Good morning, everyone. And congratulations, Ellen, on pole position this a.m.

No run, no nothing for me today -- except a pile of work at the office. Supposed to be carb loading and resting, but we'll see. My son's been ill the last few days, and I -- who never gets sick -- can feel the beginnings of a sore throat coming on.

No, no, no.

No.

good morning all -

kfuller - no I haven't been sulking in a corner, but am bummed about the phils. I do have to say it has been a fun year and if this is it, we had a lot of fun. Jamie is pitching Sat., so who knows!!

Nirvy - looks like EQNX syndrome is focused on you... hope you feel better and sometimes when we think it will be worst race, you BQ. looking forward to hearing how you make out.

Still running at night and probably will hit the road about 8 pm. plan on running 4, however I feel like I could do more. we'll see.

Chances... oooohhhhh my.... taper mode is so hard. seems like everyone is catching something. My hubby has a cold and I refuse to go near him.

Alex - enjoy the relay.

ellen - glad to hear you got some extra "me" time with kids sleeping in.




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Easy 8 last night. Looking forward to tomorrow. My old high school is holding a CC meet in the morning, and Dad asked me to help out in the finishers shoot. Not quite the same as racing again, but I love the atmosphere of just being there.
(Can you tell I'm a little jealous of Alex?)
Chances- I'm not sure about starting to take medicine right now. MY thought has always been that the syptoms of a cold that we notice like a running nose are usually the body's natural response in fighting the cold off, and most medications don't try to heal you by attacking the source of the cold, but by stopping the syptoms. This would lengthen the duration of the sickness if anything because it's preventing the body from fighting the cold. Of course if the syptoms are keeping you from getting a good night's sleep, my response might be different.
To be honest- my opinions on this aren't grounded in any kind of research or scientific knowledge, just my own warped logic. FWIW I can only remember being sick once in the last 15 years or so, so either my immune system is pretty good, or I'm on to something.

Hope everyone can get over what they've got before their target races. I know I'm going to avoid sniffling kids like the plague for the next 2 weeks.

Morning all!

Ellen--have a great field trip! He'll get more out of it than he would sitting in a class room all day.

Chances--ORANGE JUICE!!! Drink it by the gallon!

Alex--sounds like a lot of fun.

As for me, another swim this morning. I hate the pool. I hate it that when I sweat, I smell like the pool. But, alas, if I want to come out kickin' for spring tris, I gotta put in time in the fish bowl... This morning was a steady 55min. Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...

Afterwards, I was rewarded with a RUN! Just a steady run, but quite enjoyable. It rained while I was swimming, so it was quite humid. Pretty unremarkable run. Except, in my last half mile, I looked up and there was the most beautiful rainbow. I don't know where it came from, since conditions weren't right. Maybe God was trying to tell me that things are going to workout afterall?

5m, 45:05, 8:56pace. Splits of 22:31and 22:33, so quite the steady run if I don't say so myself!

Hmm...do I need to need to put a mask on or something before posting here?

I've stayed healthy so far (knocking on wood as I type).

Taking it all the way down now, in anticipation of Sunday's big race. Last night I ended up doing a very easy 5.25 and today it will be about 3 with some some strides. Then tomorrow, nothing more than a light walk and some stretching just to keep things loose.

Dave - Meeting you would definitely be cool. So would running together, that is, if I can keep up with you. I'm shooting to break 70, would be ecstatic if I broke 68. Anyway, my bib number is 1955 and I'll be wearing all red (as I always do for big races) with a red UA headband and Nike flats. Check my profile photo. I'm planning to ride Metro to the race since I live right near the Vienna Orange line stop. Pentagon metro exits right by the bag drop. I like to get there early enough so I'm not rushed but not with so much time I have to wait around and stew...I'm thinking maybe 7:15? We're supposed to start lining up in the start corrals at 7:45.

This is another one of those big race weekends here at R&RR. Good luck to all the Chicago marathoners. Ironically my wife (only a casual runner) will be out there this weekend visiting with my sister in law. They may check the race out just for the pure spectacle of it all. I'm sure you guys will all rock.

And Chances good luck to you too in your hometown race.

Apple - bummer about the Phils. They have just run into a buzzsaw with Colorado. But if anyone can turn it around, our old buddy Jamie can!

And of course, happy Friday to all!

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And so it TowPath... I'll tell ya, people playing favorites around here!!!

quote:<HR>Originally posted by mutthound:


Flo- thanks for volunteering, do you get cool gear for helping out?<HR>

I believe I get a cool windbreaker....but it's more about helping out and giving back. Since I decided not to run it this year, I was trying to find anyway possible to be a part of it...of course, getting there at 4:45 wasn't my plan initially, I'm happy to help