Gooooood Morning everyone, It's Monday already and I started the week off really well: a 5AM UB w/o followed by a 4K easy run. Just to warm up the legs. No rain for a change, and no wind, but dodging lots of rain puddles. Which isn't easy to do in the dark with only a head lamp to light my way. Leaves are changing colour too. Autumn is here I think. Did I already say I'm thinking about running the Paris marathon in April? It would depend on cost. But there's a few more marathons closer to home. So I started training seriously today. First goals is a half marathon in December. Don't know which one yet. But the target is to have my long runs around 24K by the end of the year. That should set me up well for the 3 months leading to an April marathon. Aaron: if you go buy a TM, don't skimp on price. You'll regret it. Run on them to test them. Make sure they're not too noisy (neighbours and wife may not be too pleased). Make sure you can adjust speed in small increments. Same for inclines. Check the display. Does it show everything you'd want to see easily. Are the buttons in easy reach. Is there a bottle holder (in a logical place) which secures the bottle and not have it move around. Is there room for the remote (TV, stereo, or whatever). The surface should be wide enough. Is there a safety button thingy (when you fall off it stops immediately). What's the max speed and is that enough for you to be happy for the next 10 yrs? What maintenance is free? How about warranty? Trey: how did your long run go yesterday? Crabby: what marathon are you running? I forgot.

I want to hear how the Portland Marathon went for you Ennay.... Dutchie...Am running the Royal Victoria Marathon next Monday and of course I rolled my ankle a bit yesterday on a traill run so I am really taking it easy this week! Walkin the dog today...maybe a 2-miler

Wow, great race report Ennay!! C O N G R A T S on finishing the marathon with such a terrific time. How are you feeling today? Taking a few days of now?

Thanks. I'm pretty sore. I did 20 minutes gentle stationary bike today. I may try a short shuffle run tomorrow.

ahhhhhh monday. I plan on not running today.

Slacker. Seriously, congrats! I hope to get there someday.

2.9 miles today. OK not more than 40 feet of it was even shuffling. I tried, then thought maybe if I warmed up more, then tried again. Then just went for the slowest "power walk" since I was 8 months pg. At one point we were going down a very very slight downhill (I run this route every day and never noticed a down hill there before) and that hurt even walking.

For a week now people around me are coughing, getting really sick, sore throats, and so far I've been dodging the bullet. But this is the 2nd morning I woke up with a severe headache. And the lymph nodes in my neck have been really painful since yesterday. Especially the ones near my ears... But I don't feel sick. Should I just get a painkiller and go out (in the rain) for a run? Don't want to get sick. I am way too busy to get sick... Teresa: you almost caught up with me. Should be an incentive for me to race you Ennay: take it easy. A few brisk walks this week till your legs feel better should be fine. Perfesser: see you are as bad as me lately when it comes to putting the runs in Taking some nice recovery time after your August marathon?

Went out and ran anyway 7K in the drizzling rain. Took off my jacket mid run. Too warm. I checked when I got home and it's a steaming 14C this morning. Jeez, it's October. It should be 8C or something. Like last week. Those big construction trucks that made me step of the road every 2 minutes are gone!!! Yeah. Back to enjoyable and continuous running again. Trey: I tried to improve my cadence today. The last 1.5K I really tried moving my legs faster. I thought I was having a higher leg turnover. Felt like it too. But when I checked the HRM I didn't. I'll try again tomorrow.

managed to shuffle almost 0.8 miles of my 3.5 mile run/walk this morning. I actually would have only run about 0.5 miles but it was freaking cold. Did 2-3 running intervals when I got cold later.