Josh & Cbus - Thanks for the compliments!  I did Higdon Novice I for the marathons I ran in the fall - so averaged between 25-35 mpw, but clearly not breaking down on more.  I ran 35mpw consistently over the winter break, so we'll see.  I'm curious too.  I also hope my body doesn't start to balk at 45+- so far so good.

Indiana- I know at this point which Gels I want to use during actual marathons (Powerade gel in chocolate or margarita), so I don't like to even try to make it through my stash of reject brands that I have at home right now, lest I be stuck with indigestion the rest of the day- also, I' m trying to lose body fat and running without reliance on sugar and carbs seems to help.

Re: McMillan - I just use him as a guideline- I hate the new site though where you have to put in a goal time- my shorter distance times actually all line up perfectly on the calculator, but my marathon was predicted at 3:46, and I ran a 3:56.  My guess is that I'm just not at peak endurance yet.

I hate to "drive by post" I will be back for personals. Wanted to give a quick update. 10 wonderful miles with zero issues from my left foot, not even a tingle!!!!! Felt amazing. Thanks CBus, two consecutive runs with no issues since parallel lacing!

8:45

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8:32

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8:37

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7:39

fastest 10 miles for me ever! Felt great!!!

Morning Donuts! My recovery day, so did not nor run this morning as I was dead tired from the weekend. Going to start running with my son 3-4 days a week to get him rdy for soccer next month. A couple miles with him tonite and maybe a couple more solo. Tough 11m LR yesterday. Felt really good 3/4 of run and just ran out of gas last few miles. DW had to work so I did not run in am like I usually do and ran late afternoon. Think that might have been a factor as i don't typical run that long late in the day. I have not had a bad run in training in awhile so i was due for one. Sorry not around much this weekend but seems I missed a lot.

Hope east coasters digging out ok from snow.

onemile - well deserved donut!

cbus - did you get Ronins?

Sprinkles - I think if you gradually increase from 35+mpw to 45mpw using 10% rule you should handle it fine. When I base build I do new mileage for 3 weeks and then cutback 5-8m rinse and repeat.

McMillian - I like to use the training paces and are pretty dead on for me. Easy paces don't seem right and tend to do them on slower end of his range. I think times are dead on for races up to HM, not so much beyond that for me anyway.

AmiK -  That hurts just reading that. lol

Cbus:  in July, we are doing a race called the Meltdown, which is a series of 3 5Ks, one at 8 AM, one at 9 AM, and one at 10 AM....I think it's around $25.  Maybe you would feel like you got your money's worth??

Pleased to report that I did 10.5 this weekend with no achilles pain.  So hopefully that short episode is over, although I was running in my 12 mms on a flatter course.

Went ahead and signed up for the Run Raleigh Half as my only spring race.  April 14.

Race table is updated. Docket, I'm jealous you're going to LA!!! One day, I'll do my hometown race, and see my family again. Josh, I didn't see a 5k yet! 

cbus - I'm probably going to get me another pair of Ronins since so cheap right now.

Hey all,

Easy 7 on the schedule, and I will do them after work. My last Speed workout comes tomorrow: 4X1200, and I'm not looking forward to it.

 

Roll, glad to hear the foot's waking up. Hope it has to do with the laces. If it comes back, I'd see a doc about it.

 

Jedi, haven't got the Ronins yet. Now I'm thinking about the new Lunaracer. But I'd have to try that one on first. I dunno, I might just get both, since the Ronin is so darn cheap. But yeah, I'm kinda tearing through my Elixir pretty quickly, so I have to do something soon.

 

Indi, Jedi, and Onemile, +1 to getting out of one's comfort zone. On a similar note, I'm really loving this Hansons Half plan. And I'm really looking forward to see what gains I get in my spring Half.

 

Indi, you're gonna love the Hansons plan.

Happy Monday Donuts!  Just time for a quick hi and update.  We were supposed to do Chest and Back this morning and then run this afternoon, but DS was throwing up at 3 AM and then came to sleep with me after that.  I didn't have the heart to wake him up so I could go work out at 4:30 so we just slept in a bit.  Hopefully, we will at least get our miles in this afternoon.  Hope you are all having a great day!