Yeah Soundie on finishing up that 21 miler! Way to go... hey, I use popcorn as a carbo loader every day... just finished my big ol' bowl here a few minutes ago. My reward for all the shopping I did ... ok, most of that was grocery shopping with DH. That was fun. We brought home some awesome stuff. I'm going to be cooking a LOT on this break, I can tell! Those 10 extra pounds? Oh, well, yeah... they're still there Dark Horse, I have too many stoopid medals and stuff... I'll send you some. Ilene, you're so tuff. Glad you survived the frost... And on that note... I ran 8 miles of brutal hills today in the waning daylight of the solstice sun... Gorgeous day. Temps were -7 downtown ("real feel" -17 according to Accuweather... not sure what they were talking about), but about zero here at my house and probably well above zero (10?) at the top of the hill. I overheated big time about half a mile into the run, and by mile two I'd taken off my mitts to just wear my poly-pro glove liners, and felt like stripping off my fleece jacket. Prolly should have, I could've picked it up on the way back. I had on my balaclava, headband for my ears, wool vest (should've skipped it), 2 winter weight tech tops (overkill with the fleece), brooks tights, Hind Arctic pants, smartwool socks, poly pro glove liners, brooks mitts... whew! Too much! I was way too hot. Ok, so tomorrow it's supposed to be warmer, and I'll wear much less. How do you get the charts off your Garmin training center and into a PDF or JPG to post? I wanted to share my elevation (start at 800 something, ended up over 1400...) chart but can't figure out how to pull it out of the training center?

Congrat's to Ilene, Oldguy, and all you who ran those long long runs. And all of you who just get out there. I'm always inspired by the daily thread, so please keep it up.