Kathie!!! Nice workout! I need to do some yoga tonight, hadn't done one all week. How many are you running tomorrow and where?

Yes ... how many are you running tomorrow? Is anyone running at the Olympic Oval again?

And Kathie, how in the world do you do that at 11% resistance? That would literally kill me!

I Think I will run 11 miles with the SDRR tomorrow. I will just go early and put in extra miles. Is there a group going to the Oval? How long is it I am not sure if I could go around in circles for 11 miles. With my new coat the cold is not that bad so I would rather be outside. (I am going in circles for most of my life so I need a break while I run)

Teena about the 11% resistance you could do it if you weighed as much as me for sure! It is all about putting the extra pounds to work!

You are so funny Kathie!!

I don't think there is a group going there, I was just hoping that there might be. I will likely run at the gym. When it gets too cold and windy my asthma gives me major problems and I often get really sick as a result. So ... probably the very boring treadmill for me. Stink!

good idea getting out for a run tomorrow Kathie. Teena, that is a wise decision running on the treadmill so you don't get sick.

Should I be offended?

No Andy not at all you guys were killing me! I thought for sure I would get home and have these killer splits. I think the 8:26 did me in.

AWESOME run. What's with the 0.1? Couldn't you just stop at 11.0??!! :)

Smooth normally I round all my post down but I decided I would post the whole run. It gave me an extra half mile for the week! If I ever want to get 3000 miles I have to count EVERYTHING! :)

Kathie...

That was an awesome run!!!

I don't know what you could do to make your legs stronger. I have the same problem and it seems like we're doing everything right.

Dale

Hmm I think that the burn will come later. Or at least that is what I think will happen when you get close to that puke pace or something. I dont think in my training I have ever had that lung burning feeling either. If anything Kathie sounds like you haven't hit your peak potential is what it says to me. Very nice workout. 10 of them too. DANG!!!

WOW Kathie!!! 10 x 400 meters at 7:30 pace???!!! That's an awesome speed workout. Sounds like you have excellent VO2Max capacity. It's just a matter of time and consistent training for your leg muscles to catch up. Speed work outs are hard. Speed work outs help to train the fast twitch muscles. I like to allow half of the time it takes to do the interval for recovery. Another thing to remember is concentrate on running form. These speed work outs will help with running efficiency.

Great workout. Just keep doing what your doing and your legs will get stronger. You may want to try some bounding and other jumping exercises to increase leg strength as well.

Guess what! Meg said the same thing about her legs to me this morning as we were doing our striders. I think it's very normal to feel fatigue in your legs when your running hard. If you don't, you probably need to be working harder. Great workout!! Your legs will get stronger as you continue to run but you could always add some weight training and/or short uphill sprints. I like Rhett's ideas as well.

Great run! I think you should just consider yourself lucky about your cardio abilities! It drives people crazy sometimes but I am always able to talk while I am running and often don't finish out of breath (although 10x400 would definitely leave me heaving on the side of the track!). Like everyone else I think leg fatigue was probably a sign of a hard workout, as long as they haven't been overworked lately.

That's a great recovery run! Way too go.

Nice speed at the end of your run. I often pick it up on the last mile too. I think I'm just anxious to get done.

I do the same thing. I really like interval runs. The miles just seem to fly by, but the long runs are so boring.

It's a good sign that you got bored by the recovery pace. It means you're getting awesomely faster. Marathon pace is going to be SLOW for you. I'm not there yet. My recovery runs are truely recovery pace with dead legs most of the time.

You got bored because you were on the treadmill. Had you been outside you would have not been bored. You would have been frozen and covered with snow. That or you would have slipped on ice during the 1st mile and broken something. Hmmmm..... I guess it was a good day for the treadmill. Nice way to spice things up by picking up the pace at the end.

I keep forgeting that many of you northerners are on the treadmill alot. It's nice to be able to turn up the speed to the pace you want. I just don't know how long I could put up with staying in the same place for so long. Nice recovery run.

Kathie...

Yeah, hopefully the taper will help out with the dead legs. I think I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing and then take off the two days before the race. I won't do any speed work next week, though.

Kathie,

You are going to be fine at Painters. You have trained so stinkin' hard ... it will pay off BIG!!! No worries!

You're going to be great with tons of energy after your taper. What are you doing for you long run this week. Hopefully not too far, but maybe closer to marathon pace?

Rhett - I am scheduled to do 12 miles on Saturday. I wanted the last six to be marathon pace 8:45. Should I do less miles and try for more at half marathon pace? I think It will be hard to do anything too fast, we are going to get more snow!

I think what you have planned will be about right. You may want to cut out a couple of those first 6 if you are at all tierd. I think I will only do 10 this sat.

I don't think you can stop being Competitive. Nice job on your workouts. I cant wait to see you you run at painter!!!!

Hey welcome back I missed having you here even though we talk all the time!

No weight lifting from now on till Painter's. That is a sure fire way to have dead legs for the race. Get right back into it though as soon as your legs allow you after Painter's. Weight lifting prevents injury.

It's hard NOT to be competitive when other people are around. Yep, I'm done with lifting for legs until after the race.

I have been around...reading your posts...I just don't comment. By the way....couldn't you find a better picture (Like the one with you in your snorkeling (SP) outfit?)

Wow, your recovery pace is my marathon pace!!!

I need some of your competitiveness, Ms Bright- Beautiful-Intelligent-Awesome-Wonderful-YOU!

Hey Kimmy ask and ye shall receive!

LOL I like that pic. Good to hear from you again Kimmy. Hope all is going well. Great run Kathie. Easy days are hard to keep easy.

OK........that was easy. Now lets post the one of you getting mad at me while you were in the Kayake (can you laugh about it now?)

I noticed you change your little thing at the top to say "just one race at a time"

Oh I can laugh about it now but I still have to get EVEN...You and Lee Ann had better watch out!

Yes I changed it today that will be my goal for this year.

Kathie,

I LOVE your new pic! HOW FUN snorkeling! You look good in yellow which goes well with purple.

Good job Kathie. Are you running 12 miles tomorrow?

You are going to do great at Painters. You averaged 8:50 today and 6 of those miles were just warm up and it will be warmer there. You should have let me pace you this morning. I think that I was running between 8:30 and 9:00 the last few miles.

Kathie, you are going to own Painters!! Seriously!! Be smart this week and it is all yours -- I'm betting you hit your ecstatic goal.

Nice run today.

Nice run, Kathie!!! I'm not sure how Painter's will go for me, either, after today's run. I struggled A LOT, but I got it done. I think I may have been a little dehydrated to begin with.

Great picture!!!

Kathie, great run. You are so ready for that PR. Taper smartly this week and your legs will be fresh and ready to roll next Sat.

Kathie,

Awesome run today. You will do great at Painter's. With some taper, the adrenaline and better weather you will definitely reach you ecstatic goal.

