Same 10k as SimonR today. Had a decent run. Scheduled for a half marathon next Saturday. I plan to take it easy this week... not a lot of miles but plan to run at a decent pace. Cigar sounds like a plan after next week's race. Jason

Mandy--nice job! Great report and photos, too. Simon--good job--you definitely deserve a good cigar. Jason--way to go and enjoy your week before your half next weekend. Mark--welcome, and good luck next weekend. Be sure to let us know how you & wife do.

Wow Waytogomom.... That's Awesome I think. Talk About setting a positive example for your children..... Entering Week 5 of HH and doing GREAT. Hubby surprised me with my own Garmin 205 this weekend, and I had my 5 mile long run yesterday and maintained a 12:00 mile pace and felt amazing afterward. I continue to be astonished at how resilient my legs are becoming as I continue to slow down and run easier. Happy Monday....

Ran the 10 miles yesterday with no problems. Legs and endurance held up well. Really liked having the water belt. I could take a drink whenever I wanted, but in the long run, I only drank about 10 oz of water and a couple of oz of gatorade. This week there is a lot going on, so I've got to shuffle my schedule. Have to run tonight rather than being off, but will do an easy 5K. Will be off Wed, Friday and Sunday this week, so I'll probably do my long run on Saturday.

I'm planning on running 10 miles tomorrow (Sun 5/4). I ran 8 1/2 last week and felt really good. My longest run up to this year was 6.5 and I've been increasing a mile or so every week, except tomorrow will be a 1 1/2 mile increase. I've set it up, so that it's the same course I ran last Sunday up to the 8.5, at that point if I'm tired or hurting I can quit or continue a little further. The best news is that my water belt arrived yesterday (ordered it on Wednesday) so I'll be able to carry water and Gatorade with me rather than stash bottles and go back and pick them up and I can sip whenever I want. On the negative side, I've realized that the 1/2 M I'm planning on running Sun June 1st is only 6 days after my 5 miler (Memorial day) and it's a tough 5 miler. I'll really have to plan an easy week with lots of rest.

waytogomom: That is great that he decided to to run with you. I have been trying, gently, to convince my son to start running with me. He is a soph, and not athletic at all. However, he has the build for it...long legs, slender. The xc coach tried to get him to join up at the end of his freshman year, but he didn't want to. I've asked him a few times if he would like to come out and run with me..I run slow, for pete's sake! But, to no avail. "Well Mom...there's a major problem with me running cross country......I don't like to run". Yes, that will tend to put a damper on things. Hoping to get my 10 year old daughter to start running, since she decided to not play soccer anymore. MTA: My official training starts next Saturday. I ran a fairly easy 4.2 mile long run this past Saturday. I am glad to have a new goal on the horizon (AFC Half) and a group to run with on Saturdays.

Welcome Mark from Socal! I would have thought the Monterey peninsular was a hilly place to run, I'm sure you'll do well. Good luck in Mississauga, Jason! We seem to be building a group of runners doing close to the same times, me, you, Mandy and several others, good for comparing notes. Gidget my son is opposite to yours, shortish and built like a weight lifter, but has run a couple of marathons! (He is 22yo, so can make up his own mind what sports he likes.) Nice run, LPH. Simon.

What did you pick for the cab, something good?

Did my 10k today, a week after my hilly half marathon. I did only a single, slow training run this week, of 5k, and have only been running about 17 miles a week on average for the last 2 months, so surprised and very pleased to run 46:19! Stood knee deep in very cold pond water this afternoon changing the pump and cleaning out leaves and debris from last fall- I thought weekends were for relaxing? Going to have a nice Dominican cigar and a couple of glasses of cabernet to celebrate. Simon.