JK, ever put your life in another man's hands, ask him to put his life in yours? We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple. Are we clear? Are we clear?

Are we clear?

Crystal.

http://www.funny-city.com/1681/ What about him? Can I question you in front of him?

He did. And he doesn't know. But he will know. It's kind of one of those things you can't hide. But yea...basically i'm only worried about Monkey screwing me up because of Boston. If I weren't going to Boston in April I wouldn't be scared....but I am, so i'm scared. So i'm going to take extra care of myself during this Monkey business....by eating extra cheese and drinking extra milk. And being the opposite of Casa.

you can always run with me. You can tell people you're my pacer to make sure I finish - then it wouldn't feel like you couldn't have ran it faster - you consciously chose to go slow.

He did. And he doesn't know. But he will know. It's kind of one of those things you can't hide. But yea...basically i'm only worried about Monkey screwing me up because of Boston. If I weren't going to Boston in April I wouldn't be scared....but I am, so i'm scared. So i'm going to take extra care of myself during this Monkey business....by eating extra cheese and drinking extra milk. And being the opposite of Casa.

Well, if it'll make you feel better, I have no plans to run it fast. So no competition. From me at least. Tanya will probably taunt you for months. I can't imagine a slow hilly training run in November is going to impact your April marathon.

Well, if it'll make you feel better, I have no plans to run it fast. So no competition. From me at least. Tanya will probably taunt you for months. I can't imagine a slow hilly training run in November is going to impact your April marathon.

My plan is to run with you or Tanya. Depending on how I feel. Um. If that's cool.

Yay! I just read that you're running the Monkey. If it makes you feel any better, I still stand by my belief that running the Monkey in the fall makes you stronger and faster for the spring. I don't see why you'd get injured unless you overdo the hills in training. Last year, I only did every other long run (sometimes every third) in PWP. No double 11.2. Listen to Swamp Mom.

How many times during the week did you run in PWP?

Maybe 3 times..occasionally 4. I tended to always do tempo runs there, which I think may have been a mistake. Now I do trade off PWP and the flat route in EWP for tempo runs. Also, some of my easy runs in PWP were/are a lot slower than what I would run on flat routes. For me, doing easy runs at a slower pace there gets me used to the hills without risking injury. I don't think you'll break any bones. My only stress fracture came from too many miles too soon--not hills. MTA: A stress fracture 23 years ago. Not from PWP. That's right. I had a stress fracture when Candice was still in diapers. Laugh it up everyone.