evanflein reading your post just now brought me a bit of a chuckle. My SIL is in a total panic over her retirement accounts. My DW and I are busy trying to calm her down! To think my SIL is still in her mid-40's! Too young to worry about the market's occasional runs up or down.

Holly, no the school record set by a student was 33 laps. I only ran about 22 or 23 laps today. I sort of lost count, but it's close enough. There was only one other parent out there running and he's my son's best friend's dad. He is a cyclist so a pretty athletic guy anyways (bikes to work, does 2 and 3 day long bike rides, etc. My son's teacher also ran the whole hour. Her and I competed together in a duathlon last summer and she also bikes alot. A few of the other teachers ran/walked part of the time, but otherwise most moms and dads there were the 'lap counters'. I love running with the kids and look forward to this event each year. And the kids remember me and lots of them like to run alongside me and chat. It's a good group of kids at this school . A small rural school, only about 200 in the whole school. I wish I could be even more involved, but I manage to attend at least 3-4 of the events each year, a few field trips and the jog a thon. I'm thankful I have such a flexible job with generous time off (7 wks per year in total), so I can do stuff like this.

Good Morning! Our TM is in the garage, with a shelf in front of it and a small TV (w/cable) on it. DH got a DVD player for it recently and hooked it up, so I am set for winter weather. Much better than a TM in the gym. Like Dark Horse, I found that the channels were never on a show I wanted and the volume was turned down - deadly boring. Snow storms, icy conditions, bring it on.....I'm ready....

I pretend I'm chasing felons...It keeps the work out interesting. Roch, there's lots of hill running in Nashville. Have fun!!!! Doesn't Paint Creek have a race??? "Fat a$$ 50"??? We're happy about you son's 18 laps too Tammy. Two miles today. Sweet.