Thanks Sierra, and nice run for you.  What I like about this forum and what Fred has modeled for us all is that there is no elitism here.  We are fortunate to have some very fast runners here (at celebrity level, honestly) and the rest of us not so fast.  But the glue here I think has been the straightforward sharing.  When Fred started this thread as the 50+ thread I doubted he cared how fast anyone ran, but he did have an understanding of how different it is to run well after 50, and I have never seen any change in the tone here. I am on the comeback trail, happy with my current times and doing the best I can.  The sharing here is an enormous shot in the arm for me.

Then of course there is Tigger who posts 10K times as though they are 19K times!   (Sorry Jacques, I just had to get you for that typo.)

Rich, the difference between being self-employed and working for others has largely to do with how you can make a contribution and also work well within a unit.  Given your obvious generosity of spirit and kindness, as you so often demonstrate to me, you will hit a home run in your new position, and I wish you all the best.    Spareribs

My first mistake in 58 years and someone's gotta jump on it!  My only defence is that the "0" and the "9" key are right next to each other, and I have very thick fingets!  (Hee Hee!)

KS, don't include me in that bet.  I never ran til I was 47.  My fastest running was waaayyy behind me by then.  Since that first run I've managed to pull some decent race times for an old phart who weighs over 200 lbs, but even my age graded results are not great.  DD must have gotten her running genes from her mother!

Back at work today and up at 2:15 AM.  After a walkabout I went to the gym for my morning workout.  After a 10 min walking warmup at 10% I ran for 35 min, then did a 10 min walking warmdown.  Back to town tonight, so I should get a decent run in tomorrow.  Rumour is that the temperature is going above freezing!

Yes, Ribs, there has to be a reason for running a workout.

I like running hard workouts.

Ks, congrats on those sub 6 min. miles in your 10k.

"However, this amount of detail is important because

knowing what weeks of training are devoted to developing certain

qualities of training lead to appropriate planning of the overall

season or “the big picture.” What is more important is being able to

see the system, the whole program and its phases and to have it planned

(roughly) ahead of time. This is best done by working backwards from

the day of a championship race (end of season) and building the program

around a time frame leading up to that cumulating event where the main

focus is. While some may call this a “peak” I tend to think of it as

being time when the athlete is at a very high level of fitness. I don’t

believe in true “peaks,” and I think that the athlete can perform at a

relatively high level of fitness nearly year-round. This is done by

integrating all intensities/velocities of training somewhere within

each phase/period of training. For example, American great Bob Kennedy

was once quoted saying: “At any time during the year, there has to be

an element of base, V02max workouts, and speed work in your training.”

(Pfitzinger 106). Coach Joe Vigil from Colorado State has mentioned

having elite athletes do a session of 4-6 by one mile at 5k-10k pace

with a short rest once a week nearly every week out of the year

(Sandrock 36 ). Jack Daniels, who in “Daniels Running Formula”

suggests having an early phase of training focus on R-pace (Economy

Pace) or doing relatively fast speedwork early in the season, while

maintaining it throughout the rest of the season/year."

http://www.geocities.com/sagecanaday/manifesto_five.html

That's a good running book story.  Here's another, similar one!

In 2002 or 2003 J ******* and I ran the Niagara Half.  Dick Beardsley was a featured speaker and was selling his book.  JC and I stopped to talk to him and JC bought a book, but because we spent a half hour or so yakking with Dick, JC forgot to pay and Dick forgot to ask.  At dinner that evening (with Jim R and his lovely wife) we talked about it and realized JC had not paid.  The next day we went back and JC found Dick and paid.  We all got a good laugh out of it, and to this day I tell everyone that JC stole the book from Dick.