I'm happy that I didn't race this weekend. I pushed my 8 month old son around on Sunday for 5.2 miles, and ran Saturday for 5.2--both in lovely 80-degree weather. I rather like the warm weather running--just not the warm weather racing.

One more week until the marathon!

Good luck this weekend Ojo.

Had a pretty good week. I hit almost 50 miles (49.8 to be exact). I did consider going out for a quick run last night just to get over the 50 mile mark but decided against it since my achilles was aching a bit. The runs for most of the week were nice. We had some nice warm weather - topping off near the 90s this weekend. My toughest run was an 11 miler on Sunday. I went out with a friend who is slower than me. We usually run 9:15-9:30s, but she invited another woman who was much slower than that. We were closer to 10-11:00mpm for the eleven miles. I ran it fine mostly but running that slow throws off my stride a lot and my calves were really tight by the end. This week I am going to scale back. I do plan on a 15 miler this Sunday but only because I am going to be in Orlando and I love to do long runs in new places. But the rest of week should be 3-5 milers. Then I will try to hit 40-50 a few more times before I even consider trying to get up higher than that again. Okay - milestones this week: mikeburlingame - 450 days mainrun - 375 days Pammie - 2 months jb944 - 2 months Captain Atom - 1 month Strings - 1 month on another note - racerunner is coming up on a year pretty quick Jeff

Last week was a cutback week for me, so I ended up at a little over 18 miles. I also ran my first race on Saturday - the Race to Wrigley 5K. I had a great time and finished in 35:37 which is really fast for me - especially since I do the run/walk. I'm aiming for 26 miles this week. Day 57 today.

I do want to blame it on the very hot temps

Haha.. you are better than me. I blame the hot temps totally for my terrible long run! It definitely takes the body time to adapt to the warmer temps. Weather outlook indicates cooler temperatures for the coming weekend, nice racing weather. Good luck in your race!

Another good week here. Transitioned over to barefoot running, and though am having some minor aches/blisters/pains I can't tell what's that and what's my feet trying to deal with the orthotics/metatarsal pads I've been using. The neuroma's all but cleared up now, my runs FEEL too short, and it's only respect for the minor stuff in the feet that's holding me back now. Wonder if pushing through that will make it better or worse... Hmm.....

I am moving along. I added a 10 mile run back to my routine. I took it out one month before my last 5K. Didn't seem to help or hurt the time in the race. I want to build up to five fast pace miles inside the 10 miler. I am at three right now. My other quality day is 5 X 1K around 10K pace with 90 second recoveries, followed by a few 40 second striders. Next race is a 5K on May 16. Good running all.