I am overdue to post, several days and about eight pages went by!

Balaclava, a town in what is now the Ukraine, was the site of a famous battle of the Crimean war. The area was called the Crimea back in 1854 when the battle took place and was, I think, part of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. The Russians were beaten by the combined British/Turkish forces after a Russian attack was withstood by the "thin red line", leading to a counter by the Heavy Brigade and then as the Russians had re-formed on higher ground an order from Lord Raglan was misunderstood, which led to the disastrous heroics of the Light Brigade. Interestingly, a second article of clothing is connected to Lord Raglan- the Raglan sleeved sweater was designed to be easier to put on and take off- Lord Raglan had had an arm amputated in the Napoleonic War. (Useless, but I hope interesting product of a classical education!)

Great mileage by Docket, Indy, Banshee and Cbus! (And maybe others...) Weather allowing I am sure you will do great at Goofy, Docket.

Congratulations on your PR, Twofoot, not a PR course!

Banshee, well done! CMB, 20 miles, good job!

I have started with a pace group on two occasions, the first group started out much too fast but later slowed down so I passed them, the second was just a touch fast and I passed the pace bunny about 11 miles into a half. I finished in 1:43 and heard the announcer telling the crowd the 1:45 pace group crossed the line 10 seconds ahead of schedule- that's great pacing! So can be good or bad, most groups walk/run, which is not what I do so not a great help to me.

I ran only twice this week for about 17 miles total- but I have a plan!

I am discarding my mileage goal for the year and making a goal of running 180 times for the year. If I am consistent my training will be better and the miles will take care of themselves.

I looked back over my log for the past 5 years and found 173 is the most runs I have previously done, and was also the highest mileage year. The number of runs and miles lined up for all the years, and I found when I ran more often the average distance per run was consistently higher, not just the annual total. So that's my new plan.

And I just got home after a long day in Court.  Let's just say I'm glad it's an SRD.

Docket, yeah, i'm on my second soft strap in the last 6 months.  I found a hard (old) strap here in Calgary so picking it up tomorrow.  I used to use the old strap but my dog destroyed it

Hi all.

Good luck to all who are racing this week!  As Cbus says, smash it!  Trust the training; trust the taper.

My hip is getting better.  It was slightly sore this morning, and was only slightly tired on my short run at lunch.  I spent some time at the gym doing some hip and glute exercises in addition to the leg work I had scheduled.

3.5 @ 8:50 at lunch.  Leg work plus hip/glute exercises at the gym after work, plus 30 minutes on the stationary bike (15 w/u; 15 c/d).

 

 

 Sprinkles – I am very interested in your first go around with Pfitz.  Please be descriptive in how you feel about your training.  (make your log public?)

 

 

Indiana-  I haven't figured out how to log my stuff on here and link it to the garmin- thus far I have been using Garmin connect.  I guess next Tuesday I will give it a go and see if I can get the data in here.  I'm curious to see how it goes as well.

Racers- SMASH IT THIS WEEKEND!

Me- I was originally planning on getting a few miles in, but work kept me there a little later than expected and then I had to meet a friend for a few hours, so I missed out on the miles.  Tomorrow is a Graston day- one last tune up before the training begins.  I'll be focusing on calves, hamstrings and another SI adjustment.  I get to fast tomorrow because I'm going in for my RMR test and meeting with a sports nutritionist to see if I can (1) get my training nutrition up to par, and (2) work on my GI issues.

Morning!  I have 8 miles with strides tonight.  Allergy shot in an hour, so hoping for no reaction this time around.

Have a nice day all.  I'll be super busy all week, bah!  At least I'm off to Orlando on Friday, yay.

Well, I wasn't successful this morning.

Calf/soleus started to tighten up and hurt 1/2 mile into the run.

Stopped and stretched it.

Got on the elliptical and finished without issue.

Stretched afterwards and I could feel it, but nothing like 3 weeks ago.

Iced it when I got home.

So...the verdict is that I didn't reinjure it, but I did aggravate it.  It's stiff and the achilles and tendon near the inner ankle are slightly sore.  I'm wondering if this is a tendon/tendonitis thing?  Looks like a trip to the sports doc is in my near future.  Argh!!

Indy:  You didn't miss anything.  It was over after Bama's 1st TD.  They were bigger, faster, and stronger.  I feel for ND's players, but they got exposed.

cmb:  Feel better!

Onemile - I go with the "If its not in the chest..." rule. If I didnt have a fever, or I didnt have body aches and chest congestion, I would run. But thats me. Ive heard different folks say not to run if you have a cold, etc... but I always do with the exceptions previously mentioned.

mdawg - sorry to hear about the calf issues still being there. Glad you actually have a sport doc to talk about it with. Its a shame when a game that carries with it the stigma of the BCS championship (whatever that supposedly means) ends up being like the game last night. I am an FSU fan, and the Orange bowl was a joke. NIU had no business being on the field with FSU and all it did was show that the BCS ranking system and invitation system is a crock of poo.