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I love running in the snow, it makes me happy!

I sympathize with (and have a lot of respect for) all of you in northern climes who are training in the cold and snow.  But if you persist you will reap the benefits when the weather gets better.  Keep at it!

Tomorrow is the A1A Marathon and Half Marathon nearby in Ft. Lauderdale.  I really sort of wanted to do the Half, especially because it loks like it will be IRC tomorrow.  A cold front is going through today and it will be spectacular on Sunday, if a bit breezy.  I run best in cool/cold weather.  My sometimes Training Partner is the 4 hour Marathon Pace Bunny.

But with the $100 price to register for the HM last minute at the Expo, and not being in Race shape at all, I decided to run an HM on my own this morning instead!  So 13.1 solo, thus boring miles at a comfortable training pace.  2 hours exactly, with the last 4 or 5 miles in the 8:40's.

Everyone have a good weekend, whether racing or not.

Bill

Fixed that for ya!  

Just stopping in on a break from work to tell you about my morning. 

So, last night was a late one, as we celebrated my BIL's 60th birthday at a fave Italian restaurant in North Beach.  It was a beautiful, balmy night so we strolled the neighborhood before climbing up the many hills to our little Mini parked pretty legally between two garages.  My mom was a trooper and easily scaled that steep hill.  Drove her home, took Ripley the wonder dog out for a walk and crawled into bed past midnight.  I have this 10 miler I wanted to get done this weekend but have a million and a half things to do on Sunday and knew I'd have to ride my bike to work today because I left my car at work last night before the party.  Anyway, there is a point to all of this build up!

So, at 6, my alarm goes off and I crawl deeper into the covers.  Ripley crawls up a little closer to see if we are going to go out.  I give her a little pat on the rump and say, maybe later...she snores, I snore, then the snooze goes off!  Ripley puts both of her paws on my back and nuzzles me.  How can I resist???  So, I dragged my sorry butt out of bed, put the running clothes on and she's waiting by the front door.  I took her for the first 5 miles of the run (which was all I thought I'd be able to do...) and then went out and finished the rest feeling great. 

I wonder if she can do that for me for swimming???  I love my dog. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Maybe Suzy will check in from paradise. 

Just stopping in on a break from work to tell you about my morning. 

So, last night was a late one, as we celebrated my BIL's 60th birthday at a fave Italian restaurant in North Beach.  It was a beautiful, balmy night so we strolled the neighborhood before climbing up the many hills to our little Mini parked pretty legally between two garages.  My mom was a trooper and easily scaled that steep hill.  Drove her home, took Ripley the wonder dog out for a walk and crawled into bed past midnight.  I have this 10 miler I wanted to get done this weekend but have a million and a half things to do on Sunday and knew I'd have to ride my bike to work today because I left my car at work last night before the party.  Anyway, there is a point to all of this build up!

So, at 6, my alarm goes off and I crawl deeper into the covers.  Ripley crawls up a little closer to see if we are going to go out.  I give her a little pat on the rump and say, maybe later...she snores, I snore, then the snooze goes off!  Ripley puts both of her paws on my back and nuzzles me.  How can I resist???  So, I dragged my sorry butt out of bed, put the running clothes on and she's waiting by the front door.  I took her for the first 5 miles of the run (which was all I thought I'd be able to do...) and then went out and finished the rest feeling great. 

I wonder if she can do that for me for swimming???  I love my dog. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Maybe Suzy will check in from paradise. 

My thoughts written out as I read this:

• you are way to young to have a 60 year old BIL.
• You drive a Mini?  
• how do you, Kathy, and Ripley all fit in the bed? 
• Nice run.  You are an animal.  

Just stopping in on a break from work to tell you about my morning. 

So, last night was a late one, as we celebrated my BIL's 60th birthday at a fave Italian restaurant in North Beach.  It was a beautiful, balmy night so we strolled the neighborhood before climbing up the many hills to our little Mini parked pretty legally between two garages.  My mom was a trooper and easily scaled that steep hill.  Drove her home, took Ripley the wonder dog out for a walk and crawled into bed past midnight.  I have this 10 miler I wanted to get done this weekend but have a million and a half things to do on Sunday and knew I'd have to ride my bike to work today because I left my car at work last night before the party.  Anyway, there is a point to all of this build up!

