Good morning Mary,   5 mile easy taper run for me a little later this morning.  Already went out for coffee & haircut.

Yard work & packing for Maine trip this afternoon.  Driving to Farmington, Ct. tomorrow then on to Maine Thursday after a 4 mile MP run on the bike trail.

The weather report in Bar Harbor is identical to the one here in NE Ohio, cool & wet Fri-Sat looking good for Sunday race day so far (sunny 40-50). 

Enjoy!

Morning, gang!

Mary - excellent - great when you get back the urge to run again, isn't it?

Sarge and breeger - hope you have good weather for your races Sunday - best of luck!

Tom - thanks for the title and publishing info!

6.5 easy miles on the TM this morning @ 10:16 and 139 AHR.  The taper twinges are bothersome but not serious ( I hope).  Right hamstring and calf started hurting close to the end of the long run Sunday and continued into yesterday's run.  I contemplated skipping the run this morning, but the hamstring felt better, and the calf didn't kick in till the 5th mile.  I think the pigeon pose ala yoga is the culprit - that pose has caused me problems in the past.  You'd think I'd learn to skip it.....

Good runs all!

Bill – I am excited for you!

5.2 miles for me today with 5 or 6 x 100m striders in a breezy 55°, ave pace 9:52.  The FIRST plan called for 6 x 400m, but I didn’t want to push my iffy knee.  Maybe I was just lazy and that seemed like a good excuse.

Unfortunately, my run today was at the opposite spectrum from Bill’s.  My legs were, for no reason I can fathom, stiff and sluggish.  My right knee aches a bit.  Even on the striders I could barely speed up with what felt like great effort.  I can hardly fathom keeping goal pace for Sunday’s race for any length of time. 

And somehow I managed to gain 3 lbs over the weekend, in spite of what I thought was “holding back” at our dinner party.  How the heck did THAT happen?  I feel like a huge bloated cow.  (sigh)

And what Breger calls perfect weather is too cold for me.  My best running temps range is 48-55°.  Sunday’s forecast of 34° at the start is long-pants weather for me – those temps make my bare legs and knees ache.  But we’ve already discussed the fact that if the weather is cold enough for long pants, I am unable to run fast.  I don’t know why, but once the temp drops into the 30’s my perceived effort goes up and my speed goes down.  Spareribs says, “dress to the finish,” and the finish Sunday will probably be around 48°, which is nice, but I’ll have two hours of running before it even gets out of the 30’s.

So, basically, I’m feeling kind of low and short on confidence.  Typical taper for me, though, so I'm trying not to take it seriously.

Maybe I’ll go to Dick’s tonight and see if I can find some Capri’s. 

Good morning good people. Lots of people checking in early today.

Bill - you are SO ready for Sunday. Can't wait to read your RR about your new PR!

Mary - how was your weather this morning? 26° and ICE in some areas on the street here. Glad you've got your mojo back. We missed you!

Sarge - have a safe trip. I've never been to Maine but I bet it's beautiful at this time of the year. Did you get your haircut "high and tight?"

Sue - never liked the pigeon pose in yoga. I think that's the source of your problem. Good luck with your taper.

Karin - I've been meaning to tell you how much I like your new picture. Love the pink shoes!

Holly - don't push the panic button. You've done everything right for this race. Tomorrow when you get on the scale you'll probably be 5 pounds lighter. BTW, I ran outside in 26° temps this morning with capris, a long-sleeved shirt and vest, gloves and headband and was toasty warm. I love this weather (when there's no wind). I don't know how Bill and our other RA people who run in H&H all year do it. Once it gets above 60, I'm done for.

7.5 miles this morning in clear blue skies, 9:15 pace. The trees are peaking right now and it's absolutely beautiful. This was the first morning since last winter that there were slippery spots on the road so it was tricky going early on. DS and DIL are headed to Milwaukee this afternoon to settle in for the big day tomorrow. Grandma is going nuts!

Have a great day everyone.

Yippee! This is going to be a blast!  I'm not wearing pants.  But I will wear long sleeves. 

Ran 6 miles with Ralph through the swamp and felt great.  Walked Veta to the river and that was nice.

NOW.

I have a ton of work at work to get to and the house needs cleaned and the laundry done.  

SO.

I will see you all NEXT WEEK!

Enjoy each moment.

 

RCG--I envision a large crowd following you at Indy   Sure hope there's pictures.

  I was just waiting for one of you guys to jump all over that quote!

Rose, Bill, Holly, you will all have good races, no worries.  Hope that knee is just twingey Holly and will feel better toward end of week.  Just a tapering thing I bet.

3.5 slow and pleasant miles on Riblet's school track in the rain, then changed in my car so I could go to mass there as he was altar boy today.

Now I'm packed and off to Chicago for a day.

I don't think I shared this story with you, but last Monday I spent the day with a new client and without mentioning names (and I ask that you not do so either) they are in the quick service restaurant industry and sell primarily donuts, coffee and many flavors of ice cream. So I go to lunch with them in the company cafeteria and after we pay for our food there is this enormous wall that has all the donuts and bagels they offer, plus all their coffee and a big ice cream bar, and you can have all you want for free. So I say to my client, "Gee, I would love to have a wall like this in my house." And then this VERY LARGE woman overheard me and said, "When I first came to work here 11 years ago, I was as skinny as you."  Spareribs