I can't imagine running ALL easy miles till then..and I'm not sure I have to, please say I don't. What do you think of my plan for the winter? Do you think I am building miles right now or maintaining? Sorry this got so long, it's all about me today.

I'll answer this the way I'm thinking of it for myself. You just did a marathon training cycle. Your base is in place. You might need 3-4 more weeks of deliberate base building in November before adding speedwork back in just to make sure you've fully recovered and to work on that low end aerobic stuff. 10 minute pace may be too fast or too slow but you may not know until you monitor up. When I started my last training cycle, I was around 9:30-9:40 at my easy pace. Now it ranges between 8:45-9:15 depending on how well rested I am. Your winter plan sounds very solid. 2 hard days (recognizing that long is another type of hard, good grief that sounds awful) spread out around easy running. If your long run is one hard day, the other one should be more like intervals, tempo stuff, hard hills, etc. Striders can be mixed into one easy day as long as you don't over do it. I would love to get back to 40-50 mile weeks without injury. I think right now, you should be a short time of maintenance and then back to building.

recognizing that long is hard

bbbwwwaaahhhaaaahhhhaaaaa My mind is soo immature!

It was such a setup. I knew she couldn't resist.

I think I will keep easy fairly easy until I am safely back in the 40-50 mile range. Looks like miles are going to tank a bit this week due to illness, but hey I'm not in the cardiac unit again so that's not too bad. The problem with misjudging easy you can end-up never having a full tank of gas for the days it's suppose to be hard. I fell into that trap last marathon season but I've got time on my side now. Knock-on-wood, no injuries right now, but I need to get off the TM, tends to give me shin splints.

Brian Do you have tracking informration for us??

long is another type of hard I knew where Shan would go with that one.

long is another type of hard I knew where Shan would go with that one.

Sorry that was head banging for me.

Nerd alert: I emailed Bayshore to ask if their bibs were given sequentially and, if I was the first one to sign up would I get #1. They do it sequentially, but 1-10 are reserved for previous winners and those who have a shot at winning. I'm totally gonna try and get #11 Oh, 1 hour run this evening, taking advantage of the warmer weather for now and getting in 6.5 miles.