30's Sat Sugust 25

Way to go <b>Korbel</b>! Can't wait to read your race report.<br><br><b>Diane:</b> Hope your leg feels better.<br><br><b>Nettie:</b> You too, take care of that stomach.<br><br>
I'm new to this running stuff ... what exactly is recovery type food? I mean, I eat healthily, but I don't follow any specific running diets or anything. Please educate me.

actually...my teva sandals are about done... i'm looking for new ones to hike in... hmm....

girl...i already do! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy">

Hey <b>Doc,</b> good to see ya online.<br>
Way to go, <b>korbel!</b><br><br><br>
Had an excellent time meeting the lovely <b>Jill</b> this morning for our run. I was hurting this morning (migraine, stomach, hmmm sounds vaguely like a hangover) and almost bailed but I am so glad I got to meet her and get my butt out there again.<br><br>
Well it took to long to catch up, now DD wants to watch a movie in her room so I have to run....

<b>Dom</b> - you are amazing. I can't wait to read the report, but until then I know you've made us proud!! Well done!!!

Nice work <b>Korbel</b>.<br><br>
I'm just back in from a 36 mile bike ride with my neighbor. He's a semi-retired 53 year old dentist with a $2000+ bike. I'm a fully employed 42 year old geek with a 19 year old vintage steel Trek. Didn't matter, we had a great ride. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Smile">

Great job Korbie! I am looking forward to reading that RR too! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Smile"><br><br><b>Mary</b> I don't think I ever gave you a shoutout for your 5 miler yesterday! Woohoo!!<br><br>
It's still raining here! Yea!! We need it so bad. At first it was the torrential pouring rain, but now it's just a nice steady rain. Hopefully will get rid of all that dog poo that's been building up around the apt. complex and STINKS in the morning when I run! I''m trying to enjoy my last fading hours of relaxing while I do the laundry, dishes, make dinner, etc etc. Sigh. Might watch my netflix movie later! Would like to get the queue moving. I still have my first one from 3 weeks ago! D'oh!

Great job on the relay <b>Korbs</b>!!!<br><br>
Very pleasant 23 mile bike ride today ...nice to give my running legs a rest but still get out there. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink">

Good afternoon everyone. I am enjoying my first cup of coffee for the day and trying to wake up. I slept pretty good last night, but I did not want to get out of bed today.<br><b><br>
Korbel</b> - congrats on the relay. I can't wait to read the full report.<br><br><b>Diane</b> - I hope your leg feels better soon.<br><br><b>Nettie</b> - sorry to hear you don't feel well.<br><br>
Well I was susposed to go shopping this afternoon for new house phones, but I don't want to go outside. It is way too darn hot.

<b>Dom</b> - just gonna echo what everyone has already said: made us proud. Can't wait to read the full report.

I received a nice unexpected compliment at church today. There is a person from church who I see at the park from time to time walking. I tried to get him interested in cool runnings and the c25k program way back in March. Today in passing he said "you must be still on that cool runnings program. I can tell it's working you have lost weight." I told him I finally finished it after 5 months due to two delays with runners knee.<br><br>
That was cool to get a compliment. I mentioned before I have my eyes fixed on that darn scale which tells me I have not lost a pound. Yet I am almost an inch slimmer in the waist. Anyway he's the second person, sister being the second, who said they thought I had lost weight. That's nice motivation to keep going and to be a good boy with my eating habits. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/headbang.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="headbang">

<b>Map</b> - I agree it is nice when people notice. Congrats.

Looks like it's a day for some nice long bike rides - just got back from a 25-miler myself through some lovely back country roads. The <b>Thumb of God</b> winds on the way back weren't nice, but that's the type of stuff that makes you stronger. And speaking of post-workout nutrition, In N Out Burgers have a 4:1 ratio of carbs and protein....or at least, it's nice to think they do anyway <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><br><br><b>Dom</b> - Congrats! Sounds like you had a terrific experience - can't wait to hear the full RR from you<br><br>
Get better vibes to <b>Diane's</b> leg and <b>Nettie's</b> tummy<br><br><b>Maples</b> - if you keep at it, it won't be long before everyone starts noticing. For me, it was erratic notice, but then came a torrent as the transformation kept going. Keep up the good work!

