Good morning Team!!!! I'm going to try to do my super catch up right now before the day gets too wild. Training is going well, although I still haven't officially signed up for Columbus. My lr on Sunday was pretty good, I did 12 miles--don't get all Mom on me
Cam, I did a road/treadmill combo, I did 3 miles on the TM, 1 mile outside 3 times for a total of 9 miles on the TM and 3 miles outside. It really wasn't that bad, since I was only outside for 11 minutes at a time, it didn't seem too hot, even though it was in the 90's Sunday afternoon. I finished in 2:15 for an 11:20ish pace, I'm really pleased with that. Yesterday I went to the gym for xt and lifting. I ended up doing 10.80 miles on the random hill program on the bike. I didn't make it in time for the spinning class, so I didn't get to really try out my new cycling shoes, I wore them, but on the regular stationary bikes, they don't have the clip-in pedals. For my birthday, Stephen got me a Polar heart rate monitor that's compatible with all the equipment at Gold's, so I've been having fun with that for the past couple of weeks. My average heart rate was 137 yesterday.
Today I have 3 miles, definitely on the TM as we are hitting 96 today and we are under a smog alert and a heat advisory. I love living in the Midwest!!!
Moonie--
Congrats on the weight loss!!! That is fantastic!!! Great job on your 6 miles yesterday, that is a wonderful pace.
Lily--I am so glad your Mom is doing better!!!!
Sorry the iPod died, I'm fanatical about charging mine, especially as I'm getting up into upper mileage for my lr's. I couldn't imagine running 16 miles with only myself for company.
Kristi--Right, you don't want to grab Johnny's anything.
I think the new training log is a great motivator. Another thing that motivates me during the times I hate running is to down load a bunch of new songs on my iPod that I'm only allowed to listen to if I run or xt. I want to hear the songs so bad, it forces me to get out there and train. New clothes are helpful too.
Cam--
belated!!! I hope you had a wonderful day. Did you get any new toys? Great job leaving the house to workout once you were already home, that takes commitment!!!! How sore is Andrew today?
Carrie--Is this your last week at your "old" job? Are you dancing up and down the hallways yet? Can't wait to see you on Saturday!
Terri--Stephen and I are both big Hal Higdon fans. Stephen's used him for every event he's run and this is the 2nd time I've used his training plans. I've used John Bingham's plans in the past for 2 1/2 marathons and 1 full and while I love John Bingham, his plans aren't my favorite, especially the timed runs instead of mileage runs during the week. That said, I think you would be better to stick with John Bingham's plan coming off your surgery and Achilles Tendon injury. Hal Higdon's plans are a bit more challenging and I don't want to you to hurt yourself again. Good luck deciding.
Jen--
Just wanted to give you a hug. I'll give you a real one on Saturday.
SW Dave--Have you decided about the marathon yet? I'm going back and forth if I should register too. If I'm able to run in January, but didn't sign up, I'll have a terrible case of medal envy!!!!! Did you happen to catch the Steelers game Sunday night? I don't want to get all crazy, but they looked really, really, really good. I was especially impressed with Cedric Wilson and Carey Davis.
Stephanie--So, the marathon nightmares start.
I haven't had any this time, but I definitely had them before the Disney marathon. I'll try to over look the whole Cleveland Browns fan thing.
But just let me say, Brady Quinn is an idiot--you are a rookie, sign the stupid contract!!!
Judi--I bet you look marvelous in your New Balance cross trainers. You are the queen after all.
FL Bill--
!!! There a lot of August birthdays!! I guess all that holiday cheer between Halloween and Thanksgiving really gets to people!!
Mel--I have a hard time running on vacation too! I usually start out really good, but as the week goes on, sleeping in an extra hour looks better and better.
See ya on Saturday!!!
I know I missed people, but I should get started on my work. Boo! Hiss!!! Hopefully I'll have time to post more than once a week.
I'm happy for your MC marathon entry though. 
Just think of all the minutes you've already gotten in with your shopping XT 
and your time in the pool! 
Did I mention that this was my first birthday IN MY LIFE that I didn't get cake? 
Still sad about that! (Guess Howard knows about the weight loss while training thread. 
) That's okay though, Carrie and Lily have promised to sacrifice themselves at CDC to the effort of remedying my cake deprivation. 
You will do fine at CDC. I wish I was going with you guys! Maybe then I would have kept my butt in gear this summer.
But...I am thrilled you & your DW have come to a great compromise on your training with MCM! 
Makes me want to come up there and knock some sense into those kids! You are doing great--don't let those punks discourage you!
