Az2mn, so sorry to hear about your husband's heart attack. That must have been quite a phone call. I'm glad to hear that he is recovering well and that his prognosis is good. When you were finally reunited, I bet that was the longest, strongest hug ever!!! Take care of each other.

Marie, YOU GO GIRL! You finished the Half yesterday and are in the middle of the Full this morning. I'm thinking of you and wishing you a fantastic morning. You are going to feel GREAT ....... when you're finished! I hope you are enjoying every step of your journey.

Mary Kay, just one foot in front of the other until your motivation returns. You don't have to go far and you don't have to go fast, you just have to get out and go! One of these days you'll renew your passion for the run and your body will still be in running shape and you will take off!!

Not much to report here. I had a nice nine mile run yesterday, nice and easy. This whole running thing is getting a little easier. It was nearly 70 degrees, overcast and humid, and I remembered to pack my drink and music but forgot to bring my snacks. I didn't worry too much because I can now go around ten miles before hitting a serious blood sugar wall under normal conditions but the morning's heat and humidity worried me. There was no need to worry as I made it through the run with flying colors. I probably need to work some hills into some of my workouts (I hate hills) since the Half in March has quite a few hills in the first seven miles. Aw, whatever, I'll muddle my way through.

I've still got a litte cough, but I'm finally feeling better. The sinus congestion is gone, for the most part, and I no longer feel as if I have something caught in my throat all of the time. I imposed two days of complete rest and I think it helped. I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired!

Have a great week, all. Run to your heart's content!

az, i am so sorry to hear about your husbad. My prayers are with you all.

Well, DD LeAnne & I are officially Goofy! WE DID IT!!! 26.2 miles + 13.1 miles equals 39.3 miles of GOOFY incredible time with my daughter. Today's marathon time 6:17:58 which included 26 character photos, 3 stops for biofreeze & vaseline and a porta potty break.  My feet are sore, I'll lose one toe nail, and I've told LeAnne not to ask me to do this again any time soon. But still it was an awesome experience and I think God for the assurance, strength, and resolve to do it. Tks to all of you for your encouragement and assurance that we could do it! I'll try to get some photos up soon!

Temps were in the 80's, would have preferred about 10-20 degrees cooler, but you take what you get. Plan for today's marathon was run/walk/run 1 minute intervals. Stayed with it until last 4 or 5 miles and the walk breaks extended to 2 or 3 minutes and then walked a lot, but we finished.

We had trained using dried dates as our energy source.  Well wouldn't you know that I forgot to take them today! We had breakfast at the park, bagel, half banana, a lttile cream cheese & pnut butter. But by mile 9 I was really beginning to wain.  It wasn't until mile 11 when they had bananas and after that when they put out the Gu. My saving grace was that I had a packet of jelly from breakfast and it was enough to get me to the banana. That was the best banana I've ever eatten.....and I don't care for bananas, but I eat them because they are a good source of potassium.

I got too hot on yesterday's half as I didn't wear a hat & my costume was all black.... corrected that for today. The crowd was huge for both race but had a wee bit better spacing and therefore somewhat easier running than yesterday.It definately got us off our gameplan for mostlyf walking and imited running per Jeff Galloway to save ourselves for today .Well we blew that big time although you wouldn't know it by the time. Sometimes you just have to move w/ the flow and there we're a lot of runners in our corral using walk breaks. Yet, their pace was running slow and uncomfortable for me ad Le.  Those who did take walk breaks moved at a snail's pace and made it hard to get in a rtyhnn and it was so crowded that it was hard to dodge traffic. Time for half was 3:11:29. We stopped for a several character photos that took a lot of time, probably about 45 min. Today's lines were generally quicker. We passed on the really long ones. Some would probably take 20 minutes or more to get through.

We had a lot of fun. We're please with our results esp considering the back to back  races and the high temps. Now to enjoy the parks w/ the grandkids for a few days.....just hope they don't have to rent Nanna one of the motorized carts to move around in. LOL.

