(apologies for not getting this posted yesterday as usual, I've been away for a few days and just didn't get to it)

Well...we've reached the last weekend of September. Heart of the fall road racing season.

Redleaf and Barbs595 are headed to the same half in Grand Haven MI, and Zelanie is testing her knee in a 10K. (have a told you how much I like the 10K as a half marathon training test...your half pace will generally be 10-15 sec slower than your pace at 5 miles in the 10K...yes, too many times, so I'll skip that)

Good luck everyone!  Fleet feet, clear fall skies, and following winds.  Let us know how it goes.

Good luck to Mitch, Barbs, and Redleaf!  Hope you have a great time at the wedding, too!

I just got back from this week's LR.  I cut it back to 10 miles, but kept the pace a little faster to avoid getting clompy, and it went really well, rain and all.  There's a weather advisory out for storms this weekend with very heavy rains, strong winds, and power outages.  So Sunday's race might be more of a "get out there and get it done regardless of conditions" than a PR attack.  Either way it will be an experience, right?  Wonder if they have back up power if the power to the clock goes out during the race?

MT, I don't think I've heard your 10K pace at mile 5 prediction before.  Are you saying that if I get to mile 5 and my average pace at that point is 8:24, that my half pace would be something like 8:34 to 8:39?

Oh Zel, I hope the weather holds off for you.  I've raced in the rain twice before and hated it.  My HM PR was in the pouring rain and I know I could have knocked 8 seconds more off my time and broken 1:40.  Don't know if I would run again in the rain again.  I know it's not good for my health, so probably not.

Redleaf and Barbs, hope you both had successful races today.  I didn't realize you were running the same race.  Hopefully you found a way to meet up and introduce yourselves.  Can't wait to read your race reports

After running 8M today, I am 1.8 miles from running 100 miles for the month and am excited.  However they are predicting rain here on Monday, so although I shouldn't be running consecutive days, I'm thinking about going out and running a couple of miles tomorrow to get it in.  I struggled a bit in todays run, breathing was troublesome.  Fought through it and got some good miles in, but was struggling slightly with no kick left in the tank at the last 5K mark.  So although the legs felt okay, I know I was struggling a bit for air and causing muscle fatique.

Thanks. I'll do up a RR when we're home on Monday or tomorrow if there's time. In a nutshell, despite our group stopping at all but one of the porta potties and my calf seizing about a mile from the end, I got a 19 second PR

LPH the half was part of today's festivities. our friends' wedding was also today. It was kinda planned that way. Barb and I met IRL for the first time in April this year but have known each other on here for a while.