Nice Pic!!! You are going to own Painter's! With race day magic and all your great training you are in for the race of your life. I won't be surprised when you meet your ecstatic goal or better.

Kathie,

Where've you been? Are you tapering or hybernating? I miss you!

I think she is hybernating. I hope she wakes up before Sat. though.

Good luck at Painter's. I'm betting you'll be ecstatic! Come race day you will find the concentration you need to keep pace, so long as you take off the mask and snorkel just before the start.

Where'd you go, Kathie? I hope you're not sick.

Maybe you have seasonal depression. I get that in the Winter, but this year it hasn't been bad. I hope you start feeling better soon, it's not fun being in a funk.

I'm glad you're posting. I was starting to worry about you. I get seasonal depression every winter. I love the sun.

Are you sleeping well? Insomnia along with "feeling stale" are signs of over-training. So glad we have a race coming up to get us out of the funk. No worries, have fun with your PURPLE crew this Sat.

Bust out a nice little run on Thursday with a couple of Painter's pace miles and you will be good to go on Saturday. A couple of good miles will give you some confidence and maybe help you snap out of this funk. Good luck.

I think a quick mile or 2 would help as well. Jeff is full of good advice for everyone today. My last race (5K in Nov.) I had no motivation. I found that a little caffiene on race morning gave me the mental boost I needed.

We're always watching! HEHEHEHE!

Nice job Kathie. I was waiting for todays post to say something. Glad Jeff helped inspire you to run. Your going to do awesome at Painters. Listen for me by the finish line.:)

Good job. Glad you listened to Jeff and got out of the funk. Watching Biggest Looser eh? Was it motivating or entertaining?

Biggest Loser is VERY motivating!! I watch it while I run.

We're driving down in a few hours. Can't wait to see you. Have a fun and safe trip, don't eat too much junk snacks on the car trip. GOOD LUCK tomorrow!!!

Good luck at Painters. You are going to do great.

Drive safely. You are so going to have a great race. You prepared well and your ready to rock.

WOW!!! That is impressive. All sub 9 pace. You did AWESOME!!! And had a great coach to help you get there. I knew you had a PR in you. With 15th place WOOT WOOT!! That is one tough AG. With or without the coach you did it. It was great to see you kickin it up at the end and chatted a sec with your mom. Now I can see why she was so happy 2nd place SWEET!! Yeah I never did get a chance to say hi to Kimmy. Great job to both of you. And I did see Kristy come in to right at the end.

Kathie, what a great race. You smashed that old PR and on a very tough course. If you found a nice flat 1/2 you would even be faster. Great job. I was sad not to have seen you. Once again, congrats on a very well run race.

Kathie, Kathie, Kathie ...

YOU ARE SO AMAZING!!! Seriously, what an incredible race you had. Considering that your old PR was at Hobble Creek makes this PR even that much more outstanding. All of your hard work paid off huge dividends. And to think that you were nervous. You silly girl!

WOW!!! Kathie, you rock! Painter's a tough course to PR and you did it so well. You've been training hard and it shows. You just needed someone to bring it out of you. Man, can I hire Adrian?

CONGRATS to you AND to your mom. What a speedy family!!! :)

Way to go. I knew that you had that in you. Don't even think that you won't be able to break that PR. I think that you will break it again by the end of the year.

Finally, someone that admits having sore muscles!!! Mine are very sore. I think I'll try and run tomorrow, too. Are you feeling any better, Kathie?

Dale,

You are so funny!!! I am SORE every day, not just post race. I will sound like a broken record if I ADMIT I have soreness on all my blogs. You know you're getting stronger and better when you have sore muscles.

Kathie,

Walking is great active recovery. Are you walking normal? After DesNews, my quads were like jello, I had to hold onto my hubby when I walked. I looked like one of those nursing home residents minus the walker with baby steps. Stepping up and down the little 3" curb was a HUGE task.

Do yoga baby, you already know YOGA rules, right?

You definately deserve a nice easy couple of days after your monster PR on Saturday.

Dale...My muscles were sore and achy as well, I must not have made that clear on my blog. Not like a marathon but definatly sore enough to slow me down.

Smooth...Broken record or not, it's nice to know that I am not the only one suffereing from pain every day.

Great job Kathie!!! Are you starting to get out of that funk you were in last week?

After my PR I am totally defunked! I am miss happy camper!

Nice "speedy" recovery run there. It takes me at least 2 miles to warm up and work out all the kinks. Good job sprinting at the end and listen to your body. I bet the spin helps with the recovery too.

You are so diehard Kathie!!

(sprinting at the end to get it over with ... AWESOME)

Wow I am just noticing something. Are you doing spin class and running in the same day?? Holy cow. Have you thought about doing a Tri or a Dua?? Even if you do the training of those there isnt alot of the days you do the bricks until later in the training I think. Be careful not to overdo it.

Wow Kathie..It takes a lot of energy to do what you do. Keep it up!!!

Kathie, you are a machine. Very awesome workouts.

I love your profile picture..made me laugh!!

Mark - I run and then spin two days a week. I have been doing this for a year now. It works for me because I can make a spin class easier if I need to as I run harder during the week (I say that but I am so competitive that I really don't)

I will never do a tri until I can swim better and right now I don't have the time to learn.

Sarah - Thanks I think it fits my personality.

Kathie, you are far too diehard to take it easy. My guess is that you might start some workouts easy, but then you get bored and amp it up!!

Way to push yourself today. You showed a lot of mental toughness. Thanks for posting the song.

Great job, Kathie!!!

Did you just pull that out of your head or did you look up the lyrics? Way to push yourself to the limit. That's how you get stronger.

WAY to break the spell of typical!!! YOU ROCK on that elliptical today!!! Thanks for posting that inspiring song. I need to find me some music to listen to. I've never run with music. I'm learning so much from you.

Rhett - I can't remember where I put my keys... I looked them up.

WHAT A FUN WEEKEND!!! Thank heavens you have Sunday to recover from fun! LOL. :)

Kathie,

I'm glad you got to have some fun!!! You deserve it.

Dale

Great workout!!! I haven't done any intervals at that pace yet, but I'll get there soon enough.

Nicely done Kathy.

Nice workout. Did you run on the track? YAY for strong legs!!!

Oh no! Don't tell Teena or we all might be doing another contest. 100 pushups in a row is a lot! I once set out to be able to do that and worked and worked and worked at it and only made it to 80. Now I probably couldn't do more than 30 or 40.

Nice run today.

Count me in. This should be fun. My kids got me the Perfect Pushup for Christmas. I doubt that I'll ever be able to do 100 in a row, but I'll give it a shot. I tried a few weeks ago and I was only able to do 10 before I started to struggle.

I think they are called "alternative" push-ups Kathie. :) We did a lot of push ups on my mission but I never got to 100 in a row, maybe 60. I think I am going to give this a try though, sounds like something I need cause I don't do much cross training. Thanks for the link. I may start on Monday as well.

