6.4 miles 56 min last night & 4 miles 27 min this morning.

Trying to recover from turkey & everything.

Prepped the sweet potatoes, added all the dining area extra stuff, stuffed the turkey, put the bird in the oven, and had time to run my 5-mile loop from the house. Thought I was taking it easy, but checked the watch with about 1/2 mile to go and saw I had a chance to finally break 40 minutes on this route. Picked it up and rechecked it with around 1/4 mile left. Good chance. Did my best impression of a sprint up the final 100 yards and made it in 39:47.

     It was a great day after that, too, as the whole family was over for Thanksgiving Day and I got to see my one-yr. old granddaughter walking around!!!  The wife's new dessert recipe was delicious, too.   Many, many reasons to give thanks.

85oneone.... Thank you so much for your service to our country.

Ogr44.... I was in Frankfurt for about 2 hours in 1974, on our way to our high school ski trip in Austria.  Your wife is a warrior. Please give her my congratulations and best wishes.

Melody.... Glad to hear the pup is feeling strong, too. Afternoon/evening runs are more often than not the rule for my running. When I get out of work early enough, a couple handfuls of peanuts and a little hydration and I'm ready to go.

6.4 miles 55 min. Got a lttle chilly.

Deb, I had my first trail race earlier this year and there were lots of places with broken rock where I didn't know how to get down safely. One of the most memorable parts of the race was the group of women I ended up with and how we helped each other up and down those huge hills and across the creeks. It was quite an experience. Congrats on your trail run and great job on giving a runner a hand. :-)

I miss you all and I'm glad to see y'all are still getting it in. Hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving. I haven't really been posting because I haven't really been running. I managed to get a few shorter distance runs in last week. Yesterday, I completed the Atlanta Thanksgiving Half Marathon. It was a hilly race. Started off cool but ended up with ideal running temps. I hadn't run double digits since the Marathon on 10/7, yet managed to finish in 1:54. That was surprising. I was worried leading up to the race and considered pacing with the 2:30 group, but figured I'd just run at a comfortable pace, have fun and just focus on finishing so I could feel less guilty about eating. lol I took it easy, ran comfortably, high-fived some kids and spectators and walked through all but one water station. I was at the race a couple of hours early because I also volunteered to help set up. I did that more out of selfishness though because the Atlanta Track Club gives out some awesome volunteer swag, so I earned a nice Thanksgiving Half Marathon fleece and got to meet some nice people. I also hung around for a while after I finished to cheer in some friends who were also running; some were completing their first half marathon. I had such a great time. Came home and made a German chocolate cake and banana pudding then I prettied myself up and headed over to my brother's for one of the best Thanksgiving feasts I've had in years! Great food and an awesome time with my family and some friends. So much to be thankful for. Considering the damage I did at yesterday's feast, I think a long run is in order for the morning. Trouble is, my lower body is so sore from yesterday's hills. I'll soak and see how I feel. I may hit the gym later too.

Run strong, run happy my friends and I'll be back soon to read all about it.

debm - Assisting a fellow runner at the risk of slowing your own time? You are an official Trail Head!

degregorious - Sounds brisk!

NRDgirl - nice time in the Half.

40 degrees and breezy, but bright sunshine. Shorts and short sleeves (but I wore gloves. Go figure!) Hill repeats up South Table, 5x1:00 (1:00 recovery) followed by the normal up and down of the hill for the next hour. About 7 miles, 70 minutes, an a BEAUTIFUL Black Shorts Friday!

I picked up a lightweight running jacket last weekend. C9 by Champion, sold at Target, has some really well made running gear for a decent price. Check them out.

Run free!

To Y  with daughter #2 early for Zumba, which was cancelled!  So we did some cardio machines and then played on rock wall and kids area dodgeball.  After lunch took dogs on a run while DH and son rode bikes.  When we got to grade school, set dogs loose.  DH clocked the border collies at 22 mph sustained over 1/4 mile!  We then headed into woods for a trail run for me, trail ride for them.  Took a break to throw rocks and sticks in creek before running home.  Weather sunny and in mid 50's. I wore capri tights but regretted it when legs got all scratched by thorn bushes. Great run for dogs and myself probably almost 3 miles, no time.

9 miles 1 hr 19 min. Perfect weather.