I'm really late posting and I'm second or so?? WAKE UP EVERYBODY 2 miles with Tory at 10:15 pace then 4 miles at 8:20 pace with lots of strides

Morning Gang Nice run Bob, enjoy your vacation, Steve do you run slower for Tory and then speed up on your own? Woody run's especially slow for me Went out on the new 5.33 circuit with the 500' climb. The views at the top are worth it. I really loe this route, not to far, not to short, hill up to give me a challenge and down hill for speed and recovery. Part tarmac part trail. Anyway: 5.33m 56:20 @ 10:34 pace AHR 160 77% Good Runs All Roy Edited to say: Morning Debbie and Well done mary on the 41m week, you are doing brilliant!!!!!!

Some great running out there this morning. I've not run today yet. Need a little ice here and there -- nothing major just the result of.... having knocked 7 min 17 sec off my 10K PR. I finished in 54:33 yesterday at the race I wasn't sure I'd run, due to Dad's funeral being the day before. It was the first race I've experienced where the announcements didn't include the reminder to line up according to ability. It was the first time I didn't have to weave and dodge around people and the group seemed to actually line up according to ability! Interesting. Will head out tonight (or perhaps this afternoon) with Renee for an easy 3 miler. Tramps, congratulations on your anniversary. Tall, I love your optimism. It counterbalances my naturally jaded tendencies and makes me smile.

NONO-Nice PR!!! 5 miles with T...7:58 pace and then a nice cooldown walk I'm testing for a new job on Wednesday...wish me luck...

Rest day here, maybe a swim if time permits... good runs to all.

Good Morning! I have to share with you a first-day-of-school picture of DD with Dexter (and his bad haircut). Yesterday we went to Kohl’s to return some back-to-school shoes we bought for DS on 7/19. Men’s size 11. Last week when he tried to put them on for the first day of school he found he had already outgrown them. He’s 11 years old, still only about 5’ tall, but with feet like boats, poor guy. As we were waiting in line, DD gets up on one of those pedestals where the mannequins are standing, and she froze in place. I watched as several people eyed her curiously as they walked by, and finally a young girl walked up closely to examine her. DD suddenly moved, and the girl jumped about a foot. DD was rolling with laughter. That child has a perverse sense of humor. Erika – I’m worrying a bit about your foot. Here’s some healing vibes for you...{{{{{Erika’s foot}}}}}.... {{{{Tramps’ groin}}}} and congratulations on your runner-versary. Nonoruns – yowza – great job!! Mary – congratulations!! Today’s workout: 2 gentle miles on the treadmill (10:20 pace), followed by shoulder presses, dumbbell curls, dead lifts, weighted squats, glute raises, bent rows, reverse flies, crunches and oblique v-ups. My boss is on vacation in Mexico this week, and we worked like gangbusters before she left to catch everything up, so I’m left with a very quiet work week (assuming no crisis comes in). (...blue jeans and t-shirt, sandaled feet up on desk, music turned up...aahhhhhhh)

