Thursday after a quick grocery run I did 35 minutes  on the track with coach. I’m keeping up my upper body weights with light barbells (3 pounds). In addition, I’ve been doing some early morning cross training…namely, scraping the frosted over car windows.

Today should be a track run.

Happy runs, All! :::HUGS:::

Judy...we must have cross posted.  How is work going???  We are still undergoing so many changes and they are still pushing retirement for some of us...it is so obvious.  Makes for an uncomfortable working environment, but thank goodness for my co-workers...we are all in the same boat, it just feels like it is sinking!  Does you library do anything for the employees at Christmas???  Just wondering...we don't even get a Christmas Card, makes one feel real appreciated.

Ginny

Good Morning!!

6 miles for me today, repeat of yesterday's route and a bit faster.  No dogs and less ice lol.  A brisk 23 degrees

Judy - ha ha, scraping the car is a workout!!

Marjorie - hope it's nothing major with the car!

Ginny - hope you feel better!  Glad you enjoyed the concert, my DD's band concert is next Wednesday.  I gotcha on the job appreciation, nada at our agency.  They hold a "Holiday" inservice in January where we have an all day training and team building - wow, thanks

Hi Mel - Welcome!!  I don't know of a specific group that deals with hypothyroidism, but this group is very supportive, no matter what your level, age, speed. ....feel free to join in!!

Karen - yep, the dog was very friendly, had on a collar but I couldn't get him to stop moving enough for me to see if he at least lived close by.  No sign of him today.

Oh, one weird thing this morning, I ran by a guy walking on the other side of the street, he yells out, "aren't you freezing your a$$ off?".  I replied, "oh, I'm fine" and thinking, 'um, you're walking in the same temp that I'm running, so technically I would be warmer.  Just weird - we were in a fairly lighted business area and I was quite a distance.  Guess he just thought he was funny.

Well... I've lost my mind.     I wrote this yesterday in the midst of getting ready for the airport, but forgot to hit enter.  So.... now I'll post it... LOL

Good morning, Ladies!

Ran fartleks yesterday evening on the indoor track with RB.  It is so cool.  She loves the "speed play."  I have longer legs, but she's a bit quicker.  So, we even out pretty well!  It's finals week and the students have almost cleared out.  So, we changed up our direction several times.  We both agreed that our hips were happier.  

I am leaving for Georgia today.  DH will take me to the airport for my 1:30 flight.  60's and sunny for the next several days.  Sounds like heaven. 

Camille - I got your PM's... woo hoo!  Maybe at our FE you can give me some tips/pointers on how to build distance.  Right now, 3.4 is my longest run.  I'm pretty well spent by that time.  The heart is willing, the body... well.  

Carol - I'm a big fan of weight training.  Working out is a fairly new addition to my life (the last few years).  I told my doc I was really focusing on my fitness and when he did an abdominal exam (pushing and poking) his eyebrows went up and said, you really DO work out, don't you... LOL   I loved that.  I wanted it on tape!   As for weight loss, minute for minute, building muscle is the jackpot of calorie burning.  I'm ALL in favor of that.

G'morning Marjorie!  

More to come when I wake up!

Hooray Friday!! This workplace is becoming toxic and I need a couple days away. Next swim lesson is tomorrow and I'm kind of excited. I found a sprint tri I'm going to do. It's not until July, but the swim is in a pool. That is only 4 feet deep. Seems perfect for someone likely to panic swimming with a bunch of people around. A chance to "get my feet wet" both literally and figuratively! And the bike and run are the same course as the duathlon that I did in 2010 (and plan on doing again in April next year).

Ran 6.5 last night. Probably harder than I should have, but I needed to blow off some steam after seeing a coworker get demoralized and screwed over by her horrible boss yesterday afternoon. I left here wanting to cry for the unfairness and the way this very hardworking, very caring person is being treated. I'm still going back and forth on whether to take off between Christmas and New Years. It would probably do me some good to have an extended period away from here.

Judy, I'm sadly getting that morning XT as well. Don't want to be scraping my windows already!

Ginny, I think the second half of HM was prettier than the first. Less time on two-lane highway type roads. And the swinging bridge, while scary, is not that bad if you walk over it. You will miss the world's smallest horse, which apparently lives at the bottom of Blackberry Mountain, but I missed him this year and apparently ran right by. I wonder when they will start the second half, and if maybe that will make it a little less lonely for the full runners.

Cindy, as far as I know, me, Tessa, Lisa, Marjorie (but don't tell her stomach) and Zipper (from runango) are planning on the full. And the rest are planning on the half - correct me if I'm wrong all. I don't know about others from runango and what they're planning on running. 

HI Mel, and welcome! Can't help with the hypothyroidism, but as for the rest, I think you'd fit in great here. Come hang out for awhile!

