Hey Folks - Cindy and Joe have great posts for today over on last week's thread. After reading Cindy's post, I had to take a nap. I was exhausted. (Jeez Louise! How does she do it??) Stayed up waaay too late (well, for me) last night ('til around 12:30/1:00), and my butt is dragging today. Luckily, I don't have really anything to do, so I can be a slug if I want. Cindy - Ginger might help the nausea some, but it's the pain that I can't ever find anything to help. Well, except for a Vicodin - which does wonders for my disposition in those times, too! Anyway, I'm definitely calling my NP tomorrow. Joe - Buddy ran 1600 miles!! Wow! He's gonna out live all of us, being in such great shape. Have a great day!

Nice going once again in the cold Jim. Shoot, I never ran on the treadmill much but in those temps, hhmmmm. Leslie- hope you're feeling better today.I agree with you about Cindy.I think that she may just be WonderWoman or something. Can't say much to ease the pain Evryday.I was there last week.I already warned the wife and kids and animals to steer clear tonight ,Dad's going to be a nervous wreck. I'm taking the strategy that if I have a good Sunday long run,the day's a success. A NYG's win would be gravy(fingers crossed). Run was 16 solo miles this morning.About 38*,steady rain with intermittent downpours.Light wind with 0% dryness. Time to get the fireplace going, kick back, and have myself a cold one! Great Day my friends

Hey Mtnchck...you got in some good miles today. I was gonna run some for you as you had asked. But then i got to thinkin'....You're up in the beautiful mountains snow skiing and doin' all the cool stuff. So I went ahead and ran a couple for you anyway. Joe, I don't have the NFL network either.....I went over to my sister's place and watched it. Woe is me. Got in a really nice 12 miler.....just got back. I picked the pace up the last 3 miles pretty good. 10:31 pace overall. Think I'll cut back this next week. It's appropriate the subject line is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." It's one of my favorite Christmas songs. The thread that Sarge started about the carols had me singing that song for the duration of my run today. Thanks Sarge. Jewels, fatozzig and Jim and othrs....here's to getting yourselves healed up and back to perfection very soon.

Thanks for getting us going Leslie.... So nice to hear from Cindy. Glad you and Mariread got that run in. Thanks for the advice on the rolling pin. "Rolled" everything down yesterday and will do it all this week and try to go for a run after Christmas. Nice 12 miler for Evryday......hey, I didn't know your wife ran as well. It's nice to have a spouse that runs! You are brave Jim......way to get out there in the cold and get in some miles. Take it slow on the hip. I think you are right about the arthritis. That old hip injury just gets "fired" up every so often because of the arthritis settling in. Isn't it great getting older? Joe....a belated congrats on all those miles you and Buddy put in. Do you have any race plans for '09? Carol, Arla and Kelly....hope you are getting in some runs this past week and all is well! High 70's thru out this past weekend. Christmas Day forecast will probably hit 80! Strange weather I tell ya. So no running for me this week, but I'll be checking in with everyone....I think I may be getting a cold as well. Woke up with a sore throat..... Jewels

We usually run on a 3 mile looped course. She'll go one way and I'll go the othr so we can meet up somewhere along the way and high five each other. Must sound kind of corny, but that's what we do!

I think it's great! I would absolutely love it if the Hub worked out with me, even a little bit. But, alas, it ain't gonna happen in the foreseeable future. And about those workouts - Day 4 of doing absolutely nothing. This has to remedy itself by tomorrow morning. It has to. Joe - Echoing Ev's comments, great run for you! FJ - Moderate temps at 14 degrees. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! <gasping> Oh, that's good! Jewels - Did it hurt when you rolled your leg? . . . . 'cause it will <insert> I've belted out a few 4-letters words before whilst using ye ole foam roller. Cindy - Glad you and Mairead got out for awhile. Okay - I gotta go get ready for work. Got up and did my transcription since I was wide awake at 6:00 a.m. listening to lots of thunder and then a brief torrential downpour with small hail. Will check in later.</insert></gasping>

Jewels - When I use my foam roller, I balance myself on my right side, using my arms and with my left leg crossed over the top of my right, but not touching it. I then roll from just a little above the knee (maybe an inch or so??) up through the hip area - back and forth. It's a slow roll, and I put as much weight on it as I can stand at the time. If this make sense, I roll back and forth from directly on the right side to sort of the right/front of the thigh/knee area. I also just use my thumbs real hard and massage on the right front/side just above the knee. If it's at all tight, you'll be able to feel this. I've done it 'til I'm nauseous, but it really helps if you're consistent. Also, when you run on the road, do you change up the side of the road you're running on? I mean, do you always run, say, on the left side? Remember, most roads are not flat. If you constantly run on one side of the road - like the left side - your right leg is always on the shorter part of the slope. You're off kilter. It's important to change this up. When possible, I run down the middle of the road and only move to the side when I need to. Asked The Hub to take Ziggy to the vet for his yearly shots. Said he opened the door of the carrier in the garage with the door to the house closed, then came inside. He went to get Zig off the bed - all the cats (except Fatso, who couldn't care less anymore . . . or cant' hear) had scattered. Now he has to lure him out from under the bed. Good thing he has all day to get him there!

Woohoo.....way to go Arla on that 20+ run! How'd your appt. go today Leslie? Jewels

and a final 20 miler which turned into a bit over 21 per Garmin. Took it SUPER slow, I sure didn't want to get hurt at this point, which worked out great in terms of how I feel today. So now I get to taper just in time to travel to see mom (good in terms of having time to travel/visit) and eat too much holiday food (bad in terms of needing less food right now)! Arla

Congratulations on getting to this point. You've done the hardest part.....the training. Now relax and play things out in your mind. What a great feeling to be where you are with your training. Enjoy it and get mentally prepared for the race. You're gonna do great! Good luck tomorrow fatozzig.