HopesMom, hope you have a wonderful weekend and finish everything you need to do. M&M's are deadly for the other half in this house. He is gross though. Puts them in a glass, in the microwave for 20 seconds, then pours milk over them. Bork.

I like chocolate.. and M&M too.. M&M plain or with peanut? Maybe I should try this.. I will need to know the potion of M&M and milk..

CoralieT - MMs in milk is good! I've done this too, I don't microwave mine though, I just pour milk over them and mix them around for a bit

HopesMom - Stretching and rolling is all I can find on a cure for ITBS. If I would be more consistent with it I would probably get better quicker, but I forget sometimes.... :/

Bin: How is your Pfitz plan going? I am in week 9 and for the first time I am feeling some fatigue. I suppose it is normal? I have a big run coming up on Sunday; 16 w 12@GMP. I hope I can pull it off.

Doing great although I am experiencing fatigue as well.. I am completing week 11.. 8 more weeks to race.. I have 16 w/12 @ GMP on Sunday as well.. Tmr I am putting in 7M w/ 8 x100 to help lossen up..

My plan might be a little different from yours as I mix and match a bit.. Doing 18/59, although I might not hit a peak of 59 (current peak at 56). My avg miles for the whole plan is 48+.

Morning!

Jimmy-- great job!

Hi ya Margo, Bin, Awood, Mitch, and Zelanie!

Baconista--   I"m sorry you aren't feeling well.  As far as I know, running with fever is never good. Also, if your illness is in your chest its still not a good idea.   Sure how you start feeling better soon.

Jerry-- hey!

HsM & Jack-- LOL @ your hubby;  I think he's related to mine.

Docket-- enjoy the taper if you can.

Coralie-- I'm sorry your cold front didn't come in.  I know how discouraging it is to have the heat go on and on.  Good luck with your surgery.  LMFAO@ your DH with M&Ms.

Dave-- wooohooo, first 50k!  Hope you get some energy soon.

I still have't run today.  With DH on furlough, he's wan'ting to stay up late & sleep in, and of course, I've indulged in these habits also.  I might try to get a few miles (3 or 4) in a bit.

Bin: What is your GMP?

She Can: are you doing the HM?

And in my lunch today, I discovered ... a zip-loc bag of M&M's!!  But I'm eating them straight, no milk ... 

Gail and I are off work today and it was kind of crazy at our house this morning, the cable guy was here to fix our cable, the bug folks were here to spray our area - we have a maintenance contract with them - and then we had some folks here giving us an estimate for a new fence and deck..and they all got here within 10 minutes of each other. Quite a party for me and Gail, going from group to group getting everything going, lol.  Rest day for me today and I have a 5K tomorrow on the campus of the university where I work.  Yeah, get to chase college cheerleaders!   That will be followed by an "Appreciation 5K" on Sunday morning, being put on by my running club - San Antonio RoadRunners - celebrating the 30th anniversary of the club, and all we members get free entry, nice.

I have been running for 30 years, so not too bad for an old dog who will in February turn 420 in dog years (that's 60 in human years for you humans )   I sat down last night and calculated all my lifetime miles and see that I am approaching one figure:  I have 260 miles to go before I hit 60,000 lifetime miles.  I turn 60 in February, so I'm thinking it would be cool - and very "runner aesthetic"  -  to make 60,000 lifetime miles when I turn 60.  That's only 16 miles a week from now till then, so  16 miles a week is not much, I think my arthritis might be able to handle that.  I'm doing about 12 - 15 miles a week now, so 16 is not that much of a jump.   60,000 at 60, my new goal, lol.

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Thanks for starting things off Jimmy!  Glad the ITB does not affect your typing skills.   Congrats on getting your miles in, in spite of the ITB.  Hope that issue resolves soon for you!

It is after work now, so hope your tempo run is going/went well, Margo!

Happy rest day, Bin!  With the time difference, your weekend has already started, right?

Awood is probably stuck in that Chicago rush hour traffic right about now...

Good luck with the post-work miles, Mitch!

Hope you feel better, Zelanie!

You too, Baconista, hope you feel better!  The rule of thumb is "above the neck, okay to run; below the neck (congestion in the chest, etc) wait until your lungs 'clear" and you can breathe normally again.   Also, be careful, because if you run too much with your lungs congested, a rare but nasty little side effect can be that you also strain your heart a bit too much and can get a nasty little virus in your heart. As said, rare, but it does happen.   I forget what the name of the virus is, but it sure was scary reading about it.   Don't risk getting any complications, let your congestion get better.

Hope you and DW had a great run, Jerry!

I just need to stake my beans.   Wow, when you put it that way, HsM, it sounds....painful.   Enjoy that 'leisurely" weekend!

Only 4 miles, Damaris?  Not feeling well?  Oh wait, you are tapering for MCM, right?  Good luck, and behave yourself!

Happy relaxing evening to you, Jack, whatever you decide to do!

Sorry about Mother Nature pissing on your parade, Coralie!  But please thank her for me, because she sent YOUR cooler weather our way.   It will be warm for my 5K tomorrow morning, but then temps will begin dropping into the 60s by Saturday afternoon and for my 5K on Sunday morning...54 degrees!  So thank you for sharing!     I think you will do just fine for your event.  And good luck with the ling run, whichever time you decide to run it.  Yuck, that M&M thing sounds awful...

Good luck with the 50K upcoming, Dave, happy training!  After you signed up, I bet your wife said "I told you so..."

Cherie, you need to work up a 2-or-3-page  "honey do' list for your DH, to keep him busy while on furlough, so you can get back to your good running habits.   Glad you were able to get some miles in today.

Congrats on the runs, PAD!