Woke up with a massive headache. Did crawl out of bed but decided not to work out if I needed a pain killer first. Had a leisurely morning with coffee and the internet instead. BUT by 6AM I felt much better, so a quick change and a 5K easy run (making up for yesterday's missed run) plus 50 minutes of LB endurance training. And a nice stretch, ofcourse. Was finished by 7h50 AM. Then I had to really hurry up: shower, iron clothes, breakfast, watch the news. Made it to work by 8h50AM. Not bad, eh?

Low mileage week because I'm running a 5k on Sunday. I'm debating if I should do a short easy 2 mile run tomorrow. Any advice? I'm nervous about the 5k, not sure why. 23:30 is my goal. Under 23 would be an awesome blow my mind time. Over 24 and I would be disappointed in myself.

But you could get a good groove on with the Backyardigans, Jill! I suppose that's the danger, isn't it? Walking around the rest of the day singing "yeti, yeti, yeti" to yourself. . . . Oh, yes, I've been there. Dutchie -- I always feel better after coffee. Aaron -- I agree you'd be fine either way, but I always like getting in an easy run the day before. I will probably do that tomorrow, in advance of the half on Sunday. Good luck with your time goal! I'm not doing a good job of keeping my mileage low this week in advance of the HM, but I'm feeling good, so, why not? The weather forecast for the race is fantastic. I did 2:04 at my last HM in November, and expect about the same this time, although this race will be substantially less hilly. I don't want to go crazy and tell myself I'll sub-2:00 though. I'd be really happy with another 2:04, honestly, although something less than that would be nice too. Thanks for the encouragement on the low week next week. It turns out running the Friday morning before the procedure would be a bad idea, because I'm not even supposed to drink water after midnight the night before. But, at my pre-op meeting with my doc this morning, he said he didn't see any reason why I shouldn't be able to run again on Sunday. So, yay!

OMG.... I've just come back from the biggest sporting goods store in the area.... OMG, I just saw the greatest treadmill ever! It's much wider than mine. And has a TV screen mounted on top !!! And it can increase speed by 0.1km increments!!! It looks soooo sleek. I want it. I need it. OMG and it's only (insert sarcasm) 3000 euro's about 3,840.91 USD My youngest son Jim was with me so I turned to him and said: guess we're spending the summer vacation on the treadmill sweetie! Go right ahead mom, that old thing you got doesn't go fast enough for me. I'm like, what!!! Turns out he's been sneakily running on the treadmill for a month now. When he was 12 he could run 5K in 16 minutes (and he wasn't racing). Good thing that store is not right in my neighbourhood.

My stinking treadmill shut off when I was almost done with my 10 miler today. So frustrating. I need a new one ASAP. But on the plus side, my son watched TV in another room so I was able to watch a movie while I ran, much better. Oh and my favorite Backyardigans song is "We gotta hold on tight with all our viking might"... Tomorrow is boot camp!

Finished my 5k in 23:50. That's my watch time, should be pretty close to official time. It was off my goal of 23:30 but it was a hilly course so not too bad all things considered. As usual, I started off way too fast, ran the first mile in 6:55 and that was with me telling myself to slow down and traffic in the beginning. Had to fight through some people. Also had some stomach issues, I really had to go to the bathroom around 1.5 miles into the race on an uphill section. Overall, pretty happy with my time. Official results should be online tomorrow.

It was (finally) a beautiful day here, so DW and I and the dogs did a nice 6-miler. The local hillbillies' beagle had puppies so now we're being chased by 7 dogs! Why don't people spay?

Anne, great job, sub 2:00! Congrats! I've done that with my watch a bunch of times. Plus I forgot to turn off auto-pause on my Garmin in my last race so the time was off. When you are running a race there is less bloodflow to the brain so you make more mistakes. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! Anyway I've committed to the Mercedes HM in Birmingham on the 15th. I'm not really trained for it but should be able to finish without too much pain, if I take it easy. Should be a fun race!