teresa, belated congrats to your son's XC team on their regional win. Tall, that was a nice, fast, 5K. Good job. hopeful, I'm glad you got the ok to run. I hope everything works out well. breger, it sounds like you had a nice family visit. dg, I think you're being smart taking a little time to heal up. Good luck. Good job on the speedwork for breger, Holly, and PDR. This morning it was in the low 30s with some wind. When I went out there was some snow on a few cars but none had stuck to the ground. I got in 8 miles in bit over 1:17 for a 9:38 pace. It seemed a little hard but each of the last 4 miles was faster than any of the first 4 and the last mile was the fastest. A good day and good runs for all. TomS

Mary – you’re right. I don’t want to bog down the daily with this discussion, so I moved it to its own thread....

29F; 6 mind wondering miles with the fall leaves greeting my feet and the stars smiling at me.

This is so KEWL! I think it deserves a thread of its own though - because you are about to receive LOTS of offers Holly! p.s. Do you think your DH could talk to my DH?

IF he won't, I will. COme to Seattle!!!!! Timbo If it would help alleviate even a soupcon of your TM, I could email you my marathon travel list. It's just a page that I use as a reminder, altering for each individual race (e.g., I did not bring tights to Maui). Let me know. Oh, and DON't RUN. I am firmly in Twocat's camp. Go back and read about Joanie. Speaking of, what are you NYC Marathon runrs planning to wear for the race itself? Anyone opting for tights? Short/long sleeves or anyone being brave and going with a singlet? Lopez posted photos of his dogs on the thread munch started asking for photo help. Very cute. I think my cat Spencer is bigger than at least one, if not both of them. And he is not fat, as he would tell you (he constantly lets us know he believes he is woefully underfed and has a voice like a Siamese.) We are supposed to get to 75 today! WIll run and check back with y'all later. grins, A

dg, That's usually when my injuries take a turn for the better. Hope it is for you too! Probably not running today as I think my babysitter is sick. Mr Nono comes home tomorrow night, so I'll just push my 7 over to then...no biggie, but it has to get done tomorrow as we are going on the Auto Train to FL on Friday-Saturday. I don't think I'm allowed to run 7 mi on the train...and gosh it would really mess with the Garmin!

Thanks. that is just what I needed to hear! I like the idea of your running through the train... you could organize volunteers, have water stops. the silver streak. I meant to say the other day I love your logic. if it's not a running injury, we run. and (I'm almost done!) I'm glad Renee the dog didn't have another bad experience on the beach. {{{ Peter's legs }}} Holly, that is so cool! thanks Gordon. I have never heard of that one. I'll try it when I get home. TomS, nice run, faster at the end. If it was anything like around here that was lots of wind. you are tough. and thanks.. I'm glad you think so, I have to keep readjusting my head. I was all settled yesterday, & today I thought, well, that's enough of that!

Tim, I know exactly what you mean by the difference of not running by choice, and not running because you can't. Believe me I know what you're feeling! Hang in there though, you've run right up to the last week and you were cutting it tight with just a two week taper anyway, you'll be fine. Twocat will be fine because he has such natural amazing speed and ability. I'm afraid I'm going to choke. I ran 4.5 miles on the treadmill last night, and I felt sluggish, fat and out of breath. Just two miles at MP almost killed me. I'm almost losing faith in the pool running thing. It's always served me well, but have never relied on it for 2+ weeks... Good news is my foot feels ok today. (not great, but not ow-ow-ow painful, so that's ok for me!) Aamos! I'd love to have your list of what you're taking for NYC. I've never been to the East Coast in the winter. Hally assured me jeans were ok for dinner out with my friends on Sunday night, but other than that I'm sort of at a loss. I'm planning on wearing my running skirt and singlet... but I'll have stuff over that for the wait. If the weather holds as showing now (Sat night low 42, Sunday partly sunny, high 52, "real feel" 46), I'd roast in tights. Will need to take a trip to Value Village today to get throw away stuff.

Speaking of, what are you NYC Marathon runrs planning to wear for the race itself? Anyone opting for tights? Short/long sleeves or anyone being brave and going with a singlet?

Well I'm a bit undecided on my complete wardrobe for the marathon...I want to be sure on the weather. However, right now the plan is to go with running shorts, and my NYPD singlet (which gets me an easier exit right after the finish to a waiting NYPD refreshment area while waiting for our ride back to the hotel and the post race party). I will have both a short sleeve and a long sleeve shirt along with tights with me just in case. But right now the weather looks very similar to what we had for the Maine marathon which was IRC!

Tim...I can't wait to read your race report, you're dripping enthusiasm... 3.4 easy miles for me last night. Beautiful cool conditions here in the midwest. Lots of wind this past weekend, so lots of leaves on the ground. I'll echo mariposai...I love the cruch of leaves under my feet. Weather should be great for Beggar's Night. It's beautiful here today, I haven't run many days back to back, but I may have to consider it for tonight. Holly...a race for Christmas...what a cool idea! Janet