Good luck to the racers this weekend!

Planning on a longish run tomorrow.  My Garmin watch will not hold a charge at all anymore .  Shouldn't they last longer than 3 years?  Really "ticks" me off!!!  I feel lost without it, especially when I do run/walk on my long runs and now I have no way to time myself.  Maybe Santa will bring me a new one.

Karen...not surprised that you found an ultra to run in February!

Lisa...disappointed that you won't be able to do the Santa Hustle, was looking forward to having a running partner to keep me on pace again.

Gatsby...welcome!   there a few ladies on this forum who are from CA and post late, we all usually read the day before the next morning anyway, so we will read your posts eventually.  I love Christmas too and go a little crazy,  We have been married 42 years this January and my DH asked me the other day  "  well, are we going to overspend this year too?"  Does he really have to ask after all these years?  Good luck with the marathon on Sunday.

Lisa-Marie....no, I am not a teacher, I call myself a librarian even though I don't have a degree, but have been a Reference Associate for 24 years at the same library. 

Katepups....I grew up in Olean, NY.  I ran the Niagara Falls Int'l Half Marathon this past October. My BF from high school lives in Lewiston, NY and I stayed with her.  There is a Half in Lewiston that I am going to do next September.  I live in Northern Ohio now.  I also have 2 dogs, both Basset Hounds like Marjorie, 3 children and 8 grandchildren.  That sentence sounds like Marjorie is a basset hound!  I meant I own 2 bassets as does Marjorie!

Besides a new Garmin I also need new shoes.  I have a terrible time finding a comfie pair of shoes...this neuroma is getting worse on my right foot so I need a lot of toe room even though my foot is very narrow, makes it difficult.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Ginny

Good morning!  

Happy December!!  Thanks for the explanation of the November thing!  I get it.  Every day that it's not snowy and miserable in November is one day less of winter that we have to deal with!  

NRR: So, yesterday turned out nothing like I thought it would.   A couple of the ladies who work with me had decided to turn in a Gingerbread House, on behalf of the agency, to our local competition.  i was thrilled that they wanted to do it.  It shows community spirit, and helps keep the name of the agency fresh in people's minds.  WELL... None of us had EVER made a gingerbread house.  And they didn't decide to make 'just" a house... noooooo.... they made a tree house (because a tree is central to our logo).  I surmised at about noon that they were going to need one more pair of hands, so I jumped in.  They did a great job on the structure of the tree.  But, by the time we had it put together everyone was up against evening commitments that couldn't be broken, and I was the one with flexible plans. It was yet to be decorated.  

At 9:30 last night, I put the last peppermint and gumdrop on the house and deemed it finished!  lol   I think I still have royal icing under my fingernails. 

Karen - I am SO glad that I'm not the only data freak on the list!  

Camille - It's on my calendar.   Will you be coming down on Sunday night or staying over on Monday night?

Carolyn - a coke zero for me!

Lisa Marie - 70?  really?  It's in the 20's outside, and I'm fixin' to get ready for a race! LOL

Liaa - Nice 5

Gatsby Bird - welcome!  

Off to Jingle some Bells!  Due to the gingerbread issue yesterday, I didn't get to buy the extra cute stuff for the race.... but hey... it's a race!  woo hoo!  Have a great day! 

I hit some key accidentally and my post disappeared.  : (

Ran 4 this am. I'd considered a new 5k here, but woke up at 3 a m again and was just  too tired to race  Very glad I hadn't registerd-saved $!

RAcers: Cindy, really sending fast thoughts your way. Hoping you get that sub2!   Karen, hope you get another pr! 

And Julie, have a lot of fun!  I'll be coming down on 17th and staying over. I have an aunt S of airport I may visit and the biggest quilt shop in Ga is there. I can be pretty flexible, so as it gets closer, let me know what works for you/your family.

Lisa, has your back problem resolved?   Another teen in the house-hope it's a great day for her.

Carolyn, hope you get some miles in soon.  Healing vibes!

AnnieS, good luck with the ankle. I hope it does ok tomorrow.

Gatsbybird, thanks for welcome to RA and welcome to our RW escapee group!  BTW, we usually go back and read evening posts.  I hope you write a race report on CIM and sure hope the weather forecast changes.

Ginny, I'm having the same problem with shoes. Mine are way overdue for changing and I've bought a couple and returned them. I jsut got a pair of cumulus a half size smaller in wide. the forefoot feels really good, but my heel isn't wide so I don't know if they'll slide. I'll locklace to see if it helps.  Plan to wear them at home today.   What are you wearing for regular shoes? That's been harder than running shoes.  I have a couple pair of clogs and one merrill. My other shoes all hurt after 30 min.  I was so sure I had this fixed last year. 

Marjorie, did I say wow on your miles!  Awesome job.

Have a great day! Hi to anyone I missed.

1:40:16!! I am so excited. Better than I thought I could do. Looked down at my garmin a few miles in and realized I was running at what was my 10k pace this spring. I checked the instant results after the race and it showed me 4th in my AG, which for a race this size with all the speedy old ladies in Annapolis, I am thrilled with. I just checked again and I've moved up to 3rd!! 1st must have won overall masters.

I need to take some ibuprofen and stretch and maybe nap. Will come back for personals once I get down off of this cloud 9 I'm on.

Linda, I was posting this morning from my iPhone. Yes, you can just tell it to set an alarm - why didn't I think of that? Probably because it was too dang early for my brain to be working right.

Hi girls! 6.1 miles for me - time was slow, few brief walk breaks, nose blowing & stops for traffic - but I am really elated to be back out there. A bit of a twinge in the right heel, but nothing unbearable. I hope i'm back to doing 4's during the week & 8-10 on Sat am's soon! One thing...running is *hard*. :blush:
I did 4 miles in just under 40 mins Wednesday & just over 6 today in 1:07 & it was work. ...

Karen - Holy moly!  & Cindy, you're no slouch either, Sister!  

Ginny - my garmin got like that & I just ended up getting another 305 for, like, $120 bucks.  I feel lost without mine too - even if I'm just walking or doing a super easy pace run.

Linda - on the DH issues - don't eeeeeven get me started on MrDel...ir's been a rough year all around ...oh, and nice PR's!!!  Speedy girl!!

back for more later - I hope!