Spring has sprung? Everyone have a good Easter? Mon - 2.4 One of those bad days where you wish you had never started; everything hurt and was tired Tues - 0 Rain, rain and more rain.....over 12" of rain and everything was flooded Wed - 3.23 Arch of left foot has started to hurt Thurs -3.55 Arch still hurting and didn't do planned speed work Fri. - 3.13 Arch feeling better; still taking it eas Sat. - 4.01 Nice run; arch tender but eveything feels like it should. YEAH! Sun - 3.53 :-( Foot started hurting last half mile; didn't finish four and went home and iced Weekly Total. 20 miles. So yeah on my mileage , boo on my foot. I had my DH look at my foot and shoes; he pointed out that the new shoes are already breaking down and I need to switch back to my old and go buy new shoes again. He's right the wear pattern on my new shoes are almost as bad as my old shoes which have over 300 miles on them. Not good.

My week last week: Monday: 3.1 Wednesday: 3.1 Friday: 2.5 Total: 8.7 miles, another record for me! This morning was my FIRST RACE EVER! I ran a fun, casual 5K around Lake Merritt in Oakland. The route was a little strange--there weren't any volunteers, which was okay for most of it because it's pretty self-explanatory, but there was one point where I ended up possibly going on the wrong path and having to stop and jump up a three foot wall to get to the upper path. Oops. But all in all, it was really fun. People of all ages and abilities. Adorable race for wee little ones. Free disgusting margarita with salt flavored Clif Shot Blocks. The best of all? My goal time was 36:00, and I made it in about 35:20 (race results not up yet) ! I'm pretty proud of myself. I am no longer a red bar virgin! Now for a couple days rest and a little less intensity for 2 weeks before I start the one hour runner program.

I had a good week - M - Off T - 3.1 easy W - Off (had a run planned, but life and the wether got in the way) Th - 3.3 fartlek F - 2.9 easy (had to cut the run short when the police came looking for me) S - 4.3 moderate (was out for an easy run, but my legs felt real good so picked up the pace by 1min/mile) Su - 6.6 long (finished the week with a nice easy run on a beatiful day) Total - 20.2 miles Next week is a cutback week, but my training has been going great the last few weeks. Hopefully I will PR in a couple of races over the next couple of months.

Obi, Congrats on getting a red bar on your log! Doesn't it feel GREAT to beat the time you set for yourself! Jumping a three foot wall......Free disgusting margarita with salt flavored Clif Shot Blocks...what a lot of memories for your first race!

Ok....story behind this one! Police came looking for Estimator/Engineer/Runner........ hope everything is ok and everyone is well. Gayle

Well my wife and I have a 2 month old daughter at home, so sleep and personal time are at a premium. I generally get home from work @ 7 pm and my daughter goes to sleep at 9:30 or 10:00 so I don't run after work generally. I have been running @ 4:30 in the morning to get in my miles, but this past Wednesday ity was raining and cold so I went back to bed. It was still raining Wednesday night and Thursday morning so no runs then either. I finally got out to go running at 9:30 Thursday night and when I got home my wife was asleep, I let her know I was back, but she was pretty out of it. Being that I missed my planned Wednesday run I decided to go for a run at 4:30 in the morning the following morning also, Friday. Well my wife wakes up, sees I'm not there and forgets that I woke her the night before. She freaks out and calls the police. So I'm about 20 minutes into my run when a police car pulls up next to me on the wrong side of the road and asks me my last name, I let him know and asks do I live at my address. When I say yes he tells me my wife thinks I never came home the night before and thinks I'm dead in a ditch. Needless to say my wife and I have a new system for when I go running at 4:30 in the morning. I felt horrible when I got home and saw how upset she was, but I thought she had known I was home and I wasn't quiet getting ready in the morning. Oh well, at least I know she cares

Not a bad week, but I'm rearranging runs because Wed are just too jam packed with work stuff to squeeze a workout in. So, I'm short a few miles for last week which means I'm still chasing that darn bunny. Then again, it was Easter and I wanted to give the fellow a chance to hide eggs. That's my story. I'm sticking to it. Philip - take solace in the fact that your wife cares enough to worry! A system is a good thing. Glad to know you're not dead in a ditch. time2run - sorry to hear your arch is giving you problems. Let's hope the new shoes help. obiebyke - congrats on the FIRST RACE EVER and for beating your expected time! Michele - I ran in an ankle support for weeks until I was convinced I wouldn't re-sprain my ankle. It really seemed to help. I weaned myself off of it but may use it when I head out on trails. You might consider that as you get back to running. ok, my week: Mon - 4 mi Tue - 1 mi walk Wed - 0 Thu - 4 mi Fri - 2.6 mi of fast running Sat - 12 mi biking Sun - was gonna swim and run, but Easter meant pool closures and hail, wind and heavy rain meant a good excuse to do housework instead. Total 10.6 mi running. That leaves me 3.4 mi short of my goal for last week. I'm planning on running Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Sat this week. Add at least one bike ride of 12-14 mi and my first swim in years. That should keep me busy, don't ya think? Good luck bunny chasers!

Happy Monday! Last week for me was: M -- 3.8 easy T -- gym day; weights W -- 5 R -- 3 on the TM, followed by weights. Thursday is normally just a weights day, but I knew I wasn't going to be able to get my regular Fri run in, so I did this. I really dislike TM running. F -- off Sa -- off Su -- 5.3. Had the roads to MYSELF -- and I run through a very densely populated area. So nice! I think I passed one newspaper delivery driver, and one bus. I ended up doing most of the run on the asphalt, which was definitely a nice change from the concrete sidewalk I normally stick to. It always surprises me that there's such a difference between asphalt and concrete. Gayle -- hope that foot feels better. You guys really needed the rain though, right? Obie -- CONGRATULATIONS on that first 5k!!!! I've never done one of the LMJS races, but they're nice, huh? I should look into adding them onto my schedule. Obie and I must live quite near each other. The race she ran is put on monthly by a local running club, something like five bucks, no frills, and they have a one-loop 5k or two-loop 10k option. And Clif Shot Margaritas? LOL! Yeah, I should do it. Philip -- that police story is too much! Of course you felt bad. I guess the lesson is that with a two month old at home, you can't count on your spouse noticing what would otherwise be obvious to her! Did the cop have a laugh about it? Michelle -- sounds like you got the ball rolling again. Kelli -- good luck with the new schedule.

Anne, you should definitely run an LMJS race. Very casual nice people and such a beautiful course. And close to home for both of us! Let me know if you ever do one and we can say hi.