MOfWC, your son’s face is probably going to be at the peak of swelling for the next few days, then bruising will start changing color, so he will go through several stages of looking really awfully. I can only imagine how miserable he feels at this time. 
Poor kid. Hope his hand is going to be ok!
Was suppose to meet my sil today to ski again but they got delayed so I passed. They weren’t even to get to the trail until 4:15. They will probably ski till dark and I wasn’t feeling it. I can ski any day I want. They can’t.
I went for a 3 mile walk instead. I’m a little disappointed but it’s fine. We are planning on skiing tomorrow.
We had a front move through during which it poured rain. Fortunately, I got a four mile run in this morning during a dry stretch. H and I walked tonight, but stopped first by a neighbor’s home to drop off my borrowed winter jacket along with a thank you bottle of wine. We ended up drinking the wine with said neighbors before continuing on with a slightly woozy walk for 2 more miles. Spontaneous fun 
I wonder how much snow Sabaray has had so far.
No fancy cooking involved in the healthy snacks in this link from Michael Pollan’s family blog, but I like the twist of adding the parmesan cheese to the crispy roasted chickpeas: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-pollan-family-table/3-addictive-snacks-that-a_b_8964682.html
I’m always looking for an edge when running. I came across a study that indicated holding hands in a “c” position was the best position for speed (called the weck method)
I’ve also noticed that holding hands up by the chest results in a lower heart rate than a traditional “nips to hips” hand movement that also supposedly translates into more speed. Of course driving arms is critical to get speed for that last final push. The legs will follow what the arms are doing.
Going to check those recipes out!! ^^^
Deb, you’ve managed to get out skiing a lot the last couple of weeks it seems - a month ago, no snow, right?
And Plantmom, it seems that that borrowed coat got a good workout in Wisconsin!
Watching the snow business on CNN now. The DC area - yuck! A friend in Virginia has been posting a photo of the same view from her yard at various times today - such a visual!!!
I went out and did some shoveling- and was thinking of iDad. It was hard! Some new snow has covered a lot of it back up, I may try to get outside to run in the snow tomorrow if I think the footing is ok. I have Yak Trax, but they can be more trouble than they are worth sometimes.
I was thinking the same thing earlier today with all this snow - how iDad would go out time after time to clean his drive. And going down to the basement when it sounded FREEZING down there!!
Watch out for snow drifts if you head out in it tomorrow MOWC!
MOfWC and abasket, I was thinking about iDad, too.
Hey! Teen here (am I even allowed here?) it seems like a lot of you are really experienced runners, so I wanted some advice. I’m a decent but definitely not collegiate-caliber female XC runner training for my first half marathon. I’ve heard that you’re not supposed to set time goals for your first half marathon. Is that sound advice, or is it okay to pursue a conservative finishing time goal?
Studious99, everyone is welcome to post here!!! Welcome! It is fantastic that you want to run a half! I am not an exlerinced runner - only 4 marathons under my belt, but I will give you my 2 cents of advice based on my personal experience.
Remember, a goal is a “nice to have” thing but not a “must have” thing. As you begin your training (I assume you found a training plan already, right?), you will get a better idea of what you can expect form yourself as far as finishing times go. For example, when I realized that I can run 21 miles at an average pace that would allow me to qualify for Boston if I could run another 5 at the same pace, I set my eyes on Boston time for my first ever marathon. Without that empirical knowledge, I would have never set a goal of going for Boston. So set a realistic time goal, but also train your brain to think about it as a moving target. If weather conditions or your health on the race day will make you run slower than you wanted to, don’t despair. If you still have your two legs, you will finish. Good luck!
Don’t forget about core strengthening exercises. Many runners focus too much on perfecting their times and then pay dearly for neglecting their core muscles.
@BunsenBurner Thanks for the advice! It’s amazing that you qualified for Boston in your first marathon! I have a random training plan I found from the internet and I am doing weekly 10 milers already for track training, but I will probably change it up a little because I am scheduled to do a 12 miler (peak length) 7 days before the race, but that seems like a bad idea. I really like the idea of a “moving target” kind of goal.
Studious - are you doing 10 miles at once or 10 miles in a week? Hopefully you’ve built up gradually to the 10 miler if you are doing it during one run. Since you are a former cc runner, I have no doubt you can go out and rip off a 10 miler. But my concern is if you haven’t been running you need to build up to that distance. You need to be concerned with stress fracture (shin splints) if you are embarking on a new running program after being out of cc for awhile. I’m also concerned about doing 10 miles on a track (unless it is a nice mondo rubberized surface). Try to stick to trails and try to avoid the hard surfaces.
I’m just paranoid with young girls (my daughter was a cc/track runner) and running too much before the legs get used to it. A good rule of thumb is don’t increase your mileage more than 10% per week. And do set a time goal if that’s what motivates you and gets you running!
We have a lot of snow. A lot for anywhere, unheard of amounts for Virginia. Plows stopped running on our street to focus on the main roads, but I suspect that was a losing battle too. Sabadog and Sabapup were thrilled with yesterday’s snow - I suspect they will be less thrilled with today’s developments. Holy cow. I’m glad we have a snowblower to use, but there will be definitely be shoveling involved as well!
^ Same here sabaray. Going out to shovel (round 3) soon. I have a few yoga tapes and of course my trusty treadmill so I can still work out.
If you’re shoveling, you’re working out! Snow has to be over two feet deep in our back yard - Sabadog is great at breaking those paths! Both the dogs seem to love tunneling in the snow - they don’t want to come in as soon as I do, though! Walks are out of the question.
I saw the Virginia pictures! Amazing!
Studious-what Bunsen and Ohio said. Have you raced 10K or even 5K? There are formulas that can give you an idea of what your half marathon time might be. I would be conservative for your first one- and weather and terrain can have a big impact. I would not run 12 miles 7 days before. Although- I’ve done worse!
Absolutely shoveling is a work out - and you all have significant amounts to fill your shovel! With that kind of snow, snowblowers are certainly appreciated, but truly you can only “blow” so high and so shovels are necessary/helpful to get snow that falls off the pile/drifts/mounds!!! You all continue to stay safe - and listen to your bodies with all that outdoor snow removal - snow shoveling really is taxing on even “buff” bodies like you all have!!!
Hardly anyone around here even owns a shovel. I do- because I decided I needed this ergonomic shovel that was reviewed in the WSJ about 6 years ago. I couldn’t even get Home Depot to do a ship to store in this area!
Well- sort of a fail on the beautiful run in the snow. The soft snow parts (sidewalks, edge of road) were too deep to really run. The roads were now sort of choppy and icy in many places. If I got in a track where only 1 car had been and found packed snow, I was OK, but at intersections (and I’m just talked my really lightly traveled neighborhood) it was icy and rough. I was extremely slow (I mean 14 minute miles) because I didn’t want to fall. Managed 2.2. miles so at least I got some fresh air. I would have been better with the Yak Trax. I’ll do more later on the treadmill and maybe try the Yak Trax tomorrow. They still don’t want people out in cars unless absolutely necessary. Main roads look fairly OK (on TV) but no side roads are plowed or salted. I now wish I had gone out on my snowshoes yesterday.
Sabaray, lol. I picture Sabadog with a snow plow on his collar.
Be careful with snow shoveling! It is a brutal cardio exercise.
3.5 miles on the treadmill to get my day going. I did not want to roll out of my warm bed to do 20 pushups and then to run, but I did it. Yay.