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Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

dutch omi — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:07:19 GMT

You'll taper fast and furious. Good luck and do take care of yourself.

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

Jay Silvio — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:12:57 GMT

Thanks everybody! It feels good to be back even if I'm not yet at full strength. I really under-estimated the half-marathon distance: my legs are trashed and I've got some pretty horrendous blisters on my heels (that's what happens when your socks are completely waterlogged halfway through the race). Hopefully I can bounce back soon so that I can get in some decent training before Baltimore on October 11. I'm running out of time to put in any long runs with less than 4 weeks to go. Since I haven't really built up my mileage, I'm not sure how I'm going to taper.

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

Ruby_2009 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:25:48 GMT

Awesome race!! Congrats and welcome back!

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

dutch omi — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:59:55 GMT

Jay, happy to see you're back in the running. Great job and I'll bet a full one coming up shortly. Your time, awesome, just something I can only dream about.

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

HALOjen — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:24:21 GMT

Jay, You are amazing! What a performance coming off of an injury! Congratulations!

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

silvereagle — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:23:59 GMT

Jay,

Yea great job, Awesome place!!!!!!!!

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

Courir26 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:17:51 GMT

An amazing time, Jay! Congratulations on the top 1.5% finish!

Re: RR: Parks Half-Marathon

Run4Cookies — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:15:24 GMT

Congratulations on a great comeback and for having the restraint and sense to hold back. That's all very impressive! Funny, I ran this race last year and it was chilly enough I wore a long-sleeved shirt through the whole thing. Was thinking about you runners yesterday in the humidity! We also were treated to non-functioning metro escalators and had to trudge down that huge "staircase" after running 13.1. Hopefully, they didn't subject you to that again this year!