Good Morning! Tetsujin! Wow! You are amazing! Ilene – nice 20-miler yesterday! Well, I discovered that there is a fine line between fueling up for a big run and overindulgence, when I spent several hours last night tossing and turning with a very upset stomach. Eventually, with the help of 2 doses of Mylanta, I was able to get back to sleep, but my stomach is still tender today. Note for Boston: eat well, but don’t overeat. Today’s forecast puts me in a quagmire about how to dress for my super-LR. Rain chances now are at 30-40% - not enough for me to break out my rain shell, and take the chance on being stuck with it for 5 hours if no rain shows up. I decided to try something I’ve seen others do. I took a trash bag, cut out holes for head and arms, and carefully folded it very small and put it into my belt pouch. Also, temps will range from 41-45 degrees. Normally I don’t break out the shorts until about 46 degrees, but I hate to get rained on, and then have sodden pants to weigh me down for several hours. But then, if it doesn’t rain, and I end up walking a lot, my legs will freeze in shorts. I think I’ll opt for the pants. I’ll check in later and let you know how it went. Happy Sunday!

Holly, You'll do well----just take it a mile at a time and hang in there! I have run with you and know how tough and strong you are. I am up and getting ready to head to Kittery , ME for the 20 mile race. It's 17 degrees there now, so I am hoping for at least 10 more degrees by the 11 AM start time. I did read the thread from yesterday and just wanted to add a huge high five for Tet....WOW. I can't even imagine. Fantastic. Also.....Erika....great running and awesome tempo pace. I think a big smile will be on your face come April 21 Over and out for now CNYrunner

Good luck and good weather Holly. You're going to blister that 20 mile race CNY. You are an amazing runner. I marvel at your tempo torture runs ... Today was scheduled for a 20 mile training LR. I got a break as the weather was/is very nice - 65 degrees at 5:00 AM. The plan was for a Pfitz-style progression LR of 20 miles altogether. I ran the 1st 8 miles really easy at 10:00 min/mile pace. Then picked it up every so slightly for the next 5 miles at 9:35. Finally, for the last 7 miles, I started at 9:14 and worked it down to 8:44 by the end. Those last 7 are terribly encouraging as I didn't feel I was going all that quickly. Never looked at the Garmin once. This was all by feel. Bill

Welllllll...just a few of us reporting i.....so far this morning.. Great runs.... Breger nice Progression....and predawn, nice prep run for the 10 miles. Holly.....runnng in the rain can be fun......but in the cold...well that is something else... Today...out at 7:30AM.....60 degrees////very humid ..almost fog.. 5.5 easy miles at 9 pace.... Now off to the Church pancake breakfast ( am one of the cooks)...should keep me out of trouble till after 1 pm...

Tetsujin I bow to you my compadre. Congratulations on your happy feet ultra marathon yesterday. My DH and I had a great dinner at fjordrunner's house last night. Our lovely friend is doing well, but extremely busy with work and planning her DD's wedding. She sent her love to you all. I have pictures of our get-together I will post later after I return from church. 6 miles this morning, thus ending this week with a 60 miles week- a PR week for the butterfly lady. My legs were definitely tired today after the 21 miler on Friday and the 6 six miles I did yesterday. So I ditched the planned interval run and just made it an EZE run instead. Since I will have only 2 weeks to taper, I figured it is more important to stay injury free and not push my luck. Now....let Taper time begging. . Wenatchee Marathon...my butterfly wings are ready for you

Didn't get a chance to read yesterday's thread, but in catching up, I see the Breger used my one and only golfing joke. Glad I didn't put it in before reading! first day of my biking rehab. Didn't take me long to realize that I haven't done much (any?) riding this early in the spring. It was 24 when I got up, so I waited until it hit 32 and then went out. Still froze. So only one lap around the lake (3.2m). Still enough to realize how few muscles running and biking have in common. Hope the seat gets a little more comfortable soon, too. At this point I'm late enough that people are eaither still racing or already done, so hope they all went well. Kevin

Right foot's a little sore from yesterday's 5 miles (and not wearing my orthotics enough when I'm not running), so decided to do weights and stretching today. Just finished one hour of weights on the stability ball and pilates. Weather and my schedule look good for two more weeks of slowly but surely increasing mileage and then a cut-back week when I'll be at school three evenings in a row. Cool thing about the orthotics is that I tried on a pair of shoes that I had retired and, with the orthotics, I'm going to be able to get some more miles out of them. Oh, that, and the small detail that I'm able to run better, longer, and without pain in them. Eliz

5 easy miles around the neighborhood after working a 5k race this morning. Stumpy, I used to ride a lot but gave it up. I don't miss them cold rides and lousy seats but mostly it was the crazy drivers that made me give it up. Very nice run Berger and PDR.