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Congrats on the mental toughness Gustav.  Speaking of  toughness,  I skipped the gym yesterday morning when I saw the snow.  Maybe today.  Running RD also, so we need to hit the track sometime today.

Have a great weekend !!!

Morning!  4 recovery miles done.  Off to the chiro, movies, dinner with Maniacs, movie with DH, super busy.  Fortunately, most of that is sitting down to try to relax for tomorrow.  Ha!  Who am I kidding?  Every time I tire the night before, my marathon goes well.

Gustav, nice job on the mental toughness.

Jerry, enjoy the rest day.

Bin, sorry you missed your run.  You're doing Pfitz, right.  Although a couple of missed runs won't hurt you, sometimes it is a sign that you're training is getting to be too much.  So, just relax, refresh, and continue on but be mindful of that.

If you decide on that, I would reduce the miles on your HMP and strides days instead of the recovery days.  And maybe the number of 20-22 milers to 19-21.  It might be work + training or it might the training.  I had something like that happened my first time with Pfitz 18/70 and I missed a good number of runs because I was too tired (or it was 100F and I didn't know I had asthma and I kept getting "sick").  Just be mindful of it.  It might be nothing.

Thanks, Damaris. Yes, doing the pfitz. Will take note of that and see if its really too much for me.  Maybe will reduce the weekly miles.

Send snow!  The marathon forecast is sunny (meaning the tropical sun will be upon us with no shade) and 68-79F for the day.  I sure can use snow.

Morning pens! Rest day for me, weights and another 1 mile run tomorrow as long as my leg is still good.

Good morning to my fine feathered friends!

My 10 miler yesterday went well.  It was clear and much warmer than it has been- mid 40s, so really nice.  I even got 2.5 miles of daylight at the start.  I used my Garmin to slow myself down in the beginning miles, and just picked it up for the last 2.

Today I need to start work on the cake, plus I have 5 easy miles.  The real test of how my LR went will be how the legs feel today, I think.

Gustav- Good job staying strong through the week!  What kind of work do you do that you had to be outside in the cold?  Good thing you're a panda bear!

Jerry- Are you going back to the new track today, then?

Bin- Sorry that you're feeling a bit run down.  I know I've had to modify my program down a little bit.  Instead of the HM "B" plan, I think I'm doing the "B minus."

D- Sounds like a great day!

Vance- Hope you are having a great time on your run!

Lauren- Hoping for a good mile for you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone!

My 15k got canceled due to the weather, so I went and did 9 miles on the trail in the snow, great run!!

They're still having the after party, since it was already paid for, so I'm gonna get cleaned up and go get some lunch/beer, be back later!