Laura!  So due to the foot of snow and ice and mush outside where I live I got on the hated treadmill today and did 3 miles....thanks for the suggestion to do interval type training...I don't know if I did it right but I just kept changing it up...slower...faster...slower...and it made such a difference in the boredom factor...and I just kept going...huge difference...at times I ran as fast as I could and then did 30 seconds to a minute of slower pace...and then changed it up and just kept going.  Thanks!  Now if they would just invent a 'virtual running experience' headset (like in the movies) where I am on the treadmill but am visualizing being on a beach in Tahiti!!

slomo,

i live in kearney...it's in central nebraska, about 2 1/2 hours west of omaha/lincoln area. that would be fun to actually run with someone. i have a friend who's giving me tips, but she doesn't run anymore...and i think i'm too slow for anyone else...lol.

what marathons/triathlons did you do here? i've heard of the lincoln half, and kearney has a half in june called the buffalo trails run...a lot of people do that one.

speaking of running, time for me to "put my shoes on"...have a groovy evening!

theconster

Greetings all,

been a while since I lurked here last...ended the 2010 season with 10K on 31 dec  (1:19, and untimed 4k on 1 jan).  Since then weather and travel have conspired to keep me off the roads.  I did manage to get in two 5k+ waddles while on travel to san diego last week.  I have a course I've measured out thru the UCSD campus.  starts out with 800M uphill but ends with same 800M down!.   I had gotten to point where I had jogged up the entire 800m.   sad to say I've regressed to point where I only managed 400-500m before walking.  my normal walking pace is just under 14min/mile which is not much slower than my jogging pace around 11min/mile.  I am scheduled to complete the st patrick's day 8k in Wash D.C. on 13th - this is part of my prep for Marine Corp Historic Half in May.  I did manage a couple of treadmill workouts while oversea's in late jan/early feb.  I am interested in what others have done to keep moving thru the last few months.  for the most part, the weather here in Northern Va, hasn't been too bad but couple of storms coupled with travel have really cut into my road time.   I once was abe to only run on treadmill but since moving to pavement its hard

urun2me- thanks for the tip on mapmyrun...that's the program I have used since day 1 but I didn't know I could import my garmin info...I will be playing with that tomorrow! Interestingly though on my run this morning my garmin is showing less distance on a route I've used off map my run for months...unfortunately in the negative not more mileage but less! Bummed me out.

Marie mine shows the elevation also but I have no idea if what it says is correct...all I know is I have the hills generally with in the mileage it shows but whether the elevation itself is correct who knows!

Looking forward to spending time learning more about it tomorrow...rest day and a storm!!

Frankierunner28 - my goodness if that had happened to me I wouldn't run in the winter either....how painful and frightening.  Have you considered treadmill in the winter or some other exercise class, etc?  I really am not a fan of winter so a real hybernation actually sounds like a decent plan to me....just need to find the den

I started my training for the 13.1 in June.  I did a 1.72 miles at 11.2 minutes/mile. There were icy spots on the road so I had to slow down at some places.  Hope to continue 12 weeks training if I am injury free.

The GPS navigation system in my car has me driving on water on penninsulas, too.  That is really funny!  I think they just aren't perfect yet -- maybe in the next generation of systems they'll get that better.  But it is kind of startling when you first see it happen.  One of life's absurdities

Regarding my recipe above, I should have said to cook on "low" for 4-5 hours.