I've learned a tremendous amount about running and about myself during this journey. Glad I/we did it. Have I mentioned what an incredibly awesome daughter I have?!?

Marie

BRAVO MARIE!!!!  Congratulations to you and LeAnne on being "Goofy" enough to accomplish it!  Sounds like you had soooo much fun and every mile was a memory for both of you.  Enjoy visiting the parks surrounded by your grandbabies.  As the memories of this journey begin to surface in the coming days and weeks, be proud of all you have accomplished.  Well done!

az2mn- Glad to hear all is well with your husband.  While I'm not a fan of treadmills, in your case it seems to be a good idea in order to help your husband get back into a regular training regimen.  We have one and it works very well for my wife who much prefers it versus going out for walk/runs alone

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Az~ Oh my... how scary that phone call must have been even though you and your husband are both medical professionals! I am so happy that you are back with your husband and that he is on the way to recovery.

Great job on your 9 mile run! The heat and humidity can be bad especially if you do not bring water with you.

Thank you for all the well wishes for my DH. 

Justrundan:  not surprising that hubby stayed 'cool' and calm during the early stages of the 'attack' and then calling me AFTER he was taken care of ......... but it was tough to hear being so far away. 

We are all grateful that he made it through.  He shared with me that he was more pissed than scared that it was happening to him NOW; funny how we react when we do get to personally experience such close call incidents. 

girlintheorchard:  He's recovering very well, in fact, doc gave him the ok to resume work today with an emphasis on a lighter schedule of patients. 

Great to see him back to his old self with renewed determination to maintain a healthier lifestyle from now on.

Tried another health club yesterday.

10 minutes elliptical.

10.1 miles on TM, 1:40, using the even stephen running guide.

5 minutes cycle.

15 minutes core exercises.

Got very crowed and busy after 3 pm.

Club has nice updated machines but lacks space for personal belongings which are kept in open cubby holes or on racks by narrow entrance.

Only 2 restrooms to change in, with one shower room to be use for both M and F. 

Classes in the afternoons.  Staff consist of only 2 individuals and only at certain hours.

Pros:  close to home and 24/7 with other sites around the country.

WDWRich: just need to become good friend with the TM for now but I prefer trail running; but I'm good an zoning out when on the TM and just get my miles in with different workouts.

Snow still around with icy roads so not taking any chances on running outside even on balmy days of 14 degrees!!  Below zero temps overnights.

Dan~Only time will tell when I hit the "add reply'.   Able to log in all week, but not reply.  FRUSTRATING! Funny you mentioned RunningAhead.  I've been lurking for a few weeks looking for a possible thread to join, lots of activity over there.  Sweet deal on your new Saucony's!  To quote Ray Bradbury, "The magic was always in the new pair of shoes." I tried out the Brooks PureFlow 2 on the TM at my favorite running outfitters, but the "improvements" made to the original design weren't as comfortable for me.  Unfortunately they no longer stocked my size in the Flow 1,  So ran home, got on the net and ordered directly from Brooks.  Bingo!  On sale and they had my size!

Run Strong!

Ray- The running ahead group that was just started by MelodyLea has all caps- 'My Last Run Was'- there is another that is 'my last run was-  The folks who went over from Active are posting on the one that Melody started just this week, so a lot fewer posts.  We could start something like this over there if it was necessary.  (I saw 'we' loosely, not sure I'm techy enough to get it done, I'm having a hard time getting my profile done and accepted!!)  I am going to use their log to keep track this year, looks very useful.  Was the stress reaction in your foot?  Hope all is well and you can get back on the road/treadmill soon. 

Debra- New shoes on sale is always good!  When I saw the difference in price, and they felt the same, there was no question which I'd buy. Glad you got the one that work best for you. 

Warmer than usual today here before the arctic blast comes, but real windy.  I may see if an outside run is possible, if not it will be TM again.

Great weekend running to all.