[donskiman]

<p>Daily run. Kept it slow and easy. Race tomorrow. Good chance this will be the first time my son will beat me. I'm not going to just hand it to him though. He'll have to run hard and earn it. Should be fun.</p>
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<p>49m 58s - 5.59 miles - 08m 56s/Mi<br><br>
8:30 AM <br><br><br>
Equipment: Nike Pegasus 08/11<br><br>
Warm/upper 60s - Sunny and light wind. Crwaford/Grinnell/Bradley to trail to Main/Esther/Widefield/Hackberry to Community Center trail to Lindstrom/Upton/home. Short slow easy effort. Stretching afterward.</p>

 

[Thor]

<p>Good afternoon, TEAM LIT!</p>
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<p>Don: Good luck tomorrow. As for your son, you knew it was coming. Enjoy it. Because it's a special thing that you can share.</p>
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<p>Me...</p>
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<p>18 mile long run with speed early this morning with a few others. Went like this:</p>
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<p>o WU - 3 miles easy ~7:30 pace</p>
<p>o 5 miles @ 6:40</p>
<p>o 1 mile jog</p>
<p>o 3 miles @ 6:25</p>
<p>o 1 mile jog</p>
<p>o 1 mile ramp to tempo pacing</p>
<p>o 2.5 miles @ 6:20 or under</p>
<p>o CD - .5 mile</p>
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<p>*Solid run for me. Finally felt a little better out there running hard. Not to say I feel great; I did not. But this was in the right direction for a change. Finished very strong, body still feeling beat up, but thankfully not as much as the last few weeks. Good confidence booster going into my marathon in a few weeks. I know it will be ugly trying to hold sub-3 hour pace, but I'll give it a go. The hope is to hold pace through 20 and then hold on best I can to salvage (not slow too much) a BQ-10 to BQ-20 for 2013 (I'm already in for 2012, and next year my qualifying time will drop to 3:15, so BQ-10 is 3:05, BQ-15 is 3:00, and BQ-20 is 2:55).</p>
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<p>Great weekend, friends!</p>

 

[zojmn151]

<p>Nice job Thor!</p>
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<p>Good luck Don...</p>
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<p>recovering (finally) from my cold, and yesterday's DOR did me some good.  1/2 hour on the trainer this am just to get things moving...and now onto house cleaning!</p>

 

[jenotter]

<p>Nice workouts everyone! Don - good luck tomorrow!!! Thor...glad you felt better today after your LR. Zojmn - glad you're on the mend!!</p>
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<p>17 hilly miles in the books today - about 2000 total feet of climbing which isn't bad for a road run around home! Nutrition was pretty good except for not quite enough fluids early on. Interestingly, last week's long run was a mile shorter and flat, and I felt horrible at the end. Today...tired, but feeling ok.</p>
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<p>Race for the Cure (5K) tomorrow...I'll race it, but the pace will depend on how the legs are feeling. It's a pretty hilly route, no chip timing, and crowded, so I'm always a minute or two off my normal 5K time...but love being out there with so many people in support of a great cause.</p>

 

[regiolanthe]

<p>Seacoast Century Day 1 - 107+ miles; 17.3 avg. Messed the route up again. Maybe 4th time's the charm!</p>
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<p>Century Day 2 planned for tomorrow. Hopefully no showers/mist in the morning.</p>
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<p>Geo.</p>

 

[cak73]

<p>Thor...which marathon?  Baystate?</p>
<p>Nice run, Jen!</p>
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<p>Dog walking and yard work for me today.</p>

 

[Yo Sake]

3200yd group swim. Happy to have the group workout back thus fall. Then mtb, but had to bail after 30min due to a fall which literally took my breath away......<br>

 

[pcsronbo]

<p>90min DT Massage</p>
<p>50min ride, my normal loop. Hauled ass on it, finished 30min which is about 90s off PR pace. Felt good. Race prep for tommorow.</p>
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<p>Lots of walking with boys doing popcorn sales - 3miles?</p>
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[AdCo]

<p>9 hours or sanding, painting, and moving stuff around.. Coming down the home stretch on my parents place. a few more weeks and they will be moved and done. </p>