Ya - JHI posted! Have fun on your trip!! (like you wouldn't!)

I scanned the rest of the posts, and only remember Melanie running outside in the sleet! Good for YOU!!

Here's the report I posted - not my best effort - but it was fun:

5K Turkey Trot

1st Goal ? beat my PR of 28:45
2nd Goal ? anything better than 30 minutes

Fashion Report:

Mizuno Shoes (teal and white)
Black Brooks Thermal Pants
Maroon mock neck Under Armor Shirt
Black Under Armor Gloves
Black Pony Tail Hat

This race takes place at a middle school. You run through the woods, out onto the soccer field and around the perimeter of that and make the loop twice. I find it difficult to run on the wet leaves, uneven ground, etc. so I knew that beating my PR of 2 years ago was pretty iffy as that was a road race.

First mile ? 9:02 ? that is pretty darn good for me.
2nd mile ? 9:22 ? still faster than my normal (9:30ish) but I?m slowing down
3rd mile ? 9:26 ? about average
Now this is where it gets tricky. My garmin marked the 3.11 miles at 28:49 ? just shy of my PR. The actual mat time was 29:15 ? 3.17 miles.

Either way it was a fun race. I placed 4th in my age group. My neighbor ran this with me and placed 1st in her ?young? 24 year old age group! She won a cool turkey trophy.

Cheers!
~Mary

P.S. I won a door prize! 6" sub at Sub-Way!

Jhi - congrats on your PHD!!! I am visiting U of Maryland with my H.S. senior daughter and her friend......

Congrats to all of you on your races and times. I ran 3 miles today in the mid-30s but felt great with my new cold weather gear (see earlier post). I am going to run here tomorrow and Sun - just 25 min which for me is about 2 miles. I am doing the training program from the Nova Marathon special - not planning to marathon but I liked the schedule.

Best to all. This hotel is a little creepy but it is 5 min from the school on a main drag so I think it is okay. Off to read and surf the TV while my DD and friend are visiting a friend on campus -

Lisa

Morning Michelle I hate it when it rains too heavy to run. Most of the time it isn't the rain, it is the rain/wind mix that does me in. I hate the rain hitting my face - if I can wear a hat and the rain does not hit my face I'm good. You said you have a date with the TM on Tuesday. Why Tuesday? or did I miss something. As for me, I'm doing a hour run today which should be around 6 miles. I was going to run around 8ish but since I've been up since 5:00 I'll run sooner and then get on with my day. Last night I went on Runnersworld and put in the 1/2 in March in order to get a training schedule. I'm thinking about it. I may look at a few other programs before I decide. I totally want to do a 1/2 but the one in New Bedford in March is considerd a very hard one so I'm a bit afraid. We'll see. I have time to train and decide as I go.

Lisa Enjoy the weekend with the DD and her friend. Creepy hotels are not fun though so make the best of it!! One time my DH and I went to Florida (he was a long haul truck driver at the time) and we stayed at some hotel. It freaked me out a bit and I made him find us a new hotel. Oh well, too many bad movies!!!

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Good Morning Cherrie - what's got you up so early? I've been awake on and off since 3 a.m.

Good luck on your hour long run today - I'm sure you'll get six miles in. I like the idea of aiming for a 1/2 marathon this spring. That will keep you motivated through the winter months. Check out the Hal Higdon training programs. I really like his stuff - his runs are easy to fit in on weekday mornings. www.halhigdon.com[/URL" target="_blank">

We went out for dinner last night and although I didn't overdo the dinner -actually brought some home - I had desert! Now I have to run it off. Kind of windy here today - hoping for a 2 hour run (11 or 12 miles) but we'll see. Suppose to go with the neighbor so I'll see what she's feeling up to. I only have 11 miles so far this week!!

Talk to you later!

~Mary

ok, like I said before I'm messing with my workout schedule so how does this one look:

Sunday - 3 mile run on hills
Monday - Cardio Go Go class
Tuesday - Rontell and 4 mile run on TM
Wednesday - Belly Dancing (rest day)
Thursday - Rontell and 2 miles of speed work on TM
Friday - 4 miles flat on TM and Cardio Kickboxing class
Saturday - 6 mile long run - mainly flat

what do you think?

Cherrie- Looks like a good plan! Wow, when do you do laundry, grocery shop, etc? You must be very good with time management!

Michele- Cool. I didn't know you could set up a bike to be an " indoor" bike. That makes a nice workout. Pop on a movie, and ride away...

The rain stopped, but its still windy!