Good job Dave!!! We knew you could start the new thread!! I hope you enjoy your trip out west! It's time for me to start getting back into my school routine. So I'm gonna try to do all my runs this week in the afternoon/evening. We shall see how it goes. After 2 days of not running my legs feel good. So I'm excited to put last week behind me!

Brian - you are right... last time I took 2 days off was 2nd week in May... and only 2 days between then and now. Wow your wife goes back early!! The kiddo's don't start till after labor day. But i've already had first day of school dreams. I hope as she gets into it things get better!! and nice runs!

Would any of you hesitate to do a 5K one week before marathon? It's local, only $10. Was going to run a 10 mile (slow) in the cities because of a girls trip, one of my running friends birthday, but that would be $40 to run a race slow. Pondering what to do...

I would probably do it. And consider it my Taper kick-off. (the 5K i meant)

OK, Will do the 5K. I did a 10K one week before, and I will not do that again. Had a graston treatment today. Legs are holding up better now than when I was running 25mpw back in Feb. This doc is god sent. Shan, How's the run go? Sometimes my legs get sluggish after two days off, but after one recovery run then they are ready to go. I'm going to try and do yoga tonight, so boring.

Go for it Bugs! 5k will be good to blow off taper steam. The race will be a good predictor for goal setting. I did one two weeks out last year. My biggest fear was pulling a muscle. It went okay and was one of the better 5k's I ran last year. Our lone kido heads back to school on the 21st. DW's first contract day is the 18th. She is already working. I think they are both ready to get the year started. 8-miles and change this morning at M-pace. Pace average at St. Louis was 9:02. This morning I averaged 9:05 mm and hr average was 145 bpm. It felt like a tempo run. It was good to hit close to goal pace after fizzeling out with 13-miles on Sunday. Hope I didn't wait to long to start pace runs. I have 3 weeks left. Taper would be 50-miles this week. 35-40 next week and 15-20 the last week of August. I'm almost ready to enter. I'll keep trying pace runs and see how it goes. This weekend I'll enter or start planning the next one.

I want to eat like Michael Phelp's. His Breakfast: "...Three sandwiches of fried eggs, cheese, lettuce, tomato, fried onions and mayonnaise, add one omelet, a bowl of grits, and three slices of french toast with powdered sugar, then wash down with three chocolate chip pancakes." I hope he washes it down with a latte, but maybe that's be excessive.

Didn't he say something like 10,000 calories a day. That's crazy.

Yes! I'd them to report a female who needs to eat that much. Most of the females seem to still be eating grilled chicken on a bed of lettuce. It's not fair. Did you hear the pool is suppose to be re-engineered for faster world breaking times? I'm not a slow swimmer my pool just sucks. Since Cash is rich what kind of pool do you suppose he has? I am less sore today, but my quad is still pretty sore. I think tonight's run will be a mix of aquajogging and light running just to be safe. I have a four mile race on Saturday where I plan to kick the local X-country team's butt.