The 10 miles felt good, this is the third time in the last month going at leats 10. I'm more worried about keeping up with the speed work, that's why I have covered 10 miles already with 11 weeks to go. I ran a 3 mile tempo last night at 8:14 pace which felt good, so I'm feeling good about my training thus far as long as I don't over do it.

Phillip ... Don't worry too much about the speed work. Mileage is the foundation, and the long run is the most important run. That's the one you don't want to slack on. Keep getting those 10 milers in and you'll be fine. Any speed work you do make sure you include 10-15 minutes each for warm up and cool down. Where in NJ are you from, and what HM are you running? I live in the Phillipsburg area.

I think I have heard of that race. I don't do too many races towards the city. The Lehigh Valley in PA has a lot of races so I end up doing most of my racing there since it is close by. Anyway, it looks like you have a good plan. Good luck with your training and race.

Hey, all. I'll tell you, I've been having a hard time finding a training schedule I like. Last time I followed a modified Higdon novice schedule, running one 13.1 run and a 14-miler. This time, though, my long runs are up to 15 miles, my weekly mileage is higher, and most of the HM training plans have me running both shorter daily and long runs. I'm not sure I want to do that. As it is I'm doing the opposite, running longer daily runs to support my longer long runs, just because I like the distance. Call me pigheaded. I know I need to run more speedwork. I like tempo runs but I hate intervals. I guess I should motivate myself to run them by reminding myself how much it'll stink if my failure to do them ends up costing me a PR, huh? Lots more experienced and faster runners in this group, so I'm putting myself in the hot seat. My log is open. Any coaching advice? I'm planning to run 13.1 in October as a training run (that's a virtual race), but my target race is November 16. I'm trying to break 2:02. Breaking two hours would be a dream.

Excellent advice Sarge..... I think I shall follow this also, this sounds Ideally what I have planned for myself. My main goal at this point is to stay injury free, running lots of slow base miles with little to no speed work. I can't avoid the hills though, my long run has a large long hill in it and I run it anywhere from 3-5 times in my long runs.... I think that is all the hill workouts I need. I just want to finish this race, not really race it.... that's next year to blow the doors off my time this year.....

Did a nice 5 miles last night in warm weather, but not really hot. A friend is turning 50 today, so going out for dinner etc. and missing my run today. (I always seems to have some excuse!) Well done with the consistent mileage, Vixi, and for what my opinion is worth, I agree with MrPH (Coach!) on the speedwork. Did anyone read about the Badwater? Unbelievable that people would do that to themselves, but I must admit my admiration for their determination. Simon.

Hey, Larry, rest that leg, don't make it worse. The Badwater is a 135 mile ultramarathon through Death Valley (imagine the heat at this time of year!) then part way up Mt. WHitney. The time allowed for finishing is 60 hours, though the fastest competitors can do it in under 30 hours. The really hard cases sometimes do a bicycle race of 500 miles 3 weeks later! I seriously think there must be something a bit odd about some of these people, but again, i have great respect for their athleticism and endurance. Simon.

Cheffy, OMG, I know what you mean about hotels that do that. The humidity is so awful and I also hate the chlorine smell. I wonder what effect all that humidity has on the equipment? I wonder if that's why I find so much of it broken? I was suppose to go to the track last night to work out with somebody, but since I didn't run on Tuesday or Wednesday, I didn't want to be a spectator on the track and due to the heat and humidity, didn't want to put in some miles on the track. So I cancelled that and went to my usually Rail to Trails spot where there is lots of shade. I started out only planning on 3 miles, but I felt really good and the leg felt good and I had a nice easy pace going, I ended up doing 5 miles at a 8 min pace. The leg feels good and my body feels good to get a real run in, even though it's a little slow for me. I've got to keep forcing myself to keep the pace down as my legs want to stretch and take off. I'm still not going to do any hard or fast miles for at least another week. Since I have no races coming up until a 5M on Aug 10th, I have no hurry as long as I can run and put in some base miles. Thanks everyone for continuing to support me and please keep reminding me to "TAKE IT EASY". Larry

Taking tonight off. Actually I almost never run on Friday night, it's the one night of the week that I make sure to spend with the wife. Typically we go out to eat, have a nice bottle of wine and maybe a cocktail or two. . So is that taking it easy enough? Larry

Hey Larry, remember to take it easy. Heh.