Jeanette - woohoo on breaking the 240 barrier! Way to go!
Mrs D - good luck with the training plan. I need to choose a fall marathon and start in the next couple of weeks myself. If the large size of the Garmin is a drawback (and the 305 is pretty hefty), I think they have smaller models without all the bells and whistles, and I think Polar makes a smaller GPS watch as well.
Maura - good luck with your training!
As for me - my miles for the month are pretty bad. I have kept the streak going, but pretty much needed a month to recover from the double whammy of a marathon and an ultra in the same month. On the plus side, I can see that speedwork is really starting to pay off, and my legs are finally feeling light and springy again. Did some barefoot running on a soccer field last week, and might look into getting a pair of the vibrams and seeing how they go.