Mon-8@8:12 Tue-Rest Wed-8@8:29 Thur-9@7:56 Fri-Off Sick Sat-7@8:00 Sun-Off Sick Total=32 miles Tet-Skagit Flats is what I'm targeting...But I might run Bellyingham again too!!!

For me, the weekly mileage is a strong indicator as to where I am in my world of running. Just one reason I like this thread so much. Yes Gordon, thanks. Dutchie, are you remodeling the inside of your house? I'm redoing the outside....I was thinking this morning, as I tried to unstiffen my back....this is hard work. Much harder than running! I too look forward to its completion. Good luck with it! Mon.....rest.....rest Tues....3miles...3miles Wed....6miles...no run Thurs...rest.....no run Frid.....6miles...no run Sat.....rest......no run Sun.....9miles...no run Total.....3miles

This week is too crazy to even begin to have a plan! Run 5 day's straight to make up for missing 2 while I'm on an overnight camping trip with the 8th graders? (Yep, me camping, in cabins, when my real idea of camping is not getting chocolate on the pillow when I return to the hotel!) Come home from said trip and run a 5K Friday evening with temps forecast for the high 80s? Give up kayaking this weekend in order to get in a long run on the boardwalk? Decisions, decisions, decisions. Here are the days - I'll just see what happens. TOTALLY not me, OCD girl, but probably as healthy an exercise as running. Monday - 3.5 miles - put me over 300 for the year Tuesday - rest; worn out from running 4 days straight for first time in several months; allergies worse than usual, too Wednesday - managed to sneak in 4 miles between rounds of thunderstorms Thursday - hiking on school camping trip; lots of schlepping around camp Friday - canoeing and more schlepping; allergies surprisingly good - maybe the problem IS my dusty house?!? Saturday - 2-1/2 hours of kayaking - bliss Sunday - spent 4+ hours in the ER after becoming dehydrated by the flu; no clue when I'll be running again - hafta be able to walk farther than across the living room first Lowest mileage week since I got the orthotics. Eliz

thank you gordon. plan - 29.3 actual - 29.3 ============= Sunday (6/1) - taper Monday (6/2) - taper Tuesday (6/3) - taper Wednesday (6/4) - taper Thursday (6/5) - taper Friday (6/6) - Fremont 5K Fun Run and RunningBarefoot.org Run of the Month . . . notes: soundrunner ran a speedy 2nd division place and I got to run with another barefooter. bat woman, robin, superman, supergirl, etc. present too. Saturday (6/7) - Green River Marathon . . . notes: started out with dove and send-off by huskydon ( . . . thanks for the nice pacing up Henderson Hill. tried to emulate dove's planned final 10K spurt with my own last 2.2 miles @10:40 pace passin' lots of other exhausted runners in overall 12:05m/m for 26.2 miles in 5:16:47 running all the way for the first time this year after walking one marathon and run/walking four ultras in the last two months.

Started week w/ left leg feeling odd, not really painful, but muscles felt twisted. M-2 mi to see if anything hurt. All OK T-strength training and core/ball classes, OK W-3.5 mi in steady but light rain, loved it Th-core/ball class AM; yoga in PM Fri-6.5 mi in AM, leg still strange; chiro straightened me out in PM Sun- yoga Summary-12 mi + stuff. Chiro said my lower back was quite out of alignment which twisted my hips, etc. Funny thing because I've been seeing the chiro for right neck/shoulder pain and lowback's been fine. I had no back pain, but she said I would've in a couple of weeks.