I agree. My 2.5 year old needs to PT too. And we cloth diaper so we save a lot!

50 minute tempo for me today. Not looking forward to it but I know I'll be happy once it's done.

I'm splitting my run up a bit to squeeze in some miles after work today. I'll change at work, run 2 miles home, walk the dog, then run another 3-4 miles to my 7:00 volleyball game.

QOTD: Ok, I'll bite. Do you ever run instead of driving/taking public transportation?  

I find that running is usually the easiest/fastest way to get around Philly during rush hour. Sure beats the hell out of taking the bus everywhere.

Good Morning,

Feeling with you, Jamie. While all my other kids were out of diapers around age 2, my youngest took his time. He actually started himself early on, but he had lots of accidents way past 3 years of age. But, be patient, time will eventually resolve the issue, with consistent training. One thing that helped/helps a lot with my youngest is a "potty watch" which reminds him to use the toilet regularly, so that accidents hardly happen any more. This was the worthiest $10 I had spent on his potty training.

Pretty cold this morning in central PA, a bit further north of Jamie's location, just 25 deg. I had planned on a SRD, but it looks like today the weather will be better than over the next two days, so I might switch and do a few miles later. I got a new book yesterday, which will help me improve skills I need to get back to work, so I'm planning on studying as well. Haven't done this in a long time, and I'm really looking forward to it!

Banshee: I love tempo runs - but only on the road. Scared of tripping and falling on the trails, but sometimes, it has to be, too. Be brave!

LB2: Hard rain also keeps me from running. Hope you'll get some nicer weather soon!

cocktails: Smart plan. Have fun executing it!

AT: Nice run!

QOTD: Not for commuting (then I rather bike because I sweat a lot when running), but unless snow from plowing is piled up on the sides, I often run to the trailhead instead of driving. Adds another 6 miles, and if I have the time, this is a convenient extension of my run, and a great warm-up and cool-down.

Well it's much easier house training a dog.  Still all my memories of those times with my daughter are pleasant. Time has a way of doing that.  Tempo/pace work on tap and I actually look forward to it. I would do some form of speed work all the time if I wouldn't break into pieces. Now speed for me these days is open for interpretation. At least I'm working hard .

Longbeard-Yeah, your weather is making the national news. Gotta be tough to deal with but I agree with AT. The Young and the Restless???

QOTD- The only times I can think of are when I've been having service done on a vehicle. Also have used the bike for that.  But I need my car for work so no biking or running for commuting.

Thanks for the QOTD, T&C. It's a very appropriate QOTD for me today, and the answer is: Not successfully.  I don't commute, and my work (photography) requires a bunch of gear, so I usually drive, but yesterday there were some errands on the list that could be done on foot, so I…

Ran to the post office, bank, then the drugstore to get the flu shot I've been telling everyone else to get.  Then I ran home only to circle back to the drugstore with the insurance card that had been forgotten the first time and with instructions from my lovely wife to pick up some chicken breasts for dinner.  A quick trip to the store and different route home followed, at which point I turned back out yet again to retrieve the aforementioned insurance card which had been absentmindedly left with the pharmacist on the last trip.

Upon returning home my lovely wife looked me in the eyes and lifted her shirt, asking "What are these?"

"Uh… Boobies.  Er, Breasts," I responded.

"Very good," she said, dropping her drawers and pointing to her legs, "and these?"

"Er… Uh, thighs?"

"Oh, so you DO know the difference."

So no.  I don't successfully commute or run errands on foot.  And Chicken Parmesan is still pretty decent when made with thigh meat.

10 miles of roughly 1.5-mile intervals last night.  RD today.  I don't have SRDs because I don't have a schedule.

Hoping to get in some miles today. I put in over 102 hours at work over the past 7 days so I'm ready for a run, but now I have a lot of errands to run.

Jame - Good luck with the TT. I don't miss those days at all.

Banshee - Cloth diapers? Phew. No thanks, I clean too many messes at work. If I still had a kid in diapers it would be disposable although I do have to agree that It's a lot cheaper and better for the environment. We had used a diaper service when our daughter was young but then they went out of business. Since we didn't have to wash them oursevles it wasn't quite as bad.

LB2 - Rain is a good thing. It grows corn and barley which can be turned into good things!!!

QOTD: I'd love to run instead of taking my car but it's rarely practical for me. I will occasionally be able to use the bike for some errands. That's the one bad things about living so far away for everything.

Don't remember much from the Potty training days.  Even though the youngest is 6 now.  I guess we never made it a big deal except when we were at Costco and remarked that we don't need diapers _Who HOO!

Ran 10 last night, used the RA android App Handy runner and for the 5th time it was unable to up load the run to RA and Deleted it.  That was disappointing.

But none the less I got the mileage in after work.  Running along the railroad tracks, past the Homeless center, under the freeway, past the Sheraton, along the river on a single track path, around the2 mile long path surrounding the Wetlands twice as the setting sun turned the Western sky beautiful shades of yellow and pink.  Then back the way I came.  34 degrees last night that dropped to 19 according to the news this morning.

QOTD

I will not hesitate to walk back to work from dropping my car off at the tireshop, mechanic or some other locale in town.  I've even run home from work when I needed a 10 mile run and worried I would cut it short if I ran a loop.  I only use Public transportation in Berkley or SF.  Usually that is going to a game.