Good Morning! Breger – nice run! After feeling an odd excessive fatigue last week, it didn’t surprise me to wake up with a sore throat yesterday, and today my cold symptoms are progressing. I’m hoping an onslaught of Zicam and Vit. C might keep it minimized. No running today, and, since it’s about 4 degrees outside, I’m glad. X-training instead: shoulder presses, hammer curls, seated bent-over raises, butt-blasters, incline dumbbell presses, and a 13-minute ab/core video. In an attempt to spread out my muscle soreness, I did the weighted squats and dead lifts last night instead of this morning. Happy Monday!

4 degrees here too this Morning Holly....hope you feel better soon Sweet run Bill - I can't wait for 60 degrees again, and I wouldn't have passed on a run either. Last Sat I had a good 13.5 mile run in nice temps in the 40's, but super windy. Yesterday, 6.7 miles with windchills at -25 to -30 with gusts up to 50 mph. Must admit....this run was NO fun, but felt good once I made it home and warmed up. It was funny when I got home and a neighbor talked to me for a few minutes. I could hardly talk because my face was froze and I was slurring my speech. My neighbor said I sounded like I was drunk. I said well, I did have a couple of bloody marys before my run....she just laughed and I said my face was froze and that's why I was talking funny. Easy 10 miles planned tonight and hope to beat a winter storm heading our way this afternoon. Hope all have good runs and a great day!!! Tim

Just read yesterday's thread and was impressed by all the long runs: Holly (in a hurricane), Peter, WRFB, PDR, Perch, Sarge, Tim, Enky, and Erika (in the deep freeze). Plus we had the coincidence of two first-time four-milers by Tramps and fussyrunner -- congratulations to both of you! And a good call by CNY to forego the HM with the rough weather conditions. Today it was -4F in these parts: warm by Erika's standards, but darned cold otherwise. Did one (1) mile on the indoor track. I was tempted to do more, but will hold to my recovery schedule. Have a good start to the week, everyone!

Bill-Nice pacing Holly-Hope you can get better quickly Jeanne-Great job on the Intervals and congrats on the AG placing...WooHoo!!! 5 + 1 cooldown with T this morning...8:17 pace in a light drizzle,but I still wore my shorts I'll work on the weekly thread later... Have a greta week everyone!!

Jury duty today. Thanks for the comments on my run (Sunday's thread) you guys. Bill, yes, today is a rest day. Legs feel oddly spunky this morning though... must be the early bedtime I got! Holly, I don't miss the days of having little kids bringing tons of germs home! Hope you're feeling better soon! Happy Monday guys, gotta go.

Today I think discretion will have to be the better part of valor. Whatever that means. It is 15F here with winds at 22mph while I try to decide whether to go out and run or not. Supposed to be 17 by Noon, with windchill at 0. I would normally give it a go at this point in my program, except that the ball of my right foot is swollen and purple, and even an easy 4-miler doesn't sound particularly prudent. Fortunately this is a 12 week program that tops out at about 35 miles, so missing a day here and there should be easy to absorb. I think. bty

BTY, 96 laps sounds intimidating to me. I don't know how anyone can keep track of how many they've run when the numbers get that big. pfriese, congrats on your 5mi race PR. CNY, you played it smart passing on the race in nasty weather and with a long drive. Tramps, congrats on your speedy 4 mi race. Twocat, nice 20K race. fussy, good job on your 4 mi. race. Holly, sorry to hear about the cold. I'm glad to hear you took it easy (by your standards but no one else's). roch, it's good to hear you logged some distance. BTY, I'd say you made a good call skipping today's run based on your foot problem. I hope it resolves itself quickly. Nice long runs for hopeful, teresa (longest yet), derrick, dromedary, Tammy, Holly, Peter (with hills), WRFB, PDR, CNY, perch, sarge (nasty conditions), waa5yom, enkephalin, pfriese, Evan (extra cold and windy and with hills), breger (fast finish), biketm, and Sue. This morning, it was about -5 degrees with windchill about -25 as forecast. Last night, I didn't even include outside clothes in my options as to what I set out that I might wear in the morning. I got in 8 miles on the TM at 1% and 6.7 mph (8:57 pace). A good day and good runs for all. TomS