Morning Gang Out for a little 3 miler, was feeling cold here 0C 32F just when you think it's warming up for Spring, mind you, those temps would be for some of you guys. Myself and Woody went along a reasonably flat trail. Anyway 3m 32:29 @ 10:50 pace AHR 151 71% Currently doing the Hal Higdon intermediate plan 1 for my marathon but March 2nd change to a 12 week plan devised by my mate in work, I've mentioned him before. He's the 62 yo that has represented England in the 60's He said he would have loved to have been a good marathon runner. I asked him what his best time was, he told me 2:28 (i think or there abouts) he won the 1974 Paris Marathon and he's telling me he wished he had of been a good marathon runner. He is ranked 12th UK for his age. So, good coach....... Good Runs All Roy

Nice of that "not a good marathon runner" to help you train for your marathon Roy. That's very cool of him. WRFB, good way to get the week started off nice and easy. Me too. An easy 6.1 miles at 9:21 min/mile pace to clear out some cobwebs and build up my amnesia. Ran strictly easy by feel and the avg. HR was 140. 70 degrees 64% humidity. Bill

Very nice co-worker Roy!! Awake at 4 a.m. - finally got up at 4:40 a.m. and out the door at 5 a.m. I think my "run" was more of a "trudge" through 4-5" of fresh snow. My DH did a nice job plowing a path out to the main road for me and then it was a search for fresh tire tracks the rest of the way - of which there were few. 4.5 miles overall - 16 degrees, snow and light wind. Happy 2s'day! ~Mary

Good morning all. Some good runs already. I think I am spoiled in regards to running and can't imagine getting up and out this early to run in snow like Hopeful4ever. Good job as you put in a good amount of miles here early in the year. Perchcreek.....How are you feeling? Any further discomforts as you are running or are you holding back a bit to try not to push it? I still have never figured out why a person feels SO good at times when you least expect it. I am more likely to know on some occasions, why I am feeling horrible for a run. Since I always feel good for races, I expect that adrenlin has something to do with it. I also have always performed better in sports under pressured situations, so expect this is somehow related. Anyway, good run Predawnrunner. Can anyone give me some ideas on the pro's and con's of running once a day, as opposed to breaking the same mileage up into a couple of shorter runs? I am not training for anything right now, so I am only wondering how the benefits compare between the two styles. My current busy schedule does not allow for a period of time for longer runs, but the shorter ones have been working. I do get in a long run over the weekend. This only is necessary during the week. Thanks.

Good Morning from Atlanta, My first appointment isn't until 9:30, so I have much more time than usual----luxurious almost. Got out there at 6:15 AM to run after reading Soundrunner's lyrical race report. I can't say I had a running within myself run as she did, but it was a fine run. 35F degrees and clear with birds chirping. I had to wear gloves, but no wool cap and light layers----and NO SNOW (sorry....had to do that). I did a "dyno" or dynamic run which is sort of like a structured or more fluid fartlek---see description in my log if you wish. All good---9 miles worth in 1:19 or so. I ran loops around Centennial Olympic Park and the Georgia Dome as people were getting to work and a boot camp fitness class was chanting in the distance. Good start to the day all in all. Enjoy it CNYrunner

My TP and I were supposed to hit 11 miles today. She, however, managed to put together a route that ended up being 12.43mi@9:05. Worked out fine. Tomorrow I plan to do 6 with her and then another four on my own. Alas, like Roy C I am forced to deal with somebody that is not a very good marathoner. She "only" finished second in her AG at the MCM last year. btb1490 my DW also gets hits with sinus infections every now and then. If she does not get on antibiotics it just does not clear up. With antibiotics it disappears right away. Hopefully yours will too. Thanks Soundrunner, enkephalin, and tetsujin209 for the Vancouver running advice. I will certainly make a beeline out to Stanley Park when I arrive on Thursday. vista suppose you plan on doing 10 miles in a day. A single 10 mile run is more stressful on your body than a 6 mile run in the morning and 4 mile run in the evening. If you are looking to build stamina for a HM or M the 10 will help you do that. After all you need to get used to running non-stop for a long period of time. However, if you are trying to add miles to help build your base (so that you are in shape to run non-stop for a long period of time) but your schedule needs you to include a relatively easy day then the 6 in the am and 4 in the pm is way way to go.

Good Morning! Posting a little late because I wanted to read over yesterday’s thread first. Deez4boys – I’m excited for you! Judging from the soreness in my glutes and hams today, I probably need to reduce the reps of my new lower-body routine. Even without weights included, it’s quite a demanding collection of exercises. I found the single-leg bridge-ups particularly torturous challenging: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercises.asp?exercise=154 And yet, like Predawnrunner I had strangely energetic legs today, not speedy so much as just a very “fit” feeling, as if I could go on for miles and miles, just running like a machine, in spite of the cold and the sore muscles. Maybe all this marathon training is starting to have an effect. 10.10 miles for me today in 14(feels like -2) degrees, with 25-30mph winds. Included in this run were 8 hill repeats, where I charged the hills (or tried to) and pounded back down them again. 5th grade science project due today. I drove DS to school so that his tri-fold project board didn’t get messed up on the bus. Monday night I helped him put it together (i.e. did the lettering due to my neater handwriting, did some typing for him, and printed out a graph he made up on the computer). It’s hard to find that middle ground between helping and doing too much, but I think we did okay this time. My parents never helped me with this stuff, and I'm glad to do it for my kids.

The main thing is that I don't think it hurt. awareness, but not quite pain.

Oh, Debbie, I am SO pulling for you to heal up and be able to run again pain-free. Just remember, be careful, ease back into it, and by warmer weather hopefully you'll be back in full swing.