3 miles this morning, drizzle and humid conditions. Quick shower then off to Church, DW had to work.  Then yard work this afternoon weather permitting.  Have great day.

thanks for starting MD.

10+ mile bike ride followed by 3.4 mile run.  Temps around 70-72F with humidity already at 7AM.  Only rested long enough after bike ride to change into running shorts and drink some water. 

Have a great Sunday all.

3 very good miles this morning for me back at home.  I could have stayed up at Bill's and been running through the "tunnel of trees" but I came home.  It is a rare Sunday when my granddaughter is staying an extra day at the other grand parents and I wanted the time at home to do some things.

Bill - if you see this, it was only 2 hours and 50 minutes of a drive home.  So I was home, unpacked, and in bed by 12:06 (to be exact).  Slept until 9:00 this morning too.  Felt great, so that's why I went for a run.

(Side note: I try to spell Bill's name wrong but I can't do it.  It doesn't mean I don't like him.  I don't know many Bill's but I had a brother Bill who died from cancer at age 29 and I seem to get a fleeting, barely conscious thought of him whenever I type the name.  It's weird, I know.  If it was a more common name I don't think it would happen.)

You won't hear much from Bayshore because the connection to the internet is very limited up at Bill's.  I'll let them digest their efforts and report on them.  I thought they all did great even if they had to fight through some aches and pains.  I will say that DaveinAA took 5th (of 68) in his age group in the 10k and only a few seconds out of 3rd.  I think the top 5 get awards.

Bill's place is great.  You walk a few minutes out the back yard, down a hill, through the woods, and you are at the Lake Michigan Shore.   The kind of place where you could spend the day reading and napping.  His daughter, brother-in-law, and wife Deb worked all day getting the place ready for us.  They treated us much better than we deserve (speaking for myself).  Brad (brother-in-law if I remembered the name) spent the day power washing the deck, and then he cooked us dinner (grilling burgers, brats, dogs.) 

My race was just about "perfect".  I lined-up too far back and spent the first mile weaving, jumping up on the curb/sidewalk to get around people.  But by the end of the first mile everything cleared up.  Maybe I would have been a few seconds better overall if I didn't stand so far back at the start. (Leaves me room for improvement.)

Splits were  8:08, 7:47, 7:44, 8:11, 7:52, 7:31, 1:20.  I was hoping for 7:45 - 8:00 pace so it was good.  First mile was weaving, but I have no idea why the 4th mile was slow.  I didn't feel like I was slowing down.  Bill finished a minute or so ahead of me.  I could hear them announce his name over the loud speaker as I was coming towards the stadium finish.  I was 14 of 47 age group.  201 of 1901 overall.

Somewhere between the middle of January to the middle of April, as I was losing weight, I set a goal to break a bunch of my "over age 40 PR's".  This was the first and the easiest.  The 48:33 was 4:07 faster than my previous 10k best from 2005.  Next week I'll take my first shot at my 5k over-40 PR, but that one is going to be harder to beat (21:58 set in 2004).  I don't think I am there yet, but this will show me where I am at in the pursuit. 

It's humbling to stand at the marathon finish and watch hundreds of runners come in and their marathon pace is better than my 10k pr.

Well done Dave, and thanks for the race report, update on the Bruger hospitality and the race.  Happy for your time too.

Holly, another way of looking at your tough 14 today is that a difficult workout may be ideal before starting taper. It suggests you wound yourself up pretty tight and now can start to gather strength.  

Prime Rib and I are going up to Spare Tire's today to a crawfish boil.  This will allow me to drink a lot of draft beer, as I also ran 14 today.  Spareribs

The valium is starting to leave my system, I suspect. I've been feeling very antsy and irritable, and at seeing Spareribs' post I'm now craving a beer. I'll take all this as signs of progress. Oh, and I'm not in any pain either, just cranky as all hell.

Congrats to the Bayshore folks and thanks for the update Dave. Thank you also to all the servicemen and women who we remember on this Memorial Day weekend. Just because I'm cranky doesn't mean I can't be grateful.

PS -- I'm also itching to get out and run already. Oh yeah, I'm definitely doing better.

 I just slogged through 14 of the toughest miles I’ve done in a while in a very humid 70-75º.  My legs felt stiff and sore and completely lacking in energy, and I knew by mile 3 that I should quit and try tomorrow instead.  (Could they STILL be sore from Thursday’s vigorous lower body workout?)  This does not bode well for my 50K next week.  (sigh)

 It must be from all that "tummy flab"!  JUST KIDDING!  I had to laugh at both you and OM.  I'll bet 99% of the women in this world would love to have what you two call "tummy flab".  I'm sure you'll be just fine in your 50K next week!

Hey, Slo--what's that "specific target" you're training for?

Nice 10K, Dave59--thanks for the report.  I like your, "over age 40 PR" idea.  I think I'll start an "over age 50 PR" for myself.  Oh--and I don't blame you one bit for not spelling Bill's name wrong...I think that's really cool.

Thanks, Avenger Doggie, for your post yesterday--I sure needed that!  And thanks to everybody else, too, for your thoughts and prayers...I feel like I've found some pretty good people here...

Enjoy the day with your boys, Rob!  Who cares if you get a little wet.

Someday I hope to check out that place on the Lake Michigan shore.  I have some great memories of the shore north of Valparaiso, IN, from the 80's.

I was invited to a new group run in Midtown and decided at the last minute to join them.  I'm really glad I did and today's run of an hour was so much easier.  Now I just need to find a place to shower and change so I don't have to drive all the way back out here to the 'burbs for that.  My weekly mileage has increased post-injury beyond my wildest dreams.  Focusing on staying in my aerobic HR zone seems to be working.