Inertia, That is funny. You want a #1 bib, I will mail one to you? That or some local race sign up with fake last name that starts with A...often they give them out alphabetically. I bailed on my run tonight. De-stressing a stressful day over a beer. I weighed in before.

Brian Do you have tracking informration for us??

I don't think it's that cool a marathon. I've searched the website and can't find anything about it, guessing that's something they would make rather public. Here's the link in case someone else sees something I don't: http://www.route66marathon.com/ I'll post my bib number (probably not #1 ) tomorrow after the expo.

Sorry Shan, I wanted to play too! Dave, Congrats. That's awesome. What the do you do in non-miltary terms again? Brian, We ARE NOT GIVING you the fair attention you deserve. Very very cool that you are running with your Dad. To be honest I am very jealous but happy for you. Enjoy the moment. I think you are VERY ready for this marathon and that you're going to have a tough time running slow (Dad's pace) at the end, but just enjoy all the crowds and excitement. Plenty of other marathons were you'll feel like death is welcome. Eat some extra honey today. I'm GOING TO run OUTSIDE today!! It's been almost a week, between rain, sickness very screwed up week. No beer for me tonight. My running summary has a solid streak!!!

Anyone ever run a marathon about 2 minutes/mile slower than they were capable of? Wondering how the recovery will be. Might this make it even easier to do some shorter races quicker and take advantage of the miles?

Not 2 minutes slower but my first marathon was probably 45 seconds slower than I could've gone. If you treat it like a training run (but with good support), I think you'll be fine. There will still be some recovery time but not as much. Downside will be that you'll be out there longer and it will be a lot of time on your feet. I think you're smart for practicing the slower pace. Works slightly different muscles (more hips, I think). Bugs, I'm a program manager. Almost exactly like the civilian equivalent except I work on military stuff. The way these promotions work is that you get picked for the higher rank and get a sequence number and then wait until your number comes up to pin it on and get paid. Then you go do a job at that level. My number finally came up. At my level, they wait for people to retire before they can promote you. No job change until next summer. Nice streak, Shan. 40 days? And I'm feeling better but may give it a day or two more.

Hey Brian, I run at a slower pace with my clients sometimes... not a marathon.... usually just 3 miles or so... It's tough to do but I'm sure you can do it. the biggest thing for me is to keep my steps small and just think relaxed... What's your goal pace for your Dad? And nice running everyone.... I ran yesterday in the rain... I am not a wimp. But only 4.5 miles. I haven't decided if today is going to be rest day or not. Eventually I want to get to where I'm running every day but that will entail really running easy on my easy days. I get too bored with the slower pace. Like yesterday for example, I was supposed to go easy but I wanted out of the rain, so I turned into a fartlek/tempo/hills type of workout. Raining again today--- hate it... But it is my good friends' 40th birthday and we're going to have a celebratory lunch here pretty soon, so if I miss my run it will be for a good reason.

I get a kick out of it whenever Bugs calls Brian "Brain." Heheh... Hope you have a good race with your dad, and good luck with the running slower thing. I don't think I could do it. And yes, I think you'll feel it in your hips. At least I do (in my hips, not yours...). While I think I could benefit from slower running sometimes, I find it too hard to do and blow it off. Back home after a week of meetings in Seattle. Well, really just Tues/Wed/Thurs a.m., then home last night. Worked out every day in the fitness room of the hotel, cardio and strength/weights stuff. Feel pretty good about it... lots of walking which my foot didn't really enjoy. It's better, but not BETTER. Coming up on 2 weeks of no-running and not sure that it's making a huge difference, but I did commit to giving it a try. Will head to the gym for some pool running tonight; haven't done that since last weekend. Shan, your log is impressive. Mine is a big blank sheet after NYC. (and a little bit before) But my calendar view is full of all the cross training I've been doing in a desperate attempt at holding onto whatever fitness/endurance I have left...

I get a kick out of it whenever Bugs calls Brian "Brain."

I know I am terrible at typos. You gotta remember my day job I type like this: for (int i=8; i<quitingtime && istillhaveajob; i++) { docompile(); checkrunningahead(); if (not bossisnotwatching and not somebodyannoyingme) { doquickrapost(); } } ..so english comes difficult to me. :) &&="" istillhaveajob;="" i++)="" {="" docompile();="" checkrunningahead();="" if="" (not="" bossisnotwatching="" and="" not="" somebodyannoyingme)="" {="" doquickrapost();="" }="" }="" ..so="" english="" comes="" difficult="" to="" me.="" :)=""></quitingtime && istillhaveajob; i++) { docompile(); checkrunningahead(); if (not bossisnotwatching and not somebodyannoyingme) { doquickrapost(); } } ..so english comes difficult to me. :) >

so what you are saying is that you have a big brain but sometimes it has moments!

I'm saying my brain is like my legs - overtrained.