good morning all. Nice day for an easy recovery run today. I am going to run with DW in another town late this afternoon.

andahuff - I must have read into your post that you didn't want to run, was I off. I am really happy that you just love to run and that feeling hasn't gone or wavered. I'm with ya on that. You are really putting on some serious miles. Way to go with the full marathon registration. We couldn't be prouder.

misswendy - thanks for you kind words. I was at an Italian restaraunt last night and had way too much to eat. I met for a reunion with my cohort from school. With you winning the 5k's they are not going to let you enter soon. I bet you get to start in the front of the race with your elite status in the 5k. The June HM will have really hot temps if it is in Mississippi.

joe - I am really happy it is friday as well. It was another long week. I am so glad you are pain free. So which of the HM's are you signing up for in the fall? I am assuming the SA with the group?

take care.

Good morning everyone! I did a 30 min (2.58mi) run this morning. Nice and easy, my legs felt really good, definitely getting ready for the race on Sunday.

Joe, I'll find out how tough I am on Sunday...LOL.

Misswendy, Good job of getting in your miles before the storms! I re-read Marilyn's report. That's enough to get ME motivated! Thanks for posting the link!

Allicia, anyone that's lost the weight you have can brag with us anyway! And we all have days we don't want to get out and run. It's great of your mom to be your ‘incentive'.

Spicegeek, way to go on your 4 miles! Great news that your headphone issue is resolved. AND no more news about the hip! Does that mean it's ‘playing nice'?

Actually, I got my weather from Cara, although I'm happy to share it. Cara was so selfless she gave her good weather up. HOORAY for Cara. LOL

GLBryan, welcome and congratulations on finishing C25K. ‘Realistically' depends on how much walking you want to do during your half. If you don't mind running/walking, you could probably do a half now. If you want to run the entire 13.1 miles, you may want to get your long run up to around 10 or 11 miles. I see you are currently in HH Spring Training. That maxes out at 6 miles for a long run. Conservatively speaking if you continued that training schedule adding 1 mile per week to the Sunday long run, it would take you another 4 weeks, plus a week or 2 of taper would put you around mid October for a half. Of course that is only if nothing comes along to sabotage your training, such as; injury, illness, family emergency. Good luck

Spicegeek, "Don't be afraid to slow down on your long runs, you'll last longer" Amen!

Andahuff, excellent xtraining! Didn't I hear a wise saying... a pushup a day will keep the doctor away...LOL Like this?

http://www.runnersworld.com/video/home.html?bcpid=717784762&bclid=1379597137&bctid=1379595160

They aren't pushups but they do look real hard!

Cara, Good job on getting your work in around your runs! LOL OOOHHH yeah, nice and easy is the goal, ‘til Sunday that is... Yes I'm starting to get a little anxious. I know I've got the fitness and training down, I'm just wrestling with time goals now. I'd like to finish in less than 2:30:00 but how much less? Can I make 2:20:00? Or does that make me have to start out too fast and I lose all my energy in the end?

GLBryan, I don't know where you are from but how well are you going to be able to train in August anyway? It's usually the hottest time of the year. The worst case scenario, in my opinion, would be no training at all in those 3 weeks, I wouldn't think it would set you back more than a week (1 month total).

Joe, That's GREAT news. I'm glad you were able to get through the 20 minutes with no knee problems. I hope tomorrow is as good.

Spicegeek, YOU? A REST day? Ohhh, another bubble burst...

Runjr, great job on the speedwork! See, the slower runs give you more energy on the hard days! Thanks for the encouragement.

Misswendy, Heismann Pose? OMG! I'll have to practice that! I think I'd fall over. LOL DD#2-3 and I are leaving this afternoon for a hotel in GB. I've definitely been eating well. Focussing today and tomorrow on carbs, been focusing all week on water. I'll be wearing my hydration belt on Sunday, and my Garmin. The weather, on Sunday, will be almost exactly like last Saturday when I did a 12 mile run.

