Peter, I'm drinking coffee and having a slow morning. My husband said "Go run at lunch" as he knows I like midday runs this time of year, so I am going to do so.

Lots of news yesterday. Hope Enke, Cranium, and others are okay and things are quiet today. 25F and windy so I dug out the long pants for just the second time this season. Weather turned out to be fine but my legs were without energy today. A sluggish 12 miles even @ 8:40. Stay warm.

I will be back later post doctor visits, yes visits with an "s." First with the doctor used by the track team to see about my leg, which seems to be getting better on its own now that I am sitting on this silly cushion with holes under my sore spots. Then later with the urologist about whatever it is I have. They have me on Cipro and it makes me feel pretty lousy. For the first time in years I have absolutely no desire to run and yesterday bagged it. We will see about today. If I do go it will, worse yet, have to be on the TM. It is snowing now and about 11° out. The way I feel there is no way I am going out in that! Oh yes, anybody here that posts about running in 40+ degree weather today I am going to find you and hunt you down! If it is Ribs I am going to take your family hostage until you do 6x800m intervals at 5K (yes 5K!) pace! Jlynne see -5° out that is what I like to see right about now! biketm a long slow recovery is not as bad as you think. Each week will bring dramatic improvements that will be exciting to experience. Just keep track from week to week and not from when you got hurt to now. Eventually you will be better than ever. stumpy77 the doctor news is a drag. Hopefully all of the repeat exams will occur relatively quickly. EGH3 yea a 12° run! Craneium best wishes for you father and your family. tselbs a man after my "I hate running in brutally cold weather" heart! Mariposai nice intervals. Yes, I am back at "work." It goes in quotes as I spent all day yesterday going over expense reports with our business office to try and collect the money I am owed. It seems they now think the restaurant bill is not "proof of payment." They want the credit card receipt too. What if you pay with cash I asked. They said just write paid with cash on the bill. Who comes up with these rules? evanflein congratulations on making it back home! Only you, and well a few others here, could even think of something like "I wonder if I can fit in an extra marathon between now and Boston?" enkephalin gee and I thought I was going to be by far the winner of the "most exciting day" award for the week! Well err, thanks(?), for making it close . . . or sorry you made it close . . . or . . . Well actually I am glad to read it all turned out ok and you now seem fine. Oh yes, next time somebody wants to know how long a marathon is tell them a marathon is only 6 miles and they should sign up for one! dg. thanks for asking, see above for current status! By the way Runners World's web site has a whole page of links to ab workouts if you want to see a whole bunch of them. CNYrunner I had no idea you are hurt. I hope you recover quickly. I have a grudge match with you to prepare for this spring at the Iron Horse HM! You better be there and ready! wildchild even if it is slushy before you post about a 40+ degree run outside today you might want to read my warning above! mainerunnah somehow I suspect 14° may seem warm up where you are today! All I can say is where is global warming when you need it?

Quick post, did 10 last night in the treadmill...nice and easy pace plan on doing 5 today. Will be driving north to back to Connecticut tomorrow to see the wife and kids, so if I have to choose between getting a post or a run in I'm going to take the run.... should be back to blogging on Saturday. laters, karl

Good morning. January and cold in NH. Around here it is about 10 now, 0 or below up north. Very little wind though. Back when I could run, I used to like these cold mornings. Karin, so sorry you are hurt. I can relate. Two months completely on the DL with bakc and sciatic issues, and two months before that running in pain. I am learning to embrace (again) cross training, but I miss the simplicity of running. First steroid injection is mid-February so I hope to get running more then. About 60 minutes on my trusty though rickety spin bike this morning. Maybe some elliptical later if time permits. Lots more logistics when cross training. Tim be patient with the running, and .... neither jdmom nor I are guys. both lawyers though, or lawyerinas! Hugs to all the wounded and happy running to the rest of you.

EGH3 yea a 12° run!

Heh, it was only 4 or 5 degrees this morning but no wind so it wasn't so bad. I did have icicles on the eybrows and eyelashes though. Lower legs were a little achy so only did 4 easy miles. Tomorrow I'll be hitting the weights and running 4 easy miles on the treadmill. Forecast is for somewhere between -4 and -8 degrees for morning lows so I'll stick to the warm confines of the gym.

While getting ready to hop on the the TM, I was watching the local news. The weather guy called a local superintendant to ask about weather conditions and how they decide to cancel school. The superintendant is a runner that I know from local races. He gets called a lot by the local TV station about school issues as he's a real nice and approachable guy. When they got him on his cell phone his first comment was, "you caught me while I was out running". The weather guy, who's also a runner said, "I knew you were running since I could hear the snow crunch".

Funny story, Tom. It's great to see runners pop up unexpectedly. This reminds me of another similar funny incident I recently saw. The mayor of nearby Washington, DC, Adrian Fenty, is a tri-athlete who also runs local marathons. The weather guy on one of the local TV stations is also a marathoner. One day the mayor was on the morning news doing a regular “Ask the Mayor” segment, where viewers can call or e-mail questions. One of the questions was whether or not the mayor would run the National Marathon this year. (No sure yet.) As they’re wrapping up the segment, the weather guy’s voice from off-camera says, “Wait, wait, I’ve got a question for the mayor!” Mayor Fenty looks over, his eyes roll and he says, “I knew this was coming!” Weather guy says, “Mr. Mayor, what exactly was your finishing time at last year’s National Marathon?” The mayor laughs and says, “My finishing time was exactly one minute slower than your finishing time.”