Welcome mgerwien! People here are fabulous and were so welcoming when I started posting. Post lots and often. Your plans look good! I am a run by feel runner as well (I do time my workouts when speed is involved, but that's it)---all styles welcome. I know what you mean Sarge, and I am on vacation.....too much to read and all of it great. CNYrunner/Karin

I went out for a slow 4.6 miles at lunch - it's a bit warm today, 68 degrees, but blessedly overcast. Getting too warm for lunchtime runs this time of year. I had a meeting with the New Mexico Air Quality Bureau yesterday, and I wore a skirt for the occasion. One of the regulators and one of my clients asked me why I had such an unusual tan line at my ankles.

Good Afternoon Everyone, Great runs today Boomers! I am still reading through the Boston reports and they are all very inspiring. I have not run a marathon in a long time, but I am really thinking about moving up to at least a half next year and maybe even a full. Lou: Thanks for the pictures. As others have posted, it's nice to have faces for the names we see each day. Wildchild: Glad to see you back. I was beginning to worry about you. We are usually right together in the 1,000 mile club and I was getting out ahead of you. I'm sure you will pass me again over the weekend. mgerwien: Welcome. I too can relate to your profile. I was always a middle of the pack runner in high school and still am pretty much. I have only been here a few weeks myself, but I can tell you the people are great and will make you feel welcome right away. Today was speed day #2 for me. 3 mile tempo run with a mile to wu and a mile to cd. Tempo run miles were: 8:32, 8:19, 8:10. WU:9:46 CD:9:51. Total time 44:38 for 5 miles 8:56/mile pace. Have a great evening everyone Bruce

Good to hear from you, Wildchild! That's funny about the client noticing your tan line! I'm starting to get a funny one on my arm, due to my Garmin. My long run Tuesday really took it out of me, so I rested yesterday and ran only 1 mile this afternoon. Then I took my dog and daughter for a long walk, because she wanted to pick up trash since Earth Day was this week. I was surprised at how much she found! It's funny how often now people will say something like, "I saw you running around Back Cove in Portland on Tuesday!" It surprises me, because that's about 20 minutes away from my house. You never know who's watching!

I am a lazy slacker. After carpy runs Monday and Tuesday, being at work until 8 last night, and feeling like a hamster in a wheel at work all week, I went to get my hair cut this afternoon before running class. I sat in that lovely chair in that relaxing salon, having my hands massaged and sipping herbal tea, just long enough for my body to realize how incredibly tired it is. As I jetted off to running club, after changing my clothes in the ladies room at the salon, I nearly fell asleep at the wheel and made a quick detour for home. (By way of the grocery store - my first trip there in over a week.) So far my evening cross-training has consisted of putting away the groceries, emptying the dishwasher so that I could put the dirty dishes from Monday in it, collecting my mail from the last two days, and typing this post. I'm off to bed super-early, hoping to find enough sproink to run 4 tomorrow afternoon. I'm absolutely certain that my exhaustion has NOTHING to do with staying up too late reading Boston race reports. 'night all, Eliz

Eliz- I hate when life gets in the way of recreation. Sounds like your body was sending you strong messages and you were wise to listen to it. That doesn't make you a slacker, just human. Luckily for you the roads will still be there tomorrow. mgerwien- welcome, welcome! This is a great group of supportive people of differing opinions, backgrounds, experience and each and everyone contributes something valuable. I look forward to reading your posts. RoyC- Nice run today! Rochrunner- Good to have you back posting from tropical Michigan. Today was one of those days, on my feet all day at work, home to mow the lawn, cook dinner, do dishes and I was really debating if I wanted to push myself and do 400m repeats tonight. Decided I would at least run over to the local community college and I would decide what to do next when I got to the track. Sometimes when the body goes someplace the mind will follow. Ran 6 400's in 1:31, 1:26, 1:30, 1:30, 1:33, 1:32 with 400m recovery jogs in the 3:00 range. It was a hard workout but very rewarding to get that one under my belt.

welcome mgerwien, this is a great place for advise, motivation and occasionally we even discuss running. 5 easy for me tonight at 9:15 pace. this is a cut back week for me and I am kind of antsy of only running 13 on Sunday. I am sure it is wise so I will stay with my schedule. Roy, glad your run went well today and hopefully it will stay that way. Nice to hear from Wildchid she has been gone a lot this month.Vacations, work whats next? I see btb finally posted his rr so I am off to read that good runs to everyone Larry