Happy Saturday Donuts!  Just finished my 12-mile long run for the week.  I decided I would work on my discipline today and I think I did pretty well!  I did a warm-up mile, and then 10 miles @ 8:55/mile (my LR pace per Hanson is 8:50-9:10), and then a cool-down mile.  Here are my splits for the 10:  8:57, 9:01, 8:55, 8:55, 8:52, 8:54, 8:53, 8:52, 8:54, 8:55!  I was pretty pleased considering the first half was fairly hilly and the second half was into the wind.  I really wanted to turn around on the second half so I wouldn't be into the wind as much, but I kept hearing Indy tell me to "suck it up!"  I also got pretty tired around mile 7-8, and I wanted to speed up and just get it over with, but then I thought about CBus log stalking me and kept with my pace.  All in all, it was a great run in nice weather so can't really ask for more than that!  DH and I are going downtown to check out the poker room at the new Horseshoe casino this afternoon, so that should be fun.  Hope you are all having a great day!

Flinders:  Congrats on the PR...awesome!

Onemile:  The nice weather won't last but I am enjoying it for now.  Enjoy your 8.

Roll:  Nice speedy 5!

CBus:  Glad to see you are still running and back on track!

To others racing:  Good luck!!

Josh:  Nice tempo in cold weather!

Indy:  Nice 11...I hope your calf is feeling better!

Flinders - that's owning it for sure. Congrats! Have a donut Or three

Congrats Flinders !!! Your time is my dream time.  I

It's snowing here the day before the half.  I guess I am going to wear long sleeves tomorrow- maybe long sleeves and shorts...or capris...I hate being overly warm.  The temp is going to be 30 in the morning though, and yuck to that.  That's what my last half was and I wore long sleeves.  I want to do really well in this race because I went out too fast, puked, crashed and burned in 2:07 at DC last year.  NYC is my redemption run.

Flinders - Pretty bad ass

Amik - Nice solid run

Sprinkles - Good luck tomorrow

Absolutely miserable weather here today so will "try" to get my recovery miles on the TM later tonight.  Looks even worse tomorrow for my 20.  Maybe its the excuse I need to taper this week so I can race my half next Saturday?  The only time I can get outside tomorrow its supposed to be windy and 12F.  Running 3+ hours in that can't be good for you can it?  I'm thinking of dropping tomorrow to 12 and dropping my 14 on Wednesday to 8 so I can race my race on fresher legs.  Just talking outloud

Thanks, everyone!  RR is up in its own thread if you need a novel to read.

Ami:  Nice pacing on your LR!  Now that I have a Garmin, I'm starting to learn how much fun those sorts of games can be.

Cbus: Nice run, for you, too!  How are you feeling?  Is the mojo coming back?

Josh: If I were in your shoes, I'd do the mini taper and perhaps tack on a mile or two to each of your easy runs during the week to keep up your volume.  I'd also cut any speed this week, too; the race will make up for the missed training stimuli from the speedwork.  I am also glad I don't have to deal with your weather.  When it is suffocatingly hot and humid in the summer, I can just put on a t-shirt and shorts and run before dawn, and I'm fine.

Sprinkles:  Good luck tomorrow!  Smash the sparkles!  You have a year more of running and racing under your belt, so redemption will be yours!

Roll:  I skipped the donuts because I walked home from the race rather than taking the subway (there is a DD right by my stop...a frequent pit stop after races when I Metro home), but by the end of the day will have demolished at least one pint of ice cream (B&J's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, for the connoisseurs among us.  And there is a pint of gelato in my freezer, too that might not be long for this world).

I'm visualizing an 8:01 pace on my watch.  8:01. 8:01. 1:44:59.

Really, anything sub 1:49 is ace.  I have a feeling I can execute this shebang.  Plus, there will be a venti coffee awaiting me at the finish line.

Good luck Sprinkles!