Chug-along-chica!

I'll be the first one. If we lived in Phoenix or any big city for that matter I'd get Sarah a talking GPS so she would not get lost. If you have friends who have one, you could borrow it for one night. Or, bring your Garmin with you, before you do, have James teach you how to get your current GPS coordinates out of it (James - if you have not yet figured it out, you mark a waypoint, and then look at its details), then if you are lost, call James on the cell phone, give him your GPS coordinates and he will be able to navigate you out of your predicament. Guys really like to do it. One time I was consulting for a client, we had about 7 people in the room, one guy got a call from a family member asking how to get from point A to point B, and they all forgot what they were doing, got on Google Maps/Yahoo Maps/Mapquest and started looking up directions, with each periodically shouting "I found a better route!".

10:48 for a warm-up is just fine - I often run the first mile in 8:30 or slower. To put that in perspective, you would be putting in the same effort at 10:48 as I do at 8:30 if you could race a 5 K at 7:20 pace.

I say go for it as well. I wish I could be there, but the babysitting situation looks like it did not work out. Still, I am sure you will do just fine, and are definitely on track for a big PR. We can put together a route tonight, and you can take the cell phone with you, plus the Garmin. One way or another, we will get you to the race.

Go for it, Lybi! There's nothing like a race to get the heart pumping and whether you exceed your expectations or fall short, you'll be a lot better for having made the effort. We'll be looking forward to your race report.

Oh, its PR time...Go for it!!

And I would be number five...so now you have to do it. I promise you won't regret it. Racing will give you that sense of accomplishment a motivation to continue to improve. Go have some fun!!!

Well actually, if you read the fine print, I said "more than 5". No just kidding. Sasha counts for 2. And Cody counts for 1.5 because he is a just-passing-through fast guy. And Lyman counts for 1.5 because this is his first comment on my blog. And Kerry counts for 1.5 because he is a punk. But James only counts .5 because he is my hubby and he is biased. (Sorry sweetie!) Ho-Boy...here we go...I'm gonna be sore this time on Sunday.

I not really any of the above, but go for it and have fun.

Well now, Dustin officially makes 6, so now you're really stuck! Can't talk yourself out of this one now, can you?

Big D! You get the most votes of all--2.5. 1.5 because you are a just-passing-through fast guy. An extra .5 because this is your first comment on my blog, and the rest on the strong suspicion that you are also a punk. Sure, you seem like a nice enough guy, but just look at who you hang around with! There is strong correlation between that St. George running club and punkdom.

Lybi you don't need me to tell you to go for it since everyone else did, but I'm way excited for you. You are amazing and will do great. Even if you won't have a cheering section there, you have a huge virtual cheering section waiting to hear how you did. Good Luck!

Be brave, be strong, do not give in to the pain, the PR is not important, the shear exhastion of the great effort will be your reward. No luck needed, you are ready.

B of BS Rools out

Just do it! You will have fun and be glad that you ran.

Thanks for the encouragement, Kristina, Brent & James! Boy, now I'm glad I checked the blog right before leaving for the race. I'm stoked.

Ah man, I'm too late to tell you to go for it- its already Sat. am! I hope you have just finished the 5k! Can't wait to read the race report! I'm sure you ROCKED!

Just read your comment about my toes- yeah its a bugger. I think the deal is that the end of my toes had gotten kinda calloused, then the callouses (sp?) went away when I was swimming for a week in powell w/ no running. Thankfully they don't hurt today, so maybe a week of running broke them back in? Anyhow Steve helped me pick out my last 2 pairs of shoes, I just have feet issues I guess! Stinks! Hey- when do you get in town this next week? Can't wait to see you!

Christi, we are coming in Friday afternoon. I am so excited to meet you in person! James wants to drive the course, then we might run, shower, go early to help set up for the party and stuff. Not exactly sure.

Yeah, there's that other matter of having to pick up my race number as well . . . plus I want to take a look at the stuff at the expo. Last time I was there, they had gloves on sale for a buck each, plus lots of other cool stuff. We're going to leave here early in the morning, and it is about a 7 hour drive to St. George. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the party!