Hey!

I lost a tough argument with myself this morning. I wanted to stay in bed but I got up and did the 5:00 AM trail run. 5.49 miles for me. (I was tired so I skipped a portion that would have given me 6.)  Cold kept the numbers down.  Just 4 of us today.  Starbucks after the run.

29° and a few light snow flakes in the air. I broke my vow not to unpack my winter running gear.  I have been doing ok in shorts at this temperature but today it was dark, damp, breezy, and cold so I got some scissors and opened the box with "sweaters and winter running gear".  It was much more comfortable in running pants.

People around here must think that April snow isn't as slippery as January snow. The list of accidents in this morning's traffic report on the radio was pretty long.  I'm glad I don't have to commute anywhere.

Interesting thing on the trails today. The snow wasn't sticking to the dirt, but it was sticking to roots. That made them all stand out like someone went through and painted them all white.  Made it a lot easier not to trip and fall.

mta - We did have S'mores frappuccino samples today.  Tasted good but I still prefer hot black coffee.

Mornin' Dave, and everyone to follow.

I'm glad that you won the argument this morning, Dave. 29F and snowflakes just isn't shorts weather to me - I'm also glad that you were more comfortable on today's run. Looks like there is sucky weather all over the country, based on some of yesterday's reports. Bummer.

Nice 8-ft. workout yesterday, Stumpy.

Good recovery run, C-R. Have fun in Nashville. It looks like good recovery runs or rest for most of Monday's marathoners.

It's too bad that you've got your half coming right on the heels of Boston, Mariposai. But you are so well organized, and always prepared, so I imagine your race will be a great one again this year. How are your registration numbers looking vs. last year?

Loved your definition of a bureaucrat, Slo:  "Another meeting for some walking trails in unused property belonging to the school district. Sitting in the meeting listening to the fantastic idea's that were being put forth it dawned on me...the bureaucrat sees first the reasons why these idea's won't work. The next thing they want to do is hire an "expert" to make it completely unaffordable." I hope you can keep those bureaucrats away from your trail projects.

I'm sure Amy will appreciate your support, Leslie, as well as that of everyone else in your office. Tough times, indeed.

5.9 RW miles at the regular time this morning. It was about 39F with a significant breeze from the SW. I found that my legs were somewhat mushlike this morning and they threw up their hands (toes?) when I tried to push the pace a bit. Must have something to do with the delivery we got at work yesterday: 42 master cartons (4 smaller cartons in each)of  toothbrushes, all of which had to be brought in from the delivery truck, and some of which had to be carried up to our second floor. I must have made 15-20 trips up and down the stairs. No wonder my legs said "forgeddaboutit" out there this morning. I'm going to try to stay off the stairs today...

Have a greta Thursday!

Jay

Good morning Dave, Kevin, Jay, Norm and all to follow. Sounds like we're all having the same kind of weather today. 29° here this morning as well. At least the wind has died down a little, though it's supposed to go back up to steady 15-20 mph later today. A good reason to get out the door early! My goal was 7 miles but somehow only ended up with 6.5 - in long pants, gloves and a headband - which I also had to dig back out of the "winter running gear" box  Our new house is right across the street from a golf course, and as I'm typing I can see carts going down the path that runs next to the road. Wow - those guys must be freezing their a#@ off!

Sounds like everyone is working all of their kinks out from Boston last Monday. I don't know about the papers in your towns, but the crappy one we have here gave Boston one dinky paragraph and a small picture. That was it. Yet the Brewers, who are off to the worst start ever are all over the front page of the sports section. Go figure...

Hope it's warm and sunny where you are today!

Interesting thing on the trails today. The snow wasn't sticking to the dirt, but it was sticking to roots. That made them all stand out like someone went through and painted them all white.  Made it a lot easier not to trip and fall.

 

That would look pretty cool.....

I haven't actually packed away my winter gear yet, but that's just because I haven't had time.  I will likely do the winter/summer clothes switch this weekend.

4 easy-paced miles for me on the TM this morning.

I never put winter or summer running clothes away -- I'm just as likely to run in shorts in February as I am to run in long pants in June.  Well, okay, probably I don't ever wear long pants in July or August, but the rest of the months it can snow here.

I did a nice 15 mile trail run yesterday down in Boulder, where it's shorts weather.  Today I have to go to the airport to pick up DH, who is finally coming home from Greece!  He stayed an extra two weeks after I came home, to go rock climbing.  I'll do a trail run down in town on my way to the airport.

Just love to see how David is coming along! Have fun at your race, Tammy! 30k sounds like a good distance.

Like Carolyn, I don't ever really pack the long pants/sleeves away but do have them in a drawer that doesn't get opened much in the summer months. You never know when we'll get cool overcast weather for days on end so the long sleeves come in handy. I just start reaching into the shorts drawer more often!

Sorry about the carpy weather so many are having. And yes, Ribs, I notice that the more they warn about the weather, the more it turns out to be a "that's it?" experience. But we have had some snow warnings that certainly came true this year! Our weather is just going to steadily improve over the next week or so. It was about 29° this morning but heading to mid-50's with sunny skies. Rinse and repeat pretty much thru the weekend, and we could see 60's! Woot! I just hope it continues through next Saturday when we have our first series race, a 5k that's pretty flat but narrow bikepaths and lots of turns. It's all about getting yourself in a pretty good position in the first mile cuz then you can get boxed in pretty badly by the kids that take off like a shot and then slow down.

Easy 5-6 miles on tap for later this afternoon. Would sure be nice to get out there before 5 today... DH comes home from DC tonight.

Quick flyby until later ~

The question seems to be, will David get an athletic scholarship or education (the term?) scholarship - or both?  That boy is a rising star, for certain.

Jay - Dang, son!  You had quite the workout yesterday.  If I were your legs, I would've rebelled this morning, as well.

I'm glad Dave lost the argument.

50 min of stat biking this a.m. with 6 x 2 min hard in the middle. . . . How come the hard mins go by so much slower than the recovery minutes?  I think it's a conspiracy of some sort.

Later ~

I never pack up anything (in a normal year). But I was instructed to pack up what I don't need so we can reduce the clutter and make the house show better.  I didn't think I would need running pants anymore this year.

I was wrong.