George, I'm sorry your shins are bothering you again. Hope it's ok. No idea about the eyelashes. Bet Erika knows. mine were frozen yesterday too.. we were at the same temps but you went longer & faster. It doesn't bother your nose? Before I left I cut a piece of Dr. Scholl's moleskins & stuck on the inside of the nose part of my balaclava. It seemed to help a little.

Nope, nose doesn't bother me. I go with a hat and a neck gaiter that's up to my chin. I can't stand a balaclava. Feels too restrictive to me. A little vaseline on the cheeks and nose works just fine. I think the shins will be fine. Just a lot of uneven pavement lately. Stretch stretch stretch. Thanks.

3 magical healing miles on the TM this morning - 26:00, and then an hour of pilates to get in that core work. I too prefer Saturdays for long runs, but our schedule doesn't always permit it. If ds and dd1 have a swim meet, then they are off and out of the house with dh too early for me to get up and run. I have to stay in and run on the TM while dd2 sleeps. As soon as swim season is over, I have a short break before Saturday morning soccer games begin so I will try for Saturdays again. I too like being able to relax, stay up late and have a couple of beers on Saturday night without worrying that I will wreck my long run. Craineum, good to hear that your Dad is on the mend and seems to be recovering himself. Very funny story about the red socks. Karin, it's great that you are nearly pain free and ready to get out there running again. Karl, good run in the 25K on Saturday. It is funny, is it not, that the course contains just about the only hill in Virginia Beach and you have to run up it two or three times (three times in the 30K). I did the series right before I ran Shamrock a few years ago and found it very helpful for getting ready for the race. Sounds like you will have a good Shamrock. Ray, wow! That is all I can say. Amazing. Tramps, good that the shin is basically better. Healing vibes to all those on the DL!

Happy Monday to you all. Some good (but cold) runs out there today. To pipe in on the LR conversation, I run mine on Saturdays with Sunday as a rest day as Sunday is the only day The Hub and I have off together. My long runs are also my only trail runs for the week (unfortunately) with my buddy, Karen. 3 goodly paced miles this a.m. with a 9:44 ap and a154 av HR, then an hour of strength/core. I alternate the upper and lower body exercises, i.e. one set of bicep curls, one set of squats, back to the biceps, back to the squats, etc., and change the combinations each time I work out: Upper Body - Free Weights (2 sets of 15 each) 10 lb. bicep curls 8 lb. shoulder presses 20 lb. overhead lift 8 lb. tricep curls 5 lbs. side lifts 5 lbs. runner arms (2 sets of 50) 10 lbs. - Chest Flies 10 lbs. - Chest Press 20 lbs. Cable Row Lower Body - w/Free Weights (2 sets of 15 each) Bulgarian Lunges - 8 lbs. each hand Squats - 10 lbs. each shoulder Step Downs Single Leg Piston Squats - 8lbs. Calf Raises - 10 lbs. Wall Toe Raises - 10 lbs. held on each thigh Bridges - 10 lbs. Core Side Crunches BOSU Crunches - 15 lbs. BOSU Bicycles BOSU Superwoman Flat Planks - 45 secs Side Planks (both sides - 30 secs)

I'm in Spareribs camp with my week starting on Sunday and My long run being the kick-off to my week. I'm running two logs......one old school and the one here at RA.

Holly, you have the censor button because you were declared Potentate, President, Overseer, and Eater of Worlds. Push it and see what it does Anyway, now that eric has placed you in charge, your interface has changed. You have new toys. Don't cross the streams, though. Not all SRs are hardasses.

I'm in Spareribs camp with my week starting on Sunday and My long run being the kick-off to my week. I'm running two logs......one old school and the one here at RA.

This may be a small point SLO, but I used to live in NY where the weather was not always nice, as it is here in TX. One reason why I always fest it was best for me to start my week on a Sunday and end it on a Saturday is because many people count on the weekend to do a lot of their running, when work doesn't interfere. That being the case, you can protect your week by making sure your weekend falls into two separate weeks, in case you get zapped by a big storm, or have something come up that takes away your weekend. If something comes up to mess with my Sunday LR for example, I know I still have next Saturday to do it. Spareribs the Hard@ss

I used to do my long run on Saturday when I was first starting out. Seemed to make sense since I was training for a Saturday marathon anyway that first time, and the Higdon beginner schedule had it set up that way. I really didn't know any differently. But now I do the long run on Sundays because of how the more advanced schedules are laid out, and because I'm usually busy doing other family stuff (i.e. mom shuttle) on Saturdays so can't be running all day. I don't go out early like a lot of you folks, so my runs have to be scheduled into the day anyway and it gets tough sometimes, but I'm not getting up at 4 a.m. on Sunday to run in the darkest/coldest time of the day in the winter!! Today is supposed to be "cross training" day, and I usually am pretty good about getting something in there. But today will be full of errands at lunch and shopping after work so it'll be a late evening... meaning I'll probably chalk it up to a rest day. That is a hazard of mid- or late-day running. It's easy to get a schedule squeeze thing happening... ETA: Twocat, that really bites. The first time I had to pay for luggage recently was coming back on Northwest from a trip started on Alaska Airlines (who does NOT charge for the first bag). I was so mad! I asked for a "no loss" guarantee and the gate agent looked at me like I was an idiot.

I asked for a "no loss" guarantee and the gate agent looked at me like I was an idiot.

I have to remember that line!