good morning all, just a check in b4 church. It is offical, Wisconsin is not a great place to winter train outside. -6 temps and -30 with wind chill.

joe - way to go with the links and all. I hope your weather is good today. The family is thinking about a spring break trip to Texas or somewhere warm. Right about now it is getting frustrating.

jeff - i see you did well in your first race back. That is great and you only have been at it for 6 weeks?

kevee - I have been sticking to running mostly in subdivisions. They are plowed and usually have clear spots on the sides of the roads. They also have sidewalks which usually are cleared. I slip and slide quite a bit but I just push through it. It is not ideal but we have no choice this year. This is my first running winter outside and it can't be any tougher. I will be inside most of this week because when the temps hit 10 or higher we have snow forecasted.

take care.

hey yall

its been a while....

i am still not back to normal, but im getting there. spent the last few days in bed with fever, aches, little cough. now, i think fever is over, but cough is really bad. whatever i took last night to sleep is still making me dizzy/groggy. read up on last weeks posts and looks like everyone has had a great week.

joe....hope things are well in tx. DH has a wedding this afternoon, so i guess its spongebob and hannah montana for us! be glad when the boys of summer are back.

spicegeek...up early! wow. hope work gets straightened out. you really workout a lot. amazing.

runjr....hope you are finding things to do in the snow. it is sunny and warm (ish) here. take care of your shins. like you, i am not so good at doing anything but running. i have been trying. my almost middle aged body is telling me to stretch more. i feel a little goofy--better come back later and post again. thanks for all the thoughts sent my way

love to all

Hi everyone, sorry I was MIA last week, it was a week from h#ll, I did manage to get 16 miles in total last week. I went to the Y on Wed. and nothing was open but the old treadmills and after 3 miles on that my shins on both legs were tore up. I jumped off when another one opened up and finished my 6 miles but by then the damage was done. Took the next 2 days off, icing and taking it easy. Ran 4 miles yesterday out side and I still have a little twinge in the right one but I think they are ok. I'm on my way out to my exercise room to do a video. I did manage to read all the post from last week and it looks like everyone is doing great

Hi to all the new 1/2 ers on the thread

Sheila

Good morning all!

Chamblin - way to push through your last run...sorry to hear about your parents

runjr - 6.2 & 10 GREAT! Yes I just started back running 6 weeks ago. Little background. I Have a lawn & landscape biz. From March - Dec. I work a ton of hours outdoors. Real physical work. I ran my first 5k Feb 06 after training for a couple months. I am a seasonal running I guess. I keep telling myself if I can get just a couple runs in per week during my season things would be great. Starting over each year is tough.

Chuck - way to work it out on your 8 miler.

Ispence - good idea sneaking in a couple miles during your dance class. I am going to try that Thursday while my twins are at gymnastics.

Kevee - sorry your race was cancelled. It has been cold here, minus the heavy snow.

Joe - Pro bowl.... is it a real game? 1/2 in March will be my first ever. My goal is under 2 hours.

Miss Wendy - hope you are back on the road soon!

Sheila - hope this week is better for you

toshi - 1/2 route on old RR bed in made of fine crushed limestone. It is an awsome trail. 35 miles in total. The county has a master plan of a Green way trail to circle the entire city. I believe a total of 150+ miles.

I have the cool black and blue toe thing going! 20- windchill this am. I got 5 in at a real easy pace. A stray dog followed me for 4 of the 5 miles. I'm sure the drivers along my route were cussing me because the dog was in and out of traffic on several occasions.

A good running week to all!

Hi all,
I have been lurking but am finally taking time to chime in. It is amazing how this thread grows and grows! All due to Joe's great moderation skills, no doubt!
Cara, so sorry to hear about your parent's split. I know it must be a shock - hang in there! Spicegeek - enjoyed reading the history of your screen name. I still laugh when I see recent pics of Posh Spice - what was she thinking? All that money spent to make you look 10x worse (IMHO). Your dinner sounds like a good cold weather meal.
Kevin and Run Jr. - have you had enough winter already? I am so sick of the treadmill. I did get yak trax so have had a few runs outside but don't like to run in <20 degrees (which it doesn't look like we will get too anytime soon). Kevin, sorry your race was cancelled. I am planning on doing the Shamrock Shuffle (5K) in Madison on March 16. Will do it at an easy pace with dh who is repeating C25K.
Peg, sorry about the hip problems. I had a heck of a time getting into a running schedule after my half in Sept. I am finally getting back to 15 mile weeks! I only run 3 days a week so seldom run more than 20.
Chuck, did I hear something about a grand child? Congrats!
JP - wow what a fantastic time! I can't imagine running that fast even in a 5K - let alone a half in winter conditions. You rock!
Joe, I will probably watch part of the pro bowl when I am at the gym today.
Andahuff, I don't think 5 miles in 48 min is slow - it is all perspective, isn't it? I find I am faster outside (in good weather, LOL!) than on the treadmill - must be boredom or something, but I have trouble keeping a 12 min. mile pace on the treadmill but have no trouble keeping that pace for 5 or more miles outside.
I have started doing the Bob Greene total body makeover challenge - I am doing core and stretching exercises 6x a week, cardio 6x a week and strength training 3x a week. It feels like it is working - I felt pretty good on my LSD last week.
Shout outs to everyone else! Will try to get better at posting and at remembering personals! Bertha has a thread started on running ahead.com (under half marathon trainers group) so stop over when you can. They have an awesome running log (much better than the one here) and they will let you get into your old CR files to transfer everything over. I almost cried when I saw my old cool running log!
Mary (who hates change for change's sake!)

hey Mary !! .. nice to see back ! ... didn`t you run the Chi Half last year ?? .. I was thinking of running this year

joe, I don't know how but we have a race report posted today on the old post, think you could go get it and bring it to the new post so everyone can enjoy?