Another big valley inversion here, supposed to blow out of here in an hour or two (although if you climb 500'-ish you usually get out of it anyways)- will hit the trails here in the next couple of hours

qotd: I use a treadmill at the gym when it's below 0 (which has been more than usual this year!)- don't recall the make/model, but they've been in the gym for at least the 10 years (gym is open 24 hrs/7 days a week) I've lived here and all four are still going strong.  I would definitely consider getting a "commercial" grade treadmill just for the longevity aspect, possibly even a used one if they warrantied it.  The ones that at the gym go up to 15 degrees which is pretty nice if you're training with for stuff that has a lot climbing

I ran 3 hours this morning. I ended up with about 17 miles. 4 hours tomorrow. The run was super easy. I could have run all day. I believe I could finish this March race now. It wouldn't be pretty, but not many of them have been. It is just good to have the confidence that you can do it; I think that may be 75% of the whole thing, especially on an event where the terrain is virtually the same or less difficult than your normal running. This is almost exactly the same stuff as I run on every day, double track, single track, some gravel road, piney woods, rolling terrain or flat.

QOTD: The only time I have used a treadmill was getting ready for a mountainous race in 2014. I joined a gym in the town where we lived specifically for one of the treadmills they had. It was a Nordic Track. It had a 15% incline and went all the way down to a -3% decline. I ran a half marathon on that thing one day at -3%. It was pretty fast!!! LOL. But I would spend 2 days per week on it for 1.5 to 2 hours at 15% incline, just walking as fast as I could without running. I did some resistance training, too. I was determined to finish that run that destroyed me 2 years prior. It really paid off. It was by far the easiest long event I have ever done, and I attribute that to the treadmill work I did. It really transfers over much better than I thought it would for hills.

Yesterday, I ran in the Arcata Community Forest for the first time in well over a year.  Good Lord!  There's nothing flat about The Forest.  I managed 7 out of the planned 8.  It would've been shorter, except I needed to get back to my car.   Trail 17 can kiss my you-know-what. We may become friends again later, but right now - 

Today's a rest day.  Getting some transcription done and then will do The Hub's invoices.

We're getting a bit of a break in the rain today.  Currently, 560,000 residences are without power in CA.  Queen - I'm not surprised your friend's flight was canceled.  The weather has been c-r-a-z-y.

QOTD: Don't own a treadmill, although every once in awhile I think about buying one - usually when it's pouring down rain and I have to get a run done - but realistically, I don't have space for one and I'd probably rarely ever use it.

Almost 4 with my friend and 3 mile walk with Jack.

warden: sure nice to see the sun!

I have a ProForm, had it for going on 15 years.  I used it to train for 50k's and have done 20 plus miles on it.  Right now with my kidneys failing best I can do is 30 min every other day.  I'm surprised it still works.