All my baby runners are out of town for the long weekend or busy with family stuff, so I decided I’d take another rest day. DH was up early to go ride though, so I was up and noticed it was cloudy (it was already 80 degrees, but cloudy) so I put on my running clothes and went out for a few miles. 5.7 was enough, and of course there was full sun by then. A quick jump in the pool and I feel brand new.

Woohoo!  Hoping you ladies are having fun!

I have 6 and weights.  I got home too late last night so I only ran 5 then.

Good luck and have fun everyone!

Woke up at noon, then napped till 3pm. Yes. 3pm. Excuses being 1) it was a tough week 2) K let me. While first is not a good one (every week is), second one is rare.

It's insanely hot out there. Going out for 2-3mi to earn that beer

Edit: funny how 10+mi runs are usually uneventful, but this (only) 3mi run involved seeing a deer and meeting a little piece of crap dog that decided to attack my leg and leave a mark. Meh. I am taking ''no big deal, just a little pissed off'' about the dog part, can't say the same about DH.

Diane, pools are a lot of work unless you have a service to keep them clean. But I agree the thought of coming back from a run and jumping in the pool is tempting.

Elina, I would be ticked at the dog and especially at the owner.

Karen, sounds like you did enough mileage -- you did do a marathon last week!

Damaris, where did you order the GUs from? Not planning to order some, just curious.

We are getting ready to leave for the race. Horrible conditions -- we are out of diet Coke! Must stop.

And great news -- the two kittens who went back to be fixed and adopted on Wednesday were adopted together on Friday afternoon. I didn't think they would be in the center for long, however I'm really glad Jacques and Jericho went together.

Cool, cloudy, not windy. Hope we have an uneventful event!

Taking the day off from running today. I decided I'd let myself rest as much as I felt like this past week, and that includes today. Probably a little bit of swimming (very little as I'm still so bad at it) and maybe even some time on the bike trainer at some point today. But for now, I drink coffee and hang out with the dog. Tomorrow I start back training hard, including OTF and strength training and building up lots and lots of miles.

The Maine people should all be out running by now - hope they are having a wonderful time!

Elina, wow, nice job on the sleep.

Damaris, I have a large box of Gu headed my way as well. I always buy the 24 packs, but noticed there was no difference in price per unit between the 8 and 24, so branched out into 8 packs of a couple other flavors I haven't had in awhile. I did get a 24 pack of the birthday cake.

Diane, nice job on the 10! I am having trouble motivating in this heat. I see in m fb memories that it was just as hot last year, but I don't remember it being that hard to get out the door then. The pool is nice - I don't know how you do SE TX without one. Really not much work, especially for me as DH keeps on top of it. Just check the chemistry and add what's needed once/week and brush the sides once/week and that's about it. Well worth about 1/2 hour a week of his time!

Tessa, no diet coke?!?!? I hope you survived. Were there no Costcos between Detroit and Maine to stop and buy a few cases? I guess you guys were in Canada for a part of it, are there Costcos in Canada? Awesome on the kittens being adopted together.

Hi ladies!

I have been sticking to my guns and resting this weekend. I got antsy today so I did hit up the local gym this morning and did 45 minutes on the stairmaster. I did 45 minutes with intervals. WHEW. Whooped my BUTT!! Did a few arm weight machines..but really wasn't in the mood. I am going to start adding in the miles tomorrow. Would like to get in 6..but with dewpoints in the 70's..I may only make it 1. LOL. I meant to pack my running water bottle with me but forgot! We will see how it goes.

Rain rain rain rain. We haven't seen any sunshine since we got here..and probably won't for a while. We are bummed...we did some shopping yesterday at the outlets but once it started pouring yesterday afternoon it wasn't that fun. Though, we did go by the Nike outlet and I bought 3 new pairs of shorts! WOOT WOOT. We may go home early if its still yucky by Tuesday. SUCKS. I hate that I took time off to be stuck inside Probably just hanging out in the condo today

I feel bad for HCBF because I have been grumpy. I know I know..nothing I can do about the weather...I think its some marathon blues, too. I need some sunnnshhhiinnneeee.

Kilmisters - I wish I could sleep as long as you do! A dog got your leg?! I love dogs, but if one got me or tried..I would pepper spray it. haha.

Diane - Nice 10 yesterday!

Tessa - Great news on the kittens! Good luck out there today! Don’t forget the Diet Coke

Docket - Wow, that is a great deal on the GU’s! Good luck on the run later! I am going to attempt the nasty dew point run in the morning..I may only make it 1 mile. LOL. I hope your AC doesn’t go out!

Karen - You have had a great rest week Is your plan all together for the 100 miler? What weekly mileage are you starting at?

Pineland crew - HOPE YOU ARE KILLING IT OUT THERE!!!

Happy Sunday.

Hope everyone is enjoying Maine!

6.5 miles this morning. It was hot & humid out. I did intervals and nearly quit  on the last set, I was feeling miserable. The last 2 miles home were awful.

We had an above ground pool for a while, it came with the house. It was a ton of work to get the stupid thing ready. It was nice to come back from a run and jump in briefly to cool off. I would just put on a pair of bathing suit bottoms & leave my sports bra & tank on . Looked close enough to a bathing suit. It also got old because we had neighbors who would stand on their deck and look longingly at the pool, exclaim "oh, that looks so nice" to wait for an invite. Get your own pool & spend $100s on chemicals and time cleaning it.