Nice runs all! For me 7.1 miles in 28° and glorious sunshine. I mostly run solo so it was very nice to run with DW today. Enjoy your Sunday everyone!!

First pain-free (achilles) week of running in some time. Managed to get in 40 miles with a 13-mile LR yesterday. No speed work yet. Wanted to thank tselbs, enkephalin, wildchild and bth1490 for your comments a little while ago. Lots of things happening and haven't been able to keep up with the daily posts recently. Some nice running today. Peter - nice 20 miler! Great video, Holly (and SR)! If you haven't seen the original, it's a 'must-see', including the presentations following the lecture. Have a great day! PJ

I got back from Vancouver last night. Good thing for the world peace and safety that the TSA inspector "caught" the (out-in-the-open) cuticle clipper I had with me. It is a basically a tiny scissor that I use to cut strips of first aid tape that I wrap around a few toe nails to stop them from turning black when I run. I called my DW to gripe about losing it and she surprised me with a new one sitting on the bathroom sink when I arrived home at 12:30am! Just as Soundrunner promised Vancouver is a wonder city for running in. They have a trail that runs pretty much along the whole waterfront. It is very impressive with separate lanes for pedestrians and bicycles. Thursday was a beautiful sunny day and I was so enamoured with being able to run along such a great route I extended my planned 15 mile run to19.44. Part of the run was in Stanley Park which I returned to for a somewhat shorter run yesterday. I forgot to bring along my MP3 player which turned out to be all to the good. The sounds of the park are worth at least a single hearing. Part of the run goes by a harbour within which were floating a flock of little ducks. I have no idea what kind, they are not that big, black and white, and have rather small beaks. The more interesting thing is that they squeak. It sounded like an armada of live yellow rubber duckies! Today was a 7.05 mile run with DW. Cold and clear here in CT. A nice run though. Congratulations jules2 on your race. It is always nice to beat whatever time you had hoped to get! tselbs enjoy your cruise! In the meantime I will certainly miss you daily roundups! Nothing like getting those long runs done! Good work breger1 and PeterNC.

4.25 miles at 9:45 pace. 3.6 of it in packed snow. Beautiful sunny day in NYC.

Yay Perch! Your reports have been so speedy, I'm not surprised, but most delighted at your race results! Geez, Paraguay, Caribbean cruise, Strawberry daiquiris in the hot tub, Florida vacation, VAncouver....and Baltimore! What a group! Tim, my shin splint is improving, but not gone yet. These things hang on like slugs! Glad to hear the AH is healing, PJH. After 11 slow miles yesterday, got in 6 decent ones today--first one was 9:15, last one 8:17 but the middle 4 were sub 8s for a 48:38 overall. It is 52 here today! grins, A Manny showed up for spring training on time in his white Cadillac. I love spring training.

12 miles in about 2 hours. Longest run in a long time for me. I am pretty happy with my effort but a llittle leg weary now. Thats a good week back for me and am a little more confident that my foot problems are behind me for now anyway. Lots of great long runs out there today. Lots of vacations also

JJJ, SteveP, evanflein, Holly- thanks for the nice comments! evanflein- don't worry, you didn't miss the roundup. I make sure to go back and read what I missed. You ROCKED your run yesterday! Craneium- way to rebound after a lousy gym experience earlier. evryday- way to pick it up at the end of your long run yesterday! Was some of that wildlife chasing you? jules- nice return to racing! That's an awesome time! Beating your goal time by that much is a nice surprise. TomS- enjoy your well deserved time in the warm sun! We'll need a full report! breger- it sounds like you'll have to redefine what MP is for you. stumpy- if you're gonna wipe out, it might as well be in the snow! Sounds like it was a fun run. Jeanne- I hope your outdoor streak continues after you get back from your trip. Have a great time. Mary- is your leg still bothering you? Is that why uphills were out? I hope you find some flat routes in San Fran to run then. perch- wow, that was some recovery run after an awesome race! PeterNC- after that run, I'll say your ready for your marathon! Well done. Ribs- I hope your trip lets you rest those feet. Holly- those "glad to get it done" runs are tough. But sickness, cold weather, house stuff, falls in the driveway... even with all that stuff, you always get it done! Mariposai- "mariposai.... mariposai... where are you???" That was the 13 miler calling you. What was your answer? Tim- I didn't know you were having problems. Good deal cutting back on the speed. Keep us posted. Tramps- I love all the details of your runs! munchkn- that's what running is all about. PDR- I'm sure Tom is just as jealous of you having all that beer on hand! What's for dinner? WRFB- I guess entertaining doesn't wear you out at all! Nice run! PJH- good to have you post again, and even better to have it be such a positive one! lyndenrunner- you deserved that easy day after yesterday. And every run should end with a nice walk. Twocat- welcome back! Glad you had a great trip! Tallrunner- what was up with that driver? Not what you needed after your excellent evening. Oh and nice run! bap- how are you feeling? charleygross- sometimes a recovery run is better than doing nothing. Let's see how you feel tomorrow. Aamos- a friend of mine was in Rapid City this weekend, and she was commenting on how nice the weather was. Nice speedy run today, but watch those shins please. Sarge- glad to hear you're starting to rebound finally! halllar- weary legs are a good thing! Much better than a bum foot! Knocking wood that things continue this way. dtoce- The question is... "How many donuts are in a dozen?" Did I win? 8 miles for me today, with some tempo miles in the middle. Like Sarge, it feels like the crud is finally going away. Bright blue skies, windy and chilly. All good. This is the last weekend of February! Yay! Hope it was a great weekend for all!

Tom, Have a blast on the cruise, Nice run Enke. The rest as been good, though a head cold is not a pleasant way to spend it. I'll get some miles in next week. 20 min @ the gym, mostly elliptical. jjj