Another contest??!! What's wrong with you crazy runners? Pullups! chinups! pushups! You and Teena sure are some soupahdee-UP-ahdee girls. OK, I'll have to check out that link and see if my wimpy arms are up for it.

OH!!! I posted that a while back. We had a few takers, but then we just kind of forgot what we were doing!! GOOD LUCK.

I do, by the way, agree that girls should to girl push ups. I do as many guy push ups as I can and then I drop to my knees when i can not take it anymore. Here is to you and sexy arms.

Love the picture, BTW. You do not look like you could be old enough to be married for 22 years. Did you by chance get married when you were 12?

Kelli - You are my new best friend! actually I got married late by Utah standards and had children even later. Most my friends have 25 year olds and my oldest is 18

Kelli,

Kathie DOES look like she's her daughter's sister. When her 18 year old goes on mission, they're gonna think she's his girlfriend. I tell ya. She is one bootie-kicikin-BEAUTY!!!

Thanks Smooth I'm blushing!

Kathie,

Haven't really looked at the program yet, but how could I ever back down from a challenge? I'm in!!

Will probably do what Kelli did or mix it up and do 10 standard pushups, 10 alternative pushups, 10 standard, etc.

Very sweet!!

So, we are all starting on Monday, right?

K I didnt do the pull-up challenge due to not being around to work out. Push ups on the other hand I can do anywhere. I am in. I have been doing some incline push-ups to help relax my back. So is it to just doing normal push ups right??

Nice run Kathie, way to pick it up at the end. I'm going to have to pass on the pushup contest this time around. I have a goal to get my upper body as scrawney as possible before Boston. My wife will hate it, but it will mean less weight to haul up those Newton hills.

I'm still doing my core work and lower body work, just not any upper body.

Nice work Kathie.

Did you take that nap for me yet?

Dale - I sure did...do you feel refreshed?

Not so much...Thanks for taking the nap for me, though. I got in a little nap, but it wasn't nearly long enough. I'm still debating whether or not I should even attempt a run. I'm staying home from work tonight so I can get to bed at a reasonable hour.

Kathie, nice workout as usual. My pecs are sore from doing the push up test with good form then 30 girl push ups afterwards. I don't think I have to worry about any bulky upper body. I just hope the push ups will burn off the R.S. flaps, you think?

Smooth that is what I am hoping for!

I just looked up that pose and think that it is the one yoga pose that I could do.

Yea...try it in sweaty work out clothes and a cold room! I guess I had my "ice bath" for the day.

I guess you can't wear a parka or bring a space heater to yoga?!

Good job Kathie

Are we giving you our starting pushup numbers on Monday?

Yea I'll set some kind of format up over the weekend and let you know.

It's a good hurt though, right?

Good job running those hills!!!

Yes it is a good hurt but I still want him to feel sorry for me. Is that really too much to ask? :)

Nice hill workout and paces. I NEVER get sympathy from my hubby. He always says: "It is self-inflicted." So when he complains about his sore quads after skiing, I say the same thing back to him. We love self-inflicted kinda hurt."

Nice recovery plus tempo run there. Is that what you were doing? Don't you love my running lingo? I used to just run, how far or how fast were insignificant. I didn't even wear a sport watch. Now after each run, I have to classify the miles. It's so dumb!

OK, I will do the challenge. I think it's gonna be fun.

Great job Kathie. I'll try and get in my initial push-up numbers tomorrow.

GREAT RUN TODAY!!!! And thanks for adding the LINGO Smooth!

Okay, I just did my push-ups! I am in, becasue I have attempted this challenge twice and bugged out. I forget to do it.

I decided to try to stick with GUY push ups for the challenge just to see how far I can get. I did 15, but I think I would have to call the last one bad form, so I will say 14 and start with level 3 (I guess it does not really matter since level 3 is 11-20 push ups). I agree with the MWF plan, but I can not count today so this week I will do TWF---just this once.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE, and thanks for the motivation Kathie!!!

Geeeez! I have been too lazy to do my max pushups, I will try and do them tonight. Good job on getting 20, I'll be lucky to get 10.

Challenge to a runner means Contest. Nice running. You are improving rapidly.

Good job Kathie!!!

You know, I haven't even started my pushups yet. I'm having a hard time finding the time to get my runs in. Maybe I'll pass on this challenge.

Yeah the only reason why you didnt get sore is that your already use to working out. Great job Kathie. I am looking to do my first day of the week today with a co worker. He cranked out 28.

I think that you really should try to do guy push ups for as many as you can. You are strong, you could do more than you think! Then, when it gets hard, drop to your knees and finish. Tell me to stick it if you want, but I really think you are tougher than you know!

Great job Kathie. Running on a treadmill is definitely a different beast.

Dang that is one mean spin class. Careful not to overdo your cross training. Have you even looked into doing a Dua or a Tri yet. Your training is right on course for some serious Dua action and with some swimming in there. LOOK OUT!!!

Sounds brutally beautiful!!!

Races are a different game for sure ... either way though, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!

(btw, you are one tough woman!)

That sounds brutal, but when you were done, I bet you felt great. Nice workout.

WOW, that's some serious spinning. All that xtraining is giving you HARD muscles, I think. What do I know? Yah, I say you should count those xtraining miles.

I took a rest day today, too. I'm pretty burned out right now. I have a 5k on Saturday and I'm debating whether or not I should run tomorrow. I hardly have any miles for the week.

That was one killer class. Stick with the program I am sure you will make it Kathie. Dont quit yet!!

Your a machine Kathie. Great job. It must of really been a hard workout in spin to still be sore from it. No push ups today??

Tonight... Push-ups are my P.M. workout.

Ah right didnt notice you already did them yesterday too. Just tring to keep you motivated with doing them. I got a few co-workers working on the challenge too. Thanks for helping us with it. I just got to think about having those sexy arms.:)

Kathie, U DA IRON LEGS WOMAN!!!

You keep giving those legs a good thrashing and you will be smashing all your PRs this year.

I don't know how you do it, Kathie. Amazing workouts!!!

We're going to have to start calling you the Cross Training Super Woman. Your body must be loving you. Your getting in some great workouts.

17 is a very lucky number you know??

Glad that your legs are feeling better. Check out your fourth mile ... very cool!!

Glad to see you recovered from your spin class. I hate to ask but did I see you this morning and not realize it?

No I live on that road to I ran to the meeting spot and then just ran home for 5 miles round trip. I am sure you saw most people on there way back to there cars.

What does SDRR stand for? Super Dashing Road Runners? You had a super run and dashing paces today. GOOD JOB!

South Davis Road Runners... but I like yours better.

Those are some great splits, Kathie. Glad your legs are feeling better.

I think I should have rested today, too.

