Fly on the Wall

Cool picture.

Have you ran Painter's before?

I'm still seeing your kids with the legs. Must be my computer.

Those are very nice even splits for 4 mile tempo. Yes, you can imagine running that pace for 13.1. No, you won't keep it at that pace. On the uphill you'll be running 6:56 or 7:06; on the downhill you'll be doing 6:36 or 6:26, blah blah blah. Factor in the adrenaline, you will be running 6:06 a good portion of the course. It's only week 3 of your 9 weeks schedule. There are still 45 days to train. I'd say you're right on target. Unless we catch you slacking. :)

Cool picture!!!

I was thinking the same thing when I ran that 5k last week. I was planning on running Painter's between 9:45 and 10:00 min pace. I might have to bump that up a little. But who knows, maybe the lower elevation help me. It usually does.

Half marathon pace never feels right during training. Trust the race day magic.

Oh thank you all for the warm and fuzzy comments. I kind of needed that right now.

I ran Painters in 07, which was 2 years ago. It was the year of frigid cold.

Fly,

You know you will ace Painters and you know that you will keep whatever pace you need to (isn't that what you always do? Yes.).

Btw, on a side note: I now and then look over some of the comments on the infamous never-ending discussion where you occasionally post. I know myself well enough to know that I have to be careful with what I say and to whom or I can cause myself a lot of restless nights (horrible that I let things bother me so much sometimes when I feel strongly about something). Anyway, I appreciate your "off the cuff" comments. I love that people can discuss such topics, but hate that religion can cause so much hurt. Anyway ... I have already said too much.

Laters!

Just to clarify what I said ... I do love religion, especially when it is used to love, serve, and uplift others (which I believe is what its purpose is). I have just seen it inappropriately used(in history and in my personal life)more often than I would like to admit. That's all.

(I actually tried to delete my previous comment, but the computer wouldn't let me. I have no problems having these type of conversations with individuals, but am not quite comfortable in a situation like this.)

Hope you don't think I'm crazy!!

I'll stick to running and pullup conversations from now on!! :)

Hey Fly, do you know if there is an elevation chart for Painters available anywhere?

oh, and great job on your tempo run! i think you could do that over 13.1 (for similar reasons stated by Smooth)

Cal,

I have the elevation on my watch. I'm trying to figure out how to download/copy it right now.

Sorry Cal ... for the life of me I can't figure it out!

Just want to say you're awesome-sauce.

Great work out man. That was a tough run. I havent ran Painters so not sure what goal pace I will have. From what it sounds like your going for a 1:30 that would be awesome. Clean clear plans. You will do awesome.

Cal, I don't know of an elevation chart but there are a couple of course tools for it.

Log in, click on the "course tool" link on the left, click on the "show all courses link," then search or scroll down and you'll find tools for Painters 08 and 07. You probably already know all this but if you click on "Analyze" you can enter a goal pace or finish time and it will provide split times adjusted for elevation change.

I haven't yet figured out how the tool works and I'm not sure how accurate it is. The splits given for 07 and 08 are a bit different.

Teena, I'm glad you could not delete that post. It and the subsequent one uplifted my spirit emensly. Thank you.

And thank you Kungfublonde.

Rachel's stepdad works for the NPS. The girls called him Papa Yosemite. After he transferred to Death Valley, they didn't update his name, thankfully.