Oh what a difference a day makes. Not only did we lose an hour, but here in DC we lost about 40 degrees too. Woke up this morning to 28F. Far cry from the 60+ degrees we had yesterday!!! Personally, I would like both of these items to be returned. In honor of DST, I did one hour in the pool today. The spent 30 min on the crystal park tri. I then went to my fav LRS and they got the crowbar out and pried a little over a hundred $$$ out of my shut tight wallet. I chatted the shoe guy up to death about my PF, my shoe history, and what I think about this whole deal. I give him props as he never ever once rolled his eyes at me We had a very lengthy discussion about the neutral, motion, and stability shoes. He watched me walk, and then run. Verdict...I am a neutral runner who places her feet almost in front of one another upon landing. I have a medium arch and I don't need motion control shoes. I am now the proud owner of Miizuno Wave Riders 11 and blue superfeet inserts. I also have a 14 day return policy. I then went to Whole foods and true to nature purchased way to much for the anticipated lugging home on the metro. My arms feel as tho they are 2" longer and I can easily say I did 30 min of walking with weights. This and losing an hour has made me very, very sleepy now. Mr. Ribs, I can't even imagine flying so much that I would get that many miles. Yikes!!! First class to London is not a bad perk tho. Good runs and good night

3 miles around Duke Trail for me this morning. Weather was nice and cool. Not able to read all the posts, but will come back this evening and enjoy them!

Just got back from a 4 miler. First two miles was really a drag -- literally. Don't know what was up with my dog, but she was on fire and pulling me along like crazy. It was uncomfortable with the dragging and high cold winds -- I couldn't get my feet under me. The 2nd half of the run was much better, but then, probably anything would be. Relaxing now with a little bit of rum and water and waiting for my turn to shower. It was fun to pop in here and read first before heading out. Lots of great stuff going on here today! I'm particularly envious of the skiing!

Sarge- very nice that you and your wife are both able to share this passion of running, and how cool of you to be helping her get ready for her race. So what was the aftermath of the race you put on? I'll bet all reviews were positive. fbgrrl- welcome to triple digits! A great day for you, a run followed by a bike, good to hear you are able to get this in with your work schedule. Cmom- what brought on that blister? Something change recently? What a sight those balloons must have been. I just stare and gape at them when I see them. Were you close enough to hear their flame thing roaring on and off? halllar- give that calf a good massage and stretch tonight. I see you are working on what comfortable feels lile. Keep it up. rochrunner- cool new toy you have there! I agree with you on the mouse thing, for any extensive work I like the external one better. I apologize, I never commented on your story about finding the cell phone on your run. I think you did the right thing by picking it up, the owner should've been very thankful you did that. Good luck with your run tomorrow. CNY- there you are. Busy busy busy! But good stuff. I was thinking about YOU today with your long run, the wind was amazing. A good character builder run. Now wonder you are feeling tired! Congrat to your son on scoring a goal after getting slammed! Oooh, have fun at the museum of science, that is a very cool place. You gonna run the Charles while you are there? Craneium- your training has been going well, you should reward yourself with a race. Thanks for the nice things you said, and I did what you suggested and my tongue cramped up. PDR- good character builder run for you today! You earned your brunch. Be careful please about introducing weights into your program at this point. 6 weeks before your goal marathon is usually not a good time to start doing something new. If anything, work on the core and stick to that, in moderation. Holly- when that snow and ice clears, you are gonna FLY on clear roads after being used to running on what the snow and ice. All this stuff you've been dealing with is only making you stronger. Including the sled pulling! enke- WOOHOO!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it! You've worked hard for that PR! charleygross- amazing how much things like not eating properly effect our workouts. You always have to be diligent. I liked your attitude about it. Carry on. Tammy- Ahh, now it makes sense why the turnout was so light for your run. I knew it couldn't be you! If you do your upcoming long run before you seminar... good luck staying awake! wildchild- even when you get your car back, you may end up sticking to the walking. Good bonding time! There must be something in the air today making dogs everywhere go nuts. runningindc- Yep, the difference in temps between yesterday and today was amazing, wasn't it. Great post from you today, thanks! Good luck with the shoes! I really am hoping they are the answer to your ailments. And you can never purchase too much from WHole Foods! Great place! Breger- You are gonna come back from your vacation like an animal! nonoruns- what's going on in Colorado with the dogs today? Rum and water? WHat training program are you on? I want in on it! pfriese- it's always a bummer to have to scratch a race, especially when meeting up with people, but you sure made the best of plan B! Spent a better part of the afternoon spending too much at Costco. It doesn't take much to ring up a $230 bill! I can survive without leaving the house for months now at least. It's good to see springtime stuff like patio furniture, bbq's and lawn care items on the shelves finally. Enjoy what's left of the weekend! Where are those half marathon reports?

Tet, thanks for pumping up the hills, but I think that was the flattest Half I have ever run. I kept thinking, this is nothing compared to Whidbey Island. Btw, it is coming up in 5 weeks and I was thinking of doing it as part of a 20 miler. btb - I love your posts because I can always count on picking up some tidbits I missed about certain folks.

I ran the Mercer Island Half Marathon this morning and very briefly saw Tet before the start sadly missing, though, an introduction to Enke and Krista ! It was my first Half in over 18 months, chip time of 1:46:33 and enough left in me to run another 6.5 miles after my afternoon at work!! Francesca

Well the workout today confirms it. I have the Vamn DRAA bug. JJJ

That Vamn DRAA bug! But you are on my team, so I'm ever so thankful that you took one for the team today. Now I even feel extra guilty about hardly doing doodly squat today and I don't even have an excuse. Here, you were hurting and you still did all that!