Wow your going to have some nice arms and those legs are getting much stronger. Great job on your hill workout. Your going to kick butt and take names on that hill.:)

Nice hill work and intervals. Your legs are getting stronger. You're gonna tear up those hills at the relay.

Kathie, you crack me up!! You are so stinkin' diehard ... you can try and deny it but we know the truth!

Great workout!!!

How did you like day 3 of the push up challenge last week??? It was hard, I barely made it and I almost cried!

I hated day three I hope tonight is better! When I have really sexy arms this summer it will all be worth it!

Hi Kathie,

I just recently joined this blog. Nice job on your hill workout. I find that when I do hill repeats the first tow sets are the most difficult after that they get easier.

Great blog photo :)

Seriously that day 3 was rough. LOL I am repeating my week again since I dont think that I gained enough to tackle the next week. Your AWESOME!!!

It's funny how much harder we try when someone is watching. Glad you decided to skip the hills. Then you would have been too tired for the spin class.

Kathie, sounds like you are figuring this training thing out. It has taken me years to realize that my easy days need to be really easy and my hard days need to be hard. You are doing awsome!!!

So that's my problem...I don't have a hard class to make me think ahead smart like you. AND I don't have anyone watching me do push ups. Actually my son and hubby were there when I was doing the PU; but they just shake their heads like they did when I did the pull up practice. I get no respect around here.

NICE workout. You'll be so ready to kill spin class tomorrow.

20!?!? Great job!!!

Oh Kathie!

No wonder I love you so much! I so get you!! (that's scary)

Good job job beating that dude.

Congrats on winning your race. :)

Way to kick some major trash!! Especially against a man! Very cool!!

Yeah...it is easy to win a race where I am the only one who knows there is a race going on!

WooHoo! CONGRATS! You chicked that guy!

With all that spinning you do, you should enter a duatholon. I have done a couple of them in my day. They are pretty fun. The ones I did we ran, swam, then ran again.

Here's my go on why the pushups were harder today:

Fireman Slacker was not there!!

Find someone doing pushups and have a race ... you'll beat them every time ... that's just you!!!

You know me too well Teena I need somebody to post there max first and then with that number in my head I will beat them.

I wonder how Kimmy has lived with my competitiveness all these years!

Okay ... I am going to make up some bogus number for you ...

22!!

LOL I am just happy your sticking to it so well. I havent gotten around to doing mine yet. It should be close to quitting time that we do them. Doing them after spin can be tough. Since your leaning over so much. Tough on your arms. I just noticed on days that I did work my arms and chest that it was harder to dig in on the hills.

My stinkin max is 10, you beat me every day! This isn't some bogus number either Teena, I'm just stinkin weak!

Kathie,

You always have such well-rounded work outs. I wish I knew how to do some of the xtraining you do.

Jeff,

Don't let tiny Teena beat you!!!

Great job Kathie!!! I bet I couldn't even do a mile at that resistance.

Okay ... I seriously don't get how you can do 12% resistance. I can barely move at that. Seriously ... that is so nuts!! (and don't say that it is because I am too light ... that's not it)

You're tuff ... real tuff!!

Yoga... I should find time to do some of that. Sounds peaceful.

Wish I had an elliptical; then I could say something intelligent to cheer you. YAY for 12% YAY for not dying!

I can't wait to do my YOHga tonight. Rhet, you should try it, June would love it.

Junk miles or not, you gottem done.

Kathie great job on getting some miles in. And great job on your push-ups. I am just about ready to start doing mine.:)

GOOD for you in getting her done. WOW, you and Teena are gonna have buff and sexy arms with your competitivenessss!

Have a great and happy Valentine's Day!

Oh Kathie!!

You are just 100% AWESOME!!

Okay ... we need to come up with some new bogus number that can push us.

I just love you!!

--Dump Truck

I hear you about the push ups. I'm finding myself knocking them out in quick burst of 5 at a time. For some reason, 4 x 5 is not as bad as counting to 20???!!

Bummer about the weather. I need to stop complaining when it's a little windy here, or below 40 degrees. I don't have ice and snow to contend with.

Great picture, BTW. Was that from last year's cruise? (still waiting for the pics from the "top deck" :-)

Kathie, sorry to hear about the migraine. I get those periodically and they really knock me out, sometimes to the point of having to go to the ER.

Great workout today. It's snowing heavily up here.

Sorry about the migraine. I wish I had got to stay in bed all day yesterday except without the migrain. I had to work all day though.

Migraines are no fun. Glad to see its gone now and you are back on your feet. Nice workout today.

Make sure you are getting plenty of water Miss Kathie. I inevitably get a migraine when I slack on that. I get so mad at myself the second I start seeing those flashy spots.

Stay hydrated ... and kick some pushup trash!!

love you!

I used to get migraines; but ever since I started running, I don't get them anymore. Sorry you had to spend a holiday battling migraine.

NICE treadmill run and workouts. WOW, 27 push ups. AWESOME!!! I haven't looked at week 4. Week 3 scary enough. I'm taking one day at a time; so far so good.

Great job, Kathie...By "painful" do you mean actual pain or painful meaning just really tough?

Nice fartlek on the treadmill. Do you always run before the other workouts? GOOD JOB!

Please don't die trying to beat Teena. It's not worth it. I never trust Teena with what she says. Don't get me wrong, she's not dishonest. She's just very sly when it comes to competition. You should invite her to one of your game nights and you'll know what I mean.

Dale - I just meant really tough. Although that does involve some pain.

Smooth - On Wed, Thur, I always Run/lift/spin On Fri I Elliptical/lift/yoga

I can't believe my dear sweet Smooth would dare say such a thing about me!!! I AM FLOORED!!!! When the PURPOSE of the game is to be sneaky ... one MUST be sneaky ... it's implied that trickery and treachery will be part of the deal ... it's NOT personal!! I AM STILL SO TAKEN BACK!!!! :) :) :) Good thing I love her so stinkin' much!! :) :) :)

And Kathie ... I WANT you to beat me because that is exactly what it takes to push me that much harder! Bring it on sister!! :) Nothing but love!

You ladies are some serious competitors. This is great! Nice run Kathie. I know what you mean about not wanting to deal with the pain of a tough run. Sometimes I'm able to push myself more than others.

I bet your legs are VERY tired from all the workouts you do. Great job!!!

FYI: your picture . . . that's the same face I make throughout my entire workout.

Weird.

Jun - I use the mask when I run too I find it helps with my breathing :)

I have forgotten, what is your next race Kathie? You seem to be getting in a lot of great workouts...thus the tired legs.

Rhett - My next race is the Lake to Lake relay. I am running legs 3 and 8 so a lot of hills.

when is it?

March 7th so just a few more weeks to train. I am running it with Kimmy, Cristy, my son and his friend. Our team name is three hags + two stags. Guess which one I am.

Kathie, you are so cute!!! Sounds like a fun relay. GO HAGS & STAGS!!!

