Good Morning! Guess I'll start. I had little sleep last night part thinking about work and part thinking if I can do a PBJ Special. The plan was 2 mi WU, PBJ Special and 1 mi CD. 2.2 miles with Tory at 9:17 pace which felt like a big effort. Then dropped him off and went for the PBJ Special. It was actually fine: 8 mi 59:51 7:28 pace AHR 162 (83%HRM). Woohoo! Then 1 mi CD at 9:16 Have great runs! Steve Overall: 11.2 mi in 1:29:27 (7:59) wo: 8 mi in 59:51 (7:28)

Good morning Perch and Holly and everyone else.... Kinda rushed for time right now.....9 easy miles last night in 1:25:00 - nice night to run with the temp at 30 degrees....and NO wind. And survived another ice bath that wasn't near as bad as the first one, and this morning I CAN tell a difference in my soreness. No moose sighting for me....but did get attacked by a hissing goose last night...guess that's not really the same Happy running all....and have a nice TGIF Tim

Perch, nice workout! That's on my (long term) goal list too. 5 easy miles at 9:13 min/mile pace. I'm going to run with the big boys and girls tomorrow. They'll probably drag me along to 12 miles or so at 8ish pace. Easy for them, near tempo for me. This might be a little dumb to be doing this a week before my next HM. But the real goal race is in May, so I need to work on the hard stuff. I'll take it really easy next week leading up to the HM. I heard a rooster crowing this morning. Moose, goose, rooster ... they're all the same, right? Bill

Aaaah, rest day today!! DH and I went to the gym last night. 20 minutes of cardio on the bike and then to the weight room for 30 minutes. Thought I'd be pretty sore today - but I'm not!! I was really looking forward to sleeping in - awoke at 4 a.m. thinking it was Saturday and the realization that I still had to go to work kept me awake for a little while. Finally dozed off until 6:30. Thinking of you {{{Munch}}}. Steve - the photo's yesterday were great!! Happy Friday!! ~Mary

A couple of updates from me this Friday morning. runninginDC........The reason I know how many people are reading my http://running1000milesinayear.blogspot.com/ blog is because I have allowed Adsense to put ads on mine. They tabulate the number of pages and clicks in order to calculate how much they will pay me. Most of the ads are topic related and choosen by them. Over the last month there have been ads for running shoe companies, treadmills, exercise diets, Super Bowl ads, etc. It is a neat process and really "a game within the game". Anyway, that is how I know I am increasing in the number of people who are reading my blog. I am regularly reading your blog, by the way. VERY interesting stuff going on with you. In regards to the hit and run driver who killed a runner and then got caught when he hit a second pedestrian, the details are a bit sketchy. It appears that the second person was not a runner, but this time someone walking in a small community. They have the driver in a hospital being evaluated for possible mental problems. The second incident happened just days after the runner was killed. One of the areas they are trying to determine is whether these were random victims or did he have a targeted purpose in who he hit. A little scary, whatever they find out. An afternoon run today will cap off a good week of solid running. Have a good weekend everyone.

Lung problems getting better. I walked 3 blocks yesterday without having to stop. Parts of my lungs were down to 13% capacity on Tuesday. Now up to 36%. Half-marathon on Sunday...no chance.

good morning to the left coasters and good afternoon to the east. 3.2 miles in 28:40 this morning. 27F with a hint of snow in the air. little wind, and about a half inch of fresh powder on the ground for pleasant running conditions (PRC?). no slipping, but still had to pay attention, so not IRC. the tightness on the front of my shins seems to be dissipating with continued stretching, so am happy about that. however, I've come up with another different kind of injury. Tuesday at the end of my run, I appeared to have pulled a muscle in my right butt cheek. doesn't seem to be what I would consider a hamstring or the glute. I didn't notice it until I started walking after stopping to say hi to a neighbor at the end of the run. it then went away until Wednesday morning when it reappeared after sitting on a plane for a couple of hours. it has popped up every once and a while, but didn't hurt at all this morning until well after the run. now it's sort of ache just to remind me that it's there. can i call on some further diagnosis from all the experts out there? SteveP--great pictures of Noah. Glad you're happy with being a Grampa. I'm hoping to hold out for a few more years since I have a 17YO DD and 21yo DS still living at home Kevin

I get to be on page 1? 3 mile easy jog. Shorts, ls sweat shirt over ss tech shirt. Knees were a little red when I got back - cooler than I'd anticipated. Instead of "just" doing the 3 easy miles the program called for, I decided to throw in 7 100m strides, one every 1/4 mile, from the 3/4 mile mark to the 2-1/4 mile marker (the same spot, actually). So even though my overall pace was 9:10 for 3, it was really a steady 10:00 pace with 700m at 5:20 m pace. Just another way of looking at it, I guess.