Another wonderful pre-dawn run, 5.45 miles in 45:44.  My legs were sore from the circuits I did on Monday so I was a bit surprised at my time but I'll take it. 

Debm2011, I know what you mean about it being dark at 5:15.  Do you usually run at that time?  I'm out the door usually no later than 4:50 to get in run in.  Living in the city there are normally plenty of street lights, but sometimes they are not as abundant and it does get dark.  I love the way I feel for the rest of the day when I get a good run in before the rest of the world wakes up.

Webpro11, 24 mile long run is awesome, too bad you have to get up so early to get it in. 

Old Coyote, nice run!

7.3 miles 54 min. Nice and cool here today.

emttrix: shorten your stride and slow down a little on trails so if you trip you can run out of it.

Had a wonderful 3.5 mile run with my teenage son!! It was a first for me to run with him and SO great to spend that time together. He did very well. I'm a super lucky mom.

linuscatch Big congrats to the DW! Nice job on the long run and on the 5K cancer research run.

BigSlade, Debm2011, ediapercakes, and NHLA, great work!! NHLA, Sandy sounds beautiful and I'm sure he is a great running partner.

Snerb I hope you snap back soon.

az1414 Get well SOON! Have fun with grandbaby.

chell730 I'm a morning runner too, just cant seem to get a late meal and happy tummy worked out with afternoon or evening runs.

Webpro11 The knuckle lights sound so cool!!

6xchampsfan "... it's awesome to see that you are still working hard at it and continue to inspire others like only you can. " Awe, you are SO kind. Thank you! 26 mile trail race, wow! Best of luck with that calf.

Old Coyote Thank you, hun!! And count me in on the RW forum. Drop a link? Mmmm, 55 degrees sounds lovely!

EMTTrix Hi hun!! Yippee on the inches down, you go, girl. Thanks for thinking of me and the critters, AND for helping the animals at your local HS! I'm doing a cool fund raise for old abandoned dogs this month. I'm excited about it (hop over to my website for details)!

Done absolutely nothing in the way of running or anything else this week. I've got a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning to check out the chest pain problem. Thank you all for your words of concern. I have walked the dog for five minutes everyday this week except today as I just got home from NYC. Got to see 2 shows: "Book of Mormon" and "Nice Work if You Can Get It" both great, but the latter would have been better if Matthew Broderick hadn't been on vacation... he's deamy.

Can't wait to hear what the doctor says I'm itching to run again.

Keep running, ya'll!

CKLindsay, hopefully a round of antibiotics will take care of that chest pain. Good luck! re: "Book of Mormon" - Parker and Stone are Colorado boys; and both South Park and Casa Bonita are real places.

Out the door at 4:15 for a 12 miler in the dark. No moon, but some clouds reflecting the city lights back, so it wasn't pitch black. Nice pace, 1:02 out and :58 back. Webpro, I'm glad I don't have to get up quite as early as you for my Saturday long runs. Stay loose, all!

I had a completely rough mental run today!  Ugh I hate those mornings but I powered through a 3 miler in 36:44. I took it easy this morning because tomorrow I am running with my former personal trainer and I know he will push me a bunch. 

It just seemed like I made every excuse to stop, heart rate too high, stomach hurting, side stitches, hip hurting.  I did more walking than normal (which I don't count in my time but not sure if I should to get a better mental picture of how well I really am doing? thoughts?)  But I got it done.  I just keep reminding myself "done is better than pefect". I know as I start adding miles on my long runs here soon, 3 miles will seem like nothing and I'll be able to run straight through them. 

Now I am off to see my personal trainer for a core workout today. Then it's off to reading, laundry, and dishes. 

Hope everyone has wonderful runs today!!

Had a pretty good 4 mile run this morning with a mean uphill in mile 3. Felt fairly strong, not like a powerhouse...but decent.

Old Coyote Thanks. Do you already have a thread started there? Sounds like that run was a good one,...in the dark.

CKLindsay Fingers crossed that the Dr.s new is good!

EMTTrix Thanks! Re: my teen and the old dogs. I hope your next run is stronger.

chell730 Hey, you DID "get 'er done" though!

Got in 2 sets of core/strength work yesterday morning and some speed work last night at the oval torture chamber. Ran out of time to do the whole workout, but had some pretty fast times in the 200s and 400s I was doing. (Had to get back home to cook supper.) 2-mile warmup 16:04; 2 x 200; 2 x 400; 2 x 200. Walk 400, complete recovery, then second set. Made 2 x 200 and 2 x 400. Had to leave. 200s were between 38 and 41 seconds. 400s were between 1:28 and 1:32.

Tonight I tried to Kill the Hill (my 4-mile route with the 1/2-mile uphill after the 2-mile turnaround). I may have hurt the hill, but I didn't kill it. I had to walk up a little of it. But, I still managed a 31:03 for the 4 miles.

Sunday is the third 5k in the summer series here. Flat course. I'd like to PR again, but as the PRs get better, they of course get harder to beat.

Next week we're in Anaheim to see the Red Sox visit the Angels. Don't know what I'll be able to get in for runs, but I'll have my gear ready.

Lastnight we found out we have "OnDemand" Time-Warner cable TV shows (free) that have running, stretching, and Yoga instructions/tips, among other things. Hhhmmmm. There's more than NESN, ESPN, and Golf Channel on that thing?

Coyote.... Same problem here with inconsistent weekly mileages. The good thing is I haven't felt terribly bad on weeks when I don't run a lot. But then again, I haven't put in a really long run in a while.

Melody.... I hadn't seen those race tag holders before. Good idea, though. And great new running partner you have!!

6x... Good to see ya.

EMTTrix... Didn't have to do all those things as a volunteer, but did the dummy search/rescue/drag a few more times than I'd like to have done.

JustRunDan.... Agreed. The TM origin story was great.

Chell. .. I count my walking time for the reason you mentioned...to get a better picture of how I'm doing. Also, if you don't count the time, how do you account for the distance you walked?

Everyone have great days.