northernharrier - no leadership here.  And yes Mandy you are slacking! (not referring to the running)

 

BTW - where is everyone? Is it just me or does it seem as though there are fewer and fewer people posting lately? Was there a mass exodus I don't know about? Or a redefection back to RW?  It's not a big deal but was just wondering...

Was wondering the same thing but I lacked the leadership myself to bring it up. I'm always worried it was maybe something I said.

Yesterday I went over to the RW site. No activity there. At all. I can't even remember my login for there anymore.

I woke up very sore this morning so I decided to bag today's run and switch to tomorrow which was going to be a rest day.

QOTD: While I don't have a view of the mountains, I do sit higher than most of the hills around me. I have a nice view of the neighbor's farm and the rolling hills. I don't like my house but the fact that I have over 10 acres and a quite nice view keeps me from moving. It's hard to beat the view I have when the sun is coming up in the spring and summer and there is just a little bit of morning fog in the air. It's very reminiscent of the Smoky Mountains.

Maybe the reason posting is way down is because everyone has found themselves in the same boat I seem to be in. For some reason I just get busier and busier. Sometime I don't even have enough time to run.

Was sleepy this am and didn't get up.  Got up and was grouchy.  Took the dogs for their walk and got pissed at them.  Now listening to a conference call where idiots keeps talking about a subject that should have taken 2 mins!!  Punishment will be 6 miles tonight on TM!!

QOTD: My view is the forest and quite pretty but no Mountian View although that was our goal when we moved here.  My husband got too impatient and couldn't stand renting.  I used to live on the side of a little hill Mt Rubidoux in Riverside so I understand how you appreciate your little mountian Jaime.

Northern:  Weren't you just complaining about the warm winter?

Scrapster:  Skating...hmmm been awhile.  Sounds fun.

mtwarden:  So are you sore from running in the snowshoes?

sugnim:  I think having the four legs is an advantage because it's less weight on each leg.  When I watch my dog run, I always marval at how he is built for running, four legs, little paws.

Jaime:  Also wondering about everyone.  It mught just be the time of year...coming off the holidays, short days, cold weather, maybe folks are like me and have been slacking so not wanting to post didn't run again. 

Hi Everyone,

Keep up the good work boyjame.  It does seem a little quiet around here.

Welcome Fragle and welcome home majope !!

I'll do a few miles after work today, still thinking that I'm in recovery mode.

qotd: It's as flat as a tortilla here in east Texas.  We do have lots of trees though.  I live in a place that the marketeers dubbed "the livable forest".  So the view is... lots of houses, yards and trees.

8.5 miles in the snow. About half of it, there were no tracks (well, at least no man-made tracks) on the trail, and it was fun to blaze the path. I saw many animal tracks, and later, I'll get out my "Animal Tracks" guide and find out who those little (and big) guys were that scurried and hopped along before me. There were bunnies, deer and racoon, which I recognized, but also some that I did not know.

I was wondering what makes the animals choose their path. Sometimes, the tracks would lead along the (almost invisible) trails for a while, then cut through the bushes, then come back on the trail. Food, shelter, a nice smell? Or just the most economical path (when the trail went up, around a tree or a rock, and then down, the animal tracks would just cut straight and merge onto the trail after the obstacle again)?

I also enjoyed listening to the birds, and finding different qualities of snow, depending on the terrain and trees/bushes.

Anyways, the forest/swamp seems to be a quite busy place, even without any people around!

Welcome back, majope! Hope you'll settle in soon again and get over the jet lag.

I was missing Daydreamer, but he's back again. Where's skeene?

9 miles for me today. It was a bit of a struggle at first, but the last 4 miles were great. I'm glad I stuck with it. Also: socks work pretty well as emergency gloves. I'm glad I had a pair in the car. By the time I decided I really needed to find something to keep my hands warmer I was struggling to turn the key in the lock.

qotd: I can't really see the "mountain" I live next to from my house very well. But I like just knowing it is there.

1.  Leadership sucks.  We don't need leadership here.

NO!  I AM DRUNK ON MY MOD POWER.

But I am so glad you were able to run   Come hiking with me this weekend!