YAYAYAYAY! That is awesome! I hope you're out there celebrating tonight

Just looked at training log last year. CRAP. I am soooo slow on my 800's. what's up with that? my 800's last year were 3:24-3:27 oh gosh i am gonna have to woop my own ass in gear. oh well... steady wins the race! i should see where i started out rather than where i ended up. i has been a whole year without track, afterall... phew okay.... so I went from high 3:40's to quickly high 3:30's... then down to high 3:20's i am at 3:30 now (i think) so there is an improvement in my baseline! here's to more succesful 800's in about 10 weeks (week of the race i do them as my workout again). aacccckkkk

Don't sweat the 800s so much...you want to be faster at 5k/10k than last year, not faster at a bunch of 800's. On the other hand, you're a bit worn out (probably from work/school as much as running) and giving your legs a rest sounds like a good idea. Have a good rest day!

I'm addicted. So I'm totally addicted to running. I want to go for a jog! I know it's best to rest and keep my legs fresh for this upcoming week. But I could see myself rearranging the schedule to have my rest period occur closer to the race. Oh what to do. I'll probably go out for a 2 miler. I don't think I'm a rest kind of girl anymore. I think rest for me is wogging. I wish I knew why this happens. I think it's GOT to be the endorphins. Thanks for the reply Mikey. I am trying to proceed with caution, given my school situation (which is calming down now, yay!) and the fact that the last time I took a day off was a while ago.

Yeah I just wogged today. After 2 miles I figured, enough is enough. I'm feeling bulky which is a sign that my muscles are shot. I think of the SNL skit where they are blue oyster cult "we need more cowbell"! It's pretty funny to me, but my fiancee thinks it's hysterical. During my first marathon people had the cowbells out and the clanking sound gives you the chills 'cause you hear that kind of thing in a lot of racing events. So it's like mojo-- the cowbell-- that is Time to eat and keep my feet elevated

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I want to rest more today. My muscles are telling me they want more. Not sure what to do. I'll have to play with the schedule. My goal for the week is to just jog on flat areas. No more hills for a while. I can feel that I need some recovery but I'm going to push through this until a few days before the race and then just totally mellow out for a while. I need to recover. I hate even saying this but I have zero faith in my short distance ability. I suck. Argh I need confidence.

Okay Steve, tomorrow I have speedwork scheduled. Should I just power walk tomorrow? What should I do? I'm game for cross training. I don't like no exercise though. I have things to sweat out!