Good morning, all! Mary - can't blame you for sleepin in - 2 degrees isn't conducive to running. Twocat and CNY - I saved you some chili and left the front porch light on last night ;-). It was delightful, and the leftovers will be even better tonight. wildchild - my uncle lives in Denver - he called last night to gloat about the lovely weather he was having yesterday... DH and I made it to work this AM, but the roads were still pretty dicey. 6.5 easy miles on the TM. Good runs to all - stay warm out there!

Waiting for the Saint to come home from taking Riblet to school, then we are going out for a slow five. How do I know it will be slow? I ran 12 on Sunday, and after yesterday's short, slow recovery, normally I would be ready to go today, but everything is different for me now and I see it takes me a bit longer to recover from a long run. I use RHR as an indicator, and you all have seen me post about this in the past. I take it in the morning and if it's still elevated, I change my expectations about that day's performance; then I am not disappointed. And the HR metrics are all different for me now. Before surgery I was high 40's. Now I am just under 60. But this morning I was at 62, so that's where I am today, headed for a probable slow workout. For those of you in marathon training, taking your morning pulse, while you are still in bed, will give you a reliable measure of how tired you are. I'll bet anything both Bill and Perch watch theirs. Spareribs

Greetings folks! Thanks Sue....I bet the chili is fabulous and you are great to leave the light on! I thought sure that Twocat would beat me to it. Mondays are slow cooker nights since the kiddo has hockey practice (never cancelled!) and I go to my granny's for dinner while he's skating. I bring her a portion of the slow cooker fare so she can have a few meals for the week. Mr. CNYrunner made a beef dish that had apricots, almonds, cinnamon, tomatoes, onions, cumin, spinach and chick peas and other spices all mixed in there. Fabulous! I thought the storm might change the plans, but the roads were better last night, so we stuck with our Monday ritual. I was glad that I could keep my date with Super Granny. She was sad because she normally reads to a local kindergarten class on Mondays. Yesterday was Dr. Seuss's birthday (Granny lives around the corner from Mulberry Street and Dr. Seuss's---Ted Geisel's birthplace) and she had her Cat in the Hat all set. Schools were closed, so she was disappointed. Six miles at 6:30 a.m. for me today---9º and -7º windchill---and then some weights, core, and stability work. I just re-read the book Run Strong edited by Kevin Beck and it affirmed my decision to work at the little things outside of my runs even more. Hi Holly! Good day to all CNYrunner

Good morning all, It's cold here but at least it's dry. I have a lot of respect for all of you who run in considerably colder temps than we have here in the Mid-Atlantic.....I'm not sure I could tolerate running consistently in temps colder than the upper teens. 10.30 miles of hills @ 9:13 pace. I ran without my iPod this morning as it stopped working on Sunday. I called Apple yesterday afternoon and they Fedex'd a new one to me this morning. It's charging and loading my playlist as I type. That's what I call service... Good runs to everyone

5 miles with the Saint and as predicted, it was otmaeir. Spareribs

5.3 miles on the Y indoor track this morning. The roads are so bad that even DS16 wore YakTrax to run on them yesterday! Which means they're too bad for me, lol. The snowbanks are so high that you have to inch your car out to see if anyone is coming when you try to pull out. I did see one runner, but she was WAY too far out in the road for her own good. Oh, our outdoor furniture disappeared under the snow yet again!

Mother Nature was kind and stopped dumping rain right before I headed out the door this a.m., and didn't start back up until I was almost home. Snow flurries/whiteout up on the mountain passes has made driving across 299 and 36 a bit dangerous right now. Let me just say that Humboldt County people can be Stupid, Stupid, Stupid when driving in inclement weather. Am back on a regular training program as of today. Completed 3.25 miles in 33:27, and about 30 minutes of light strength training. The HR is staying on the high side, but am hopefully it'll start coming back down once my fitness level goes back up to norm. Av Pace/Best/Av HR 1. 10:19/8:40/145 2. 10:31/8:49/154 3. 10:11/8:58/158 4. 9:51/8:50/158 Sue - That chili sounded really good! The Hub made some Sunday before I got home, but he made it too spicy and I can't eat it. The ole intestines are not real happy with the internal changes these days, and I am constantly battling heartburn and nausea. Oh well. I'm told for most people things settled down within a few months. Until then, it's a crap shoot as to what I can and can't eat.