Well said Rochrunner! Way to go Holly...sounds like you had a great time and your friend made it through in fine shape. High five my friend! Nice placing there wildchild and PDR too! Lots of racing today and the spring season has just begun! Tallrunner---you are blazing. wow. Enke, I think it's amazing that you ran a marathon at all after battling what sounded like bubonic plague there for awhile. Like Evryday said....forget the beautiful part. Congratulations!....you trained hard and went for it no matter what. That's rockin' in my book. CNYrunner

No, no, no I shall spare you the grisly details for a little while. Just trying to recover here. More fun to come tonight. Holly, you are awesome, enough said.

Nice runs so far...speedy run Tall, you're ready for a great performance! Congrats to the racers today! Btw, pay the fine or not, you can still post a quickie race report! :-) I had two hours of running bliss today. I didn't clock it and went mostly unplugged. As it was pretty hilly, it occurred to me that instead of trying to not get too punished by hills we can flip it around. I punished one of my favorite hills, speeding up as I progressed. Rolling over the top it felt soo great and energizing! I know photos never show hill steepness, but here is an 11% grade 'victim' from today.

Congrats to the Saint for a well ran Half Mary . I like the name of your event...Heels and Hills, is this a women's only event? Holly, well done in your pacing task. Can you come out here and pace me to a 4:30 also? I always knew you were a marathon maniac. Enkie, enkie, enkie....you are in trouble.... Tall, Great training run you had today It is so great to see all the good news coming from Eugene. Well done my friends. Taper Boy great 22 miler there today. You could have come to the Methow and walk the trail with me yesterday. Do we know how bregger did? Busiman, I love to hear that you had an unplugged,fantastic LR today. It is fun to be unplugged once in a while, isn't it?

Flying Pig Half Marathon Today, Finished 1:56:42 Not quite the time I was hoping for a sub 1:54. The Pig is mostly flat the first 5 miles with just some short rolling hills. Then miles 5-8 are mostly uphill but the hills were not as steep as I had anticipated. I got to mile 5 at my goal of 44:30 then to mile 8 at 1:13:35. My goal at mile 8 was 1:13:00, so I was a little behind schedule. I wanted mile 10 in 1:30 but I got there in 1:31:25. That 2 miles was pretty flat and I felt good but failed to pick up the pace as I wanted The last 5K has a couple of long downhills that I wanted to fly down but despite feeling painfree and not tired , my feet just wouldn't go any faster down the hills. So I just kept running and went "wee, wee, wee all the way to the finish swine". That time is 16 minutes from my old PR's but better than my last 3 halfs since my hip problems, so I'm satisfied with the result. My training error was not enough speed work, I think I needed more 1/2 mile repeats at 5k pace. If I had the race over I would push up the hills faster because they weren't as steep as I'm used to. Either way I'm sure I would have got the same medal The great news is I don't think I'll have any problem squatting behind the plate tomorrow. DW had 2:20:21? Which was right on her goal of sub 2:21

Seven miles in the fog tonight with the babysitter and Renee. Renee now has her own running collar -- it has 2 red lights on it to keep her visible at night. Babysitter was s-l-o-w tonight. It's fun being 40+ and kicking 17 yr old derriere once in awhile. Makes me feel like I'm still 17. Great to read the mini-race reports even if they're a fine-able offense. Off to read the other RR postings! Good night to all and good runs/cross-training tomorrow!

I like those small races as well. They are always a great place to meet other runners and get a medal.

I didn't get a medal - I got a blue ribbon. The nicest thing I've won (for 2nd in my AG at a 5K) was a beer glass with the name of the race on it. DH said, "Hey, you won me a beer glass!" I did make a new friend, though - the woman who won the 60+ age group award. She ran it in 25:something, and the second place in her age group must have been a walker, since her time was 49:something. We talked before the race, and sat together at the end when waiting for our awards. My age group had 8 people, but only 3 were runners and the other 5 were walkers, judging by times. Oh, well, 1st of 3 is darn good for slowpoke me. Holly, I can't believe you're a maniac! It seems like not long ago you were saying how slow you run, and fretting about your first marathon being too short. You're an inspiration to all of us, with your indefatigable spirit. Seemom, how cool that you ran a 5K with your DD! My DD keeps stopping and starting the C25K due to bronchitis and school activities that interfere, but I hope she finishes it someday soon. Maybe you and I and our daughters can meet for a local race someday - I'd really like that. PDR, congrats on your trophy! And so nice that you and Lou volunteered at the race today. Volunteers rock! Halllar, congrats on the "little" 20 miler. What was little about it? Sarge, you're a flying pig for sure! Nice race! Saint, glad to hear the stomach issues took your mind off your back, but that doesn't sound fun. Way to push through it for a finish. Spareribs, how about posting the picture the running club president took of the Saint? (With her permission, of course.)