DS & I are leaving shortly to pick up a friend and her two boys to go do a 2.3-mile cross-country/trail race. It could be a lot of fun, but with 40* and winds gusting to 30 mph, it could also be miserable. Wish us luck!

C'mon, guys! I actually stop by to check in and no one has started the dailies yet?

Get cracking!

We have been waiting on you babe. 

Morning!  I have the Wine & Dine HM with hubby late tonight.  I am already tired thinking about running for 3 hours starting at 10pm.  We leave for Orlando soon.  Love it that Orlando has 15F cooler than Miami. 

10.1. Now I'm Stalking an  undertrained friend on her marathon. She went out at her 5 k pace. Oops. She has slowed drastically at 10 miles she will finish unless she gets hurt. I do not think this will go well. She has slowed 20 min off finish from how she went out so, yep blowing up like I said would happen. Why do people not respect the distance?  Her longest run EVER was 18 miles. Weekly miles no more than 20 to 22. So um, yep.

Is her name Julie, by any chance?  22 mpw is definitely not enough training miles for a marathon. She will learn that the hard way...

Hey guys.  Instead of a run around campus last night, I took the dogs on a moonlight run through the park instead.  It was Zoe's first run since her back surgery almost 8 months ago, and she did great.  Even a couple of months ago, we were seeing a bit of stiffness after long, hard walks (play sessions), so I didn't think I'd run with her again.  But we haven't seen any stiffness at all from her in a while, so it was time to give it a try.  She and Mia did great!  We did their usual walk route at a run, so 4 miles, nice and easy, most of it off leash so that they could play.  They did super the whole time, didn't need and breaks, and best of all Zoe wasn't still at all last night or this morning.

RD for me today.  We are going to Ikea.

Change of plans. We cannot get to Orlando due to work. I will register us for a HM tomorrow morning (local) instead.

Thank goodness!  Who in the hell wants to run in the middle of the night...again.

Morning all!

Ran during DD's soccer practice this morning, an easy 10. This afternoon is... DS's soccer practice. How exciting! Might go shopping, or... I don't know yet.

Which brings a question I've been asking myself lately:

I usually run between 35-50 miles per week. I'd like to up my weekly mileage a bit. I know we're supposed to increase our mileage spread pretty evenly across the week days, that is why it is not recommended to have your long run too long compared to your weekly mileage. But on Saturdays I would have an opportunity to run a lot. It wouldn't make sense to run, say, 9 miles in the morning, and 14 in the afternoon, and then maybe 10-12 miles on Sunday, but keeping the rest of the week days at about 5 miles per day, would it? Does a plan like that have *injury* written all over it? Or is it just ineffective?