P2R, That's an awesome photo. Love your outfit..you look like a pollen jockey from the movie Bee. If you haven't seen the movie, trust me, it's a good thing. 3 easy for me today. Got my graston bill. Insurance paid for most, I pay only $5.97/visit, to hell with rising health care costs.

Did my first threshold run in 3 months yesterday, overall pretty satisfied with the result. I've got a 14km fun run on Sunday with the aim of doing 5:00min/km or 8:03/miles. Threshold run was done at 5:10per km/8:20per mile which was ok, legs felt really slow and heavy at the start - needed some waking up! Also I bought a treadmill last night, very exiciting, will have me all set for the Australian winter! Aim this week is to find a balance between continued training for the marathon while tapering a little for this run... Hank

Note that the gym probably does have a foam roller. Also note that they get squished out of shape with frequent use. Mine at home is ok after a year. The ones at the gym look like a clay rope after a 3 year old has played with it, all lumpy and out of shape.

Aw Dave, that sucks. Hope her knee isn't as bad as it seems now... keep us posted. (does sound like a fun trip though!) Pace, nice photo! Winner was 1:10? amazing... So Hank... just how bad do the Australian winters get? (no, you're not being baited by the resident Alaskan... I'm really curious) Had a good gym workout yesterday. Heading out for 5-6 tonight. Last big week of running before taper... I have a trip to San Antonio scheduled for the second week of April, but at least I don't have to worry about fitting in 10 mile runs...!

Pollen Jockey? Okay. I'll look for a red running hat. ShanHas; How are you post Spring Break? DW is on hers and took off to decompress. She should be back tomorrow. HuskerB: Have you ever ran out at Bluff Creek? You'd think with some of the area lakes like tenkiller there would be something trail worthy. Dave: What a great trip. Hope DD's knee rehab goes well. Erika: Hope you have a killer frequent flyer miles plan. You have been racking them up. You should have a nice trip coming soon. 6-miles, 4 at goal pace. I'm getting a good extra hour of sleep with the taper cutback. It's gonna spoil me.

Hank - that's still cold. Especially when you are use to very warm. Pace - i think i'll be better next week once i'm back in the swing. This week I'm tired and cursing. And DH went away on business for a couple days which isn't helping... did not sleep well, had weird dreams... sucks! haha school isn't bad i'm just not useto being up so early since i slept in over SB. Where did your wife go? Bugs - glad it went better. It is hard to be the outsider in a group of insiders... and your VS girl is funny! I love ditzes you just can't help but smile!

Resisting urge to make snarky comment about Australian winter... Good luck on your 14K. ShanHas - oddball runs with no real mileage goals or set paths can be fun. Getting lost - not so much. dgb2n - sounds like a decent rip, even with the knee injury. Looking forward to pics. I was slated for some intervals this morning (6 miles w/5 x 600m @ 5k pace). I woke up, dead dog tired just before stupid. It was nice out this morning - nice enough to run outside. I was so effin tired that I couldn't decide what to wear. Shorts, obviously but what about upper body? Short sleeves with jacket? Long sleeve with no jacket? Since I couldn't decide, I went to the Y and ran indoors. How lame is that? Cut it a bit short due to time constraints (4 total instead of the 6 I wanted to get in) but overall a good workout. I've got a HM in under two weeks - really looking forward to it. My last few attempts at that distance have not gone well.