Scotty - Enjoy your rest day.  You earned it.  So did Gail.  90 minutes is a long time to be doing yoga, even without the heat,

Damaris - I hope you get a run in later.  Good luck with the doctors.

Bin - hope you feel better soon.  Good luck to your wife.  That has to be hard, after all this time with the kids.

Jack - is your wife excited about starting marathon training for her first?  I would be.  Scared too though.  How is the foot?

SO42 - do you think a walk/run would work better for getting through the race instead of just running until you can't run any more?  Sorry it hurts so much.

Kristin - be careful driving in the snow.

Cherie - good job on the cross training.

Awood - I know with smoking there is actually a metabolic change when you quit.  Nicotine seems to rev up the metabolism a bit, so gaining weight after you quit is normal.  But the body does get used to the difference and the weight should come off again, especially if you're running.  Some of your hunger may be the increase in miles.  It certainly makes me more hungry when I do more miles.

AFM:  I woke to about 4 inches of very wet heavy snow.  After walking Ben we cleared the driveway, which used up all my energy for the day.  I got a very good back and arm workout.  Tomorrow night is supposed to bring an ice storm - I'm really not looking forward to that one.

Weapons of ass reduction. That's funny. Should win something for best team name.

SO42, that sucks about your ITB I dealt with ITB 4 times now. It's so frustrating because one run will go well and the next is like an ice pick to the knee. It's so sporadic.  I think your plan is a good one.

Ginny, boo on the ice storms. Hate those cause that's when you lose power and that's not fun at all! Stay warm.

Bin, hope the fever is gone.

jack, have fun coaching your wife. What happened with the student you surprised?

dam, hope the appt goes well. How long will you be non-running?

cherie n Scotty enjoy your rest day

awood, great job on quitting the tobacco. Hang in there. Tough!

Kristin, sorry about your cousin :-(

obie, please stick around. I do and

im constantly injured.

So after 10 days of no runs due to strep, a sinus Infection and bronchitis (good gawd) I was

FINALLY able to run today. A slow 3 miles on the TM at the gym. Yay!!!

It was great!  I did some planks aand dead lifts too.

Ginny: Yeah I plan to walk/run the race. I had already been experimenting with 5/1 run/walk intervals on my long runs and had pretty good success. I recovered quicker and it didn't really affect my overall pace much. I've thrown all my time goals out the window and I'll be happy to just finish upright.

 

Thanks everyone for the sympathy and listening to me whine like a little girl 

Apparently you haven't been around when I get injured

Sorry your cousin's wife is not doing well, Kristin.  Best wishes.

7.2 street miles.  Felt good, but my old size 12's, the toe warmers and slush felt like leg weights.  But at least we got a long short run (or is it a short long run) done.  The streets are clear, but they plow the snow to side where we run.

Update: she is now experiencing something called stress cardiomyopathy, which is apparently not uncommon when someone who has experienced severe acute physical stress such as stroke or seizure. It is when the heart is flooded with adrenaline and it causes the muscles to weaken and have symptoms similar to a heart attack. The good news is that the condition is often temporary and while it can be severe and life threatening, often it is not and resolves fairly quickly. Prayers that this is the case. They have been unable to perform surgery another day because of this.

Thanks guys!  I have a 5K Saturday, and just realized today that we have another 6-10 inches of snow coming.  We've had over 80 inches already this winter.  This is a crazy winter, I'm telling you.