I've been training with Golden Grahams and Scooby Snacks.

I like donuts and guns, so maybe.

The Mrs. was out today and found a local place that sells chia seeds! For those that've read the book I mentioned earlier, or are otherwise familiar with them, any personal experience? (Aside from slathering them on a head/animal form and growing Chia Pets!)

I'm excited to give them a try and see if they help me feel super-human.

Been a bit quiet in this thread lately...what's going on?!

My little bro-in-law ran the Chicago Marathon over the weekend, his first full marathon. 4:18 finish time, in the top 50% at least. Not bad for a 20 year old that's been running a little over a year! I'm pretty impressed with how far he's come. He's planning to push me through a half in April, though his pace is the same as my current 5k pace...so we'll see how that goes

Good luck with the 1/2 in April! I would love to be able to run again. Everytime I start to train, the knee pain always stops me. I really miss running. Maybe I'll try again sometime.

Find a good sports med doctor and PT, have them help you figure out the knee pain. Hopefully you will be running again soon!

Or buy a bike!

Congrats to your BIL, Matt!!

The bike is my friend. Although today, my body is not happy with biking or running. I may have over done it the last few days.

I have considered biking however, we don't have any place close to bike.

I have sign up torun a Spartan Race in April with my pregnant sister who due in January. She signed us up so she can train and drop the baby weight.

I am also considering signing up for the 1/2 marathon next May. I really want a time under 2 hours. I just need to drop 8 minutes.

When was the last post on pushups?

How many are y'all up to now?

I bike in my living room right now due to the lack of daylight, other than that, I take off down back country roads.

VW girl...you can get that sub 2...I have complete faith! Find a good training plan with some speed work and stick to it. If you want "help" with it, sign up for a bigger race that has pace groups. Fall in, shut off the brain and just run. They will get you there.

I might just consider the back roads. I will work on getting my ten speed in shape and try that.

Pushups? Huh??

Today would be 283 I believe. I've fallen off the horse, it takes too much freaking time! I do it a couple of times a week still, but on days I'm out running, it's just not feasible to fit them in without rolling out of bed another 30-45 minutes earlier (which I'm not interested in doing).

I'm sure BBB is still in (because he does about 1,000 a day anyway), but not sure if anyone else has stayed serious enough to keep it up.

I was able to do about 4 miles on Sunday, but I stayed inside on the treadmill due to the cold. Methinks it's time to finally invest in some running tights. I'm just happy my feet are cooperating. Did a nice recovery run this morning too.

Hit the UA store! I had cold gear on for my race Sunday, pants and long sleeve shirt, gloves and even took my face mask with me . I ended up not actually pulling it over my face, but just over my ears and head worked out well. It was 25 when it started, I was glad to be prepared.

I need to do some shopping though, I've got gear to run two days a week outside without having do mid-week laundry, I should probably have twice that.

::runs to outlet mall::

Can I take any orders?

I have a $10 GC from the last time I was at that mall...I need to use that! And I need clothes that aren't all black. I was looking at it when I was doing laundry this weekend...aside from shoes, I tend to run in black from head to toe. I need some neon green pants or something!

That's funny, because I would never consider getting running tights in a color OTHER than black.

Yeah, that works alright to an extent, but in the winter when it stays dark later, I'd prefer to be plainly visable to others if I'm going to be out. I spend a lot of time looking around and being cautious, but it always helps if everyone can see each other! Reflective tape and such is nice too, but having a colored shirt or something that sticks out is good.

All the outdoor running I did last winter was on trails with little or no intersection with vehicles. This winter I'll be on more sidewalks I'm pretty sure, as long as I'm doing longer distances.

When running outside in the dark one needs bright colors or multiple reflective strips. That being said both pair of tights and one pair of capris I own are black. Primarily because I'm cheap and only buy them on clearance at the outlet mall.

I need someone to exchange some UA shorts for me. I picked up a pair last weekend...decided to put the mediums back and get larges (UA runs small IMO) and some how wound up with smalls. This booty hasnt fit in a small since grade school.

I'm still on, but hardly at a 1000 a day. I lasted single sets to about 103, then I had to break into two sets. Right now I am doing sets of 50 to save my shoulders. I work them in rather benignly. I sneak them in so I dont really know i'm doing them. 50 here, 50 there...who notices?
Seriously 6 sets of 50 isn't so bad. Jump back on and just break them up. 50 pushups takes less than a minute. Who doesnt have 6 minutes during the day?

Matt...invest in a "dork light".

http://www.citysports.com/Petzl-Tikkina-...CFeiPPAodxysAFg

I have one similar to this, but think mine has 3 led lights. No matter what I'm wearing people see me. I feel like a dork wearing it, but yet all my running buddies want me to take lead when we're out on the road and it's dark.

<< Sceered to run in the dark.