Mother Nature is trying to get us down with SNOW but TOO BAD. I am going to mock the snow (and enjoy the lack of ice) with an early morning run in it.

"Too bad" better not end up applying to anything else.

When I looked at elevation of the trail run I see that first half was a gradual net uphill with the second half net downhill.... that explains a lot. I had sort of went a different way to start.  Good to know.

No half on the trail for me with Carol.  Found out that will be a major practice day for dd's team with all of the judges coming in to watch and also practice judging by being an audience and giving feedback.  There isn't usually a month inbetween regionals and states but where Easter (and thus spring breaks) fall in relation to graduations/proms there is this year. Probably is for the best even though I was looking at this as a DMB race (not DNF, not DFL, not DNS.. by Do My Best-yup, I made that up.. not to be confused with a DUMB race which I've participated in also).

Off to run in snow and scoff all the way.

3 TM miles yesterday morning and 3 TM miles this morning.

Lisa - have a nice snowy run!

Marjorie - enjoy your run and the rest of your day!

6.3 for me. Now busy work day. Pilates is moved to tomorrow since they are supposed to do the hot water heater this afternoon.

Lisa -  sad I won't be seeing you at the Trail Half.....was hoping you'd show us the way!  Thre will be another tho....  Snow here too, but hoping it won't last long.  Enjoy your run this am.

Marjorie - Cute baskets!!!

Tessa - Happy your knee is feeling better!

Judy - Welcome back.  Sounds like a great trip!

LCruns - Good job on the TM run.

Went to a "fun" class yesterday.  20 minutes/core  20 minutes/all over weight training  20 minutes yogalates.  Alot of upper body weights and my arms were screaming.  Loved ending up with the yoga stretching.

Run today with RB.

Carol

Good Morning!  Wow was it stormy here last night!!  Still really blowing this morning.  I'm going to run this afternoon.  If it is still windy I'll hit the gym.  Came into work a little early so I can leave at 3.

Foster dog Buddy is doing well.  Jake is calming down too.

Got a temp crown yesterday.  ;(  At least it doesn't hurt.

Welcome back Judy!  Glad you had a nice trip.

Ok.  Soul baring time:  I'm dating a guy who works downstairs.  Marine biologist, recently divorced.  Known him for almost 20 years (we work for different groups, so would pass in the halls occasionally over the years).  Dating is SO awkward!!  Sweet guy.  Not public knowledge yet, although my kids have met him. 

Have a great day!

Sue how nice!

Karen oh he would never go there and say he can't be trusted. He wasn't even supposed to do goodwill. I was going to do it when I got home. He will just think twice before doing anything and will double check. Our temps will drop a lot today. But nothing like everyone else.

Judy, welcome back, you should've met Marjorie (we can vouch she is not an ax murderer) and Camille while you were down south! Glad you had a good time.

Marjorie, re the pharmaceuticals, we had a household hazardous waste roundup here on Saturday and one of the categories they accepted was meds. I took all of the stuff we had left over from DH. And a ton of old paint, pesticides, herbicides, cleaners, and batteries.

Susan, glad Buddy is settling in. Is part of it because he and Jake are both males? They are fixed, aren't they? And squee on dating someone, nice that you've known him a long time.

Lisa, sorry DD's tournament clashes with your trail race. There will be other races. And DD won't be in HS forever. I'm glad DD's school doesn't require that spring break be Holy Week, because she would be on break this week, then back one week, then in finals. The profs would be tearing their hair out. Snow? No! No more snow!

Laura, are the TM miles because it is snowing by you too?

Carol, wow, that sounds like a class that someone would look at and think "oh, varied, it shouldn't be too bad" and then an hour later be cursing up a storm as she limps to the locker room. And curse even more the next morning when she tries to get out of bed.

Ginny, you are also badass for running in the snow. And good for you for not buying a lot of candy. I haven't bought much but I have a couple of boxes of chocolates that I have been saving for the end of Lent.

Karen, how exciting, almost there! Are you meeting up with the Maniacs? Or are others from your running club going?

Damaris, good run as usual. Ugh on 87 and probably humid as well.

I stayed up late last night and did 6.5 slow easy miles (VERY slow) between 11:30 and 1 AM. When I went out the moon looked like a cookie with a bite out of it. I was eclipse watching the whole way and by the time I got home it was in totality and definitely did have a reddish tint. No run at 3:30, needless to say, I slept until 4:45. I shall go to the gym at lunch, I think. And the knee feels better. I have a theory that the exercise benefits it by increasing blood flow to the leg and keeping the muscles active.

Apparently I am super woman that can do no wrong. At least according to my boss. It's good that she has such faith in me and my abilities, but I did reiterate that there are a couple things on my plate that scare the crap out of me, and she agreed to help me with them. Unfortunately pay raises don't come until one year, but she pretty much promised me not only a merit increase at one year, but a promotional increase as well. I had no idea I was this good - I catch myself making mistakes and doing stupid things all the time. I've got her fooled! It figures now that I have a job that I like and am apparently pretty good at, we're most likely moving in the next 2 years.

Tessa, jealous of your midnight run. It was cloudy here so we couldn't see anything. I doubt I'd have been able to stay awake late enough anyway. So also impressed that you were a) awake and b) running at that time! Yes, I am ridiculously excited. I'll try to get to the Maniac picture they do Sunday at the finish line, but most of the Maniacs I know won't be there. I'm going to see 3 or 4 former RWOL Masters posters (mostly Vermont relay runners), and a bunch of people that used to post in the BQ or bust women's marathon thread I think on RWOL marathons. One of my friends from Masters (the girl I stayed with in Albany for Mohawk Hudson) added me to their facebook group and I've been getting to know them virtually the last several months there. One of them qualified like 20 seconds faster than me, so we're in the same corral and are going to try to meet up Monday morning. Other than that, just hanging out with my mom and dad and the DH.