I love that name...Very funny!!!

My money is on Kathie (Don't tell Teena I'm betting against her...well she is injured and all :-)

Great job, Kathie. Have a fun weekend.

Nice splits, looks like you were able to pick it up at the end.

Someday Kathie. Someday I will be like you!

Rhett - It helps that my run is down hill at the end!:)

Good job on the run and great job on the push ups. You mentioned that you live by the park on Davis. Do you know the Iongi's (they live just west of the park)?

Andy - I don't know them, that side of the park is outside of our Stake, and you know how unsociable I am :). Really if we don't have kids the same age I don't think I would have met them.

Nice run and splits. I would love to have those kinda pace. AWESOME push ups. I haven't done mine yet, doubt I'll make 30. GOOD JOB!!!!

AWESOME job on the run and the PCs!!

Your splits look incredible! I have said it before, and I will say it a million times ... YOU ARE SO STINKIN' TUFF!!

Hope you are having a great Sunday.

Stink!! I always do that ... it was me, not you that just posted on your blog!!

Nice splits, there Kathie. When you did 30 pushups...was it 1 set? Or was it after your other 4 sets..sorry, I probably should read the Pushup Challenge rules again. Either way, that's a bunch!

WOOT WOOT WOOT way to go that is one tough week. Great job!! Oh and great splits on your run too.:)

Awesome, Kathie!!!

It always threw me off when they moved the machines around at the gym when I used to go a long time ago.

Or you could spend the time between machines calling some guy out!! Challenge him to a pushup showdown!! That would be SWEET!!!

(love your pace on your 400 meter repeats ... awesome!)

NICE intervals workout, Kathie. I'm doing my push-ups tonight. Have to do 34.5 to beat Teena. Hmm, I don't know. You girls are tough as nail and sly as fox.:)

Teena, you crack me up. I can just imagine Kathie calling out some dude and challanging him to pushups.

Nice speed work today Kathie!

LOL great job on that workout. That is funny about challenging some guy to a push-up challenge. He would just be walking away saying well at least I got beat by a woman with sexy arms.:)

Cant wait to hear how the push-ups go tonight. WOOT WOOT!!!

You're funny! Nice work on the intervals and extra lifting. You really are a gym rat!

GOOD JOB on the miles and push ups. I find that it helps to get a drink before doing the push ups and exhale with each one. Stay in column 3, you can do it. We're gonna show off our sexy arms at Ogden.

Wow Kathie!! Your arms have got to be looking sexy now.:) That column 3 is rough isnt it. I think at the end of the week we find out what column to move to next. Your doing great.

I'm thinking all of you push-upers with the sexy arms could beat me in an arm wrestling contests now.

kathie, it still looks like a good run to me. great job!!! I guess we both overdid it on Monday.

Nice progressive run. I'm always so impressed with your xtraining. You don't ever get injuries, do you?

Oh I get the occasional pain here and there but I have never had to miss a run due to injury usually when I miss a run it is due to just plain laziness!

I don't think laziness is in your vocab. You're training/running smart.

Sounds like a good workout, Kathie. I'm impressed that you do all that xtraining. I have access to a gym, but I really can't get motivated to lift weights. I'm glad someone around here is self-motivated!

You may just need a recovery week. Sometimes it's good to just take a week and shorten everything up a bit. Great job working through it though.

Doh. Dead legs strike again. You did what I think is best for your legs. A nice good walk always helps me out too. Good luck with push-ups tonight.

Great job, Kathie. Sounds like most of us are having the same symptoms this week. Maybe it's because we're at the half way point in our training for marathons and half marathons.

Guess I shouldn't complain about my tired legs...at least I could sleep last night. But then I was dreaming that I was running all night, maybe that's not much better. You deserve a rest day, you're workouts have been killer.

Sure sounds like a nice easy rest day was well deserved. You've been training so hard lately. Sound like more than tired legs if you they caused you not to be able to sleep. Maybe a nice easy week should be mixed in soon.

I hate dead legs day. I have to remind myself that they are actually getting stronger and will be fabulous for the next workout.

Kathie, I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope it isn't anything too serious. You and your family will be in my prayers. Please take care.

I am so sorry Kathie.

I will definitely be praying for you and yours.

I'm so sorry, Kathie. You'll be in my prayers, too. Hope everything will be ok.

Ditto what they all said. Take care of the family first.

Best wishes.

I hope everything works out. I wished that I had known earlier so I could have told you in person this morning.

I am frightened by not knowing what the family problem is. I hope it isn't too serious. I hope you and your family will be OK.

Great job on your run. Are you doing Ogden this year??

Great job, Kathie...Glad you're back on the blog.

Looks like a good run... no gym classes today?

Kathie,

I hope all's well with you and yours. I prayed for you and your family that things will work out. Good luck and have fun at the Lake to Lake Relay. Tell Kathie and Kristy I say hello.

Oops, I meant Kimmie...when I typed Kathie. I say hello to you all the time, don't I?

Hey Kathie. Don't worry about it. You gotta do what you gotta do. I just hope everything is ok with you and your family.

Hang in there. :)

Great job, Kathie. I bet all that fasting really drained you of the energy, but you still did fantastic. Keep it up.

You lift, run, and spin...all in the same day???? I'm lucky to do one of those..for real. Great workouts!

I'll bet when she's not wearing the snorkel, she's wearing the Wonder Woman garb. Kudos to you Kathie!

Dude, your cross training is out of control, could you teach me to be that motivated with my cross training?

Could you just tell me what cross training is? Seems I'm completely missing that part of my training. Does it have something to do with running while mad? Or does it require I run while wearing a dress and heels?

Hey Kathie!

Although I am getting lots more school work done I miss you like crazy!

What race are you running on Saturday?

Kathie....I can't wait to hear about your race on Saturday. It sounds like a fun-filled day. I actually wish I had signed up for that instead of the Spectrum 10k.

I'm excited to hear about your race on Sat. I'm betting on anothrer PR.

Teena - I am doing the Lake to Lake with my sisters and 16 year old son and his Friend. It will be so fun the name of our team is 3 hags + 2 Stags!

Rhett - this is the first running of this race so it will be a pr but it is really hard to calculate Pr's during a relay.

Dale - I wish you were doing it too. Next year we should get a forum flyers team there.

Sounds like Saturday's race will be a blast! Can't wait to hear about it. (Take tomorrow off...ro run, no spin, no pushups, no nothin' :-)

I'm glad you listened the voice of Reason (well MarcE) in your head. You do have a race tomorrow right?

Hope you have a fun and safe trip. Good luck tomorrow.

Great job backing it off some. And I am sure we will see some great things out of your relay races. Cant wait to read the report.

Good job listening to the voice in your head. I hope you all have a safe trip down to St. George.

