aww Online Papa Bear!!! You can't be mad at me!!! I adore you!!!

Lou - you mean good ol' PBR isn't high up on your list of beers to have while you are out??

WRFB, Wise move on the beer. Enjoy the vacation. - My sons and I all have strep throat. We're all on drugs. The town is invested with it. - 30 minutes of breast stroke at noon - kickboxing class tonight . This class is very small and I can do it while son is in Taekwondo. He made us do things like run around the room and every time he clapped we had to drop and do pushups, situps, planks, or whatever he wanted to torture us with. It is small, which is nice because I am to focus on some key areas for unning, core, tri-ceps. You heard it, I am suppose to do more than just run for training. Still waiting for my log review.

A nice easy 3.5 yesterday. Probably put in 4 today. Off to meetings now.

I am convinced that pushups and situps helped during my last marathon- almost like they decreased the amount of fatigue at the end. Sorry you're sick Bugs- does Nobby say you should rest when sick? Just wondering... I was wondering what Cash meant by that statement too. Off to the gym to work and run on the treadmill. It's SO cold here- 1 degree with wind chill. I'm over it.

Today and this week I ask you all to do me a favor. Hug the people you care about most and plan to do something to celebrate life this coming weekend - in honor of my young student who passed this past weekend. He had his whole life ahead of him, as a senior in high school he was perched on the edge of new beginning and eager to get to it. So for me for him do something that causes you to grab life and run with it... it's too short to waste worrying about the what if's and the what may be's.... live it up while you can and love every minute of it.

I totally thought of Erika this morning as I drove to my commuter lot in 14F temps. I don't know how you do it. I will never again complain about any temps in the 20's

Are you kidding me? I'd love to run in some 14F temps right about now! I was tempted to run outside for a bit last night because it was so bright and sunny earlier in the day and the plows had been out in our neighborhood. But they leave everything polished and shiny and very very slick (see? I can always find something to complain about) and the temps were dropping fast... it was +10 earlier in the afternoon and had dropped to 3 by the time I got home. Didn't feel up to all the layers and crap to go out for a short run. It's funny... the short runs just don't seem worth the effort, but a longer run is. I'll do it for 10 or more, but 3-5? ahhh, not so much. Shan, that's a sweet thought. I'm always so saddened by young people dying. Just tragic. Nice to make a good thing come of it. I didn't run yesterday at all. Or anything else, other than help DS2 with algebra homework (now if that's not a scary thought... I'm the most math challenged member of our family by far!). We got it done, mostly, with the amazing online tutor program that comes with his textbook. Wish I'd had that when I was in school!! Got to bed pretty early (for me, before 11) and feel much better today. I can't believe how tired and run down I've felt this training cycle. Maybe it's just end-of-winter blahs.