Mornin' everyone!

A chilling quote, TomW.

Holly - thanks. I know I can post even when I'm not working out; I also encourage other people to do that too. But if I do that too many days in a row, it just feels a little empty if I don't have anything to contribute on the subject matter of this forum. Meanwhile, congrats to DD on making the softball team!

MS, I'm glad your workouts yesterday made your VDD more bearable. Congrats on getting into the Master's program!!

Dave, I'm very glad for you that you've found someone who is helping resolve your long-standing back issues and that it is letting you feel like a runner again.

Good luck to Hudson at Trinity, Ribs. It seems he may be heading toward some tough but good choice to make.

Evanflein, my back issues have been minimized since I started doing more core work. As long as I keep it up, I feel pretty good, and I recover much more quickly when I overdo it. Meatloaf on a grill sounds delicious! Have a greta time at the formal gala!

Nice TM run, TSelbes.

6.3 RW predawn miles this morning, in about 9F temps. I worked, as I always seem to, on hip rotation and stride length this morning. Especially since I've been off the roads for a while, some attention to detail was good for me. We have our company's board of directors in for an all-day, off-site meeting today. Should be interesting...

Keep smiling and have a greta Friday!

Jay

What a lovely cake!

EK, we've been doing meatloaf out on the grill for quite some time and we think we have it down to a science.  We use soaked wood chips and put the lid on and it gets a delicious smoky flavor and crust.  Hope yours turned out great.

Snowing like crazy here and this is the weekend of Cowtown, so you can imagine all the hubbub.  it will likely turn out to be nothing.  I am far more concerned about our flight to San Antonio this afternoon and Hudson's day at Trinity.

5 miles in the park with the Saint today.  It was 29 and a bit windy so I wore a windbreaker, but otherwise okay.  Spareribs

 

I took a slice of the chocolate liquor banana bread I had made, topped it with some vanilla ice cream and then finished it up with some pecan praline liquor.  

OMG, that sounds good....that cake Mariposai posted looked fabulous, too.  On the subject of sweets, DD brought something home from church that someone had made: in a muffin cup, cookie dough on the bottom, a mini Reese cup in the center, and then brownie mix for the top layer.  The end result was a ridiculously decadent muffin-cookie.  I took a bite and nearly fell out of my chair it was so good.  I told DD to NEVER get the recipe, as that item must be banned from my house forevermore.  I think my butt is getting bigger just thinking about it.....

Intervals on the TM for me today, just alternating one slow and two-minutes fast, nothing crazy, but since I have been feeling so sluggish of late, I was surprised to find that this felt pretty energetic.  I ended up doing a 1 mile WU, 3 miles of intervals, and then 5.7 miles after that because I got caught up in the movie I was watching - Warm Bodies - sort of a cross between Zombie Apocalypse and Twilight.  Call me shallow, but I actually enjoyed it.  I'm kind of sappy that way. 

9.7 miles total.

Since I work from home on Friday, I took the liberty of hitting the local running store for their annual half-price sale.  When I arrived at 10:30 the place was already mobbed.  Apparently there was a line at the door when the opened.  They did not have any of the Saucony Ride that I usually wear, but I bought a pair of Adidas Supernova Glide 6, whatever that is.  I almost never try different running shoes, and these are pretty darn ugly actually (grey with pale blue stripes), but they felt pretty good and the salesman said they were in the same category as the Rides, so I thought I would live dangerously and try something new.

Well, here is the story.  Hudson was supposed to be in San Antonio tomorrow morning for this scholarship opportunity, but flights down there are being cancelled due to the snow and it doesn't look like we're getting out of here tonight at all.

Now as to Cowtown, they cancelled the planned races for tomorrow, and Sunday's events (Half, Full and Ultra) have been moved to an hour later start.  SR Lopez is doing the ultra at Cowtown I just learned!  As for me, I'm just pacing a friend the final 6 miles so I really have no skin in the game.  Just sitting here waiting on flight updates.  Spareribs

You're welcome for my thoughtful suggestions.

Yes, I do really like Dave's posts.

Sal, I've got the same thing going with double digit runs. They seem like an extreme effort to plan and pull off. I can hardly remember doing regular mid-week runs of 10 and 11+ miles. Those qualify as long runs these days!

Gala is tonight. Apparently we're going home first to change, so I know we'll be a little late. Oh well. Who holds a gala on a workday starting at 6 pm?? It's put on by the Chancellor's office of the Fairbanks campus, and is a fund raiser for something... I should remember but I don't and I'm too lazy to look it up.

Plan was an afternoon run, but I've been swamped. It seems Fridays are my busiest days with one. thing. after. another. all. damn. day. Grrr.

I was also sad to hear about Spock.  Run long and prosper, friends.

I did a double digit run today, 10 miles in the snow wearing my Kahtoola microspikes.  I like them! I've mostly been wearing screw shoes, but thought I'd try something different for a little excitement...    I bought the microspikes for trail running, and even though I ran on the dirt roads today, they worked well on the plowed packed snow.

Here's a handy table of prime numbers to plan your run tomorrow:

2      3      5      7     11     13     17     19     23     29 
     31     37     41     43     47     53     59     61     67     71 
     73     79     83     89     97    101    103    107    109    113 
    127    131    137    139    149    151    157    163    167    173 
    179    181    191    193    197    199    211    223    227    229 
    233    239    241    251    257    263    269    271    277    281 
    283    293    307    311    313    317    331    337    347    349