Cool! Now the thread matches my running log. Monday - Sunday.m No run Sunday. Too much afterglow from Saturday. Felt like I was over-reaching. Went to bed at 7:30 last night and still felt it this morning. Didn't really get the turnover this morning so ended up with 10 & change at mostly easy pase. 10°F and a little wind didn't help the turnover either. Came in a with iced over gear as the wind was out of the east and that is how the last 5 miles mostly finishes. Murph: Way to get the run in. I was not disappointed by good weather skipping yesterdays run. Bugs: Did you get your new shoes? Mine got here Friday just in time. The retired pair had over 600 miles on them. It is getting $$$ buying shoes every other month. They are dropping the Kayano 13's and I haven't researched how the 14's are supposed to be better yet. Wish I had the $$$ to have purchased 2 pairs this time. Got these for $92.00 ShanHas: Hope the knee gets better. Are you able to x-train much with it? dgb2n: How was the running last week? MrI: Hope the trip is someplace warm.

Well, the weather is definitely taking a turn for the worse around here. Freezing rain most days this week. Dad's supposed to come to town this weekend and run a 10k with me, we'll see if the weather guys are right. Hopefully they'll be off and we'll get some nice weather. 4 recover miles yesterday, today is a rest day. ShanHas, sorry to hear about the knee. Hope you're up and running soon.

I ended the week last week on Thursday with what turned out to be my fastest run in recent memory, 5 miles in just over 36 minutes. 25 miles for the week. Better but putting me more and more behind the 1500 mile pace bunny. I was ran to the car dealership to pick up my wife's car after a repair. Shop closed at 6PM and I made it by 5 minutes. Strange motivation but it worked. Since we were out of town over the weekend for my DM (darling mother?)'s birthday party, I wasn't able to get any miles in after that. Started to have a bit of a cold so I took today off too. On the shoe front, I bought two more pairs of the Cumulus for about $38 each. I'm only getting about half of your mileage on them, P2R, so I load up when the price is right. Of course I'm only running about half your mileage so you're still buying a lot of shoes Sounds like you're smart to back off a bit, particularly considering the weather. I struggle to push myself out the door in anything under 20F.

Pace - 10 miles while feeling tired is still impressive! But don't overdue it! If you are feeling worn down a little rest won't hurt. Bugs - went to the gym tonight. Tried the eliptical - it hurt my knee (which it does even when my knee already doesn't hurt - must make it move funny or something). Tried the rower which was nice, but without music my motivation was shot. Put my feet on either side of a ball and squeezed the ball with all my might - that worked my inner legs well. Don't want to overdue anything till I go to the doc. Might go back tomorrow night and try the bike - we'll see. That was the only one she gave me and honestly i'm not sure i'm doing it the way she said to but i definitely felt it. Husker - that is fun that you get to run with your dad!! Dave - 5 miles 36 minutes?!?!? wow you're fast! How long do you go mileage wise before buying shoes?

It seems for me I start to feel the cushioning go about 150. I have that on both of my shoes and my feet feel it after 6/7 miles into it. I was thinking of replacing the insert - maybe that will give my feet a little perk?? unfortunately i have no acess to a pool, my gyms got lots of stuff but not a pool. It does however have a treadmill that goes 30mph... haven't gotten near that thing. Will try a bike tomorrow - maybe the spin bike? And i'm gonna work on tweaking my lifting program so I am more focused in the gym otherwise i just wonder around and play on things.

Cash - could only deal with that if they were sharing their food!!! mmmm and yes fish taco's are good in small doses... (tried some in hawaii, we east coasters don't really have them)

My initial response was to say to come to the National HM here in Washington in March. You get to see all the monuments and sights and it isn't that big of a race. Of course the Cherry Blossom 10 miler (sold out) is a better time of year for that. Then I thought a few minutes and figured you'd rather go somewhere warm. How about something in the southwest? Shan, it was fast, at least for me (all things are so relative when it comes to running). I'm convinced that quite a bit of running faster at the longer distances is doing the work (miles) and then trusting yourself at the faster pace and holding on to the end. I'm going to test this theory in a couple of weeks at my upcoming HM. We'll see how it goes. Another unplanned rest day today to make sure this sore throat doesn't develop into anything more serious. And on the shoes, I'm not intentionally going cheap with the Cumulus (although they are cheap). If they weren't comfortable, I wouldn't buy them. I may mix in a pair of the new 2130's since I had such good luck with the 2110's. Easy miles to all. Dave

Bugs - you mean it isn't how you are talking DH into the bahama's in 4 days???