Nice digs Erika. Good luck Gordon. Tim, go for the hotel. Sleep the night before the race is not relevant to race performance, but a long drive in the car might be. Enjoy the trip. Mari, I have many ideas on that subject, mostly about involving the participants. Send me your email address at spareribs823 at gmail dot com. Twocat, you are close to being right about the 40/40 club. I would only need a 6 mile walk every day, which is doable. I hope I don't offend you when I say that your race week preparation for your half is....unusual. DickyG, Dale and Aamos: Will the TX Rangers lie down again for the Sox tonight as they did at Fenway? We helped you make a run at those Rays, until we went down there and lost 2 of 3. The Saint went off to Mass today, leaving me alone to walk. Why anyone would love God more than me I have no idea, but she is quirky that way. I did my longest walk since surgery, 7 miles, a slow 17 pace or about two hours total. Tomorrow I have a race in Dallas so I am having a pretty big mileage week. Report tomorrow. Spareribs

DickyG, Dale and Aamos: Will the TX Rangers lie down again for the Sox tonight as they did at Fenway? We helped you make a run at those Rays, until we went down there and lost 2 of 3.

well I sure hope so... Great job with recovery, Spareribs! Keep up with good work.

Emailed question to me from a runner: "What is meant by stamina?" Here is what Ron Daws had to say in "The Self-Made Olympian" "Stamina is the ability to run relatively fast, relatively far. It differs from endurance which is exercising moderately for great periods of time. If I wanted to break the record for running from Los Angeles to New York, I'd want endurance. If it was the 10-kilometer world record, I'd want stamina, and if I wanted the 100-meter record, I would need speed." Spareribs

gordon ps gordon - please look up this word - t-a-p-e-r; your marathon's the day-after-tomorrow you know.

It's a kind of candle, right?

Emailed question to me from a runner: "What is meant by stamina?" Here is what Ron Daws had to say in "The Self-Made Olympian" "Stamina is the ability to run relatively fast, relatively far. It differs from endurance which is exercising moderately for great periods of time. If I wanted to break the record for running from Los Angeles to New York, I'd want endurance. If it was the 10-kilometer world record, I'd want stamina, and if I wanted the 100-meter record, I would need speed." Spareribs

5K - I have stamina 10K - I have stamina 1/2 M - I have stamina M - Well, that's what I will find out....Endurance or stamina to hold the pace 26.2 Who was the idiot that asked a question like that anyways . Actually, I did ask the question because they sounded like the same thing to me...but clearer now I think Tim

Just a quick fly by to report my 13 miles today. They were lackluster, I don't really feel like doing this miles. 11:27 pace - 151 avg. HR. Now off to go camping. Have a great weekend!

DH, happy belated birthday for dark mare. wildchild, good job on the race. Nice long runs for bike (with speedwork), CNY, Dave, Peter, teresa, Tramps, and hopeful. This morning it was mid to high 60s and we had a bit of wind. I didn't feel like going out and, when I did, my legs felt sort of dead. I managed to trudge through 8 miles in a little over 1:21 for a 10:09 pace. A good day and good runs for all. TomS