6 blustery miles for me this morning. Nice and cool 68F. Good luck this weekend to all the racers..... Jlynne....tailgating sounds fun....go Pack Teresa...those XC guys/gals are tough. Slippin' slidin' muddin' ...your DS did great. Peter and Tramps....20 plus miles...very nice. I'm looking for a coach to train me....on Mondays only.....DickyG are you interested? Good runs to all today!

I wonder how they're doing? the portland site has a link for results. none yet. imagine. (had to look) Teresa, congratulations to your DS. Carolyn, beautiful picture, thanks. TomS, nice run. I'm glad you seem to be back. Too bad it was hard though, me too. Holly, how cool that yours wasn't! i'll catch up more a little later, need to post this & get going. 30F, 100%H when I started. beautiful, blue sky, at least after a while. still in shorts. which was fine later. but more tops, & gloves. 9.43 miles, 9:33 average pace, 7:35 max, ahr 162, mhr 178. hard but not too bad,, some points where cruise kicked in. . That is a fairly new addition for me. I really was going for 8, but oh well. The miles are a little messed up because of Polar User Error. 11:10 140/153 9:37 159/165 9:26 158/173 9:50 158/169 9:46 166/172 9:02 167/174 next was .44 miles at an 8:45 pace 8:51 175/176 9:02 175/178 last little bit at 8:27, finished at 7:59. DickyG, I'm very wiped out right now. I need my post run strategy.

got a big boost in hopin' to do annual10K in under 55:00 with a "let's go" from enke next to me with about one-half mile to go. Caught up to a Japanese runner with a Flying Feet ("hikyaku") shirt but ended up 55:XX and no Eastside goddess in sight.

Mainerunnah I hope your race went spectacularly well! Good luck to you and the other RA's out there today. Peter NC great 20 miler! Going "too well" is problem we all should have! DickyG splitting your final two games is not so bad. What would be bad is if you were a Cubs fan! Tramps yea, it is cheating, but just this time we will let you get away with it. Very nice 21 miler today. wildchild if you are going to post pictures of phenomenal places to run like that the least you can do is mention that there is no oxygen way up there or something! Geez, otherwise all I can do is look on with envy. Really . . . Walt.RB excellent 18 mile run, in a good pace with hills. Twocat today I ran the Ridgefield HM. WARNING: Major whining ahead! I have set my PR on this course three times. Not today. The weather forecast, as recently as yesterday, was for IRC. Sunny and cool. The forecast had been so consistent that this morning I did not even look outside before getting dressed. I put on my singlet and some sun block. Then I waited for my TP to show up so we could leave to pick up a friend of ours. Out of the garage the first thing I noticed was it was raining! A solid steady rain. What happened to my clear and sunny? I was totally unprepared. My mood just went from so-so to totally bummed out. (Yea, I did not wake up all that excited to run today what can I say.) On the course I could never warm up. My legs just would not move. You know how at the end of a HM you feel like your cardio system is going to quit on you from exhaustion? I never came close. My heart and lungs were fine. It was my legs that would not move. Oh well, as Cubs fans are saying, there is next year. Or better yet in a few weeks the NYC Marathon which is what I really care about. Still, it would have been nice to pull off a sub 1:30 HM this year (which is what I did at this very race last year). Alas, that will not happen. (END whining.) On the brighter side a day of racing in the rain still beats a day laid up injured or traveling for work!

13.1 miles this morning at the Brooksie Way Half-Marathon. It was a fun event in Rochester Hills Michigan. I avoided a personal worst but I was 13-14 minutes behind my personal best. I don't really like being this slow, but the alternative (more running) is not any better.

Happy Sunday, folks. Hope all the races went well. The weather was perfect around Boston, so hope it was all over. Out for a lake loop and a couple of extra miles for 5.2 for the day in 48:45. During the last mile I got passed slowly by a youngster (by tselbs definition) in her 30's. We chatted for a little bit as she went by and I asked how long she was going today, as she had a well stocked fuel belt. She looked at her Garmin and said "well, I'm 17 miles in and I'm about 3 miles from home." Still running very easily. She was nice enough to compliment me on my (measly) 5 miles. And as always, when I get passed by the fast wimmen, I feel like I get the better part of the view deal I added a 1.5 mile cool down walk with Max when I got home to find that I was 2nd in line to the one and only shower with DS in and DW waiting impatiently as she was off to the Topsfield fair in a short time. A minor milestone for me today--I've gone over 1000 miles since I started logging in June, 2006. I know it's not much in comparison with just about everyone else here, but I'm happy with every one of them. I only do 3 days a week, so it doesn't add up too quickly. Kevin

DickyG, I liked your plan except for the Chili Dogs. I like Chili Dogs...and cheese! This is Marathon training ya know...get it together Bro... Teresa, you are such a great mom, and have a super speedy son...he WILL realize alll you do for him one day. Holly, sooo funny. My long run yesterday was miserable, but today's felt awesome...go figure. Little behind at RA, so here is what went on in my running world this weekend. 20 miles Sat that never felt good from mile 1, to mile 20...planned on 23 but NO WAY. 3:02 9:05 pace....atleast I got it done, but never felt in the zone or comfortable the whole way...I guess training for a Marathon is like this sometimes, huh? Then 10 miles today that felt awesome. 38 degrees and sunny when I started....and still topless for Carolyn. Little chilly at first, but nice and comfy after the temps got above 50...no wind either. Another 30 mile weekend done, with 1 more to go...whew Hope "our" racers did well today...can't wait for the race reports. Have a great night all. Tramps....PLEASE step in and rescue me from my new training plan...heartburn is all I am thinking about. Tim

Ended up with a little over 12 miles in a little over 2 hours. Running conditions were great - overcast and about mid 50's. Wore a running skirt and my Eugene Marathon shirt. I love this kind of running weather - not cold enough for running pants but cool enough to wear a long sleeve shirt. Sort of a slow run for me, but I guess I was a doggy magnet today, so had to stop several times to give some attention to the dogs. A few even thought they'd join me on my run for a block or so. Then I gave Mariposai a call to see how her marathon went. Got to hear a bit about the big gathering last night and a sneak preview on what a few of the RR's will be like.You all are in for some good reading! have a good rest of the weekend. Carne asada tonight . . . mmmmmm!