4 miles 26 min. Whew!

Also I'm glad that the Perfect 10 was held on Saturday instead of Sunday.  Although warmer, it was insanely windy.  The first five miles would have been heading South into the wind.  Talk about resistance training.

Ah yes, and for more on early 20th century marathon training methods, see The Lore of Running, 4th Ed. by Tim Noakes M.D.

He also has a section on the Jack Daniels method of Marathon training.  Not making this up, although it's not what you'd expect.

TM repeats workout tonight. 2 mile warmup, then 10 x 400 @ 1:40 pace (200 jogs), then 3 x 200 @ :45 pace (100 jogs), then cooldown jog. Total 6 miles, 50 minutes. Good thing about it...... Felt GREAT.

NHLA.... Do you wear a cape when you run into town?

Melody... Take it easy getting your partner back into running shape.

For all who dare run in the cold.... you are too dedicated!!!!!!  I have a couple winter races I'm mulling over. Most likely not, but I'd love to try one. But I'm cold when it's 50 out.

Have nice days, runners.

All, sorry for delayed response but still trying to get back into it!  So many posts, so many good news stories, will try to respond to as many as I can right now.

NHLA:  Happy Belated B-Day!  And good luck with the ladies, although it does not appear you need much luck!

coyote:  Great trail race post!  Thanks for bringing us all along.  Still want to catch up one of these days.

melodylea:  Hope your BF is better soon.  Understand the "cold" part of your story as Winter seems to have set in here in CO also.

degregrorious:  nice 10 miler!  Sounds like you are back in the groove...no more "dead legs"!

jmsab:  impressive, as usual, TM work!  Any update on Caleb?  Constantly think about him and all others facing struggles like him.

webpro:  Hope you get back to feeling normal soon.  What a toll we put on our bodies and then wonder why it doesn't just respond like we want it to. 

az414: welcome back...keep running strong!

francessmom:  nice tribute to our troops!  Thanks to all that are serving, have served, or will serve.  I sleep much better at night because of them.

mkayc:  Best of luck in Philly!  It's a super flat, friendly course so sure you will do great!  Take it easy early and finish strong!

justrundan:  back in the saddle! Run strong!

Finally starting to get it back.  Went out on Saturday for 6-8 miles and ended up running in the sleet/snow (note to self: sleet in the face hurts!).   When sleet started had no choice but to run faster and finish sooner.  Got in 7 miles at faster than expected pace and felt great when done.  Welcome mother Winter.

Am in Panama now, and will get out for 4-5 miles along sunrise over the Pacific Ocean (yes, I meant to say that so go figure it out) in the morning.  Hope to do same on Wed or Thur before return to CO.

Hope you all are having a great running week.  Run strong, but most of all, be fearless!

And again, for what it's worth, and probably meaningless, the records show that those 1100 miles included over 6 miles of elevation gain (clearly something I never thought I was capable of) and over 150,000 calories burned. In round terms, that equals 50 pounds of fat burned.  Then to worry that I have gained 10 pounds by eating more carbs than before almost sounds silly.

Point is, we lose perspective how much good we are all doing for ourselves.  Many of you have told stories of great weight loss (snerb, nhla, coyote, and others) but more to the point is that we are all staving off and even defeating Mother Time and the inevitable weight gain that occurs over time.

Team, I couldn't be more proud than to associate myself with you all.  Your hopes, dreams and lifetime aspirations are unfolding in front of you, whether you realize it or not.

Keep up the great work!  Proud of you all!

Linuscatch - "Team, I couldn't be more proud than to associate myself with you all. " - right back at you!  You all amaze me

Melody - hope your little friend is recovering nicely.

NHLA - "I guess I do run a lot" - you're just now figuring that out??    You are an inspiration for us all!

Had a nice run this weekend, turned out to only be 5.34 miles but I had not eaten so knew I could not go much more than that anyway.  Weather was beautiful, I could wear capri's and a short sleeve tee.  So much nicer than running all bundled up!  My Jingle Bell run challenge ( run on Thanksgiving 1 mile per team member who joins before this weekend) is up to 5 miles and I know one other person who is planning to join after their payday this week, so it should be a real nice run to start the holiday.

Linus-you are so right.  Although I have a little over 1/2 the milage you do this year, if I consider where I was at when I started running and where I am now, I've come a long, long way.  Face it, we all have!  And you are so right, it is a privilege to be associated with you all and participate in your struggles and success with you.  I have appreciate all your support in this last year. 

Continue on friends!

8.69mi - 10:35/mi.  - I am still a newbie. Been pushing those distance limits - started to feel some achillies pain today - wasnt sure if I should stop running vs. risk injury. ::Knock on wood:: Im so new at this, I havent had an injury yet. Today was a crappy day, 41 degrees, wet - on and off rain, and near the end of the run, hail.

The hail actually pushed me to keep going. Mentally I thought that a guy demoted to walking in hail looked sad and pathetic but a person who chose to run despite the hail looked cool. 

So far, snow is holding off. Planning on cutting back a little over the next 10 days - Thanksgiving - work - tendon pain. Probably going for a bike ride on Thursday or Friday. I am about 33% towards my goal of running a Marathon in May. 0.5mile weekly increases get me to 22.0mile runs by end of May. I got this!

NHLA congrats on another great couple runs.

linuscatch do you want to add my 261 miles to coyote, yourself and jmsab to only be behind NHLA by 2240 miles? In all seriousness- very nice comment #4328. I am in the group that has yet to realize the weight loss goals I have set for myself. I am feeling and seeing a difference in body shape, clothes fit and energy - despite the mostly unchanged scale. This year, I have done more running than I even have in my life. And I still have 6 months where I had 20 miles or less. I am finally to a point where I could do 20 miles in a week, as long as I stay healthy.