Hashing the idea of running to my race tomorrow. It's 8 miles away. But I'd have to be there by 8:30 to register and race starts to 9:00. Not sure what a large break does to training. I like to warm-up 4-5 miles and then rest a bit before race, so this is a bit much. Think it's wiser just to run 18-19m LR on Sunday?

I don't really have any advice but can you run some miles for me. As my mileage is totally down the toilet.

Sorry to hear that. Remember saltine crackers are good for morning sickness. I'm going to drive to the race easier to bring goodie bag home. (I know Erika would have ran.)

Oh, can not run San Antonio Marathon on Nov 16th. I looked into, airline tickets and all and then remembered shit it's my anniversary. Completely forgot. Dam, would have been fun.

Wow, never knew women forgot anniversaries, birthdays, etc. From all the crap us guys catch, you'd think women were perfect at that stuff. Nice time on the 5k. 15 miles for me this morning and they felt really good. It was only about 75, but the dewpoint was about there as well. Shins were a bit sore the first couple, then they quieted down and it was a good run.

Wow, never knew women forgot anniversaries, birthdays, etc. From all the crap us guys catch, you'd think women were perfect at that stuff. Nice time on the 5k.

We are perfectly imperfect. Nice 15 miles. I am get anxious to get my long run in as I'm use to doing it on Saturdays. I am in the middle of painting my bedroom, a chocolate brown on one wall, and sandstone on the rest. It is WOW looking. I sure hope I have the energy to finish painting after LR.

I won't spoil it in case someone has taped the men's marathon, but that was about the worst broadcast I could imagine. They kinda showed the leader's time at each mile, but no real splits, barely showed anyone but the lead pack. Oh well. Good luck on the LR Bugs, how far?

I was really surprised there was so few commercials, could not get my vacuming done. I would have appreciated if as they said who was in what place they mention the country they were from more often (but maybe my reception is fuzzier than most). I was also disappointed there was no interviews afterwards. I would have liked to heard what their strategy and thoughts were.

Good luck on the LR Bugs, how far?

I think 19. I want to run a 20 and 22 before marathon and have 4 LRS before taper. So I was thinking 19, 20, cutback (12-14) 22 and at last taper. I feel it will be hard to stop at 19, but I don't want to overdue it and not get to run 20 next week. My random thoughts about my running: I've run more miles this year but don't really feel I'm faster for it. I was thinking about what a girlfriend said, who use to run like a 3:40 marathon, and now runs about 3:20. I've watched her increase miles from peak of 55 to 100 for a marathon. She said that she really didn't think the increase in miles start to payoff until the next race she trains for. I didn't get it at the time, but I think I do now. You start running more but you loose some of your faster running because your legs are tired. (And we all know the increase mileage and speed at the same time is a big no-no.) I can see in my log I'm not hitting the averages I was last spring. (Ya, the times I ran right before hurting my feet.) I could try to run faster, but pace runs are good enough for this marathon. I don't want to get hurt. My body is handling much more than it did last year, and if I can stay off the injured list next year hopefully I can handle pace runs at a faster pace. I must be growing up as I find myself being protective of my training and not running as reckless.

Bugs - your running is going awesome this go round. And it sounds like you are doing better at seeing/feeling triggers and getting it taken care of before it turns into a big deal. I think your speed with come. I think you are in base building phase still. The next cycle you can work on speed. You have done more smart running and I think that's awesome!

Sounds like you're on track for a great race, P2R. I've raced with the HR strap and I have to agree that pushing the HR too high, too early is a sure bet for problems in a marathon. I ignored it on my last half and held up well but it was only a HM. My running partner (tri-kev on RA) for that race ignored it and paid the price later in the marathon. Might be worth looking into his log for that race (March marathon) to see what it looked like for him. I had two runs this morning. A fantastic 15 miler (1:53 at the HM split) and a 3 mile death march including frequent walk breaks. It would have been a great fast finish 15 miler but I guess I forgot about the last 3 miles after that. Lots of mistakes including not enough water (no place to buy it along the route and my fuel belt was empty) and way too fast early. Live and learn. I'll post splits later if anyone's curious.