I'll bring the pizza and beer (Lite beer?) Glad it wasn't a stress fracture! Good luck with resuming your running.

HI Everyone! I understand that margarita's are excellent with guacamole - maybe WillMary can whip up a batch of her secret recipe!

Bugs - that is great news!! I bet you are so happy to be out running again. Take it easy though!!

Arrow - good to read that you are back out running too. Don't forget those kids are a little bit younger than you. It is great that they are both running though.

I've been working up the milage getting ready for my second 1/2 marathon on October 28. My neighbor is doing it with me - she just started running this year. Yesterday we ran together for the 1st time - 14 miles! I did 14 last weekend for the first time, but it was very warm and humid, so it took me a lot longer. Yesterday it was cool, drizzly and we got rained on for a short time. Finished in 2:34 for 11 m/m pace. The top of my right foot is sore - but I think I may have had my shoe laced too tight?

I'm fighting a sore tooth again. Not sure if I want to call the dentist or not. Afraid he'll do a root canal and screw up my training.

~Mary

Free food. But I'm trying to lose the 2 pounds I found recently so can I have some of those fruit popsicles like they had after the race I did last month? I won't lose anything if I start drinking margueritas. I'll just have to be the bartender.

Hopeful -- good luck on your half. I hope you get a nice cool day this time.

I'm finally running pretty good again, even doing intervals. My last 5k was quite a bit off from last spring's PR so I have some work to do. The last weekend in October I can do either a one mile race or a 5k or both. I'm leaning toward the 5k since this is the first course I ever went under 26 minutes on. I need to make a decision soon.

Mary

I never posted about my 1/2 in September?? Sorry about that! I found my race report and will add it to the bottom of this.

I made an appointment for a root canal - but they cannot do it until next Thursday and my race is the following Sunday. So, if they do not have a cancellation sooner, I will reschedule until after the race. I just don't want some complication to screw everything up at this point. I'm not in great pain - it is just annoying at this point.

WillMary - I cannot loose weight at all! It is frustrating because I used to always be able to drop 5 or 6 pounds without much work. So, I feel your pain - you'd think 2 pounds would not be a big deal!

Bugs - Staying injury free is a great goal for you right now!

Okay here's the report:



My overly confident goal for this, my 2nd, ½ Marathon was a 2:15. If I ended at 2:20, I could live with it, but just finishing was an accomplishment in itself.

When I got to the Brewery I found my neighbor Ashley, who just started running this year. She?s a young 20 something, slim, athletic and fast. She said she was aiming for 10-minute miles, so I figured I could hang with her for at least the 1st half. When we got to the starting line, I went to turn on my Ipod and it froze on me. Oh, oh . . . this is not a good sign. So I had to wear the blasted thing, with nothing but silence to listen to.

1st mile ? 9:13 ? another oh, oh . . . this is too fast for me.
2nd mile ? 9:41 after tackling the biggest hill ? still too fast

The weather is warming up fast and I can already feel that this is not going to be my day. My Doctor passed me in the first mile and gave me a wave of recognition. By the 3rd mile I?m already taking little walk breaks ? something I hardly ever do ? except when the temps are too warm for me. Miles 3 through 6 I?m keeping it around 10:30 pace and finished 6 just at 1:01:50. I?m thinking if I can keep this up I can maybe make my goal.

About mile 8 my neck starts aching and my back is hurting a bit too ? I start walking more. Skip ahead to mile 13 ? finish time of 2:21:45 ? not bad considering all the strolling I was doing. MrHopeful was at the finish line to cheer me on along with my daughter, neighbor and my Doctor!! He hung around just to see me finish! I thought that was really nice of him. All the ½ finishers got a pilsner glass with the logo and ?finisher? etched into it.

I finished 6th in my age group. My neighbor got 2nd in her age group ? and was so tickled to have won something. I?ll definitely do this again next year - I just wish they?d start it earlier than 10 a.m.


My neighbor and I breaking in out pilsner glasses.

Thanks for reading!!

Cheers!

~Mary

Does anyone else remember billybobblockhead? If so, you'll want to see this post. http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum1/HTML/162339.shtml[/URL" target="_blank">

I ran 4 rather sluggish miles last night. I'm finally getting my weekly mileage up to a decent level. When I got home I discovered I'd run the whole this with the 2 inch tag hanging out of my sports bra. I think I need to get busy with a pair of scissors and remove all my tags so I don't do that again.

Hopeful - Have you heard from your neighbor yet? Do you think she forgot to set the alarm?