No run today, but I'm heading out shortly for a hike in the woods.  Its a beautiful day and our snow is gone, too .    Daffodils by the weekend, hopefully!  And I ordered a pair of new shoes yesterday.  I'm optimistic that I'll be out on the trails in a week or so (maybe less).  Not that I needed a new pair of shoes to run, just, they were on sale and everything....

qotd:  What's the best part of spring for you?  Me, it is seeing my garden emerge and starting my vegetable seedlings.  Running-wise, I love seeing the skunk cabbages emerging in the woods.

No run today, but I ran last night. It was not a good run at all. I am glad I did it, though.

QOTD: My favorite part of spring is our spring turkey season, which starts Saturday. I love it!!!

Morning trail peeps and happy Spring

I went out for 7 miles yesterday evening but cut it short at 4.  It was rainy, I was cold, wet, and miserable.  I cut it short because I couldn't stand being around that whiny voice in my head that kept complaining about everything and making up excuses (doesn't your knee feel funny?).

Today the plan is for 10 easy miles around the hood.

QOTD: You might all know already...Girl Scout Cookies.  My fiance is in constant amazement that the boxes I buy on the weekend are all gone by Friday (but I only had 1!?).  I'm not sure what she's complaining about...I always make sure we don't run out of her fave's.  I'd say I have about a 2-3 box/week habit.

Morning all.  Nothing for me.

Mandy - good to hear you are ahead of the curve but we kinda already knew that!

Jamezilla - more talk of girl scout cookies?

QOTD: I like to see the budding and first growth of everything.  That first time mowing the lawn is great.  In the middle of summer - not so much.  Spring trail running is great too.  Great smells, sights, and usually perfect temps.  Arggghhhh....this reminds me I am missing Hyner this year. 

Have a great day!

Good Morning,

Getting ready to head out for a few muddy miles. There's still snow and ice in many spots, so I'm not sure whether to take the YakTrax along?

TT: How do you clean your dawg post-run? Shower, too? When I think back to our dogs on muddy trails, I always remember having to shower the dogs, or track tons of sand/dust/dried mud around the house for days. Just giving them a towel rub would not cut it.

traildc: Cascadias?Brooks had them on sale, for 35% off. They did not have my size any more, sadly, so I'll have to find them somewhere else.

jonferg: Shorts? Did you have to calm down from the exitement about putting them on again, before heading out?

LB2: Brave, brave to tough it out. Way to go!

AT: Don't you just hate it when the snow fill-ins between the rocks, which make some un-runable trails finally runable, are gone?

Zilla: Sorry you could not enjoy the drizzle. I feel sometimes it makes a run almost "magical", this dripping sound and the wetness in the woods.

Mandy: Over-achiever, as usual!

Jamie: I'm not sure about the perfect temperatures. Last year, I got some light frost bite on my hands at the Hyner...

Muppy: Enjoy the self-inflicted pretzel knots!

QOTD: Having the flowers in my garden grow, and passing my secret spots where orchids grow on one of my trails!

Mountain Laurel is not bad, either, always fun to run through the flowers (until the bees hit my face, that is).

Heading to the gym later tonight for a lifting session followed by a hard workout on the TM. With the weather being so nice today I'd rather run outside but DS wants to go along and lift and I really need to keep up with my lifting so it's off to the gym.

QOTD: I mostly hate spring. I like the warm days but hate the constant swings from nice days to being cold and windy the next.  The best part for me are the nice days and, like Mandy, I love the switch to daylight savings time.

QOTD: I think I actually like winter running better.  I do like the longer daylight hours though and enjoy watching things bloom and the trees getting green.  I think maybe sitting in the back yard and catching some rays while strumming my dulcimer might be the best though.

TT: How do you clean your dawg post-run? Shower, too? When I think back to our dogs on muddy trails, I always remember having to shower the dogs, or track tons of sand/dust/dried mud around the house for days. Just giving them a towel rub would not cut it.

I don't get too obsessed about it , but if she is especially muddy I just hit her with the hose and towel her off before letting her loose in the house.  She has only had a handful of real baths in her life, and they were the result of her rolling in something really nasty.