When I got to the station that reviews your results she said I could exercize more.

Slacker If she's telling you that, I'd hate to hear what she would tell me.

Can't stay away from the gardening. Did an hour+ this morning. But I'm not using my feet. I swear. I can't take any more pains that scare me into thinking I'm injured. Too hot to run with Renee this morning. Air is starting to come up now, so I'm hoping she can go out with me tonight. Otherwise, I'll likely hit the treadmill when the kids go to bed.

Slo--since you mentioned your log, I took a quick glance. Since you appear to be AVERAGING at least an hour a day in both running and swimming over the past few months, I guess you'll have to do the extra 30 minutes on the bike? You also don't get that low a BMI by sitting around. Figure they might realize that. I went out for a lake loop this morning. 3.3 miles total, but not sure exactly how much running until the download tonight. I felt like i wasn't making any progress since I restarted, until I looked at my pace and it was consistently 30 seconds less per mile than I started with. (10:30 vs >11:00) Long ways to go, but happy to see a little improvement. AND not a single flutter since the ablation (Knocking on the big block of wood I carry around with me for every time I make this statement ) ETA: Still fighting with the HRM, though. I've done the right up/upside down, wearing it on my back, tightening the strap, cleaning and re-wetting that the website suggests with no results. one of the things that they mention is the static caused by the synthetic shirt rubbing on it. seems a little strange--i would think most runners that would use this are wearing man-made fabrics. I guess last thing to do will be to change battery and try to find some electrode gel to make REALLY good contact. After that ?? Call Garmin? I'd love to have a HR baseline to compare against.

How does it go from 30C yesterday and sunny to cold wet and windy today. Miserable for my run today. 25k 2k warm up 2x10K first one in 39:52 and second one in 40:26 (wind was brutal along the Canada trail. 1k jog in between 2k c/d Almost quit during this one the lungs were working overtime after the 50k in the last 3 days. Legs were tight but okay. But I did it. Amazing how hard it is to hit MP during heavy training. Hope it feels better soon. Take care Tall

Good morning everyone, Well, even here on the West Coast the morning is gone....I wish I knew where..!! Anyway, I'm trying to get back to a regular running routine after a week of work, major garden cleanup and lots of kids soccer/baseball commitments. A grand total of about 17 miles this morning. The last 9.5 with my running buddy who was able to sign up ,very last minute, for the R&R Half!!!..it will be her come back to racing the distance after a while and I expect she'll do very well...so the countdown is on....I expect I'll put in a lot of faster than I would run in training miles trying to keep up with her.. which should be beneficial in the long run......at the rate we're going I'm probably going to break some 5/10k PRs while training with her... Track meets are starting this week for our 14yr olds DDs...I already know that will be frustrating to watch.....but I hope the girls will get their "reality check" at the first meet and get serious about training after that!! A good day to all!! Francesca

30 minutes on the elliptical at lunchtime. Forgot my towel. Gross. Gonna be a long afternoon...

Tall, I think you ought to exercise more, too, like SloHand. You're both such slackers! Franc, how can you wonder where the morning has gone when you ran 17 miles? Enkie, hope you feel better soon. A walk in the woods sounds nice, although a run in the woods would be nice too. 4.6 miles at lunchtime, avg pace 10:55. Very windy, 65°. Most of the snow is gone in town, although not at home yet.

Did another 1.5 hrs gardening this afternoon. dg, don't worry -- I don't have the kids holding me up by the ankles or anything like that! I just have given up the big shovel and am doing everything with the trowel. Slower, but it works. Bayside offered to feed the kids, so I decided to hop on the treadmill and do my hill workout for the week, as my babysitter wants to run tomorrow night. Figured I'd get this one done. Nothing spectacular, but it is done. 4 mi with 3 hills sprinkled in at sprint speed. Shower time!