(sorry about the voice in your head..just because I enjoy a rest day before a race doesn't mean it works for everyone. ;-)

Have a great family outing tomorrow! Can't wait to hear how it goes. Take some pictures!

race report?

:)

Kathie, sounds like you guys had lots of fun. Great racing, and I think bragging about your children is not only acceptable but encourged around here. Congrats on a great race to you, your son, and your whole team.

It's about time you post your race report. Sounds like you guys did really well and had a great time.

Lora asked if I could put together a challenge for the running club. Would you mind if I stole your push-up challenge?

Way to go Hags and Stags!!!

FUN FUN FUN!!! Kudos to Nick!!! WAY TO GO!!! I feel your pride! Nick's son of a great runner with the look of Ryan Hall. I think it's so cool that the stags find it fun to race with the hags. You are all very AWESOME!!!

I see a Mother-son team in Boston in a couple years. Congrats, and don't apologize for braggin' on your boy..like Rhett said, it's encouraged!!! :-)

Great job Kathie and gang. Thanks for the great report, too.

WOW!!! Great race race report. Gratz to your team. Man that just gets me thinking about how great we are going to do at RAGNAR!!! Great job to your boy. And Kimmy is sounding like she is keeping it strong too. 16th place !!!! Very nice job you should be proud and happy with that.:)

So Kathie, have you just been basking in the glory of a great race and not runnning or are you just not blogging your runs?

Didn't get the memo... that is rich. Was she blonde?

Great report Kathie! Congratulations on a great race and winning the best team name. That is great about the "no passing on hills" rule that the woman believed....funny stuff.

Sounds like yo had a good, fun trip. Glad to see you made it back in one piece.

Hey WELCOME HOME!!! Are you ready to train for Ogden?

Glad you're back posting again. We missed you. I hope you guys had a great trip.

Welcome back!

Hey Miss Kathie!!

Just wanted to say HI!!

Can't wait to read about the next dude you call out at the gym.

Love ya!

The elliptical has always looked fun to me. I've heard it would be a little easier on my knees but I've never tried it. Even though I've never tried it, I can imagine that 11% resistance must be hard...way to go Kathie!

Great job Kathie!!!

I have no idea how you can do that machine on so much resistance. Seriously ... that would absolutely KILL me ... and I am being totally serious!

You are amazing! (Nice job keeping Andy at bay today! You must have been cruising.)

Oh Kathie ... you make me laugh. Too lazy to go get your Garmin, but a workout-aholic!!!

Yep..what Teena said! :)

What's up with 5.50 miles? Are multiples of 0.50, or .10, or .25 all OK with you OCD-types? ;)

GOOD JOB! OCD or not!!!

Truth be told I really went 5.63 but after my comment on Marc's blog I rounded it to 5.5...and I still got crap!

You're so funny, Kathie!!! Great job on the run.

:)

Great job Kathie. 7:30 pace is pretty dang good.

Wow, nice intervals and serious speed. GOOD JOB!

Nice interval work! What is your rest pace intervals? Do you walk or jog? Just curious.

I walk at a 4.0 (15:00 min mile) pace. I am thinking about making them harder and am not sure if I want to start running during the rest or make the interval faster... what do you think?

Nice workout.

I don't think there is anything wrong with walking between your intervals. To make them harder just make you walk break shorter until your down to 1 min. Then if you still feel good, start running your interval faster. Also, if your training for a marathon, you probably want to make those intrvals at least 800m. I perfer full mile repeats. 400 m repeats are great for 5K training and even 10Ks.

Nice workout! Heard a lot about you, looking forward to meeting you at Ogden!

Very nice intervals Kathie! I've never run 400 meter intervals so I am not much help with speed and rest but 7:30/mile pace looks pretty dang sweet!

I'm sure your legs will thank you for the easy day by giving you a great run tomorrow.

Yep, save those legs for tomorrow. So Glad you're not giving up on sexy arms. Keep up the good work.

I'm with you on the pushups. Smooth and Mark inspired me to give it another shot. It was you who started this whole Pushup Challenge thing, wasn't it?

Yes I started it and the my life went wacky. Now I am determined to finish it!

Great job, Kathie. Those workouts would put me in the hospital.

Great job. You survived it. Been there done that before. Nice run.

Its tough to account for cross training, isn't it? Good job.

GOOD JOB toughing it out! Hmm, can Sasha put in xtraining miles in the template for ya? You do a lot of great workouts.

Nice workout. You are always working so hard. You are amazing.

"very easy miles" are very nice every now and then, especially after such a great workout you had yesterday.

Nice workout, Kathie. You sure spin a lot! Ever think of doing duathlons or tri's ?

Marc - I don't own a bike and I can't swim so I guess the Tri/Dua is out of the question for a while. At least until I can get rich enough to buy a bike and a swim coach.

Good job. Spinning just makes my behind sore.

You're gonna have steel quads and iron calves! GOOD JOB!

Wow, won't that be the day when I can call 3 miles at any speed "very easy"! Good job!

So what language is that? It was all Greek to me. Must have been tough though if your arms feel like they want to fall off.

Sanskrit is the language I think!

Awesome job, Kathie. Your workouts sound intense.

Namaste (not sure if that's how you spell it)! You da elliptical queen and yoga diva!!! Don't let those sexy arms fall off now!!!

How are you doing on your push-up challenge? This should be about your last week, right? Good luck on the 100!

Susie - I am not ready to end yet. I was on week four when my family life went all haywire, so I stopped for two weeks. I have started again and I am on week three.

Nice run. Bring on the thrashing ;)

That was very considerate of you to think of the newbie. Looks like you got a good run in and probably made a new friend too.

Kathie, you're what running's all about. SO VERY NICE of you to help out a new gal.

Bravo, Kathie! Did you tell the newbie about the "no passing on hills" rule, yet! Just kidding. You're making those sub 9:00 miles look routine. When do you and Kimmie officially start marathon training for St George?

Marc - I think we will start the first of June.

Awesome, Kathie. Good luck on the push ups.

Looks like a good start of the week. GOOD JOB!!!

Four EZ sounds great.

Yeah, were is Teena? I haven't seen her chime in lately.

I think I should have done 4 EZ this morning. My legs were so dead. My head hurts from the cold wind.

I re-start Week 6 this week and it was HARD. I think I need to re-do Wk 5 and have Teena push me too!

I'm so going to start doing pushups again, soon...maybe tonight...yeah, definitely tonight. I promise.

Great job Kathie. I don't know if I could ever do a spin class. Sounds brutal!!!

LOL!!! I don't know what spin is...but if someone can get arrested for teaching it...I don't want anything to do with it. Glad you survived and I'm sure those legs are steel by now.

I don't want any part of your spin class. Sounds like you have to be tougher than I am to survive.

