Welcome AuburnNE/Lynn.

Are you from Auburn Nebraska? I'm from Omaha.

If I don't start back to more serious running here, I will be back to running it in 100 yard segments. I think I just needed a week off, so I took it. Also am having real motivational issues now that our HM is off the plan.

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quote:<HR>"... doing those 1600's ... 11 days out on Tuesday ("should be" 10 days out like yours), do you think a day makes a difference?"<HR>

Not at all. At this point in the training the 1600's are more for mental toughness and confidence than fitness.

quote:<HR>"start slow and finish fast in that cold NY weather"<HR>

I don't think I'll have a choice but to start slow given the other 48,000 runners and the narrow, uneven Brooklyn streets for the 1st 8 miles or so! If I have a shot at MP it'll have to be a fast finish (gulp!).

Bill

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~> Relaxing River 5-miler in gusterly, clouderly, briskerly conditions. Riding high this morn after the Sox' pulverizing of the Rox last night. What a show!

>> Speaking of pulverizing, I predict you will absotively annihilate your 'thon PR, Herr Bergermeister. Guessing you'll be well over a minute per mile faster. Plausible?? . . . .

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We're just giddy about the rain we've been getting the last 24 hours. It's been on and off; a light-to-moderate soaking rain that's forecast to continue until Saturday morning. Should total 2-3 inches by time it's done; not nearly enough to make up the massive deficit from the drought, but a nice start. Hopefully there'll be more coming on a regular basis.

Ran 6.2 easy miles in a light drizzle. It was nice to get mud on my shoes.

P.S. Looks like IRC for Marine Corps Marathon Sunday. Go MCM'ers!

Sue ...

Good to see another Nebraskan ... yes, I'm down in Auburn, about a hundred miles south of you.

All of you who are racing this weekend--GREAT GOOD LUCK. Wish I were anywhere near conditioned enough to be with you, but my heart will be cheering you onward!

Lynn

4.5 miles Cool and breezy. And DRY for the first time in three days.

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Welcome aboard, Lynn. There's a wiki in my signature that has a lot of local info, including a bit of background on some of the more obtuse running jokes (haw!) around here.

The moon was startling and golden this morning. I chased it down the hill on my bicycle, but it kept giggling and skipping away over the treeetops.

Late post of last night's swim workout: 300 w/u, 4x50kick, 6x100 alternating pull/swim, and then 100cd. And I was still fresh and strong, so I dis some test 50's and 100's just to see how I'm doing. The 100s (swum at about 90%) are 1:43. I'm very pleased. I can start to feel a bit of "lift" and a bow wave as I up the effort, and I know it's all good.

Tall: I don't want to know what my pharmaceutical bills would be if I weren't running.

Speaking of layering smart - I saw the funniest thing this weekend... this chick I was running with overheated midway through and finished the run with a Boston jacket tied about her waist. I thought of Ribs and cackled to myself at the circumstance.

More later - I'm at the track tonight.

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