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Yeah I wondered about that as well.

So I was just playing with map my run and realized that the long santa fe run that I thought would get me about 10 miles downhill is only about 6 miles. Not as helpful for marathon training.

Oh wow. Yeah, no kidding! Are you a teacher? Administrator? We have a few teachers in the Manatee Alum

Especially since I can't send him payment until tonight (or rather, won't).  I try to avoid financial transactions on my work computer.  Somehow being on BT is fine in my mind though.

You could have DH or a DS meet you at the bottom of the santa fe hill and drive you back up to the top (in a chipper helpful voice).

Log it as some sort of workout!   Ah, testosterone...

Did you all see the completion of the Dawn Wall? Woooweee! 

19 days of free climbing...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/14/sports/the-dawn-wall-up-close.html

As another example of the personal fit, I've looked at the various shoes mentioned here and think they'd be a poor fit for me. The Cascadia (for example) has way too much ramp, and much too little on the toe room.

He sure didn't sign for the "now".

Oh, and thought of your trail shoe question on our run this weekend. Wondered if you'd checked out the Cascadias. I like them for our rocky terrain, but wasn't sure about your mud/snow/ice. 

I just laughed. Maybe I shouldn't have...but I did. Hope the lingworm treatment works quickly!

So I thought I'd get back to my weekly yoga class now that my toe and wrist are good. Mak has gotten used to hanging out at home in the morning since J is here, so was pulling/pushing her into the truck. Got to gym 4min late...class full. Luckily, I had my suit with me "just in case" and the snowbirds were finishing up their water aerobics. Only thing is that a whole group of them stayed in the pool to swim/walk laps. Sigh. I spent time on a mat doing core and stretching for 25min. At least Plan C worked out

We had fog. Like thick, can't see past 40ft, if a car doesn't have it's lights on it's toast kind of fog. My kids were confused and curious. I felt like I was back in California.

And we are so fortunate now that there are so many options.  Seems like the trick is just finding that perfect shoe.  It is probably out there for just about everyone.

Adrienne, I got a chuckle about you hating the Clifton's.  You are still such a strong, young pup.  Wait until you've pounded the pavement for thirty years and it hurts just to get out of bed in the morning.  Maybe then you would love these.

On another note, I had a great training day.  Got in a good swim during lunch and then had a great tempo run in the evening.  My goal was to run first mile a minute slower than 5k pace, second mile at 30 seconds slower, and last mile as close to race pace as I could muster.  I wanted to focus on negative splitting and finishing last mile strong since I tend to go out too fast and fade.  This was to be 8:00, 7:30, 7:00.  Actually ran 7:51, 7:21, and finished with a 6:41.

I was going to run a 25k trail race this weekend but it sold out before I could make up my mind about it.  There is a local 5k that I'm doing instead that I've done 4 or 5 times and I've never done well on this course.  Lots of high hopes, nothing but shattered dreams.  Maybe this year will be different.

My last 4 years were in 8th grade. Admin told us not to get in the middle of fights. Just make sure no one else joined and get the SRO immediately (duh). Of course there were all the kids who didn't fight, didn't like fights, and just rolled their eyes with a "There they go again" attitude. Gotta love teenagers

Definitely sounds like you have an awesome SO.  It makes all the difference in the world to this lifestyle.