Yes, spin teachers are mercinaries..they get paid to try to kill you! :) You can always adjust the resitance..and look like you're tired, they'll never know. ;)

Smooth - Spin is basically riding a stationary (or is it ..ery) bicycle at various cadences, and positions. Sometimes you sit, stand, lean forward, sprint, relax, use one leg, ..all kinds of masochistic stuff! Smooth..you'd do great at it. I can never seem to get my heart rate very high when I do it..no where near what I can when I run.

LOL...she won't be able to catch you with all your awsome training lately.:)

Super duper consistent. :)

3.20? Hellllooooo....OCD lady?! That's not even and even 5K, or an even multiple of laps around the 400M imaginary LED track on the treadmill...how did that happen!?

Kathie, was it you who used to live in Connecticut? I remember someone from the forum did, I thought it was you.

Yes Marc I did, my first son was born there. We lived in Winsor Locks.

Oh about the OCD thing a good song came on and I didn't want to get off the treadmill until it was over, funny thing is I can't even remember what it was now.

Spin again? Different teacher, I hope?

Nice workout. That yoga must feel good after two days of spinning?

It's probably good to mix up the machines a bit. It probablly works your muscles a little diferntly.

Different elliptical machine or different machine all together?? Great job though.

Awesome run, Kathie...I think you're getting faster with all the leg work you're doing.

It's most likely number 3. You've been training very consistently for a long enough time that you will start to see jumps in your fitness.

You are getting faster.

You are definitely faster and running is more fun when your not watching your watch all the time.

Keep it up. Your progress is steady.

It's definitely #3. Nice run, Kathie.

Yes, it's #3. You're training consistently and smart. I might have to try this no watch thing. I forgot mine on a long run once; but Kelli had hers and it was the funnest 18 miler.

I think that is the great thing about running, but when you don't want to think about something, I guess that could make running a bad thing. I do all my good pondering while I'm out running. This morning I was trying to work out the Home Teaching assignments and who should be visiting who. Ofter I write talks and plan lessons in my head as well or just do personal evaluation and what I could be doing better. I do these things on easy days and long days. If I'm doing a hard run, it's all focused on my running.

Good luck with all that you have going on.

I'm sorry you're going through a rough patch. Yep, I agree, I do some of my best thinking when I'm running. It's tough not to do a lot of pondering and thinking. I also let my mind go blank quite a bit, too..how else does one stay sane during a 3-hour run? :)

Windsor Locks, eh? Near good ole Bradley Internation Airport. Not too far from Agawam, Mass -- home of Riverside Amusement Park (that was where my parents would take us kids for a special treat about once a year..I'm not even sure if that place still exists). Did you get to the ocean at all while in Connecticut. We usually headed south to a place call Rocky Neck, or went to Rhode Island for the big waves! Ah, childhood memories.

Marc - We went to mystic sea port several time but never to the beach. We were only there for a year and most of that time I was expecting our oldest son. (not really in swim suit shape!)

I've been to Mystic a few times, too. I only remember the big aquarium there. I never really visited any of the old clipper ships. I didn't realize you were only there for a year...that's definitely not long enough to live in New England.

GOOD for you in keeping at it, both the running and push up. GOOD LUCK with the wedding.

Spin class and some MP pace miles... sound like a great day. Enjoy the easy week. They can do wonders for the body.

Bored...on a treadmill...yep, I can believe that. I hope you get some warm, sunny, wind-free days soon!

I always sound like a broken record when I say "Great job." This time I'll say Super job, Kathie.

EXCELLENT 5K!!! STRONG lifts and KILLER spin!!! Keep at it!!!

Sounds like a pretty good run today, Kathie. Thanks for sending warm thoughts my way.

So was the weather terrible there too?

Those are pretty FAST splits. NICE 10K. What was the weather like on the LPT?

Nice run there Kathie!! Can't tell you how badly I want to know the "funny" story from your second mile! Come on!!

Also, nice speed!!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Smooth/Rhett - the weather was pretty bad but I can endure anything for just 6 miles

Teena - I will tell you sometime I just can't post it on the WORLD WIDE WEB were anyone can see it...the funniest part is your name came up!

Oh, I'm dying to know now. C'mon, you can PM us the funny story! I promise I will laugh privately!

You for sure have to tell me then!! I can hardly wait!!

Oh Kathie!! Just got the story!! Good stuff there!!

:) :) :) :) :)

You can't say you have a funny story and not share. If you won't post it on the WWW then I expect an email.

OK...now I'm really curious. How can you tease us like that an not tell us??? Did it have to do with an equipment malfunction? Bodily function? C'mon..you can tell us. Nobody reads this blog anyways. :)

Marc,

Not equipment malfunction. More in the line of those runners who got off the bus enroute to Hopkinton last year, remember? The difference is you "captured" the moments on candid camera. On this blog, we refer to it as VPB.

Best wishes today. Nice to be able to get in a good workout to start out such a busy day.

Good luck with everything today.

Nice speed work before a busy beautiful day. Can't wait to see the pictures.

I missed this post, been out of the loop. Hope the wedding went well.

Nice workout, Kathie. (are you a mother-in-law now?)

Yea - I am the evil mother in law :-) I posted some pictures on the other forum (I don't know how here)

Great pictures! (I doubt you're the evil MIL...is any woman ever good enough for any mother's son? :-) I wish them all the best in their future together.

Nice workout. The normal teacher who kicked butt is on vaca? You should have sub'ed; I'm sure you're a GREAT trainer.

CONGRATS on gaining a daughter-in-law. When my son got married; I was like, YAY, someone else get to do the cooking, the laundry, etc. etc. for him now! I was an evil MIL to my son-in-law. I think he's glad they live in Texas. No seriously, me and my 6'4" blonde SIL bonded quite nicely while we took care of their baby.

Right back at the training after the big day. I bet it felt good to work out some of the stress with a good run.

You are turning into Mrs. Consistancy. Mabey we'll have to start calling you AnneD.

I will take that name any day!

How are you Kathie?

Any more funny stories?? :)

I need to start changing things up so I can lose this "consistency" label I've been assigned.

AnneD! nice workout! NOT consistent, but very awesome thrashing your legs!!! :-)

Make sure it's 10 tomorrow and not 10.01; or we'd have to change your AnneD title to "Ms BTM" (beat the mileage)"! :-D

Nice workout, AnneD. Very consistent. When you have grandchildren can we call you "Grandy AnneD"? :)

LOL Marc, Great workout Kathie. I'm anxious to hear how the 10 miler on tired legs goes.

Sounds like a nice run. Look at your paces, I'd love to run those paces on a long Sat. run. AWESOME!!! I find that most runners are really nice. Are any of the SDRR (besides Andy) on the blog? Keep up the good work!

Awesome, all 10 miles under 9:00 (though that last one was close). Sweet!!! Better to run WITH the cops than from them! :)

Nice MP run and on tired legs from your hard core workout yesterday. Great job!!

You are getting so fast!! How awesome to have all ten miles sub 9s!! LOVE IT!!!

