Happy St Pat's Day everyone.  Being of Irish ancestry, this is one of my favorite holidays.  Also because no presents or cards or gatherings are required, just lots of good cheer.

DH and I had fun this morning at our 12K.  Very well organized, great scenery, perfect weather, good finish festival.   We weren't breaking any speed records today, finishing at 1:10, and that's fine.   Pic of my special St. Patrick's Day outfit is below.

Karen, that sounds like a pretty awful morning.  Thank goodness for your canine burglar alarm.   Hopefully the police catch that idiot.

Cindy, nice job on the AG award!  Glad your 10k went well and was well supported.  Schools need all the help they can get these days.

Carol, hope you had a fun festive 5k and saw lots of leprechauns.

JulieD, nice job on the "manly" push-ups!

Lisa, love the snowy pics.  Yes, we can run across the bridge or anywhere else your heart desires when you're out here in June.  But we might have to dodge tourists since the bridge gets a little busy on summer weekends.

Ginny, I was never too fond of corned beef either when I was a kid but always loved my mom's soda bread.

Marjorie, way to go on the non-stop 23 miler.  I think it's all about finding a strategy that works for each of us when it comes to long runs.  Everyone will have things that work and things that don't work, and those things will not be the same for each of us, that's for sure.

Hoping things went well for Demaris today at LAM!

I don't do anything anymore without stopping!  I feel good if I can do 5 without stopping, and that even doesn't happen very often!

Karen....how scary!  I can't believe he was still trying to break in with the dog barking and you at home....how weird.  Good running today too!

Great pic Gatsby, love the outfit and you look wonderful!.  My first 10K ever was on St. Patrick's Day in Kansas City.

Lisa...yes you do make people smile, I can vouch for that!  An 8 minute mile or a 16 minute mile...a mile is still a mile (love that quote) makes me feel better in my slowness...

Ginny

Karen-LOL at the stupid burglar comment.  Wow on the "easy" pace run.  I've always heard that Hanson is pretty intense. WTG!!

Carol-sounds like you had a good time no matter the pace.  those kind of events are made to be enjoyed.  Costumes, beads, I'm sure that there was much to go around.

Marjorie-that is impressive and I can't say that I know any other runners that can go that long/far without fuel/liquids of some sort. You are most certainly one of a kind. The ultra runners that go light still carry at least some fluids on anything over 10 miles it seems. I most certainly couldn't do it... well at least not comfortably but then again I don't know since I've never tried. Viva la difference!

Damaris-wtg on LAM!  She posted on FB a 5:29 time.

Gatsby-love the pic!  Hmm.. dodging tourists.. sounds like just another convenient Lisa excuse for going slow.  Works for me. :-)  And since technically I would BE a tourist myself it seems redundant. When it gets closer we'll strategize. I will have a rental car so that helps quite a bit.. although I imagine that finding a parking spot is a feat.

Ginny-I asked coworker if people are more likely to ask her how much she walked when she did a race or what her finishing time was. In ultra land Forward Relentless Motion is what it's all about. Beats just plain stopping.