fatozzig what a course! SueT48 yea I have lost bottles too. Very annoying. With my headphones on, and sometimes even without, I have no idea when they drop. It is the belt's worst feature by far. My local running store is trying to convince me to try a new brand they just started carrying (sorry I forget the name). Maybe when my current bottle supply drops off I will give it a shot.

fatozzig what a course! SueT48 yea I have lost bottles too. Very annoying. With my headphones on, and sometimes even without, I have no idea when they drop. It is the belt's worst feature by far. My local running store is trying to convince me to try a new brand they just started carrying (sorry I forget the name). Maybe when my current bottle supply drops off I will give it a shot.

I had to buy a new fuel belt a few weeks ago, because I kept losing my bottles too...I couldn't hear them fall off either because of my I POD. With the belt I have (4 bottle belt ) I also find it hard snapping the bottles back on while running, then go to reach for it and it's gone Tim

Awesome pics on the daily today of a car-less garage (how do you ride all those bikes at once, anyway?) and two gorgeous goddess moms. Some awesome runs over the weekend, too. Just back from the dentist - look, ma, no cavities - and the podiatrist, where the news isn't so good, but isn't all that bad, either. I'm feeling really good about having the "twinge" in my right ankle checked out a few weeks ago, since for once it wasn't all in my imagination. MRI shows tendonitis. Not to the point that the doc is terribly concerned, but I'm on topical anti-inflammatories 24/7 and PT 2-3x/week for the next month. He says I'm fine to keep running, but absolutely no speed work. I reminded him that at my pace, "speed work" is quite the exaggeration, but he still said only slow and steady for this turtle. OK, so I added the turtle part. We talked marathon training plans more than we talked tendonitis (I adore this guy!), and he told me to look at Higdon's novice plan rather than Fitzgerald's. He's not keen on me doing speedwork or hills for a first marathon. Hills are a given whenever I train in PA, but I'll be doing nearly all of my runs on a (FLAT) barrier island in NJ very soon, and I do all of my long runs there year-round. Doc thinks a middle ground between Higdon's two levels of novice marathon plans will work best. Glad I put the schedule in my calendar in pencil! Best news is that the shoulder and neck tightness from the car accident seem to be gone. I'm driving a rental now while my car's being repaired and am being hyper-vigilant of what's behind me every time I slow down! Thinking of Stumpy/Kevin's comment about the woman he met on the trail today. The results of my accident have been an inconvenience and an annoyance, but I'm so grateful when I remember just how much worse it could have been. Eliz MTA - I've been determined to meet my goals injury-free. If doc says I'm still allowed to run, does that count?

nonoruns if you get a chance can you post or send me the cites in Pfitz's book on fueling or not on a long run. I spent quite a bit of time once looking for research papers on the topic without any success and would like to see what is out there. Anyway if you get a chance thanks, if not no sweat now that I know they exist I can give it another whack.

Hi everyone. I started out this day tired and unmotivated, which is not like me. I loafed around until 6:00 PM, and finally got out there to do my day two of week 4 of C25K on woods paths that are so rough, that my pace was a laugh. But I did get out there, and got it done, and where I couldn't actually run because of the course, I pushed on best I could. Had a good half hour walk/run with Robby, the Aussie. It was rewarding after all. Woods Lady