Enjoy the break DH and good luck in the tournament...

4 easy miles for me today on the railtrail.  Tapering is starting to have a effect, I'm feeling pretty good.  With the marathon just over a week to go, I think I'm right on track.

Saw something unusual during the run, a hawk was after a crow.  They were in flight and the hawk was a little smaller than the crow, but from the noise you could tell the crow was distressed.  I didn't see the outcome, they went out of site.

Over the years I've seen all sorts of critters on that trail, deer, a bobcat, fox, a bull moose, a mother black bear with cubs, coyotes, wild turkeys and last but not least, snapping turtles in the spring when they come out of the local pond to lay their eggs.

Enjoy your time in the Adirondacks, DH, sounds superbly relaxing with chess and all, kinda Norman Rockwell like.

Ray, enjoy your hike in Yosemite, and hopefully you won't run into the wild array of beast that Rich encounters. 

Rich, the taper sounds smooth and on track.  You must feel good, though no doubt a little nervous (I would).

I had one of those, hey, I don't want to run days but get your butt out there anyway and you can run short if you have to just do it kinda run.  Of course, as is typical, at around mile two, I decided to keep on going and got my 6 in.  I had an attractive young lady pass me who inspired a mid-run tempo event, till I petered out.  Is there a special name for this type of tempo fartlek type burst??

Hoping to do 10 tomorrow to wrap up 25 for the week.