You too are a little crazy. The first week is the toughest.

If I hadn't been hiding from the trick-or-treaters yesterday, I was planning on running. But I'll admit, this rest day felt much more "deserved" than others I've taken in recent weeks.

Be careful with that lower-leg stuff. Just sayin'.

By the by, good luck at the race tomorrow, Jeff! My predicition is 57:18.

I think that's a good prediction, but I'm going to be pacing a friend of mine to sub-60 (hopefully). So, the hope is to run in the high 59's but pretty aerobically. We will see.

I think that's a good prediction, but I'm going to be pacing a friend of mine to sub-60 (hopefully). So, the hope is to run in the high 59's but pretty aerobically. We will see.

Good luck Jeff!!!

He's trying to change your footstrike because you strained a ligament in your toe?

No...I strike on my forefoot on both feet, and he doesn't want to change that..but on my left foot I strike on the forefoot on the left side of it and barely roll over to the second toe but not all the way over to the big toe, which is what I SHOULD do because that's what I do in the right. I don't pronate at all in the left foot, so it stays stiff. That's what is causing the pain in the second toe, it's not strong enough to bear the weight i'm putting on it. Or something like that. He's not trying to change anything, he's trying to get things loosened up. My calves and soleus are really tight in both legs and my range of motion is horrible because of it. I'm an efficient runner he says, but he says I could be more efficient. MTA: I'm thinking maybe the calf pain is due to all this new stretching stuff he's having me do. Maybe i'm overdoing the stretching- didn't you say that caused you pain?

I think that's a good prediction, but I'm going to be pacing a friend of mine to sub-60 (hopefully). So, the hope is to run in the high 59's but pretty aerobically. We will see.

JD?