Hello all and welcome over Crankin' - I never thought I would be on this thread either and your secret is safe here

I did my 4 miler (on an indoor track - I am not brave like all of you - until tomorrow that is

the 4 miler went better than anticipated - I was still slow but the time went faster and I didn't hurt as much.

I wasn't going to swim this morning but then decided to as I thought it would help w/ recovery.
It was great because our coach had us doing a fairly low intensity IM workout. It rotated and stretched every part of the body, my legs thank me for it. (even doing the butterfly helped

Way back in the day when I was in HS and swimming all the time I found if I was stiff and tired from anything and still HAD to swim I always felt better after - Hey 35 years later it is still true!

Thanks for the outdoor tips - I have wool socks, and good leggings, windpants, t-necks etc thanks to x-country skiing. Even if it is snowing and cold I am going to go for it (w/ some sanity of course - hopefully there will be bale out points) I will try to remember my camera and take some pics (we will see how the hair is after

Forgot to add - Great pics Jes AND what a beautiful place to run