My daughter's middle school XC team held a race against the parents today.  It was a two-mile course on a muddy, hilly trail.  When I run there occasionally, I'm lucky to hit 13 minutes per mile!  I didn't want to come in last place, though, so I pushed and ran it just under 22 minutes.  Whoo hoo, I wasn't last!!   I was for awhile, but then several over-ambitious moms and dads had to slow down or walk, and I passed them.  I wish I was fast like my kids, but that's life! 

Ok, I don't know where note pad is or anything about this stuff. Not good on Cmputers.

I'll learn this weekend when I have time to play.

Guys, if you want space between just hit enter twice.

going for 8 tomorrow. Thinking of throwing a little spped work in maybe next week or the next. Don't want to rush this knee. I'm not making any promises on a full but just going that way as long as the knee holds up. If it messes up again I'll stick to halfs.

My daughter's middle school XC team held a race against the parents today.  It was a two-mile course on a muddy, hilly trail.  When I run there occasionally, I'm lucky to hit 13 minutes per mile!  I didn't want to come in last place, though, so I pushed and ran it just under 22 minutes.  Whoo hoo, I wasn't last!!   I was for awhile, but then several over-ambitious moms and dads had to slow down or walk, and I passed them.  I wish I was fast like my kids, but that's life! 

You don't have to be fast to make me proud of you.  I love your endurance and dedication. 

When we want to talk about fast around here, we'll talk about your DS, now that dude is fast and gettting better all the time.

Larry

Good evening all. I am on the road thru Thursday and the hotel I am in has a “fitness room” that only has an elliptical (doesn’t work), recumbent bike (doesn’t work) and a treadmill (does work – yea!!!) so my cross-training today was a 30 min walk. I have some resistance bands that I got when I was doing PT a couple of years ago and I meant to bring them but. Key word – “meant”, operative word – “didn’t”. I will do my weights on Friday and Sunday I suppose. Have 40 minutes on the schedule for tomorrow which will be on the treadmill – sigh…

I have a sort of dilemma I need some guidance on. I was planning on doing a 5K on Saturday but since it is an 8 mile day for me, I was going to just tack on 5 miles after the race and run a loop home (the race start/finish is only about a mile from my house). Is that advisable and/or will I even get the benefit of a long run if it is broken up like that?

Anj – Great plan for the week. Nice leaf peeping on your ride!

Doc – Woot! On the new shoes!! I did the same thing on my last pair – same as the last ones, different color. Good to hear the knee is cooperating. Great workout Monday! Love the avatar pic. Go Phillies!! Kick some Yankee butt!!

Mac – Way to get that long run in the nasty weather! You are definitely ready. ESPN had a segment – “What’s wrong with Peyton” – because he didn’t throw for over 300 yards – LOL!!

Teresadfp – Sounds like a fun race.

misswendy – You are really kicking it!

Rick – Got it – no pizza and beer the night before!

Chuck – Glad to hear about your son. Notepad – Start – All Programs – Accessories. Right click it and select Send To – Desktop to create an icon on your desktop. Good luck on the 8 tomorrow.

Betty – Congrats on signing up for your next half. Many more people from this thread sign up for that one and they’ll have to rename it “Joe’s Army Half”

newjogger – Hope you’re feeling better.

Jay – You are REALLY doing awesome! I have been running (off and on) for 15 years and finally got serious in May and I am putting up nowhere near the times that you are. Seriously, awesome!

Juli – Hope you got that run done in the rain. Sorry, I have no advice about whether to run the half this week-end. I probably wouldn’t but as they say “that’s just me”.

Ezec – Still a great time and a learning experience too.

Spice – Thanks for the info on the bib number. What time does the race start? T-4 (or maybe less??) until you see EC former trainer!!

Sue – Glad you made it over! That 4-day week-end sounds wonderful! I wanna go!!

Lisa – Great job on the 13K. My half will go through Epcot and Magic Kingdom and I am expecting there to be lots of runners and craziness. I run a 10K every year that has 50,000 runners/walkers in it though so hopefully it won’t be too bad.

Larry – Thanks for the welcome.

Rob – Glad it’s not a stress fracture and yes, better safe than sorry. Easy for me to say . LOL on the “teasips”  what a hysterical reference!!

kaenman – Welcome to W2!!

Melody – Hope you’re back in the swing soon too. Glad you’re getting some cooler weather.

Cara – Great pace on the intervals. How was the pumpkin workout and for the matter, WHAT was the pumpkin workout?

Bobev – You will learn tons from these guys. I know I have.

Rick – Love body pump! Have a good run tomorrow.

TBMcKay – Ooooo, I love Portland and would love to run the half there in October! I  will probably opt for the Disney Wine & Dine Half though as its closer to home. Great job on your 7.

Teacia – Welcome! Have you already started a training plan for a 12/20 half? There are many here that can give you better advice than me but you might be a little short on time to train properly if not. The Picture option is under Options – Forum Preferences (i think).

Snowman – Thanks! The half I am running in January was $90 (or maybe it was $99, I registered over 8 months ago so I kind of forgot) so I feel like this one will probably be more to cover the cost of the party.

Jeanette – Cute pic!

Lorie – Great to have someone to run with. Love it when that happens.

Cyndi – Nice 6.1. Good luck with the rheumatologist.

That’s it for now. Good runs folks!

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Good morning.  Just a quick post, I ran my three miles on the TM this am at a nice 9:45 pace. haha.  that's all i have been doing for the past three weeks ... running two to three miles and pushing.  oh, along with workouts.    I don't start my training till next week.  I am hoping to do some races before the Moore Half.    Have a great day all. 

betty

Cyndi - I'm adding your pic/text here too. Looks

Its sideways but its the best I can do....it means "I will endure".  This is right after it was done...My DD took the picture.

Thank you Joe!!! It took me all night to get my stupid avatar picture to be of me.  After that my daughter needed her computer back to send silly college applications so I had to give it back. 

Raining to beat the band this am so I decided to snuggle back down and take a rest day today....an hour later my friend Spice popped into my head to remind me that it wasn't raining in my basement and to get my sorry butt downstairs and hit the weights....which I did for an hour.  So much for guilt free rest days! 

Sooner or later I'll get to the shouts!

Cyndi

Good Morning All! 

I had a good run this morning, 4.5mi.  But it was only 35* outside.  I started running in March, so I haven't experienced much of the cold weather running yet.  I was fine until about the last 1/2 mi then I could feel my calves tightening up quite a bit.  I made sure to stretch really good when I was done but other than that I'm not sure what else to do.  Hopefully my body will adjust to the weather and I wont feel held back because of the cold.  I've got a 5k this weekend, and it suppose to be pouring and fairly cold that morning, so I guess I better get use to it. 

Hope everyone has a great day!!

~Rebecca