Hey the weekend is here again and I get to start another day off. I'm up early enough during the week but at 4:30 in the morning I'm getting ready for work. On the weekends I find many of you must be sleeping in a bit longer...hmmm not a bad idea me thinks sometimes! Anyway the sun is shining as it rises this morning, which is something we haven't seen in the Northeast much of late and it looks like we have only a threat of showers late both today and tomorrow before another stretch of wet weather hits us Sunday night thru mid-week...UHHH! I'm headed out shortly for a nice easy run of 8 +/- miles. Good runs all.

Roy.. nice woodsy woody run! It was wonderful here this morning! 60F and only 75% humidity. All that energy that usually goes to sweating, went to the legs! My GA effort was quite a bit faster. 2 miles with Tory at 8:21 (even he was faster ) Then 6 mi at 7:41 AHR 160. Overall 8 mi in 1:02:53 (7:51 pace, AHR 156) with strides thrown in. Good luck racers!

Nice hilly 10 Roy...and the boss woody.... As always Steve, great run with a fast pace. Cool here this morning too - 56 degrees and no or low humidity, Hey Steve, did you get the Email I sent you through your profile...I asked you a few questions. No run yet for me as the temps are cool enough, I don't have to rush out the door to beat the heat. Thought a lot last night about with what is wrong lately with my running - whether it shoes, tiredness, over-training (which I don't see how as much as I have cut back), injury, the heat, too many days of running in a row, ect. I will add something my doctor and good friend said yesterday. He asked if I have had any super big efforts were I didn't rest enough afterwards? I then thought....the past 2 out of 4 Sat long runs I have bonked bad in the H&H and was dehydrated bad. And pushed on sometimes 2 to 4 miles just to get home, and it really really hurt. He said he thinks that is why I am feeling like I am right now because I pushed myself waaaaay beyond my limits, and that doesn't mean too fast or too long...but just kept going when I should have stopped. He explained it like racing a very hard race, then getting up the next day and and doing the samething or harder because that may have been the planned workout if there were no race the day before. He said I probably have not let my body heal up and recover latley, and taking it "VERY" easy for a week should do the trick. I am still confused about my shoe situation though. I felt some of my problems started with my new shoes about a month ago...but now I have new and a different Brand and Model that don't feel right either??? Think I will run in my older shoes easy this morning and see how I feel, and wear my newest shoes tomorrow to campare. I think for a while I am going to pretend I am not training for a Marathon, but rather go back to where I was, and just run what ever I felt like...which was still good training. Boy, rambling this morning....I am a real big talker when it comes to something I am passionate about, and know you all understand, when other folk don't. Thanks to all of you for being my running buds...and much more!!! Well, out for a ???? run and looking forward to it. Have a good day and runs all. Tim

Overall 8 mi in 1:02:53 (7:51 pace, AHR 156) with strides thrown in.

Perch I think we were on the same run this morning, (in a virtual sense). My run was 8.21 miles - 1st couple miles as a warmup with the final 6.2 at a nice steady mp 7:38 ish. Total time - 1:14:19 (7:50). Now I'm off to see if I can get some yard work done while the weather is good. Holly that looks like a pretty nice workout overall for you and a smart call to call it good after that 8 + miles, better safe than sorry.

{{{{{{{{nono}}}}}}}} DickyG-I don't know how you get so many miles out of your shoes,mine are done after 300... It's raining here in the PNW...We really needed it though,my lawn is brown...going out with the running club for a short jaunt followed by breakfast...then another long run tomorrow... Great Runs out there this morning!!!

DickyG, I try to enjoy them and like you I enjoy my golf. talking shoes, my trail shoes have 696 miles on them. I just can't be bothered to go to my running shop to get new one's. I must order some online! Roy

Dave, good run with a negative split, but I must ask, was that a Freudian slip? My heart and lungs always give out before my kegs. Tim, you're tired. It's not the shoes. You got good advice from your doctor. Nono, hope it gets patched up. Slept greta last night, got up at 7, ate cereal and blueberries for breakfast and left the house with my Garmin and my cell phone and walked 2 miles. This was a big deal for me as I walked one good-sized hill and it's hot out, so I actually did quite a bit of good work. Now for the couch and much Olympics. Spareribs

Race day morning.... I feel like carp. Just want to go back to bed... Nothing I can pinpoint, I just don't want to get up and go. It's not raining (...yet), but we are in a misty fog up here on the hill. Race is held down on the flats so should be clear. I did nothing yesterday but some light housework, errands and shopping. Kept telling myself I'd go for 4 EZ on the treadmill (it rained steady all day), but that never happened. Ate too much. Drank too much. I felt so awful and bloated when I went to bed. Ugh. Spent the night "unhydrating" if you know what I mean. Down two pounds this morning (that's a good thing, has been high), but just tired and bleh feeling. So, I need a kick in the pants! Got up, had my coffee and pre-race routine raisin bagel with PB. Checking here for motivation. Steve, I don't think a 1:40 is in the cards. My PR is 1:45, so anything better than that would be grand. But I'm not feeling it. (funny how I feel like I'm letting you down more than me??) Holly, yeah! And yeah for stopping when it felt like enough. Not a strong skill set for either of us, glad to hear you're using yours. Timbo, I think your friend/dr (which?) is onto something. Doing 10 miles when the last two are a critical struggle isn't like doing an ez 10... then you get up and do the same or worse the next day. As for the shoes, I'm with you on that one. I hate "new and improved." Nono, if there were anyway we could get together and hug, bitch and commiserate, I'd be there in a heartbeat. I've been dealing with those sort of struggles for the last two years or so. You've got the added stress of all the things your family is dealing with so you really need to be good to yourself. Good thing you've got Renee and can get out for some runs and "you" time. I know what you mean though about those next 5 miles...