When is the wedding Shan? I know you probably told us..but I dont see it. And early Congrats! didnt run yesterday. My knee had been feeling gimpy, so I decided to pass on the 3 miler...Thought taking a break and not going 5 days in a row would be good. But I did run 6 instead of the planned 5 tonight on the trail. I love running in the dark in the woods. Although there was a mystery animal running with me off the side of the trail for a bit. 9 first thing tomorrow with my buddy who is running the Flying Pig as his first. We are going to try to do most of our long runs together. We run pretty much the same pace..at least at middle-long distances. Everyone have good--injury free-weekends!

Murphy - Feb 20th. I can't wait!!!!! Getting very close now!

Mr I - that's right at least you got out there! and don't worry about holiday inconsistency's they happen. Remember it is not the falling that's the problem it's when we fail to get back up! And thank you for the well wishes we are very excited!

WTH, no one wondering how Bugs raced? Where's the love? I got a metal.

Thanks Dgb, It was a good run. I feel like I could have pushed myself a little harder had there been one more female up ahead within reach. But it was a good run & got a new decoration for my exercise room.

Way to go Ms Bugs! That's awesome, especially since you've had such a tough time last fall and this winter.... I'm glad you didn't push harder, probably would've just ended up getting hurt! What was your placing? How was the weather? Ice or snow? Details, dear! Goodness, the whole race report concept has sort of fallen apart around here! MrI, good thing you're getting back out there. Yes, the holidays are hard, but they're over. Time to get back to it. Shan... very exciting! And yes, that's good advice about skipping the tequila beforehand. Easy on the boilermakers, too, ok? Murphy, hope the knee is better. I think not going 5 days in a row is a good call. I don't like rest days (I eat too much!) but my legs sure do. Dave, how cool is that to get your wife running? My dh dabbles in it every now and then. But he always just jumps in and overdoes it, gets sore or hurt, and quits. Then it's ages till he does anything again! He ran about 5k on the new treadmill when we first got it, made all sorts of plans about doing it more, and hasn't done anything since. I hope she does a 5k this spring... -29F this morning here kids. After my haircut I went to the nicer gym than I used to go to all the time. Much better equipment (newer) and cleaner... 7 miles with 4 @ MP, walked a mile, and did 30 minutes of superset weights on both nautilus and free weights. Ahhh, that's better! Tomorrow is my last "long" run before Carlsbad but it's only going to be 10-12. Since the weather isn't supposed to be much better, I'm sure it's another treadmill run... so probably 10 will be the max! ETA: No Kojak action, Cash. Just a trim. Gotta get my hair out of my eyes...! Looking forward to seeing you next week. Remind me to slap you.

Bugs - honestly wasn't expecting you back till tomorrow! so i'm glad to know i wasn't wrong it is a weekend away... just didn't think about you bringing your computer... silly me you are a comp. geek On wedding advice: warned DF that he can NOT be hung over or still drunk on our wedding day!!! thankfully we will be in the bahama's together and with very few friends to talk him into drinking his face off... not so big of a problem for me... well that may not be true... if they have banana/chocolate slushies with rum I might be dangerous!!

bugs where is your 2006 stuff stored that you couldn't import it? i just hope i remember to take pictures! I'm not so good at that.