Ami, the only question I would have is: if you were slated for Corral A, will there be someone guarding Corral C who would not let you in? When I ran the Pitt half, there was a guard. He kept people in slower Corrals out, but I'm not sure what his instructions were for people with faster Corrals.

Banshee! You're not one of those bloggers - you have a legitimate running blog and aren't some undernourished overgrown teenager flitzing from one free boutique workout to the next!!!

Cbus Might mean you're overtrained- might also just mean you're tired.  I felt fine not moving at all for a week after the marathon - it was pretty damn glorious to be honest.

Docket Coughing is the worst - there was a cat at the vet before my dog went in and I broke out in hives and spent the morning wheezing! I hate allergies!

QOTD: Warmups - I have never done a warmup- I probably should for shorter races, but I'm usually there too late to do anything much.

Me: 6 miles at lunch today, today was suposed to be 12 with an SRD tomorrow- going to do 6 today, 6 tomorrow and continue with the plan, but cut the Sunday LR so I can start a little of a taper for the NYC Half.

Hi everyone.

QOTD: I warm for races if I have time and if there is space.  But for most of the shorter races I do, I live within 3 miles of some of the commonly used courses, so I just run to the start line as a warmup.  Otherwise I'll so some strides or drills to get the kinks out before the start.  Probably wouldn't warm up for a full, and haven't ever yet done so for a half or 10M.  I might try it, though.

Ami: perhaps just slide back to B if you are worried about going out too fast.

Cbus: Enjoy the time off.  Perhaps go for an easy run without a watch -- so that there is no internal pressure about pace or time -- just to get outside and see if that helps.

We were forecast to have a disgustingly heavy snowstorm today, but it ended up being a shade too warm, so we mostly got high 30s and heavy rain today with gusty winds.  I went out this afternoon for a short run, but the gusts (up to 40mph or so) had died down, and the rain had slackened to desultory, so I ended up meandering around my neighborhood for just over an hour, even through the rain and wind had picked up again near the end of the run.  I was cold and sodden when I finished up, but glad I got myself out the door.  Ended up being 7.2 easy @ 8:58.

Lol...that was my biggest concern!  If I either don't make sub 48 or I make it and don't submit (deadline for submission is Monday the 11th), what if they realize its a mistake and bump me back to preferred!

Then I don't see a problem. Unless they correct the error later and put you in a slower corral. But I guess you could cross that bridge if you ever cross it.

 

Sprink, you're probably right about me being just plumb tired. Hopefully I'll get my mojo back. And oh yeah, I totally respect your criticism of the those particular bloggers. You know your orders: smash them.

Flinders, running with a Garmin is not a problem with me. Meaning, I don't feel more relaxed without it. But I take what you are saying otherwise. Maybe a few days of easy miles will do the trick, once I get the desire to run again. I've emailed a friend of mine who is a 3hr marathoner. She said she'll give me some advice once she sees my log.

Legs felt pretty tired tonight so I just ran my 6 easy and didn't do any extra.  I have a 15 w/ 9 at MP tomorrow that I need my legs for.

Took a URD Tuesday (life and job stress) and for once in my life decided that I wouldnt even try to make up for it later in the week.  Got the scheduled 11 miles done on the hills last night at 9:10 avg pace.  Nice run. Snow on the gound and a lot of deer moving. My left ankle is a little wonky this morning but today is an SRD so I will just take it easy.

Nice running going on in here!

QOTD-I will warm up for anything less than a half.  I will bounce around a little bit before a half.