Enke - Yes, it's easy to overdue it on that stretch. It's suppose to be very gentle, which why it'll take about a week to really feel results. Jlynne - That's a great idea! Two years ago everyone drew a name (okay, I drew names for everyone), but I thought the round robin thing (I have no idea what else to call it) would be fun. It's the one where everybody picks a number. #1 gets their choice of gifts first. #2 can steal that gift or pick one, etc. No gift can be stolen more than 2 times. Once we have gone through all the numbers, #1 gets to go back and choose any gift he/she wants, unless they want to keep the one they have. It's going to be a $25 max. Then I was going to have a separate drawing that no one will know about and give that person some sort of gag gift, like a box of Depends, or Preparation H and laxatives, etc. Tim - Yeah, I agree that you should be havin' dreams about other things besides running. Haven't got any transcription done today. Spent over two hours waiting to get the tires rotated on the truck, then got the tree home, then had to run around and try to find a side handle for our toilet 'cause the lever inside broke, yadda, yadda, yadda.

A lovely double day for me. A 5k turkey trot with Econo and then an eazy 4 miles on the beach this afternoon, part of it being done barefoot. Great time with my DH, son and nephews on the beach. I will post a few pictures when I return back home.

Well I went out in the snow, too! Not falling snow, but broken up, lumpy snow on the bikepath. The snowmachines have pretty much ruined it until it gets plowed again. I had a 5 mile run, quick down the bike path, slow and sloggy with a couple of walk breaks on the way up. 5.2 miles in 46 minutes, about 8:51 avg pace. Temp was colder than I was expecting... I was pretty late getting out and it had already gotten to be twilight and colder. 5F for most of it, fading daylight so I wore my reflective vest. First run outside here since early October. Felt great. JLynne, I'll see if I can pry that recipe out of my sister. It was really good...