Good Morning!! Such excitment yesterday. I am looking forward to reading all the Race Reports today. Out for 5 miles this morning with Brinkley. He was much more into the run than I was, so I was lucky to have him along to keep me moving. 9:49 average pace - actually had a 7:04 best pace deer fartlek mixed in there. Happy 2's-day!! ~Mary

What a beautiful day! Tough workout this morning. 3k warmup 6X3 minutes at half marathon pace interspersed with 6X2 minutes at 10K pace (no rest in between) 3K cooldown My calves are so tight from Sunday's half marathon and 11k cooldown. Question: I have had PF before but I currently feel some slight radiating prior to running on the left inside/mostly outside of my right foot just above the arch. Anybody have this before? I am treating with ice and rolling and strenghthing exercises. Other thoughts. Ottawa marathon is only 5 weeks away and I still have 3 fairly heavy weeks of training. Manageable now but I do not want it to get worst. Thanks Tall

I did run by the restaurant where I am meeting dg and Rochrunner tonight for dinner. Heck, it's walking distance from the hotel. Thanks Roch for that choice. Spareribs

I'm jealous! Have a drink for me . . .

No running for me today or any day until my calf feels back to 100%. Without a goal race in sight there is no reason to push it. I read through yesterday's daily and I want to thank the many that posted notes of concern and the expressions of sympathy for me when I decided a DNS was the best of my available choices. FWIW I made my bed and made my peace with lying in it. It is not in me to have just stopped running after my injury and live with the idea of going to the starting line half trained. I knew I was gambling: line up ready to attempt a PR and risk a DNS or back off and guarantee that I can run. I took the risk and lost. This time. Such is life. But, I am not dead yet! There are other races to come and I hope to be at them. Yesterday watching the marathon was itself a lot of fun. Once I bailed on the race my DW and I went to Plan B which consisted of breakfast and then a T ride to my niece's apartment near the 23 mile mark. From there we cheered on the runners as they came by. Early on it was cool with IRC. But as time wore on it got hot! When you read the race reports you should know the kind of heat and sun our follow Master Runners went through. For the spectators it was great! But you could see how the heat and sun was wearing the runners down. Those starting in the second wave deserve a special award for their perseverance towards the race's finish. I tried to spot people as they came through but I fear I was mostly unsuccessful. The course was thick with runners! I found that unless you know what somebody is wearing you have little chance of spotting them. Heck, I even missed my training partner! Congratulations to all our runners yesterday and in the days to come. Finally, for somebody's list of spectator tips let me add one. Do NOT count on the T to get you anywhere post-race! One of my DW's neices nearly missed her flight as a 6 mile T ride took 2 hours! Yes, you read that right 2 hours! <rant>Whoever is in charge of mass transit in Boston should be totally ashamed of the system's complete breakdown yesterday. Yes, demand was huge. But not unexpected. NYC's subway does not collapse during similar events I see no reason for Boston's to do so.</rant> To avoid ending on a down note let me also add that if you ever get a chance to spend some time cheering people through the Boston Marathon I highly recommend doing so. I guarantee you will have a great time!

Well, I came into work this morning to find a bit over 500 emails in my inbox from the past two weeks . I got rid of about 150 junk ones without reading them, but I at least have to scan the rest of them. No running today, but I took my bike out to the the park yesterday and did 16 fast riding miles at about a 16mph average (rolling hills circuit). The weather went directly from winter to summer here in the time I was gone, but I'm not sure it'll last. The riding didn't bother my leg in the least, so I'm hoping for a good run tomorrow when I settle back into my usual routine. This is also my first week of semi-retirement, as I'm officially cutting back to four days a week until mid-August, when I call it quits for good. If yesterday was a taste of retirement, I'm ready for it! Good running to everyone, and get the rest of those Boston RRs posted.

3 miles yesterday and only 2 this morning. Good runs all.

hi everybody. catch up day at work. imagine. so not much time... no running today, callanetics & yoga & something else (?) this morning, assorted stab. ball & so forth last night. running tomorrow oh boy. -). so nice all the RR's just waiting to be read. hoping all the weekend's racers are taking good care of yourselves and are pleased & proud.