[Thor]

<p>Gooooooood Mornnnnnnning, TEAM LIT!</p>
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<p>Stiff and sore but otherwise feeling good. Going out to rake leaves right now or, well, at least suck them up with the mower! Hope your day goes just as well.</p>
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<p>Me...</p>
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<p>1 mile keep-the-streak alive RUN (I actually ran the whole thing!) early this morning!</p>
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<p>Make it an ULTRA great day, Peeps!</p>
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<p>ps THANK YOU to all for such great words on my race yesterday. Still hard to believe that I pulled that sucker off and finished the way I did. Pretty amazing to think that my longest run was 3 hours yet after 9 hours I was still going pretty strong! Yeah baby, 50 miles!</p>

 

[Yo Sake]

<p>Congrats, Thor - Ultramarathoner!!!!!  Is this the kind of race you are heading toward in coming years?</p>
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<p>10miles or so on a beautiful Grand Traver Resort golf course w/ DH.  A loose plan was to run about 5miles or so together, come back to the health club to grab some water, and him to go back to the room and me to continue another 5miles or so on my own.  (DH raced almost 3hrs yesterday...).  But a sunny, gorgeous early winter day (some snow on the grass) with a beautiful view of Grand Traverse Bay along with never ending golf-cart path took him to stay with me for the whole way.  Nice and easy pace run.  After 4wks of 40+mpw, I feel pretty good and time to taper a bit.  2wks to the goal half.  </p>
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<p>Enjoy your Sunday!   </p>

 

[juliemboyle]

<p>Was supposed to do 9-10 mile run today but my right knee feels slightly tweaked so I took the "the hay is in the barn" mentality and opted to hop on the trainer instead.  Uphill Grind with my BF (yes, we are back together again!  <img alt="wink.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//wink.gif">) How could I possibly forget how hard he can kick my a$$?  I haven't sweat that much in ages!!  OY</p>
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<p>Enjoy the day and GO PATS!</p>

 

[pcsronbo]

<p>Antibiotics are working. I slept 5 hours and then 3 more. That's basically a normal night + some! I feel IMMENSELY better. I bet I did indeed have strep or something similar, because this dramatic turn came about 12-24hours after I started antibiotics. Now I can get back to the business of recovering.</p>
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<p>Sticking around the house to further the recovery. Would rather have been out on a 3hr Z2 ride w/ Alaska Mike and Niemsco thought. Our plans fell apart, but it would have been about 35 degrees or so at the start <img alt="smile.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//smile.gif"></p>

 

[4boysmom]

<p>Thor--NICELY DONE!!!</p>
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<p>I got knocked flat with some killer cold.  I never really felt that bad, just couldn't breathe due to coughing.  And I lost my voice.</p>
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<p>Back to the fishbowl for an uneventful 2500m.  Felt good to get moving again after being sick since Thursday.  Warm moist air did the trick.</p>
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<p>Last minute planning for my trip to AZ.  Flying into Tucson to spend a couple days with my parents.  Somehow I need to get to Phoenix on Thursday and find a place to stay overnight.  Friday is the start to Susan Koman 3-Day for the Cure.  20miles each day.  Just found out that there is NO RUNNING allowed.  Uh oh...  All my training has been running, no walking at all.  Should be interesting.</p>

 

[niemsco]

<p>Yesterday ran 15K at 7:04 pace.  Ah I need to pick it up soon, I need to be running those around 6:30 or better.  Just not a lot of motivation yet to get training again.  I did a 5 mile easy run today, I just thought that might be good to do to get the blood flowing. Originally I just wanted to sit on my butt.  Hopefully I'll try again next week to get my training going.</p>

 

[hobey]

<p>7-ish mile run this morning. Ran a bit more than planned since I started seeing cars with cross bling driving around so I detoured to the fairgrounds to check out today's Cross Crusade. Got home in time to see the finish at NYC. Incredible run by Shalane today!</p>

 

[miles99999]

<p>Great job Thor!</p>
<p>Nice run Yoshi!</p>
<p>Good to see you are feeling better Ronbo!</p>
<p>Fast, solid run Scott!</p>
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<p>I think that is enough exclamation points for now.</p>
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<p>Me:  Got out of the house at 7AM and did an easy 13.1 mile run in about 1:54:00.  I was supposed to go for 2 hours but I needed to accompany my family to church.  My right quad is still a bit sore, but no "pain".  I have an hour ride on the trainer set for later on today.  Two weeks away from IMAZ!!!</p>
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<p>Have a great day everyone! (well one more exclamation point)</p>

 

[SpartyGirl]

<p>Thor - Nice work out there!</p>
<p>Yoshiko - Congrats to DH for finishing Iceman!!  Will you be signing up next year? <img alt="wink.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//wink.gif"></p>
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<p>Spent an hour raking this morning may try to add something else to the schedule if I ever get the laundry and grocery shopping done...</p>
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<p>Happy Sunday Fun day!</p>

 

[cak73]

<p>Ran.  Just shy of 10K.  Felt pretty awesome!</p>
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<p>Julie...I need to hook up with your BF this Fall/Winter...  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif" title=""></p>

 

[MBannon]

<p>50 miles...my gosh.  Great job, Thor!</p>
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<p>Rest day for me.  Making a big pot of chili and working on a website.</p>

 

[kburnell]

Good workouts everyone! And nice race thor!<br><br>
I'm stock, but I managed to get in a 4.75 mile run.

 

[riley0003]

<p>Congrats, Thor!</p>
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<p>Not too much for me; I did a one hour spin class and I felt strong throughout.  Then marathon-watching on TV, and then we went to see the Movie RED, which was fun.</p>
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<p>Feeling very inspired to increase my milage after seeing the marathon again.</p>
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<p>Susan</p>

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

<p>I ran the sidelines as AR for DS2's club game - 0-0 tie. Officiating sucked.</p>

 

[neil donnelly]

<p>Thor - you are a nutjob - really impressive but still a nutjob - should probably be locked up for your own safety.</p>
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<p>40 mins running this morning before a 2 hr rugby session with my kiddies - 1st cold sunday over here so a lot of moans from the boys about having cold fingers but the kept at it and played anyway.</p>
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[1Topodope]

<p>Congrats Thor!  Welcome to the Ultra club <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif" style="width:33px;height:35px;" title=""></p>
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<p>10 trail miles for me today.  It's nice to be back out in the woods....</p>

 

[zojmn151]

<p>Nice job Thor!!</p>
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<p>Ran w/DD and DS this am...both kids want to do a 5K in about 3 weeks, so trying to get them up to snuff...DS ran cross country so he'll be ok, DD needs to get her mileag up.  ;p  Overall about 3.7 miles for me, 3 for DS and ~1.5 for DD.  We'll get her there!  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/cool.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;" title=""></p>

 

[namhela]

<p>Been in the Smoky Mtns last week.   Just nice to get away from work and everything.  Basically just spoiled myself and prolly gained a few pounds and out of shape now.     This week would be interesting....  </p>

 

[em73]

<p>nice job, Thor.  you're a nut.<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif" style="width:29px;height:15px;" title=""></p>
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<p>I spent the weekend in scenic Harrisonburg, VA at my sister's shower - no real exercise although I started both days with some PT exercises and pilates since the hotel bed killed my back.   </p>

 

[KitKat]

<p>First run since my trail race last Sunday.  This cold has really sucked the energy out of me.  Ran for 30 minutes which felt okay but wasa little draggy by the end.</p>