I had a good week last week. Bumped my minimum run from 1 mile to 1.1, and then participated in my first sprint triathlon. I had a good time, and finished at about the 85th percentile in the overall women's group. That's acutally good for me as I've typically been in the 90+th percentile. I felt very undertrained for the tri. The swim was 300 yds, and my "long" swim (longest distance I'd swum continuously) was 300 yards. The bike was 9.3 miles, and the longest I'd biked was 8.4. The run was a 5K, and the longest run I've had in the last 3 months is 2.5 miles. Once. About a week and a half prior. I'd never done any combination/brick workouts, and was counting on race hype to get me through the extra distances. Guess it worked, because I finished and had a good time doing it! I feel confident that I could do better next year, but am happy with how this year turned out, given the preparation (or lack thereof) that I had for it. Funny thing is, the times I've been in the 90th percentile, I *haven't* felt like I was super-undertrained (like I did this weekend). Go figger. Perhaps this last three months of training without injury has helped! My run time stank, but that's to be expected at the last leg for a new triathlete. My foot hurt - the neuroma was acting up and I ended up changing my stride and semi-limping to keep from pain during the run. I'm sure that didn't help either! I may actually need to get that thing looked at since it's not going away...

Good race Jeff! I must admit I think this streaking thing might be working for me! I went out for a 20 miler Sunday and had a really strong run. I usually take an occasional 30 second walking break but yesterday I ran the furthest I have ever run -- 16.5 miles! I am now feeling fairly confident about signing up for the Providence Marathon on May 3. I just need to figure out to logistics of child care! Hope everyone has a good week!

My older son came home from school today with a fever and no voice. I'm wondering if I'm about to get what he got. But I had a great run today. So I guess I'm on day 2 now.

First things first, today is my 100th day streaking!! Last week was a cutback week for me. We were aboard the cruise ship, and (as expected) the miles did not come easy. Between drunkeness, hangovers, and general fatigue, the miles were not much fun. I can now claim myself as a member of the drunken mile club as I ran a drunk mile thursday to keep the streak alive. All in all, not a bad week all things considered. I ended up reaching 36 miles. I am shooting for somewhere between 55 and 60 this week if things go well. I had a really nice run today which turned into a tempo of sorts. I think the mileage cutback has allowed my legs to recover somewhat. Great race Jeff! It sounds like the mile cutbacks are paying off for you. Nice work on the tri, Wingz! 300 yards swim, 8.4 Miles bike, 5K run = a sprint triathalon? Sounds like more than a sprint to me, I guess it was named by someone who runs the Iron Man? Hope everyone keeps up the good work! Have a nice week.

Congrats on the 100 days Ryan!

So, I feel kind of bad as moderator of this group that I seem to keep missing milestones in everyone's streaks. So from ehre on out when I post the weekly check-in I am going to announce who has a milestone of some sort coming up this week. So here are the milestones for this week: Runinblack - 100 days (sorry again for missing it) Young1 - 1000 days (Thursday) Wingz - One month (Today or tomorrow depending whether you count 30 or 31 days) Albertoknox - one month jsobo119 - one month Congrats everyone on great acheivements. Happy streaking! Jeff

Wingz - One month (Today or tomorrow depending whether you count 30 or 31 days)

ROFL - I actually counted it at 4 weeks because I started in Febuary. But thanks! Congrats Young1!!!! Niiiiice!