My race was cancelled! I was wondering why the port-o-potty line was non-existent! But it was -2C, and 25mph winds so I was about that actually. Real feel was -10C when it gusted. I don't think I was dressed warmly enough anyway. We got some snow yesterday, and there was a bit of ice on the sides of the roads. They didn't want to chance running the race and having people wipe out on the steep downhills. About 1000 people showed up and we receivced our goodie bags and will be getting some sort of refund. Came home and made pancakes! I will get some miles in (a tempo or interval workout) at the gym later. Erika, I don't know how you do it, my face cheeks were durn near frozen.

Holly, are you training for a race coming up? You've been doing a lot of 15+ milers so just wondering...

No, nothing on the books until the ORRRC Marathon on April 5. I've just been looking a lot like Tramps' picture before I suit up to run, and we've had some extra eating events recently. Plus I've been taking advantage of having no kid-related Saturday morning activities to run longer on some weekends. Today I was able to run longer because DH has a cold and didn't want to go to church. Enke - please post in Farenheit. Just because your numbers look so much scarier in Celcius, that doesn't make it fair to those of us who don't think in that temperature scale.

Good afternoon - Rest day for me, although the soreness from Friday and yesterday seemed to reinvent itself overnight. But nothing that a good round of bathroom cleaning and vacuuming couldn't alleviate. Looking outside, we're having a brief moment of sun, but it's still cold with more rain and snow up higher in the forecast. DickyG - The snow yesterday wasn't anything like what others here experience. Not by a long shot. It was actually very pretty, and we were bummed we didn't have a camera. From my front door, I can see Kneeland, which is completely covered. The Hub called this a.m. from San Antonio, comes home tomorrow. It's been a nice holiday of solitude for me. He asked if I'd taken out anymore Christmas decorations . Guess I should at least pull out all the Disney figurines in which we've invested a small fortune over the years. Then . . . I . . . am . . . done. No more. Alright - off to do laundry! For DickyG: (From Telegraph, London, England) Abbie Hawkins, a hotel receptionist, thought her mobile phone was ringing when she felt vibrations coming from her clothes. But she later discovered the tiny creature tucked away in the padded pocket of her underwear. As staff and colleagues crowded around, Miss Hawkins, 19, produced the frightened bat, which was the size of her hand. She said: "Once I realised it was a bat I was shocked, but then I felt quite sorry for it really. "It looked very snug in there and I thought how mean I was for disturbing it." Miss Hawkins said she got dressed at 7.30am and arrived for work at the Holiday Inn Norwich North, near Norwich International Airport without noticing anything unusual. "When I was driving to work I felt a slight vibration but I thought it was just my mobile phone in my jacket pocket," she said. It was not until her lunch break, at midday when she felt a strange movement inside her bra, which had been hanging on her washing line the previous night. "I plucked up the courage to investigate and I pulled out a little baby bat. I just lost my breath when I saw it and I did not know what it was at first," she said. The teenager's general manager freed the bat in the hotel garden. "I keep thinking how could I have not known it was there?" Miss Hawkins said. "I will certainly be checking my bras every morning from now on." Jaime Eastham, of the Bat Conservation Trust, said they had never heard of a bat being found in a bra before, but said it gives a whole new meaning to "artetians."

Up too late last night. Up too early this morning. Been running all day, but no running yet. I'm exhausted. As I'm not training for anything at the moment, I think I'll wait until it gets dark and do a 3 miler with Renee for her evening walk. dg, yeah, my son likes pomegranate. A lot! We sit and eat the seeds together and he pretends to read my laptop. I always make sure we both dressed in red or purple when we do it.

What a great weekend we had with LaT. and Opie as our houseguests. They arrived on Saturday and I fed them dinner while we all agonized over the weather forecast for Sunday. Prediction was for high winds and temps in the 70's and that's just the way it turned out. Here we are at dinner. I overcooked the chicken a bit, but the salmon came out just right. We had a pasta salad, Tamster's bread and a green bean and red bell pepper dish with ginger and sesame. The Saint made a spice cake for dessert: We got to sleep early and woke up early. After a light breakfast I drove them to the American Airlines Center where we met up with JJChaney and his gf Jo, who is just lovely. She was kind enough to take this picture for us, and just before we shot it, Tim (wa5yom) showed up, so we got him to join us. That's JJ, LaT., Opie, the Saint, Tim, then me. So the gun went off, sending 17,000 runners on their way and I hung around a bit, then jogged out to the 11.5 mile spot and waited. Poor LaT sacrificed her own race to pace the Saint, and although it was no effort for LaT, the Saint struggled a bit due to the conditions. I ran to the finish with them. The Saint was pleasantly surprised to find that although she had a tough time, it was still a PR for her in the Half by a few seconds. On a better day she would have smashed it. I don't know how Tim did, but I got text messages on Jim. He will tell his own story, but he didn't have the race he expected. I think that when he saw how difficult the weather was, he dialed it back on purpose as his splits were even in the second half of the race. My guess is he saved it for another day. So the Saint has a new PR, LaT is a delightful guest and new friend to her, and I got 5 miles in. We're lounging around now and will head out for Mexican food later. Spareribs

perchcreek! Yes, the beer definitely helps And 2500/year -- wow!

Now THAT is some serious beer drinking. I doubt I put away 25/year. WTG Perch!

ok, evryday, that beats my sucky weather. I am a wuss, and I do not pretend otherwise. After pancakes, and a bit of time, went to the gym. Did 8 miles 2 mile 2w/u @ 5.4mph 2 miles @ 7.2mph (8:20) walk break 1 mile @ 5.4mph 2 miles @ 7.0mph (8:35) walk break 1 mile @ 5.6mph So four slow, four fast. I developed a side stitch towards the end of the first fast miles and it never really left me. Bummer. I probably would have done another 2 fast miles if not for that. Enjoying my post non-race wine and cheesies reward now. Jealous of all the good food and good looking people (and warm weather) there in Texas today.

Spareribs, did you say 70F? That's 65 degrees warmer than it is here! Thanks for the great pictures. Enke, sorry to hear they canceled your race. Maybe you should have done the jingle bells run with Franc and Dave! Anyway, sounds like you had a good workout at the gym. I went to the rec center and ran 5.5 miles on the indoor track to put me over 30 for the week. I'm on track to hit 1400 miles by the end of the year.