Sorry Bill ....I waited for someone else to start, then I pushed the post button to see you did the same thing about 1 minute later. First, let me say...Erika, I ate the paste last Mon night 10 easy miles last night - 1:28:45 - 8:53 ave pace I had a track workout planned last night, and I am always hell bent doing them...period. Running to the track I knew my HR was high, but sometimes that is the case till we warm up. When I got to the track I stopped and pondered my planned workout...then I thought about Monday night. I pushed my start button and everything felt sooo very wrong! I stopped at about 200 meters and was NOT going to continue on....good for me, huh? Last year, I would have posted something like...Tim, you are a worthless human being and runner, and have no business to be trying to run a Marathon.....nope not this time. This run was perfect because it showed me where I am at training wise, and using my head....a perfect run really. The gift I thought...what a wonderful thing that I can run, but it does have it's ups and downs sometimes. I switched my Garmin to miles and had a pleasurable run home through Ball State University. I then went to the pool where the divers were practicing, and looked for the diving coach Slo talked about....boy, was she hawt Slo. I asked her about you Slo, and I had to describe you by your profile pic, and when you show up to swim and such. She lifted her eye brow and thought for a minute. She then said Ohhhh....you mean "stubby" we call him "stub" for short (ok, that is funny no matter who you are) Best run of 2009 was last night...because I listened to my head, instead of my heart. When I left the track I bent down and patted it and said, I will be back ya know... The point being...I ran a good 10 mile tempo run Mon night. With DOMS, that would hit me last night....it did, and will not do that again. But consider I got my "speed" workout in for the week. TimBo PS: while using the porta pot....remember to lock the door from the inside while going potty...very embarrassing to say the least

Morning, gentlemen! Nice tempo run, Tim! Also wise words about the porta potty - I see depositis interruptis pretty regularly at races. Another good tempo run by Brueger (isn't there a bagel place with that name??) Eliz - rear ended??? No serious inujuries - to you or the car - I hope! On the subject of Philly - no offense to any Philiites out there, but it wasn't the best place we've been for pre- and post-race gnoshing. Maybe we were just in a bad area for restaurants, but the best place we found was the Marketplace next to the Convention Center. The Expo in conjunction with the marathon wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything special either. With a gray day and rain on the way, I started on the treadmill this morning. Half a mile into the run, I caught a glimpse of the weather forecast and heard the weatherman say - "no activity in New London". Good enough for me as I leapt off the treadmill and headed for the door. 6 tempo miles on a relatively flat run - 59 degrees, windy, overcast and wonderful to be on the road. AHR 166. Good runs everybody!

Bit of an "oopsie" this morning. I'm supposed to be coming back slowly from my injury and so far have been patient and not gotten crazy. Started with a 30 minute run then a 35, then back to 30. Just going by time rather than miles. And the pace has been right around 9:35 - 9:40 or so. Not sure what happened but I ran almost 5 miles at a 9:25 pace, 46 minutes. I was only planing on 40 minutes but I ran a loop instead of an out and back and miscalculated a bit and was too far from home to stop so I stretched it a bit. I felt fine, actually, I felt great, felt like i could keep going. Nothing is sore but I've got to be careful. At this mileage, I don't really have any fatigue to act as a governor on the throttle. Gots to use the old noggin a bit better.

Good morning all, This was my first run since Saturday...just taking a break for a bit. I got right back into the groove with no problems. 10.05 miles of hills @ 8:57 pace...started out a little misty but ended the run with beautiful sunshine!

Smart running Tim Hopeful sorry about your DH's aunt.. Best wishes to you, your husband and family. Feeling a little bit better today. Will do 8X800 with the speed group tonight. Nothing crazy as I need to stay healthy with the marathon about two weeks away. The hard work is done, just need to stay sharp and healthy. Should be a wet one for the group tonight. Will run the trails vs the track.. Cheers Tall

Another quick post, one of these days my life will slow down enough to be able to sit at a computer and play catch up. 2 recovery miles plus pilates. Instead of attending a class, which is what I have done in the past, I am doing pilates and yoga at home this quarter. without a class structure it is difficult to stay motivated, but I know the benefits of doing them is priceless as injury prevention. Off to the radio to do some recording for this Sunday's health program. Enjoyed reading yesterday's thread...srlopez, surffing??? yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! deez4boys, great run yesterday!!!!! you should be proud of yourself. cranium, update on dear old dad? hi busiman theresa, how is it going sistah. still so proud of MaEcono

Good Morning! Sue – “depositis interruptis” Breger - awesome! Mary – sorry to hear about your DH’s aunt. 9 miles for me this foggy morning, with miles 3-7 at 8:42, 8:45, 8:45, 8:43, 8:44. At my recent marathon my MP averaged out to 9:04, but 8:45 is still my goal MP for the fall. Happy Thursday!

Ha! Maybe that was it! I was thoroughly disgusted last night. They should've lost 8-1. Miracle they made it to OT. Whoever wins Friday wins the series. My next run is Saturday morning, hope I'm in a better mood for it.

I hear ya. Without that fluky Ovechkin goal at the start, this would have been over a lot sooner. Oh wait...you were talking about the Bruins. At least we're still up 2-1.