Mornin' everyone!

Tet, I have a rough idea of my cadence at different paces: 165-ish will be around 11:30-140 pace; 170-ish will be in the low 11s, and 170-175 will be in the high 10s. I try to keep my stride length the same, although I wouldn't be surprised if I shorten it up just a scootch at the higher cadences.

Tammy, congrats to you, and to David for his successes on and off the track.

Great news about Lucy, Ribs.

TW, be patient with the racewalking thing - you are teaching your body to walk differently from the way you've walked your whole life - it takes a while, but you'll make progress every time you are out there. It'd be great to walk with you, but I don't get to Knoxville all that much. But when I do, you'll be getting a call...

Laurie, sorry I can't help with marathon training, but you've got plenty of experienced and smart people here who are giving you some good advice. Good luck!

RCG, your shins hurt when you try to walk fast because those are muscles rarely used. When we walk fast, we tend to (intentionally or not) keep our toes up just before our foot strike, and that engages your shin muscles. Tracing the alphabet with your feet helps to strengthen your shins, and doing an easy 1/2mile warm-up walk can help too. Walk more and as the muscles get stronger, the discomfort will disappear. Sorry about the nighttime pain in your feet. Could it be dehydration?

Have a great 'surprise' vacation, Deeze!

I'm picking up our niece from UConn this afternoon. She is coming to our town's all-day deliberative session tomorrow (she is a legal resident and sponsored one of this year's warrant articles, and so will be there to explain it and answer questions), and to help with prep work for Sunday afternoon's party. Our guests have been instructed to wear 'wacky' hats, and there will be teams formed, additional props provided and photography involved. Our niece will be the official photographer.

I did a 10K for my workout this morning in 32F temps and under overcast skies. I worked hard yesterday morning, so I backed off a bit today until the last mile, when I got my cadence up to the low 170s and averaged 11:09. Except on my very easy days, I always like to finish a workout strong - I figure it's good race training.

Have a greta Friday and weekend!

Jay

Good luck on the park renovations.

Two years ago, it took them eight months to pave

over a dozen cherry trees in a pocket park across the street.

oh well.
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Clearing afternoon skies yesterday afternoon had me looking forward

to a running commute this morning into the western moonset.

Nope, five drizzling-to-rainy morning miles.

Howdy folks!

Ribs - that is a bummer, especially is this is probably the nice running weather down there.  Why couldn't they do that in July?  I would be very displaced if they tore up the bike path I run on in my town.

Tammy - I sure hope they find him safe.

This morning, while running on the bike path by the river in the predawn darkness, I was nearly run over by a motorcyclist illegally riding on the bike path at high speed with no lights on.  This is the second time this has happened in the last couple of weeks with what I assume is the same motorcyclist  I couldn't see him until he was almost on me and I practically had to leap out of the way.  I wonder about the folks who walk their dogs out there in the early morning.  Jerk.

7 miles for me this morning in 29 breezy degrees, followed by 30-40 minutes of weights and core.

Happy Friday!

Tammy - Who's the missing runner?  I'll be keeping him in my prayers.  Hopefully, he simply got disoriented and is staying put until he's found.

Holly - I'd call the cops and alert them to the moron before he ends up hurting somebody.

Tet - Paved over a bunch of cherry trees??  Was this a beautifying project??

Ribs - Boo hoo!  about the park.  Hope the improvements are worth the time, money, and anxiety to the runners.

Jay - Pictures.  Pictures, pictures, pictures.

SRG - Duck walks and toe raises also helps strengthen the shins.

A late evening with some lady friends (well, late for me) and too much Mexican food led to me sleeping in this a.m.  The salsa was soooo good, I was still experiencing it this a.m., even after brushing my teeth.   I was contemplating swallowing a tube of toothpaste to see if it would help. Instead, I opted for adding coffee to the mix.

22 trail miles on tap for tomorrow, sans new running friend.  She has the audacity to be going out of town with her sister to get a new pup.  Some people, I tell ya! 

Have a great weekend, friends ~

MTA - Howdy, Aamos.  We posted on top of each other.

thanks for the update, tammy.

do they have any SAR canines in the area?

i think any dog would be okay; they can sense a lot

With all the weather you've been having down there,

let's hope it a twisted/broken something and they get him out today.

I believe they do Tet. They've requested that no one bring their dogs up there who are helping with the search and I believe that is because SAR dogs are there. He's now been missing 27 hrs and that is not good. He was not dressed nor equipped to be gone for more than a couple hrs and even though we are fairly mild down here (mid 50's during day), it's very wet and rainy, so doesn't take long for hypothermia - especially if he slipped, fell, got knocked out or otherwise unable to move.

Tammy, I sure hope they find him, and soon. As experienced as he is, you can't help but think something happened to him to keep him from coming back.

Holly, we have that problem here with four-wheelers and motorbikes (like dirt bikes) on the bike paths. It's not that you can't see them (not dark in the summer) but they kick up dust like crazy, and throw rocks all over the path. I don't know how anyone rides a road bike on our bike paths in a lot of places, all those little rocks are just waiting to give you a flat tire! The highway department comes out in spring/early summer to sweep the paths, but in two weeks they're a mess again. In the winter, it's snowmachines chewing up the top couple of inches, making it almost impossible to run on.

GL on your 22 miler tomorrow, Leslie. I hope the weather cooperates. You still getting rain? Must be hard when you get so much rain: you really need it, but don't want it when you have to run!

I took the afternoon off, and ran 8.8 miles in nice mild temps today. I usually run that sort of distance on Saturday, but had the time and the nice temps today; tomorrow will be a little cooler but still not bad. I'm aiming for 15 on Sunday, so we'll see how that goes.

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