Yeah, lame weekend. Thankfully hubs is out of town, so I can get work done. I'm not sure what time I'll have to run today, depending on my work. My final draft is due at the end of this week. SCARY!!! And yet, seemingly, anticlimatic. Jen, your day sounds fun. I had one of those Friday, shopping with a girlfriend. The one day we planned to go to the Grove of course it poured out here! We made do with the Beverly Center though My girlfriend is having the same issue about her revisions. A prof told her not to get the revisions back to her in 1 week because there were "so many", and she did them in a day. Good for you for finishign it up and getting on!! So back to everyone- I'm really feeling a shorter, more intense workout today rather than a long run. How flexible can I be with that? I feel like doing intervals, lets say, on the treadmill at the gym. I could push my long run to Monday or Tuesday no problem. Is that kind of shuffling not recommended? Will it really make a difference at my (slow) level of training? I'm wondering if it's just best to get out there and do something rather than just substitute a 3-miler or not get a run in at all.

Hey! I have a race May 6th too. Right after I return from a conference in Vancouver. Are you going to it Deb? A lot of people who live on the west coast are going Can I see a typical week of yours broken down by average range mileage and then rate the intensity of the workout, if there are hills etc? I'm sure with this info we can help you plan accordingly. Here, I'll provide my example: Mon: slowest recovery run Tues: track work ~7 miles with warm up and cool down Wed: OFF or extremely short recovery run Thurs: 7-8 miles medium intensity Fri: 5 miles or so regular intensity Sat: long run very easy pace Sun: OFF or wog/jog 2-3 miles

Thanks for asking, the revisions are going fine. Busy here- I will send it out to my entire committee Friday afternoon! 2 weeks till the defense!! No, I'm not going to Vancouver. I'm sure I'll go next year when it's a little closer to home. A guy from the dept I'm teaching in next year is running for prez, though. Can I solicit a vote? Ha ha!! Here's my general schedule: Mon: rest or easy 3-4 miles Tues: 3-4 miles easy Weds: XT Thurs: tempo run OR intervals, about 4 miles Fri: 2-3 miles or XT Sat: XT Sun: long run, 7-12 miles Tempo/intervals either happen Weds or THurs, and Friday's run either Fri or Sat. I'm realizing looking at my log that I'm not very good at following a schedule. (I messed up yesterday doing a tempo because I just needed more than an easy run after a tough day at work.) Oh, and easy is usually 10-min pace for shorter runs, about 11+ for long runs. I'm aiming for about 20 miles/week. My knees have a hard time with much more than that, and my max is probably 25/week. My XT is usually a trip to the gym and doing the elliptical for 30 mins, bike or walk for 15 or so. I have ADD in the gym and can't stay put or plan anything. I do my tempo and intervals on a treadmill, primarily due to my schedule on Thursdays since I have to work out in the evenings. I need to find a good track in the area. My hills are just about a mile away, so great for warm-up and cool-down, but I haven't done any specific hill training yet. thanks!

Thanks so much! I can't believe the race is coming up so soon. And I am glad I registered yesterday before my run this afternoon, because it wasn't that great. That's what happens when you don't run for 5 days. It was a really tough week, turned in my dissertation this afternoon, a couple of days later because I found out my visiting examiner wasn't going to be able to read it until this week anyway. I've got to get out there and train well this week!

So I went out and ran the 10K course a couple of days ago. I walk there all the time, but usually just to get to the beach. The course goes up near the beach in Santa Monica, (scenes of the run were in Grey's anatomy last night, actually ), and miles 1-4 are a very gradual uphill from south Santa Monica to the northern part. Then only the last mile or so is downhill. I wish I had trained on it just to get used to the steady incline. Oh well. It will be nice to get out there and race again! This will be my second 10K! And I've been sleeping like a rock and making up for the last 6 months of hell, so I will be well-rested. And I've got my pop-tarts ready to go.

I forget how I stumbled into reading this thread ... anyway ... don't forget when you get to Australia your days will be flipped. If you are used to running in the evening you'll like running in their morning. On the other hand if you like running in the morning you may prefer their evening. I am not a morning runner, except for when I am down-under!

That will lead me up to 2 weeks before the race, when I (here comes the bad part) will be leaving for a 2-week trip to Australia.

Hey, Chic, how was Carlsbad? Is it a fairly flat course? I am debating which marathon to do, and that's in ym top 3. But I also want to qualify for Boston, and I don't know if I could do it there. Thanks for any input!