hey you all! I'm at the beach and it's gorgeous! I'm excited and not even worried about the rain . There's no online tracking but I'll post about my 3:50 tomorrow . Positive thinking

Good luck, you are going to do awesome!

Was hoping to get 50 easy minutes in, but my first 30 felt harder than easy should, so I cut it short at 3 miles. Trying to listen to my body so I'll be ready for my long run tomorrow. I think I may do my long run with the Galloway walk/run method. We'll see how I feel in the morning.

We are thinking of you Kimmie ! Good job Yapper. Rut roh Lou, hope you listened to a track or two of the album before you bought it. We may not have the same taste in music.

Rut roh Lou, hope you listened to a track or two of the album before you bought it. We may not have the same taste in music.

I'm a bit of a risk-taker with music

Dave, that's why they serve beer at chuckies. So excited for Kim. I'm going to follow the recommendation to cut-back 50% this week, and not do a long run. The idea is to rest up really well, and have a strong week next week. So I'll rest know I have a tough week ahead. Seemed like a crazy cut-back, but maybe I start with excessive rest, and see what happens.

7.1 miles (incl 8x20sec striders), 55:56, 7:54/mi, AHR 158 (79% mhr) Have a great weekend, everyone!

5k PR - race report posted Can't wait to hear that Kimmie smashed it today!

well, i did it !!! final time according to my watch: 3:50:30... I know it didn't take long to cross the start and I started my watch about then, but it might be a little less than that chip time. oh. my. gosh. I'll post a full race report later but short version is that I felt good pretty much the whole time excpet for a few spots. I had to stop to tie my shoe at mile 11 and then I ran quickly in to a porta pottie but I didn't lose too much time. I stayed on pace paying attention the whole time to where I needed to be. I knew it was going to be close. I got to see my family at mile 18 and 21 and then again at the finish. Around mile 23 or so, I started to fade... I realized it was going to be close and was able to really kick it in at the last half mile. I have to tell you that I started crying when I crossed the finish! I was so surprised and everyone around me asked me if I was Ok. And then I stopped. Having my family there was awesome. Well, I guess that was more than just a short report. I am really happy- time to celebrate. Thanks so much for all the support and encouragement that you all give here. It definitely helps! Boston 2010.