Ok, let me jump in on this discussion... I like running with my Garmin- but I also like running without sometimes. Shan- sorry you had a hard time on your run... next one will be better. Bugs- it's got to be great to be coached by someone. I would love to do that someday. Lou- hope you figure out what's up with the BP. Erika, Pam, Paul, Dave, Jeremy, Murphy, Mr. I and anyone else I forgot- hey! I am getting excited about Myrtle Beach. We leave tomorrow. I have the forecast and it's not looking good- 40% chance of rain and breezy and high of 55. Don't know how that will work for me. I did run my fastest half marathon in a downpour- so you never know. And, my race strategy is: have a pace band, and try to run even splits the whole time... no starting out slow and speeding up- I'm not sure I can do that this time. I think that even will work because this is a flat course and it shouldn't be too crowded at the start. I do want to pace with someone, though. I hope that I can make a quick friend that wants to try to stay together. I'll let you guys know how it goes. 3:50- I can do it...

Did my very first 400 interval workout this morning. Ran it with Dh so it wasn't a "hard" workout though it helped with my confidence. I was nervous since I've never done 400s before, that and I was doing them with Ken. Ken was right that his pace for 400's would be an easy workout for me, though due to his competiveness we ended up doing the last one more at the pace that need to be at (the only one where I actually felt it towards the end in my legs a bit). He was looking to do 2 sets of 4 however since he can be have aggressive time goals as well as his competiveness we stopped at 6. Our "cool down" (when is running up hill ever really a cool down lol) mile I screwed up. Dh said not to worry about running the hill with him so I didn't however I did eventually stop to wait for him to get close before starting back up. The second time I went to do that he politely told me to at least wait until he was right next to me before starting back running cause it's disenhartning (sp?) when he gets close and I start running and he can't catch up to me. Hopefully it won't take him too long to catch up with me. I mean he was the one with speed and I was the one with endurance. These were our splits we kept our recoveries to the the same time each 400 was. Interval 0.25 Mi 1:44 6:56 pace Interval 0.25 Mi 1:42 6:48 pace Interval 0.25 Mi 1:44 6:56 pace Interval 0.25 Mi 1:37 6:28 pace Interval 0.25 Mi 1:38 6:32 pace Interval 0.25 Mi 1:31 6 :04 pace

Go Kimmie!! I brought all my stuff to work to RAW, but it's colder than I thought it would be. Hmmm... so I have all day to decide to do the outdoor run in the snow, or go home and hop on the 'mill. 9 miles is the plan, don't care about pace.

thanks you all.. yes, I'm feeling better... the sinus issues seem to be mostly gone. I've been emotionally a wreck lately though... so weird and hard to describe. Kind of a lot things... some running related and other stuff going on in life. So, I just hope it all comes together and in spite of some major holes in my training, I'm still able to do it. Some day, I'll try the butter knife thing... it just sounds painful.

If you hop on the mill, I wouldn't bother with the garmin

Those hilly runs on dead legs and pushing it harder then you should are great workouts! BTW seing your 5k PR I KNOW you can run your intervals MUCH faster than me! Thanks though

Those hilly runs on dead legs and pushing it harder then you should are great workouts!

Why do you say that?