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How is everyone's week going so far? I've been feeling sick all week, so training is been pretty shot for me, I'm just trying to get well. I'm so tired of blowing my nose!

Hopefully I'm the only one sick and everyone else is having a fantastic week!

I'm having a less than fantastic week but hanging in there.  So far, I have been blessed with good health this winter but my grandson has been here for several days sick.  He's not contageous, just suffering from the complications of allergies and improper care for them.   Still, it is wearing on my energy to have an unhappy, uncomfortable child.  I had a good run last night which helped boost me from this week's lethargic training pattern, but today, I feel kind of low.  It has been cold and dissmal this week and I think I am suffering from a lack of sun.  I am going to try a tanning session and see if that helps.  Some vitamin C would probably help too. 

 Hope to hear from everyone soon.  It's been a quiet week so far.

Hey - sorry I've been MIA- I've been sick too! I still have a small tickle in the back of my throat and a little congestion, but I'm back to training again (as of this past weekend). Be careful not to do much if you are sick, especially if it's below the neck.

I've decided I'm giving myself a free pass on the last week and I'll start to my "1 missed training session" per week this week! I have signed up for a swimming lesson to work on my form on the 26th. I'm kind of nervous - I've never had a coach critique my swimming before - but I know this is what I need to improve my swim.

Emily - be careful on your knee. If it's hurting, go to the doctor first. If you keep training, you could end up injuring it more and having to miss MORE training. Always a good idea to get it checked out early.

Hi Guys- Good to hear from ya'll.  It's been pretty quiet with all you  travelers and sickys.

Emily - How's school?  Do you get lake effect snow on the north side?  We are getting a fresh 6 to 12 " tonight on top of a lovely sheet of freezing rain from this afternoon.  I can't complain though, the last two days have been 50 + degrees.  I can smell spring coming.  How's training going?  I am finally working through my lagging motivation.

 Lisa - Did you have a nice visit with family?  I would love to be in Mexico right now.  I had Taco salad for dinner tonight.  That's about as close as I get.  So I'll bet you are running your little legs off this week getting ready for a half marathon.  I don't envy you for the difficulty but I have to admit that I am jealous that you are anywhere close to being ready to enter a race of any kind.  My swimming is pretty strong right now but I am barely running and 20 miles on the stationary bike tonight was pure agony.  Lots of luck with your race.

 Heather - Your work outs are awsome.  I'm happy to see you are back from illness and that your calf problem is better.

 I haven't seen anything from Jesika lately.  I hope everything is alright with her.  I am entrigued by her vertical mile race.  It seems like she said that was coming up in March.  My local news was talking about a similar thing in Omaha's First national Bank building, but only 40 stories.  Maybe i'll look into that for next year.

 So good to hear from you all - Danielle

Hey ladies! I've been running around crazy recently! Between regular work, travel agent work, training, and travel - it seems to be hard to fit everything in right now! I'm trying to remember that this is fun and not to take things so seriously, because there are only so many hours in a day.

I think spring will be here soon enough, I actually wish I could squeeze a little more winter out of this year, but it's warming up down here. I'm heading up to the cold on Wednesday afternoon - hopefully I can get my fill of snow in this weekend!

Keep up all the training and logging your workouts!

When is everyone's next race (any type of race)? Races keep me motivated - so my next one is March 10th (10K), with the ING Half Mary to follow on March 25th.

Hi Ya'll.  I am so glad to hear from everyone. 

Jesika - I'm sorry to hear about your knee, but you have a great attitude.   God be with you today.

My first race is a mini-tri on April 29th.  I have not even looked at run events but I think I'll try to find a 5K before that.  I think I can handle that if I don't try to be too speedy.  It is still very cold for us Northern girls.  I am going to Tenessee for a few days in April, but that is still a ways off.  Freezing rain is in tomorrow's forcast and snow on Thursday. 

Good training to all

Danielle

Spring is coming!  as soon as we get rid of the 2 feet of snow we received in February.  I have registered for a 5K on St. Paddy's day.  I have not even introduced my new running shoes to the great outdoors yet.  I ran 4 miles on the treadmill today at 5.5 mph.  My longest and fastest run to date but that doesn't get it done in the snow with other racers around me.  My mental focus for today is Run/Ride/ Swim my own race at my own pace -- not letting my competetive nature push me harder than I am ready for.   Balance Balance Balance.  Happy March to Ya'll

Here's some interesting reading material for you ladies regarding correlation between exercise ( particularly running ) and both brain function and nerve cell regeneration in areas of the brain.  There are several articles that are offered at the bottom of the page.  www.nootropics.com/exercise/brain.html  For further reading, type BDNF into your favorite search engine ( I used Google) and read on.  Also a fascinating article coming out as the cover story in the March 26, 2007 issue of Newsweek. 

Good reading, and running,

Danielle

It has been quiet here - it must be that everyone is just training hard!

The ING race was good, I had some stomach issues which prevented me from as good a race as I had hoped, but I'll definately do it again next year. I think my next half isn't until December, so that's a little disappointing - but I guess since I'm scheduled for the South Carolina Half Iron, I'll be doing a half in the race (yikes!).

It's pretty warm in Atlanta already - lots of pollen EVERYWHERE!

When is everyone's first tri? Mine is St Anthony's - April 29th. It's coming up soon - just waiting on my new wetsuit to be delivered! I'm supposed to bike lots between now and then, per my coach!