It has been a rough fall for you. I hope your LR today is able to clear your mind a little
, that's my happy dance. Wow, what is up with work? Talk about a curveball, man, you need to get some answers so you can get a plan of attack. I've been down that road b4 & it's tough. I will echo the thoughts of a rough autumn for you. Remember, this too shall pass, keep the faith, man . Oh, I don't worry about running, I pretty much did the same thing you did; ran Mon. 6 miles, 20 mins on Weds & that was it
. How'd the run go? 
& on the boards! , but it only lasted a mile or so. Last few miles were pretty dang heinous & I couldn't see running another 6 if my life depended on it...that's encouraging
Anyhow it's DONE
. Oh yeh, someone explain to me why people get antsy during taper?
. I'm soooo diggin' the thought. Drum roll please.........................average pace was 9:46! Not bad for a turtle, but I'll have you know there were many 10min+ plus miles toward the end. It was really feelin' sucky. 
Waiting for other reports. And NO, I won't be having a beer tonight to celebrate, I can't handle those Sun am hangovers
Oh, & don't forget, I have to be a corn cop tomorrow!
gymnastics.
Awesome job on the 20 milers. Sorry they were less than inspirational but at least you got them done.
. I hope all goes well with the job since you really didn't need yet another thing on your plate right now.
. I have to preface this by saying I have not had more than 5 hours of sleep per night all week because of DH's snoring issues. 3:15 is the latest I have slept and 2:30 has been my get up time the last two mornings. I am so mad I could spit. How in heck am I supposed to get better and sane with NO sleep
? I have done 12 miles on the TM this morning and I want to do my final 8 sometime today but DH has been on a hike since 8 a.m. and he's not back yet. The leg is not good and I am kind of scared
. It is definitely some kind of overuse thing that needs RICE. Any advice for the last 3 weeks besides telling me I really shouldn't be running this?Dave and JodiThe leg is not good and I am kind of scared
. Do what's going to be best for you in the long run, but if your leg needs RICE, by all means RICE!
. Honestly, if I had run in the sun & humidity I would never have made it, I don't hold up with this weather good @ all. When my run ended around 9, the sun was still behind all the fog, just starting to creep out. At aroun noon & tried to walk the dog around the block & we both turned around half way down the road. Think back to those cool a.m.s just a few short weeks ago when you were bangin' out sub 9 mmiles. Don't sweat it (no pun), you'll be fine in 3WEEKS, yes, 3 WEEKS. So, you had a Jodi Stop, sorry to hear that dude, welcome to my world I'm glad your run was uneventful, if you could all running 20 miles uneventful! Good deal, you're all set now for the 28th! 
, tell him I said so! Honestly, that would drive me insane, not to be insensitive to his issues, but the mans gotta do something, ASAP, you've got miles to cover . I don't know what to say about the leg, what's going on with it? I hope you're ok, man we're dropping like flies, don't do any damage, please. Rest. And what's wrong with 12 miles on the dreadmill? That's quite an achievement in itself. Be happy with it & maybe fit in a 10miler next week if the leg allows, kay? I have to stand w/ my DS in a corn maze for 5 hours tomorrow telling people how to get out of the maze (I have no idea how to do this, got lost myself the other week ). All the $ we make goes to his school. Better than wrapping paper & magazine drives!
in the evening. Ratatouille just came to our bargain theater. DD6 had seen it, but I hadn't. So we had a Daddy/DD6 date night going to see Ratatouille and dinner at Friendly's. It was a great evening. Ratatouille was a really good movie. Those Pixar people are amazing! Seriously, I feel for you with your leg trouble. Right now look at it this way, see if the taper gets your leg healed up and strong again. You now have 3 weeks to get healed up. That's what your supposed to be doing in the taper.
How did your last LR go? I was thinking of you a lot during my LR yesterday. I feel for you because you started this whole MCM WISH group. I'm really going to miss not running with you again, but we'll have to figure out another time. Hope you're doing OK. Get yourself healed up for Disney.
. Thanks for the leg advice. . He says he will not be the cause of my not being able to do MCM . He is forgiven for sure
. I was able to bang out another 3 miles in the evening so I will take 15 miles for the day as a victory. I did some reflexology and my plan is to take it as easy as my hard core personality will allow me to during the taper in the hopes that it will give me the best chance for a fairly comfortable race. I am not going to sweat it and work myself into a frenzy. . I hope you all have a great week of decreased training.
Hi Jodi- I did hear about the Chicago Marathon. Actually, you would have finished - because you had to have reached the halfway point by 4 hours. They closed the 2nd half of the course. I feel badly for the man that died and his family. How awful. The heat's been crazy this year. Of the marathon's I've paid attention to this year, a lot of them have had record heat: Disney (of course), the Disneyland half marathon was over 100 degrees, Grandma's Marathon (that Sara ran in), and now Chicago. Even the Flying Pig Marathon that I ran the 1/2M at was pretty warm and a runner died on the full marathon course. Oooh, I hope it's not that hot for us at the MCM.
, and we both laughed and were singing the song afterwards.
My kids loved it, especially DS10, who is the ultimate Star Wars fan. I laughed at the part when Annikan (sp) needed to stand on the phone book to kiss the princess (can't remember her name). It is so well done.
, as if!! I'm sure the "views" distracted you! . We can all learn from what you are going through. I'm so happy she nixed the surgery idea, ok, I'll ask you to humor me again & buy the ChiRunnin book. It'll cost $15 & may have something worthwhile in it for you I mean, it can't hurt! In fact I'd like all of you to buy it (no, no kickback) or borrow it from the library. I mean, I know you have to buy into that kinda stuff, but it really helped me!
. Perhaps he got wind of your impending pole dance & couldn't stand the thoughts? Seriously though, I hope he's able to catch up with everything & can attend. 
. 3 hours of walking later we both were beat. I got a wicked headache, came home took 4 advil & took a nap. Woke up ok. But what I'm getting to is...on the way to the maze I stopped @ a convenience store to get a big bottle of water for us. In there is this runner-dude all sweaty & stinky (it was around 9:15) buying a gatorade or the like. He had a fuel belt, walkman...ya'll are familiar with the look . So I ask him how far he went & he says 12 down 8 to go, I laugh & tell him I did the same the day b4. And guess what, he's training for MCM, too! Isn't that a hoot? We were like NO WAY!! What a small world after all, it's a small world after, it's a small, small world. It's a world of laughter a world of....