Andahuff,

>>I am loving it. That is why it is hard for me to do a cut-back week. I haven't not felt like running for one second since I started.<<

Yeah, but you do know that it is good to give your muscles a break to recover, right?

I think the only mist I will feel on Sunday will be coming off all the runners passing me. LOL

Joe, thanks! I plan on getting the good sleep tonight. Actually I've been getting a good night's sleep each night this week. You're right. Sat. night may be tough.

Runjr, good luck on your ‘easy' run today!

Well time to get back to work! Good to everyone with their runs today!

Kevin

Hey everyone,

I ran another interval session this morning before work. It was 5.2 miles total with 3 intervals of 6 mins with 4 mins recovery. I tried to make each interval faster than the last so didn't go out too quick for the first one - about 9:45, the second was around the same or maybe a little faster, and the last interval was a sub 9:30 pace. Tomorrow will be an easy run - the schedule says 5 miles, but I may do a little more depending on the weather and how I feel. 5 miles would put me over 24 miles for the week, so would be good. It'll also be 5 days in a row therefore Sunday will be a running rest day... although not a real rest day as i've got a canoeing session on.

GLBryan - Hope you get that schedule sorted out. If the existing schedules don't quite work for you, why not write your own using the others around you as inspiration? I did that and it seemed to work really well.

Joe - great to hear that you got through the 20 mins run pain free. How'd it feel to be running again after so long? Hope to get lots more running reports from you!

Spicegeek - Looking forward to seeing your webpage!

Runjr - Great pace on the 7.2 miles. Good to hear that the slower running is working for you too. I definitely think this week has been my best for running in some time. I'm just interested to see if it makes me race faster! Enjoy those slow runs

Misswendy - I'd forgotten the underwear rules... thanks for the reminder What did DD do in the talent show? Hope that hamstring is ok.

Andahuff - What did you decide on the cutback?

Kevin - is it one last easy run for you? There was some really good advice posted about sleeping well 2 nights before the race. I had a restless night before mine due to nerves. Glad you got my weather now... hope you'll send it back later I think you can 2:20, but as you say watch the starting pace. Whatever it'll be a PR!

Chuck - hope you enjoyed no panty day! How's it going?

Well - i'm going back to my glass of wine.
Happy running all
Cara

Picture from the 10k that DH took.... he kindly cropped it to look like i'm winning!!!

Needless to say this was near the start - just under 1 mile

Not sure I want to post this one as it's really not a nice sight... this is why I need to keep training!

This was with about 400m to go and I was DEAD! Still - the person behind me looks worse This was the end of an ongoing hill

hi all I got my 5.2 miles in at a relaxed pace to recover from yesterdays run. DW was tired and took a rest day. Tomorrow another slow run and hopefully Sunday about 10 before the taper week.

kevee - that should be your last run before the big day. You are going to have fun. You were so correct with the slow runs. I was running in Wauwatosa this afternoon and a few people passed me and I was ready to take off to run past them but I stayed slow and did what I set out to do. I heard some people have tried to touch the grass while running on the field at Lambeau but have fallen due to bending over while being tired.

misswendy - you still got in a nice run in the humid weather. Stretch out that hamstring. June weather here we actually are typically mid-70's to 80. Our spring and summer are combined here (3 months total). Once there is no more snow we have road construction season.

cara - great run and intervals. I enjoy that type of running. Great week. Sounds like the slower paces made this interval run much easier. I think you will be faster because you will have more energy. I wish I would have tried this a month ago. Great pictures. The second picture it looks like the people have given up behind you, I think they knew they wouldn't catch the natural runner in front of them.

chuck - hope the back is feeling better.

joe - I ran about 30 minutes away from home. The running is a paved pathway around a river and has bridges through the woods that crosses the river in several spots. When the weather is warmer we will be running downtown Milwaukee along Lake Michigan.

take care all.