It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one. (H. C. Payne)

Tallies to follow . . . . (honestly) . . . .

Dutchie - 65.8 kilometers.  And in the words of Dutchie herself: "Not bad at all."  Editor's Note: We want pics of the painting.  No pressure or anything . . . .

Erika - 43.4 miles running, 4.4 miles walking.  With a very nice trail race on Sunday.  Good job!

Nono - 20 min slideboarding, 80 min strength/stretch/yoga,  20 mi running.  Editor's Note: She found her kids and is now in liver recovery mode . . . .

pfriese -47.1 miles running, 3200 meters swimming.  Editor's Question: Just how far is 3200 meters??

dg - 24.7 miles running, 14 min. biking, 12 min. stooopid ellipticalling, 2 1/2 hrs. strength training.  Editor questioning that this qualifies as a cutback week.  Well, maybe the biking and stoopid elliptical.

Evryday - 15 miles running, and a lot of blah, blah, blah . . . .

fatozzig - 13 road miles, 12 trail miles, 30 min cycling, 2 hrs core/strength.  Fell short of the high mark this week.

Mon - Rest --------------------------------------------------------------> No problem

Tues - 5 mile fartlek run, 6 x 3 minutes ------------------------> 6 mile fartlek run

Wed - 3+  mile run; strength/core --------------------------------> 3 miles; core/strength

Thurs - 6 mile run w/strides ---------------------------------------> Nope.

Fri - 30 min biking; upper strength/core ------------------------> 40 min biking; core, some upper body (hand injury)

Sat - 14 mile trail run w/2 keyhole repeats ---------------------> 14.12 trail miles

Sun - 10 mile trail run ------------------------------------------------> 7 miles

Totals: 16 road miles, 14.12 trail miles, 40 min stationary biking, 1.50 hrs core/strength

I obviously don't know how to set up my Garmin for fartleks/intervals.  My 10-min warm up counted as a separate mile from the intervals, so I ended up doing 6 total.  Hmmmm . . . . . .

Eliz - I like quotes, can you tell?  My two favorites have helped me through some really tough times over the last few years.

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself." (DH Lawrence)

Fully Alive

I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.

(Dawna Markova)

Soooo,  it's Thursday, and I finally get here....

NO dg, you aren't late 'cause I never totalled!

TOTAL: 28 mi running, 35 min strength/stretch, 20 min slide boarding

M - rest day - done

T - 8 miles - done

W - rest day - done

Th - 7 miles - done

F - 5.5 miles - done

Sa - 5K race (3rd AG) + 2.2 mile warmup/cooldown - done

Su - 13.6 miles - done

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Total - 39.4 miles - Done

Paul