And the answer is--NO!  We will NEVER see the ground again for as long as we live!!!!  This winter will NEVER end!!!!   AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

We can see the ground but its still frozen here in Indiana. Sheesh.

Little 6.2 at lunch. Its actually quite pleasant so there is hope or as the say Hope Spring Eternal. Get it? I'll be here all week and don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses.

And I didn't have any weird dreams but the cat woke me at 4:30. And no pink pajamas for me but I go have some Angry Bird one's.

Adios for now.

Playing  catch up from the weekend, but

Tet had a great race, as usual.

Holly is wearing pink pj's to her daughter's school because she's sick of the wind and cold.

Cats are cats.

Dave is wired to the hilt, and we're trying to figure out if that's a good thing or a weird thing.

People's owies are getting better.

C-R is making food I would die for right now.

Posie grew something weird on her head trying to impress her coworkers and supervisors.

SteveP will be very sad to see all that beautiful snow disappear.

And Amy has a friend who used to live in San Luis Obispo - some of my old stomping grounds!!  I grew up north of there in Cambria.  Your friend will know exactly where that is.

I'm still working like a dog on the transcription job.  Put in almost 7 hrs yesterday.  My butt is tired of sitting.

This morning was an hour of core/strength training.

Saturday I did 19 miles of logging road and trail running. I bought a sample pack of a product called UCAN based on information from an on-line running cohort and some podcasts I've been listening to. The short explanation is its suppose to slowly release carbs, protein, and fat into your system over a period of 1.5 to 2 hours so you don't have to ingest so many calories while running. Many low carb runners are using this and a product called 3Fu3l. I chose UCAN based on the running co-hort's recommendation (he does low carb running due to Type 1 diabetes), the podcasts, and the price.

So you mix a packet of this stuff with no more than 16.9 oz of water and drink it 30-45 minutes for your run. I did that and also had a small bowl of yogurt, almonds, and raisins for breakfast. Took water with me, and some almond butter packets, Baby Bel cheeses, and some raisins/mixed nuts. Saturday's run took me 4:50 to complete, and I did a really fun 6-mile loop twice that has some decent climbing and a fun downhill section on the back half. I ate 3 cheeses and I think three almond butters with a handful of raisins/nuts, and took 3 S! caps (electrolytes) beginning around the 2.5/3 hr mark. I was very surprised at how good I felt the entire run. Although my legs were definitely pooped at the end, I never felt bonky, never felt mentally spent, never had stomach issues.. Since this is the first time I used the UCAN, I can't definitively say it was the reason for Saturday's results, but I felt better Saturday than I have in awhile, and this was at the end of my biggest mileage week in quite awhile. In two weeks I'll be back up in mileage, so I intend to take an extra bottle of the UCAN mix with me and take it around 3-hr mark to see what kind of results I get.

Okay, I know, blah, blah, blah. I'm done! Have a good week, Peeps ~

Such a busy group!  I wonder if Robin is speaking to Mike after his Saturday comment??

What?  I thought it was a totally legitimate question? 

No pink pajamas for me today.  In fact, no pink anything.  I'm still wearing dull grays and blacks and dark blues.  It's too wintery for anything else.  The storm for Wednesday seems to have taken a course farther out to sea, and I'm grateful to see that we're expecting only 1-4 inches.  It's a relief to know that we aren't being clobbered again.

9.1 easy miles for me today, heading into my last 60+ mile week of this training cycle.  And then, sweet, sweet taper.

--Robin

 

...and here I am trying to remember if I put on underwear............

 If you lost a pair, I might be able to help you. I was working the front desk at the Y tonight when one of our members came in holding a pair of undies. Said he found them out in the parking lot. I said "thanks," then after he went through I picked them up with a piece of tissue and threw them in the garbage. Really?! If I lost underwear, I don't think I'd be looking for them in the lost and found at the Y!!

6 miles on the mill this morning. Wimped out with single digit temps and a nice brisk wind out of the northwest. Then a half hour "express" yoga class.

 If I lost underwear, I don't think I'd be looking for them in the lost and found at the Y!!

Oh...

Hello everybody!  I have to make this quick.  I'm rushing out to my DGD'd house to give her a birthday present...she's 11.  She's such a goofy kid.  She is exactly like her mother was when she was a kid.  She's tall and skinny so I call her Weiner....she calls me Shrimp.

I did 8.2 miles on the treadmill...have I told you all how much I love my treadmill?  Yes...I think I actually love it.  We have spent a lot of time together, this year...it was bound to happen.

Okay, I gotta go.

Mike, that's how I was feeling about my treadmill last year. Or maybe more like, a little too much togetherness... Thankfully, this year, except for a week or two, here and there, I think I've been outside more than any winter ever before. I know, that means you've taken a real hit. But hey, usually it's the other way around so I'm not feeling too bad. Besides, we still have tons of ice everywhere, and even though the temps are in the 40's most days, I'm tempted by the belt-to-nowhere sometimes just to avoid the ice!

Too funny on the lost underwear. Jlynne, I think I'd do the same thing....

No pink pj's here, but I did go out for 5.1 more-or-less easy miles after work today. Pace was almost easy (ok, a wee bit fast), but effort was a little tense with all the ice and icy ruts. Felt like I might have tweaked my right ankle (again) today. Drat. But the hip felt ok. If it's not one thing, it's something else, right?

We have a whole week of this forecast. It's not really warm enough to do a LOT of melting, but every day it seems like there's just a little bit less ice and more pavement/concrete showing. I just can't wait till the trails are runnable again, but we're probably a couple months away from that still.