wake up guys, it is Tuesday, too early in the week to be all mellow and peaceful CNYrunner, powerful workout today. Injury free now? Sticking to my plan of no running until the body let me know we are ready once again. Walk yesterday, pilates today and massage this afternoon. Boston runners' rock!!!!!!!! wow PDR just quietly showed us the fruit of perseverance...BQing in Boston, how cool is that. Erika is one strong runner...she knows when to push and when not. Butterfly hugs to all. I think I am going to party all week.

I think I am going to party all week.

I'll be right over! A big Congratulations on your AG win, speedy lady!

Great pics, Holly. Form - I have to fight slouching all the time anyway, and it gets even worse when I'm running and tired. My shoulders practically come up to my ears (okay, a bit of an exaggeration, but not much). I'm constantly shrugging and rolling my shoulders in an effort to pull them back down and relax things. Wish I could've watch the race yesterday, but musta been on ESPN, 'cause none of the regular stations we get at work were carrying it. Bummer. It always amazes me at how fast the elite runners are and how effortless they can make it look. As far as my sorry butt this a.m., I was running (no pun intended) late, late, late. Didn't even get out the door until after 6:00, so I had to push my 5 miles a tad. Couldn't find my Garmin 405, so I had to resort to my old standby. It took forever for that thing to catch a satellite signal. When I got back, spent a couple more minutes looking and found the 405 squeezed between the seat cushion of our oversized chair. Wonder who put it there . . . . Muscles got a bit tight on the backs of my legs behind the knees during the last mile. Never felt that before, so I'm hoping it was just a symptom of still recovering from this past weekend.

Nono – I bought 2 dandelion tools and told my kids I’d pay $1 for every bucket of dandelions they dig up. Unfortunately the dandelions are more prolific than my kids are greedy. So now it has become my new punishment technique. When they misbehave, instead of a time-out, they get 10 minutes of dandelion pulling. And yet the dandelions are still winning.

ok -- where are all the race reports?? from my volunteer point of view: i was far away from the chute this year zone 14 which was down along the family meeting area around letter K - very confusing as it was a sea of people - families and runners mixed together.........unfortunately not as exciting as being along the finish chute so my 2 friends didn't get the high i experienced last year, but i know we helped some people and sent a few to the medical tents who might have been missed had we not been there!! can't wait for the race reports!! out in the rain for me today in my day glo yellow volunteer jacket (also have a red medical team volunteer jacket but passed that on to my 14yr old son) ........6 miles in 58:50 -- not speedy but feeling stronger every run and that's what's important for me right now!! HAPPY TUESDAY!!

So now it has become my new punishment technique. When they misbehave, instead of a time-out, they get 10 minutes of dandelion pulling.

Mine had to do 30 minutes in order to watch TV on the weekend. Is that too much??

Track workout today because my week is out of whack. I have to shoot a film on Thursday night in a Chicago supermarket bank and we can't do it til the bank closes at 8 p.m. So we're filming from 8:30 pm until about 7 am and then I will get a flight home. Don't even need a hotel. So I got in 11 on the track including 4 x 800 and 1 x 400 (200 recoveries) and on one of my final miles, the school's track coach happened to be watching me as it was gym period and as I went by him I said, "I know Coach. Lift my knees." He just laughed. Riblet had been in his track camp one summer and they did a drill where the coach had put down these wire hoops like croquet wickets and the kids had to high-step over them, a good way to get accustomed to lifting the knees, which in turn will give you that high rear leg kick. We lose flexibility as we age and most older runners do very little sprinting practice, so many people tend to run in a form that keeps the feet close to the ground. You often read here how people stumble and fall down. It's often from not lifting the knees. Try this experiment next time you are running and you feel fatigued. Say to yourself, "lift the knees." And without even being conscious of it, you will speed up. You almost can't help it. It was the last piece of advice I gave mariposai: "When you find yourself getting tired at the end of the race, pick your knees up." As to form, at mile 25 I was pretty sure Kara Goucher was not going to win the race. I think the announcer knew it too but he could not very well say that. Kosgei appeared effortless and Goucher looked a bit ragged. As to Ryan Hall, that is some low arm carriage isn't it? What a strong runner he is. Spareribs