I hear you on the jury duty. I am on call now for jury duty. Have to call the courthouse every night to find out if I have to go in the next day.

Bugs - oh man I totally would help too!!! Awesome job on the mileage AND the double!! Jhallum - I'm glad your running didn't suffer, but that probably would have been a cool trial!! Cash - how ya doing???

Great job on the double, Bugs. Not sure I've ever run one. MrI, you continue to crank out good miles. I'm sure they will pay off. I posted that picture just because I did look so bad. The post-race photo taken with my medal was even worst. Not sure it was anything in particular. Just spent. I didn't bonk so much as just crumble at the end. No miles for me. Maybe an easy jog tomorrow. Walking is still an adventure.

Good runs all. I have a massive blood blister underneath my second toe that does not feel good when I put on my running shoes, so I will have to see the foot doc today. yea! I will probably run on Thursday after it heals a bit. I'm dying to get out there again. Hey Dave, how do you post marathon foto pictures? Some of mine are scary but they're all I've got. funny, Bugs, I had book club last night too. You'll have to tell us on the other thread what the plan is to get rid of my tub of lard as you so eloquently put it. 8 + miles for mr. I and pace2race- nice! It is getting cold and I will have to start meeting people in the mornings so I can get out of my warm bed.

Dave, Doubles are being encouraged. Right now just easy running, soon to add strides but when the workouts get hard it is to keep legs activaed. Hym, what is a stride? I can't say I know exactly. Kimmie, I am sure I have handled blisters wrong so I have no advice, I always loose toe nail. I am curious what your foot doctor does. Boy my toe nails are ugly. That is funny you had book club on the same night. What did you read? We read The Girls. A little to nasty for my taste. P2R, Take care of your feet. Murphy, We would spread out and cheer you on! There would be no walking breaks that day. Shan, Should be day 14 of streaking for me. We'll make it competive OK, see who drops the ball first? x-mas party could be fun but wow, decorations, clean house, finish projects, prepare food, drinks. If you find any interesting recipes or ideas let me know. They are quite a liberal bunch of girls. Erika, Thinking about your feet and healing vibes to you. Man you have a lot of races in the line-up.

There are qualifying standards for The National marathon and 1/2 marathon. http://www.nationalmarathon.com/qualifying.asp I qualify..but was a bit nervous when I saw that there were standards. At first I though I had to break a 5 hour marathon before runing this. Would have given me some added Vegas motivation. Shan qualifies via her 5k and 10k prs--as long as the results are published somewhere for verification. That was a very good 10k shan, btw.

Murphy - thanks!! I was surprised - I never run that fast normally - proof that easy running makes you faster - freezing rain helps too!! I hope I can break 1 hour this year - but who knows if that's even reasonable. And yes we would wait around!! Bugs - oh it's on baby!!! MTA: I have been running I just don't ever post it! haha guess I don't want to report my piddly 1 milers - Erika might start scolding me about running more again! LOL I started a building plan this week! We'll see how it goes!