You might do some short striders the day before the race, or the day before that. Not all out sprinting, just accelerating up to really fast, then decelerating  back down. Not supposed to be difficult, just to get stuff pumping excitedly

(And BTW, my easy paces vary a lot too.)

Ran this morning in the rain and wind.... my knee has been bothering me and I just got back from the Dr. to find out that it's severe tendonitis.

That's a bit of a bummer.  I've been unlucky lately in the injury department.   And I'm fairly sure this is from overdoing it with the squats and lunges.  Doc says no running of weights (legs) until we get it healed.     I have the Girls on the Run 5K on Saturday-  kind of have to do it- but I'm hoping that will be fine since it's just a 5K.

Paul-  can't wait to track you online this weekend.

Where's Erika's race again?

Pam, I just know that you will rock that race!  

Tendinitis sucks. And it can strike anywhere, and usually a sign of overdoing something. Hope it gets better soon, but don't push it.

I'm running the Tecumseh Marathon  and no tracking there either. Actually, this one is apparently always "iffy" as far as weather goes. They'd been having really nice dry weather for months, and of course it's just recently gone to crap. I don't mind running in the cold, but cold and wet really sucks. We'll see how this goes. I leave here in a couple hours.

3.5 miles on the treadmill last night before I started um, finished packing. Packing for a running trip and a work trip all in one small suitcase to carry on. That sucker is stuffed!

Still undecided about Rehoboth this year. Cold & windy run tonight, very sleepy afterward.

Thanks Paul and Erika.

Yeah, I must be getting old.     I can't seem to find a good balance the past year.  Overdoing it, then having to take time off.    Trying to not get too bummed out about it.  

Have fun this weekend, Erika.  I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself, no matter what the weather is like.  You're certainly used to all kinds of conditions.

I hope I can be good and listen to Doc's orders.  Any thoughts on cross training options?    My gym has all of the standard machines, but I would have to go somewhere else for a pool.   I do want to try pool running at some point.

Have a good one!   Lou, isn't it beautiful outside this morning?

Perry- when's Rehoboth?   Are you already signed up?

Paul - hopefully the taper is going well, without too much anxiety.  

Taper is going very well.  So far, I've not turned into a monster and I've noticed a pick-up in my pace.  Of course, this morning's 4 miles felt a little harder than they should have, but I'm not sweating it.  Really, I'm not sweating.  It was 25F.  Brrr.

My condolences Lou.

Paul, are you racing Sat or Sun?

Hey, thanks, Paul! I forgot about that (really)! We were talking about that just yesterday, that I needed less than 2 miles and today we ran 4. Woohoo! This is the earliest I've ever hit that milestone. Cool.

After a totally nightmarish trip here, I finally made it to Indianapolis yesterday afternoon, over 5 hours after my original arrival time. But we made it, here at the hotel, had a good run this morning (I really needed that) and did some shopping this afternoon. Now for packet pickup and dinner tonight with another guy who posts on the Master's forum on RA. The forecast looks like it's going to be chilly and snowy tomorrow, not ideal but better than rain. Race tomorrow, then dinner and a certain amount of partying... then off to the airport Sunday early to catch my flight to Seattle.