Laura, another "me too" here. Last night I'm running and this guy is walking his dog and says to me "awfully cold night for a run, isn't it?" I just told him it wasn't so bad once you got moving and kept going. It was maybe upper 30s at the coldest, and it wasn't any colder for me than it was for him.....whatever.

Carolyn, sounds like a nice weekend on tap. Holiday stuff and back to regular running.

Julie, have a great time in Georgia - enjoy those warm temps!!

Marjorie, nice run. Hope the car is nothing major.

karen

Well, today's drama is a puking child. DS3 woke up this morning throwing up. It throws my whole day into a tailspin - I had a ton of things I was going to get done today, plus we had already purchased tickets for DH and I to go see The Hobbit this evening. *Sigh* Oh well, at least we found someone to go with DH and use the other ticket.

For those of you who missed my late post yesterday, I twisted my ankle and am babying it for a few days, so no run for me today.

Ginny - I think I would lean toward the second half as well. And if Amy does it, I bet she'll choose the same.

Karen - sorry about the toxic work environment. That's what my job was like just before I left to stay at home with the boys. It helped make the decision much easier.

Marjorie - glad it was nothing serious with the car.

Mel - welcome! I think you would find this group very supportive.

Laura - I find that the non-runners in my life think I'm thoroughly insane for running in the cold, rain, etc. But they would go and sit out at a football game in the same weather!

Julie - the best way to build up your mileage is s-l-o-w-l-y. Bump it up a little at a time. That reduces the risk that you'll wind up injured.

Carolyn - enjoy the run with DD. I need to get DS1 back out there!

Off to do some domestic XT. Have a great day-

Cindy, ouch, sorry about the turned ankle. Yay for Hatfield-McCoy, I hope Amy can come too! (Hmm. Maybe AmyDel could swing a weekend away with enough notice?)  On the which half to do, I would say walking across the swinging bridge takes a lot less time than walking up that hill.

Lisa-Marie, you might consider asking Santa for nighttime gear....

Marjorie, hope the car is not a problem today. (Check engine lights seem to come on for reasons that don't really matter in many cases. And if you disconnect the battery, wait a few minutes, then reconnect it, start the car, and the check engine light does not come on again, chances are it's not important. I think the car manufacturers make the things go on at random so you go to the dealership and they get a chance to find pricey things wrong with the car.)

Judy, don't you have a special day tomorrow...?

Ginny, that canker sore sounds miserable. Good luck with the shopping. I lucked out and ran into SIL and Dear Nephew in Barnes & Noble, took DN and said "show me what you would be pleased to find under the tree", and by the time we left I had gifts for Sis, SIL, Dear Nephew, and Dear Niece.

And this race is just for fun, there will be tons of people doing their first race I bet, go out there and enjoy yourself!

Hi Mel! Can't address the thyroid issues, however, I'm guessing some of this group have thyroid problems, and I can certainly relate to the weight issues. I was somewhere between 160 and 180 for many years (I'm only 5 feet tall), took nearly 50 pounds off on a shake&bar diet, gained it back, then finally managed to get it off using Weight Watchers. Which halfs have you done? And feel free to join this group!

Laura, glad you did not have any unwanted canine encounters this morning. If you get another comment like that, you might respond "Yes, I am freezing my ass off .... and what a coincidence, I see an ass right over there!" and point at him.

Carolyn, maybe see if DD will do a little more out and back, rather than having her commit to another full lap? Or if you are driving to the park with her, deliberately park as far away as you can get away with to add mileage.

Seems like we're all going to concerts this month! DS's is next Tuesday and Wednesday. (Yes that is finals week. Grrr.)

Julie, fartleks are fun inside, and I think even more fun outside because there are so many opportunities for changing it up. "Make the light before the don't walk sign starts flashing". "Race that pigeon as far as possible." "Sprint to the second light pole!"

Have fun on your trip to GA!

Marjorie (again), glad they did not charge you. DH has done the same thing, his gas cap needs to be screwed on tight also. (Um, I mean his CAR's gas cap needs to be screwed on tight...)

Karen, sorry work is not that great. I thought you liked your bosses? Nice for finding a sprint tri! (July? I hope it is not connected with Devil's Lake...)

Cindy, ugh on the puking child, hope he feels better soon.

2.8 this morning, more planned for lunch. Our company holiday "party" is today -- showing of the movie "Elf" (yes, the one from about 2002) at the theatre down the street. And the company is buying each employee a hot dog OR a popcorn OR a nachos plus one candy plus one soft drink.

Explain to me how sitting in a dark theatre watching a movie is supposed to promote colleague congeniality and networking.

I am not attending. I would rather go to the gym. I believe a great many coworkers have responded "yes" but are planning to stroll straight past the theatre and head home for an unsanctioned afternoon off.