<b>dom</b> I look forward to your report, though I'm afeared it may bring back some nightmares of my failed relay attempt. I've run doubles many times, but 5 runs in roughly 24 hours in heat, humidity with hills was more than Team Lactic Ass could handle!

Geez o' Pete, <b>Dom</b>, you are KILLIN' it with these races. I'm very impressed.<br><br>
BTW, I wish I had been checking in and known you were going to do this, I <i>totally (like totally)</i> would have come out to cheer you through that last 4.2. I was near that area today, anyway. Moargh.<br><br>
BTW, I think you came up with the t-shirt slogan. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"> Or <b>Voo</b> did. Someone did.<br><br>
For me, I <b>did</b> my 6, thank you. As long as my beak is forward, I'm fine.

Can I just say, how jealous I am of everyone's runs this weekend (<b>yay! Dom and Prae</b>!!!!!) esp now that i've gotten some of my running interest back, and how much it SUCKS that I couldn't run this weekend???? (I know, I could have, but trust me, I don't want this lung thing to stick around any longer than it needs to and I'm wary of running with it. <i>Bronchial hyper responsiveness</i>, as it's known, sucks gigantic weiners.<br><br>
The golf tourney was fun. I was really really intimidated when we got to the country club (because frankly, my golfing experience is quite limited and I'm not a country club kinda gal), but I did ok and we had a good time. I can <i>putt</i>...who knew? And I hit a couple of nice drives and chipped a couple of shots well, so it was ok. We came in last though. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Sad">

<b>Korbel</b>, can't wait to hear the full report!<br><b><br>
Moe</b>, so did you use the mouse shoes? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Smile"><br><br>
Thanks for all the concern about my tummy! After I took a nap, I woke up and did my 12. I took my strap-on with some diluted Gatorade Endurance and I gotta say it worked out nicely!

Hi all,<br><br>
Hope you all had a great weekend.<br><br>
It was warm and humid here this weekend, but I got my runs in and hit the plan for the Pfitz/Douglas 18/70 plan.<br><br>
Today was my last 20+ run before the marathon in (gulp) less than 3 weeks.<br><br>
For those of you who know the Pfitz plans, I completed an extended Mesocycle #3 today.<br><br>
For those not familiar with Pfitz plans, let's put it simply. <b>LET THE TAPER BEGIN</b>.<br><br>
Honestly, not a moment too soon. My legs are a bit worn out, and I'm hoping they'll bounce back a bit with the taper, and hopefully they'll be frisky for the race. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Smile"><br><br>
And I do have to say, there is one nice benefit of doing these runs up at the parents' cottage. When the run is over, if I'm hot and sweaty, I just go jump in the lake. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Cool"><br><br>
Saw a family of 8 wild turkeys on my run this morning. That was pretty cool.<br><br>
Full details on Friday's, Saturday's and Sunday's run can be found over in The Finish Line forum. To summarize:<br><br>
Friday was 8 miles with 8x100m strides and 100m recoveries between each stride. Felt pretty good. Averaged 8:35.1 per mile, and the mile with the strides and recoveries came in at 7:20.9. It 86 degrees with a dew point in the high 60s.<br><br>
Saturday was a 5 mile recovery run. Felt pretty good, but it was warm and humid and my HR went a lot higher than I would have liked. Averaged 9:32's over a very hilly course in very warm weather.<br><br>
Sunday was a 20.2 mile run. I didn't run the course I wanted to run because of the humidity. I would have never gotten through the course I wanted to run as the hills on part of that course are absolute killers. As it is the course I did was very hilly. I was very slow this morning, averaging 10:23.6 per mile. Very humid for the first 12 miles or so, then the wind shifted and the humidity started coming down. Some clouds rolled in too or I would never have gotten through the final climbs.