Dude! Nice...

thanks mikeymike, i did try to make myself pass out the last half a mile..i honestly think i wouldn't have tried if i didn't see that banana in front of me. Summer goal is to get consistent 50 mpw, i seem to be breaking down after that first 50 so will have to be smart about it.

Hey Steve, How's the running going? Are you currently injured?

Okay I'm back. Its now less than 17 weeks till goal marathon and given that the past month i barely put in any running, i might have to re-evaluate my goals and my training program. I had originally planned to do the Pfitzinger 18 week program but i don't think i'm in good enough shape for that program. So i might go to Hal Higdon Intermediate plan. Today, 4 miler test to see where i'm at, definitely not where i want to be but its a start.

Looking forward to following your progress! 18 weeks is a good chunk of time to get back into shape, just don't rush it. Welcome back to running and good luck!

Give it a few weeks, things will kick in. It's already encouraging that you are recovering ok from your runs. Just keep plugging away!

How's things going???

things are going better than i expected, thanks for checking in. I think i'm rounding back to pre-PhD-Defense shape faster than I thought. Given that we're in the process of moving to a new house, cleaning and renting out our old apartment, things are going well running-wise. 9:20 - 9:30 seems comfortable again, so sub 4 hours may still be possible. My only problem right now is that i am also training for an inter-island outrigger paddling race, (42 miles from Molokai to O'ahu) in October, so I have double workouts on tuesdays+thursdays and long paddle on saturday and long run on sunday...its okay for now early on the running but it'll get more crazy near the paddler race.

Week 3 of 18 5,6,5,10 (6+4). I really wanted to put in more runs but stupid me i agreed to do a 13 mile canoe race on Saturday which wiped me out on Sunday morning so I decided to split my Sunday run into two runs...The paddling training and running combo is wiping me out and my running is suffering a bit. Oh well, just got to keep on trucking and maybe work on getting better nutrition for recovery. P.S. Pam - you'd make an excellent outrigger paddler..