My DW and I watched our DVRd version of the men's marathon yesterday so today I can actually read yesterday's daily thread! Great race. Can you imagine breaking the old Olympic record and coming in SECOND! Boy that has to be frustrating! Still what an achievement just to be able to run in the Olympics let alone get a medal of any type. biketm I have never heard of anybody so sensitive to their heart beat. Great that you got in a 20 miler on Saturday and then some more miles yesterday. Holly S. great double digit run yesterday! Sounds like if you are not 100% at this point you are really close! Nice workout today as well. Spareribs I suspect the bronze medalist will, ahmm, get over his disappointment at his team mate's bonking and losing the bronze to him. I know I would! DickyG congratulations on your 5.2 today. You are right, to all who post here, it is always worth remembering what any of us may call a "mediocre" run whether it be as few as 3 or 4 miles almost everybody else would view as a major achievement! My DW's niece is totally bowled over by the thought that she agreed to run 5 miles this Thanksgiving! Imagine that, and here you are doing that distance just as part of your routine. Good job. breger1 nice double digit run yesterday as part of international long run day, otherwise known as Sunday. Jlynne good to hear that your PF seems to be cooling itself off enough that you feel confident enough to start increasing your miles. Just be really careful with PF. By the way, I find losing weight to be really tough! The large swing I reported for last week had more to do with a short weight upswing than anything else. If I pig out one day and then crash diet the next the additional weight comes right off. On the other hand if over the next couple of days I eat normally the weight settles in somehow and then I am lucky to take off a pound a week. The only thing I can think of is that over a single day the weight does not have time to turn to fat so it is easier to drop. But, I am just making this up I really have no idea why. rochrunner a negative split run always leaves me happy too! tomwhite 23rd overall running anniversary or just 23rd running in among the trails in your area? Also, how did you remember the first one being in August 1985 have you had a log since the start? If so, I am really impressed! perchcreek glad to see somebody else missing that Sunday is international long run day! Nice 6 today. nonoruns knocked 7 min 17 sec off your 10K PR! WAY TO GO! Now where are those confetti throwing smiles when you need them? Congratulations! Sarge nice run with your DW. I also agree that the US marathon runners will be more competitive in the years to come. Tramps that dog incident has to hurt! So sorry to hear it happened to you. But you did the right thing to more or less give up on the race. As I found out the hard way this spring if something hurts it is better to deep six the race than find yourself on DL for the next two months. Hopefully the ice and ibuprofen will cure it in a just a few days. Good luck with it all. dg. sorry winter running sucks there is nothing to be done about it. Running by a river sounds great. WRFB the 9.1 yesterday will certainly help keep you ahead of the dreaded pink bunny! Spareribs dude how do you remember details like what somebody posted years ago on CR? hopeful4ever your first week in the 40/40 club! Congratulations! Keep it up! Now, of course, we expect to see you regularly in the thread. mainerunnah nice 16 miler yesterday and a good recovery run today. CNYrunner really you have to quit all this running before the New Haven 20K. It is for your own good! Great 18 yesterday in that I strongly suspect your idea of "plodding" is most people's idea of "race pace." lyndenrunner when it rains there is not much you can do. Good that you manged 6 yesterday and 5 today. Also, good luck with the test for the job. wildchild congratulations on passing the 30 mile mark this week. Good luck in making it to 40 as your next goal! What you have not made that a goal? Hmm, have to do something about that. Peter NC nice double digit run for you yesterday. evanflein careful with that foot! Good idea to skip the extra two miles too. I hope your foot is ok. You are certainly doing the right thing to get it better. Tallrunner lol what a run yesterday! Shhh, just do not tell your coach and all will be well! Hmm, be careful with that "love at first sight" thing. There are a lot of divorces at "second sight" out there that spring from such initial encounters. But, I hope it does work out at second sight. I am sure that if you go slow like you plan to you will find out for sure. Dark Horse I am pretty sure everybody is happy to have you back and hopes the forum does motivate you to get out and run! Mariposai Told you to go running while they got dinner ready!? Can we trade families? SteveP hope your 5K went well. The Jogger that is one tough 5 mile course you have there! A 500' climb! deez4boyz I still have no idea how you put in those shifts. Good run yesterday -- see DickyG's post if you have any doubts! Twocat today Pfitz had on my schedule a 15 mile run with 12 at MP. My hope is to break 3:20 in NY in November so that means a 7:38 pace. Given the Garmin's tendency to measure long I figured that to be safe I need to be ready to run a 7:30 on it so that was the goal. While I was at it I also figured I better be able to pull it off on my relatively hilly route. (Editor: Hilly by say Wildchild standards? Twocat: What are you nuts! Of course not! Still total uphill for the run was about 400' so not bad.) I had two pretty good incentives to make the pace. The easy one to drop was simply that it was my goal. The better one was an approaching line of thunderstorms! I tell you there is nothing like the thought of pouring rain and lightening to keep you motivated. The good news was I made with 12.08 miles @ 7:29. I am really happy about that and the fact that I did not feel like dropping dead at the end. Ok, maybe into a coma but not dead. So I will gladly take it. Hay, I have to make it at least somewhat challenging for CNYrunner to blow by me next Monday. Good runs all