Sounds positive, Larry! I have had visitors come over at times when I planned to run two separate evenings this week, quite annoying. Tonight my wife is going to the casino and my son to visit his girlfriend, so I should get a 90 minute run done! Getting a lot milder weather recently, nice 28 minutes last night without a jacket.

No problem Vixi. I appreciate the thought. So what's the Marathon you're running?

Hey, Larry, sorry it took me so long to see your question. I'm more in tune with the races up my end, which is a couple counties north. I'm hoping the 5k I ran last year that weekend will be repeated, but it would be a couple hours' drive for you and not worth it. I'm glad you found something that's more doable. Sorry I've been so absent. I'm running . . . I'm six weeks out from my marathon and thinking crazy thoughts. I just clicked the "register" button over at active and now I'm wondering WHAT WAS I THINKING? But training is going mostly well. I've got another 20 this weekend and I'm hoping to have company for at least some of the early miles. When I get past this race I'll settle down and start picking out HMs.

I'm doing the Gasparilla Distance Classic. At first I was nervous about the fact that they have different-colored bibs for those doing their first marathons, and I'm told by experienced marathoners than any additional cheering goes a long way after mile 22. It's in Tampa Bay. We're back to our typical weather here--it was 70 when I set out today. I'm starting to worry a little about the temps March 1 but thankfully the west coast of the state generally is a few degrees cooler. A 5lb weight, huh, Simon? My arms would fall off by the end of the block.