Is this Ogden race pace? I think 7.2 mph is 8:20 min/mile.

Fly - Yes I am trying to get 1:49:59 at Ogden. To do that I need to run a 8:23 pace.

There are probably better conversion sites, online, but I have book marked http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/speed which makes it easy to convert speeds.

Good job.

It's good to push the pace a little. Good luck tomorrow with your MP miles. Is Kim running Ogden with you?

No Kimmy is not running with me. This will be the first race I have done all on my own. Kind of scary!!!!

Good job. You should have no problem doing 5 mile at 8:20. That's a nice tempo run. You can do it!

No Kimmy for Ogden? No matching creamsicles? No competition? Now that's scary...no telling how fast you're gonna fly!!!

Oh we will all be there in our matching purple outfits, (need to find a good name for this outfit) but I will be running alone.

Purple Turtle? Fun Bunch (as in a bunch of grapes)? V'ola Violet? Purple Pride?

Purple Pansy Princess?

Purple PR! Pumping Purple! Perfect Purple! Puke Pace Purple! Promptly Purple! Profusely Purple Pushup Performer!

:)

Oh there are some good ones there for sure smooth!!! I am leaning toward Puke pace purple or purple pride!

Well, 4.5 is pretty darn close to 5. Next time just start 4 minutes earlier or show up 4 mins. late for spin class. Nice run.

Nice tempo. And good spinning.

Hey, I'm with Rhett. 4.5 tempo is pretty darn good. Spin class wouldn't wait for you for 4 more minutes, eh? AWESOME workout. I hear so much about spin class from the blog. One of these days I'm gonna try one myself.

Nice work....Don't you just love SPIN?! Its the best (after running of course).

As long as tomorrow is ez or rest you'll be fine Saturday.

Great job, Kathie...Sorry I have posted here for a while.

Yamaste.

So how is the push-up challenge coming along?? I am sure you have already hit your 100 right??

Very nice run Kathie! I hate it when I accidently hit the split button. I do it once in a while and it seems to play with my mind for the whole run.

Easier is good!!!

You are going to rock Ogden!!

Glad you made it home without any great embarasment. Now you know not to eat Steel Cut Oatmeal on race day.

Those blasted oats. Mental note dont eat steel cut oats. I think that is a great plan about running in the heat. I tell you what that heat was tough last year and I am sure we can expect the same again this year. I am thinking your plan is a good idea. And maybe throw in another run a few hrs later. I am going to try runs late on Wens nights and then early on Thurs just to get in a quick double and then after a few of those do another in the evening.

Glad you made it home ok. Are you feeling better today?

I hate getting new technology. By the time I figure it out, it is obsulete. Soon my kids will be old enough to start teaching me all that tech stuf.

Kathie...I'm going to take a break from running and the blog for a while to get my family in order.

My kids are way more IT savvy than I am already (and my oldest isn't even quite 12).

Don't kill yourself Kathie. We have big plans this coming up year!! :)

Wow sorry to hear about your dog. I can only imagine how hard that would be to make that kind of decision. Poor gal hope she gets better.

Sorry to hear about your dog. I went through that last November.

Luck.

You made me laugh with the whole wait for it part.... :) How exactly do you calculate miles on an elliptical machine anyway? I must not have the fancy model. Good luck tomorrow on your run. Hills at the end.....nice!! What's up next for you on the racing front?

Oh your feeling good. Look out hills tomorrow!!! Cant wait to see how you do.

Awesome workout today, Kathie. Good luck on your run tomorrow.

Wow. You have really improved a lot. I'm assuming miles 8 and 10 are hills and the fact that your biggest improvement is there is an indication of how strong you are.

Kathie!!! You animal. You really kicked your old time's buttocks!!! Way to go.

Kathie!!!

You are killing your times from November!!! They're not even close!!!

You are AWESOME!!!

WOWOWOW!!! Look at that AWESOME improvement!!! The best part is you felt GREAT the whole run! You're gonna be a rock star at Ogden!

Way to be tough!

A torn PF is nothing compared to a migraine. :) You are one tough cookie. I'm glad to hear the headache went away.

Good on you. You're being smart with the pace. Your MP BQ pace will feel so easy if you keep doing regular tempo/threshold runs. Nice!

Yes, a good run cures everything, especially migraine. GOOD JOB!

Sometimes running makes my headaches worse but most of the time they go away. Way to go!

Canyon gave me a strip to try on while we were waiting at the Athlete Village at Hopkinton. I like the flavor. I think they're great. They're more convenient than the "salt stick" tablets I used. I will be interested in getting some. Canyon said she gets hers on-line.

NICE EZ miles.

Hmm very interesting. I am using some S-caps right now. But would be interested in trying something else too. Let us know how they work.

Never heard of the company but the concept seems interesting. Keep us posted on your experience and maybe I'll have to give them a try. Nice run.

So did you feel any energy boost? I get the whole electrolyte thing, but what is in it that gives you energy?

Nice run today. Way to work through the soreness.

Rhett - Caffeine, B12 and B6 I think, no sugar so it cant be that.

Hey, does your neighbor give discounts for friend of neighbor? How much are those little thing anyway?

They come in packages of 22 for 10.00 but you cant buy just one you have to buy four.

Here is her web site I think you can get a free sample. I will ask her if I can get you a better price.

www.enlyten.com/paulensign

I saw Canyon with some at the Village..but didn't want to try something new on the morning of a race (Smooth I can't believe you tried something new on the morning of a race...isn't that one of the 7 Deadly Marathon Sins? :)

Let us know how it goes.

Marc,

I committed more than one of the 7 Deadly Marathon Sins. I ate Chex Mix on the bus ride. I carb-load way overboard the day before and on the morning of the race. I'm gonna give those enlyten a try with the summer training runs.

Kathie...it sounds like you and I are in the same boat. I really struggled today, too and I don't like that it's so close to Ogden, either. I had such an amazing 20 miler Saturday night and then today I felt like I haven't run for weeks. I almost gave up after three miles but I decided to keep plugging along. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for both of us. Keep up the great work.

You'll be ready come Ogden. Don't fret.

Bad days are evidence of hard workouts. Sure makes you appreciate good days. Why do we get hills and valleys? I guess they're connected. Be gentle and kind to yourself today. Eat good nutritious food, do yoga or whatever you need to get your energy and spirit up. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.

Hang in there woman. I'll be looking for you at Ogden!!!!!

90 mins of tough spinning is killer, plus a 5K run. Nice work.

We are noting all the spinning. It certainly benefits your cardio, though it's not the same as running. I'd tell you to log it, but then again, I don't log all the classes I take either.

Good job.

Good job on a 5K run and spinning. Hey, I'm gonna get some of that electrolyte strips from your neighbor's web.

Smooth - Cool tell me how you like them. I took two between my run and spin and I think it helped.

Kathie,

You need to check out Paul's blog!

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