Teresa and wildchild: Lots of engineers on these boards, apparently. I'm a mechanical engineer by education, and a software engineer by profession. My DW is also an engineer, but our DS is definitely not. A friend who is also part of an engineering couple already has two engineer daughters and another about to enter college. I was torn between running in the warm temps today and resting my leg, but fortunately it was pouring rain when I woke up so the decision was easy. Good running to everyone today!

Cool, Doug! Did I mention that DH is an engineer, also? We met in grad school and now we run our own company out of our house. I have one sister, and she said anything BUT engineering, even though she was good at math. But she's a teacher, so she gets that from my dad, anyway. I did my 2.0 miles today. Seemed a little harder than I expected for such a short distance. Maybe it's because I've been running very consistently the last several weeks. It was 39 degrees!!!! Warmest I can remember in awhile. I didn't even need my YakTrax. I hope everyone gets some good runs in! Teresa

Good morning friends. I have yoga class tonight, so I decided to get up early and run 4 miles on the mill. The legs felt amazingly fresh after the 6 miles at the gym last night. Running outside is still out of the questions, the roads are icy, icy, icy. This Tuesday tempos are starting to feeling a little bit easier as the weeks go by. I ran 2 miles at 9:13 and 1 mile at 8:57 (I know, this pace is a crawling pace for some people here...but it sure felt fast for my legs ) W/u and c/d was done at a much more slower pace. Happy runny and happy tapering to all.

This is the invariable result when I have x-rays: nothing appears to be wrong, despite disabling pain.

Isn't this an inherent limitation of x-rays? They're good for showing bones, but not so much with soft tissue, which is where most joint pain comes from. I think an MRI or related technology is required to see ligaments, cartilage, and all that stuff clearly. And even then I don't know if they can tell much unless something is clearly torn. If you go with PT, I hope it works for you. My experience with PT has not been that great, but it's been limited at best.

We're getting a steady rain in Northern MI. I'm attepmting to make a matle style shelf. I may need bigger, more powerful, cooler saws........ When the rain abates, I'll put in a few miles...Providing I still have all my digits.

Got in 1.5 miles at lunch time yesterday and last night I tried out my new wireless headset on the treadmill! It was totally cool! Mr. Forward started his training last night. He doesn't want to let his relay team members down. (Hey, nice collage JJJessee, I like that picture of me.)

Another snowy day in Colorado...more shoveling and only 2.5 miles on the treadmill. We shovel four neighbors driveways regularly - so at least I feel I am building some upper body strength! It sure is a beautiful day though...blue skies and glistening white snow. Just like a postcard!

Good morning everyone! It's been awhile since I posted over here so thought I'd pop in and say hello to you all. Mariposai - I love that avatar pic of yours. You always have such a radiant smile on your face! today was my son's first day back to school after a long 2 wk break and then an unexpected snow cancellation yesterday. He was NOT happy about not being able to return to school yesterday. But once we got outside and started throwing snowballs at each other, he cheered up. I'm glad to be back at work today after two fragmented weeks. I didn't take the entire time off, but just worked a few days here and there. I will get in a run on the TM during lunch time today. I didn't run yesterday, but did get in a 1.5 mile snowy walk, snowball fighting and some shoveling. I ran 9 miles on the TM on Sunday. I will officially start my marathon training the week of Jan. 7th. I'm following Higdon's Novice 2 plan and the first 3-4 wks are basically what I'm doing now - in fact, it's a little less than what I'm doing now, so I'll just keep running my 25 mpw and then start increasing the beginning of Feb. My only goal at Eugene is to finish and hopefully look as happy as Mariposai, or Tet, does when they run. If I can do that, that my first marathon is a success in my eyes. Have a good day everyone!