Good morning everyone. It's turning moister and warmer here in Maryland -- not too bad at 64°F but 95% humidity -- some fog. That, and general malaise, turned a planned quality 12 miler into a 9 mile jaunt. We are also running a local 5K on Saturday so I figured it wouldn't hurt to let up a bit (not that I have been pushing overly hard this cycle). 9.2 miles, 1:20, 8:47/mi, AHR 145 Good runs, all.

Thanks for the start off Lou. Sometimes it's OK to shorten a run, but super 9 miler regardless I have a 5K this Sat too...if my heel behaves. Speed work tends to make it hurt worse, but we shall see. Very nice Runs Mary I am just the opposite...I love night time running more than in the mornings because I feel much looser and recovered later in the day. Did my mid week long run last night with 1000 M on the track last night. Boy was it hot out...94 degrees - sunny - no wind - 87% humidity....just the way I like it 11.4 miles - 1:35 - 8:20 ave pace. Did a whole lot better slowing down on my 1000 M repeats as I am getting more serious about my Marathon coming up in about 8 short weeks. Planned times and paces - 4:30 7:15 pace 4:29 - 7:13 pace 4:24 - 7:05 pace 4:29 - 7:13 pace 4:29 - 7:13 pace 4:32 - 7:17 pace 4:29 - 7:13 pace Very good workout, but my heel was hurting a little running home from the track, so I Will have to keep an eye on that. Cut my run a few miles short as I was seeing thunder and lightening in the distance...barely made it home in time. Wow, summer just flew by, and it was depressing to see the pool where I live already drained and the furniture and umbrellas put up But will admit it will be better finishing my training cycle in cooler weather. Need to get some work done. Hope all have good runs and such today Tim Oh yeah, I think Denise may have had the post of the day yesterday.... "nothing for me tuesday except a 4 hour nap, school shopping a meeting from 7-9 then for some stupid reason i stayed up too late on the computer and then read so was not in any shape for a morning run after my youngestt son went off on his first day of h.s. like i hoped.........nope back to bed for some catch up sleep however -- i did get out around noonish and was cursing myself because it was much hotter then than it would have been at 7 am -- oh well -- i did say i like heat and humidity right???? so did 10 miles today ....... for some reason on the 4th mile i was having a melt down - shouldn't have been because my 1st 3 miles were consistent for me 9:34, 9:34, 9:38 - but then my head started playing mind games - i started walking - then was asking myself why i run??? i'm not fast, i'll never be fast, i can't put in the mileage a lot of people here put in ........... but then i regrouped and said -- you run because YOU LOVE IT!! i do love it - i love being outside enjoying the surroundings and even when i have to run indoors i enjoy the time on the treadmill (well if i don't have to do more than 6 miles that is) so what if i need to walk sometimes and so what if i never run fast - i love it and as long as God gives me the ability to stay out there i will - even if i walk at times.............so there it is 10 miles in 1:45:51 -- total avg pace of 10:35 -- pretty darn respectable for this old gal if i do say so myself -- lol"

Good morning all. A nice easy 3.25 mile recovery run today. I felt OK. I'd appreciate it if everyone would tell Ike to stay the h*ll away. Bill

Good morning, all! Lou - nice 9 miles in spite of the humidity! Mary - glad you made it back before the rain started. Nice run! Tim - nice run in that awful heat! Karin - safe travels! Good run this morning! I'm hoping we're just having a brief blip in the humidity - I sure felt the difference this morning. I had planned to do a couple miles warmup and 5 miles @ 9:00 pace, but I couldn't quite do it. Ended up with 7 miles @ 9:30 average pace and 160 average HR. Good runs to all!

Now I can sit quietly at my desk and work all day and Saturday I will hopefully be able to do what I need with a better attitude.

Are you going to need a wake up call later on Dave? Good job getting 13 in on a week day!! Thanks for re-posting Denise's post from yesterday Tim. That really does say it all and I agree with her whole heartedly. I forgot to mention that I closed myself in DD#2's empty bedroom (away from the dogs) this morning to do my 300 crunches and 50 pushups. Boy I can sure feel that I haven't been doing my crunches for a while.

Sopftball report...well, we got knocked out last night in the city tournament...9-6..we hung in there but still lost..ended up 4th in the tourney, a big improvement over our regular season performance, but still 4th. We have lots of senior games to play...last year we had games almost up to Thanksgiving. Karin:

torso still, arms pumping, shoulders low, feet striking at mid-foot or better.

So THAT'S what I'm doing wrong.. Tammy: Great 8-miler...welcome back. Breger:

Don't go near Tallahassee. It is a long way from Ft.L. And FSU is there so I'd have to not talk to you anymore. (DS is a Gator.)

Bill, you might appreciate this...when #1 son was at UF, he was home one summer & some of my friends were over the house. One asked him "Where you goin' to school, Mitchell?" "Florida." "Is that the one in Tallahassee?"...and Mitchell said "No, I already know how to read". Denise:

so there it is 10 miles in 1:45:51 -- total avg pace of 10:35 -- pretty darn respectable for this old gal if i do say so myself

Absolutely! Well done... Ribs:

Ecce Macdonaldus Senex, qui fundum habet. Et in hoc fundo, nonullas boves domesticas habet. Cum moo moo hic, cum moo moo ibi. Hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo moo.

Beach Boys, right? I usually don't run on Thursday but we have a double-header Saturday on the road so I went out this morning. 4.1 miles on a tough course...37:17 (9:06), 17 seconds faster than the last time on this course. I'd love to sneak under the 9:00 pace..would do a lot for my ego and possibly give me a good shot at a sub-50 10K in October. DickyG

Hey! Tramps is back...welcome back. You ain't gonna believe what's going on around here. For example.... DickyG

Morning everyone. Darn near fall like weather here after 90s and high humidity earlier in the week. 7 miles this morning at a 10:02 pace (I'm okay with that ). On Tuesday, it was 93F with high humidity here. Our classrooms are not air conditioned, and when I went into one of them to deliver some papers to a teacher, it was like an oven in there! I asked him how he was keeping his math students awake, and he said "when I bend over to help them, the sweat dripping off my forehead wakes them up!" I know he was just joking, but TMI!! Some great long runs this morning. Dave - you're a wonderful grandfather. I hope you know that! I have to say I was impressed with Pallin's speach last night. She looked poised and confident. Her joke about the difference between pit bulls and hockey moms made me laugh (the only difference is hockey moms wear lipstick!) Enjoy your Thursday, everyone. Jeanne