So, at 6, my alarm goes off and I crawl deeper into the covers.  Ripley crawls up a little closer to see if we are going to go out.  I give her a little pat on the rump and say, maybe later...she snores, I snore, then the snooze goes off!  Ripley puts both of her paws on my back and nuzzles me.  How can I resist???  So, I dragged my sorry butt out of bed, put the running clothes on and she's waiting by the front door.  I took her for the first 5 miles of the run (which was all I thought I'd be able to do...) and then went out and finished the rest feeling great. 

I wonder if she can do that for me for swimming???  I love my dog. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Maybe Suzy will check in from paradise. 

I posted my race report, with pictures, from yesterday's duathlon. 

Thanks for all of your encouragement. It means a lot. My family was wonderful! My wife got the kids out of bed before the sun was up, drove 50 minutes to the race and braved near-freezing temperatures. We're in South Texas so you probably need to subtract 30 degrees to understand how we felt.

One quick teaser picture:

We have a National Qualifier in our midst...

Congratulations, Julia!!!

Please oh please come and tell us stories about your day!!!!

Congrats on nationals, Julia!!  That is awesome!!

Caleb, great job with your first race.  Looking forward to reading your RR.

Nice run, Linda! 

Great weekend for the MG!  I'll add a little more good news with a HM PR this morning ... just trying to do my part. 

Enjoy your Sunday, peeps!  Now that there's no football on, I might actually get something done around the house.

Caleb--in a word, AWESOME!!!  How do you feel today?

Caleb, nice job! How awsome to get that first race done!

Julia, congratulations, lady!

 So I have barely been on the boards the last few days as I have come to realize that my first tri has a slim chance of happening. My injuries are bigger than I originally thought. My PT finally isolated my knee pain. It is my lateral meniscus rather than ITBS. I do have some tight IT bands as a separate problem. I am almost positive that the meniscus problem was from poor squat form. A day late and a dollar short. My hip flexor on my left side is fine. The pain I have had in that area is impingement from femoral anterior glide syndrome. Same thing that I used to get on the right side all the time but was misdiagnosed. My plan (I love a good plan!) is to rehab my injuries and work on the weak areas. Then find a run coach to help me with form and injury prevention. Now that I have a plan hopefully I can stop crying. I am off to go lick my wounds. Be careful with strength training and listen to your bodies!

Edited to fix paragraphs.  Stupid phone! Everything just gets lumped together instead of doing paragraphs.

Caleb, nice job! How awsome to get that first race done!

Julia, congratulations, lady!

 So I have barely been on the boards the last few days as I have come to realize that my first tri has a slim chance of happening. My injuries are bigger than I originally thought. My PT finally isolated my knee pain. It is my lateral meniscus rather than ITBS. I do have some tight IT bands as a separate problem. I am almost positive that the meniscus problem was from poor squat form. A day late and a dollar short. My hip flexor on my left side is fine. The pain I have had in that area is impingement from femoral anterior glide syndrome. Same thing that I used to get on the right side all the time but was misdiagnosed. My plan (I love a good plan!) is to rehab my injuries and work on the weak areas. Then find a run coach to help me with form and injury prevention. Now that I have a plan hopefully I can stop crying. I am off to go lick my wounds. Be careful with strength training and listen to your bodies!

Edited to fix paragraphs.  Stupid phone! Everything just gets lumped together instead of doing paragraphs.

Caleb, nice job! How awsome to get that first race done!

Julia, congratulations, lady!

 So I have barely been on the boards the last few days as I have come to realize that my first tri has a slim chance of happening. My injuries are bigger than I originally thought. My PT finally isolated my knee pain. It is my lateral meniscus rather than ITBS. I do have some tight IT bands as a separate problem. I am almost positive that the meniscus problem was from poor squat form. A day late and a dollar short. My hip flexor on my left side is fine. The pain I have had in that area is impingement from femoral anterior glide syndrome. Same thing that I used to get on the right side all the time but was misdiagnosed. My plan (I love a good plan!) is to rehab my injuries and work on the weak areas. Then find a run coach to help me with form and injury prevention. Now that I have a plan hopefully I can stop crying. I am off to go lick my wounds. Be careful with strength training and listen to your bodies!

Edited to fix paragraphs.  Stupid phone! Everything just gets lumped together instead of doing paragraphs.