4 stages of life: 1)You believe in Santa Claus 2)You don't believe in Santa Claus 3)You are Santa Claus 4)You look like Santa Claus

4 miles this early a.m., and thankfully the deluge that pounded outside as I was getting dressed stopped just as I was ready to leave.  Ended up being a pleasant predawn run, followed by about 50 min of core/strength training.

Then I got to go to work and deal with End of the Year Bookkeeping Monday.  I don't know what's worse, that or sticking a needle in my eye over and over and over and over.  They're kind of the same. 

It was cold and rainy this a.m., but did my 5 miles with strides, plus about 40 min of core/strength training, plus had an encounter with a very strange dude which forced me to move my stride work to another stretch of road.  I wasn't paying attention to him and thought he was talking on a cell phone, but when I turned around to jog back to my starting point for my 4th stride, he was at the intersection I needed to run to and started yelling at me, "What're you looking at $itch?"  "You stupid blankety-blank $itch!"  and so on.  My pace improved in my haste to get out of there.   No worries.  I had my pepper spray at the ready and would've given him a full dose and then some if he'd tried anything, not to mention screamed my fool head off at the top of my lungs and woken up the neighborhood.

40 is the nominal swtichover temp.  Although fall into winter I may go into the 30's and winter into spring I'll stay in long pants for a while above.  Depends on wind and rain.  Also just to be able to wear shorts in Dec is always a draw.  I'll loose the shirt if it hits 50 during the winter. 

Unlike some of us that seem to thrive in 80+, my sweet spot is about 30-50.  And I'd rather go lower than higher.

Glad you were able to get out and keep the string going--the only moivng I felt like was towards bed.

46F while racing is skort weather for sure. For an EZ PZ run, it's tights. It's all about the effort you put out there, is the way I see it. Today it was in the low 50s and I had tights, long sleeve shirt and gloves. I was overdressed regardless of my pace but appreciated the compression effect of the tights on my slightly achy shin.

Howdy all! Now back into my hole....

Leslie- FWIW, I have a friend, a famous scientist in his field, who was a stay-at-home dad for many years. His friends gave him some ribbing, colleagues tsk-tsk'd him saying he'd never have a career in science again, but he was happy with the arrangement and, besides, his wife had a higher income than he did so it made financial sense. Well, guess what? He eventually went back to science, he's very successful thank-you-very-much, and his family is strong. 

Stumpy - I should clarify that I took a good, long nap before that short shuffle! I also do not remember the first couple hours after the procedure very well. 

OM sighting!!!  I see you're now sporting an official Maniac number!

ev - "like" and "30" don't belong in the same sentence. Ever. 

Another day, another 2 + 6. The 2 ended up being a tempo run at about 8:15 because 1) it was cold, 2) I felt good, and 3) I was in a rush to interview a potential new instructor (we're desperate). The 6 ended up starting at 10:30 at night, but it was lovely, clear and quiet. For the 6 at 41F I wore pants, a heavy running tech sweatshirt, a hooded cotton sweatshirt, a knit cap, heavy knit gloves, and averaged 9:45/mi or so. Didn't even break a sweat. Absolute proof that I am a weather wimp.

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Good going Arla! you're almost there. You should get extra credit for running after that procedure. Nice feeling when that's in the past.

Leslie- Scary with that guy. What was he doing out that early in the morning? Nice that you have a true partnership.

Stumpy- 35 is about my cutoff for shorts, unless, as you said, it's windy or rainy. Definitely warmer than it should be so far this year.

Hi Ev! Those Cowboys are catching up. I just don't feel good about the Giants this year but neither did I last year at this time ,so we'll see.

Hey OM! Nice job on the MM status.

I've been out in the rain too. Five runs in a row off the TM, just can't take a whole lot of that . Getting it done with singles though mentally it's tough. Driving home from work thinking I'm going for a 2 hour run is daunting but once out there, it feels good. I'm down to a 7 mile daily average (94 miles) to get to 2,000 ,but banking miles to compensate for visiting over the holidays.

Sure do hope the Mayans were wrong!

 For the 6 at 41F I wore pants, a heavy running tech sweatshirt, a hooded cotton sweatshirt, a knit cap, heavy knit gloves, and averaged 9:45/mi or so. Didn't even break a sweat. Absolute proof that I am a weather wimp.

We're definitely different internal thermostats--That's single digit or below wear for me.  But not wimpy--I cannot concieve of doing the runs that you have in triple digits--I'd be a little whimpering pool of sweat.  and that's BEFORE I started.  I will say that the better shape that I get, the more heat tolerant I feel.  The feeling just never extends to running in it.

had to get up early to visit a plant south of Boston this morning (I live north) and it took me alost 2 hours to go 60 miles.  I cannot conceive of driving in that every day like some folks do.  So no run today--will go to be early tonight to make sure tomorrow's happens.

I had a pretty decent 6 day stretch of 29 miles concluding with a just shy of 10 LR. This week due to poor planning on my part and a mid week mini blizzard I am coming up a little short. I had a really sucky run tonight, freezing my tush off.  Hopefully tommorow I can catch up a bit as it is supposed to be warmer, 1152 degrees with falling asteroids so gonna give it a shot.

Congrrats on Maniac status there OM!

Leslie good going in all the rain and chill. That creeper guy sounds scary but I know could out run him! I feel your pain on the year-end biz. Congrats to you and Shorty for workin' it all out! Key word Work!

Hey Ev gettin' consitant there. Thinking I might need me some snowshoein' this weekend, they finally got a couple feet of white stuff in the park.

Stumpy don't envy your commute the other day. Mine is like get up, put boots, on step out door, that's it. Well some of our fields are about 8 miles away but no big deal. Only downside is sometimes it is hard to separate the two. Happy holiday miles close to home.

Arla ya I think after colonoscopy miles are worth like 2x or 3x,. Bringing it on home, ya you got it, Mile 2K coming soon!

Joe, I have trouble getting out the door for a 2hour long run once a week let alone daily,  but you're almost there.

Catch ya'all on the flipside or the other side ;-)