby Robin and getting it a red romper with a yellow cape. The hard part is not knowing. We don't want to jump the gun and wind up getting the wrong thing.

HermosaBoy, If you're lurking, let us know how you are and how ReHab is going. Meet any women who dig scars????

Craneium - nice running ...keep it up! Chris - I try to keep it simple. I consider recovery and easy runs to be basically the same. The key of course is to run your easy/recovery runs easy, however you detemine the pace. I use Daniels and my easy pace is about 1:30 slower than MP. It was tough to do at first, but I find I can put in more mileage with easy runs and minimize the stress on my body. I do two "fast or speed" sessions a week (if I can call them that) which is about 10-15 % of my total mileage ... everything else is easy/recovery. Also, my LR pace will usually be the same as any "recovery" run I might do the following day. Today's run is a good example. Nice easy 9.5 miles @ 9:50 in 1:34. Felt pretty good following yesterday's 16-miler. A victory of sorts having run some good mileage this week while fighting this chest cold. PJ