2 miles walking on the treadmill. My mouth is watering thinking about a chocolate waterfall!

8oo free
8 x 1oo pull
8 x 5o kick (trying to sprint... my kicking has one speed most days)
2oo easy kick
3 x [ 12 x 5o, 12 x 25]
-first set breast, second free, third back
2oo easy

I felt like a turtle this morning; none of my strokes had any snap to them!

in 30 minutes (back on the dreadmill in Boston) as a recovery run from my Saturday run (for the Eden Totals) of 18 miles at Fort Campbell, Clarksville, TN. Found a trail that troops march on ... not on weekends. My Brother-in-law is involved in the big offensive that's going on north of Baghdad. However, I think he's back at the base maintaining the helicopters since that's his usual job (shhh, it's a secret).

Keep running!

10-miles easy, then some exercises.

It's snowing like crazy here. I think it's suppossed to go thru the day.

in wicked bad wind, Cove then East End path and back home.

still no cash a la King on the streets, but found a Bank of America card yesterday

miles in pretty breezy conditions. Just to get the junk out of my legs from yesterday. Followed it with about 45 minutes of hauling wheelbarrows-full of dirt to rutted spots in my yard. Someday my goal is to have it be entirely grass...

Although I can't tell any difference in condition, the carriage roads apparently are no longer closed. So I can openly report that I ran the 10 at 10 route from Duck Brook Bridge -- nice and easy.

Chris came and found me about 7 miles in and got me to stir the old stumps a little bit for the last three.

For some reason today it felt like I had short bungee cords attaching my heels to my butt -- hard to open at all into a good forward stride. Tight hamstrings I guess.

Hooray for the carriage roads! When I saw B's truck parked at DBB, I felt the hood and figured if it was warm, I would try and catch him. Ice cold...thank goodness! Instead, I just headed out toward EL, figuring I would find him somewhere, and sure enough, found him about 3 miles in, bouncing along with these strange elastic thingies on his legs. ??? Retraced my steps with him back to DBB, and continued on around the Witch Hole Pond loop. The wind is a bit brisk, but the sun is wonderful!

Has anyone seen my Bank of America card?

so it was you! didn't recognize the pseudonym ...

Well, I go out and run 6 and a half miles straight into it! funny thing about out and backs, you always seem to be running into the wind. Echo lake lurvey spring loop. 52 minutes.

Seawall loop with a quick trip into SW Hbr. Quite the headwind from Seawall to Bass Harbor, shoulda had my ear warmers on. Come on Spring!

17 miles on the bike at the YMCA. It was my first exercise in three days. Felt a twinge in my foot on Saturday morning, and decided to give it the full treatment: 3-day rest, ice, ibuprofen, elevation. I've been drinking gallons of milk, taking supplements, and plan to buy new shoes tomorrow.

No pain right now, so maybe it was nothing. I'm planning on a short run tomorrow to see how it goes.

Cold wind and contending with crazy Bangor traffic - I drove up to the University to run on the bike path. I learned a 6 mile loop last week... I call it 'the gauntlet' - so I parked my car a mile away - to avoid unnecessary parking fines and ran in... then did the 2 loops... and ran back out. Well protected from the trees.

Didn't see any wildlife - but I did see a Jeff Caron headed off in one direction and 2 Hintz family members a little later.

in the wind. Here's how it was supposed to go: 2xmile in 5:08 with 5 minutes rest after each, 2x1200 in 3:51 on the 7 minute, 800 in 2:34. My miles averaged about 5:15 and my 1200s were close to 4 minutes. The 800 was 2:36. The wind was pretty bad at some points, but it wasn't too much of a factor overall. I think the times would have been hard to hit even on a perfect day. I was on pace for the first 800 of each of the repeats (except the actual 800) but after that I couldn't keep up. Total with warmup, cooldown, and recovery was 12 miles. I got new shoes after the workout. They're the same ones I had before, Saucony Grid Jazz X.

Did you notice that Adam's 1:17:29 netted him 81st place? Sheesh, I don't know, but I strongly doubt he'd finish worse than 50th with that time in any other half in the country, no matter how big the field. Great run Adam, that's a great time!

As for my run, thanks for the good words everyone! I have no complaints. I am indeed in worse shape by far than last year, but I ran a good race for the most part. I felt rotten at 2 miles and wondered if it would be a bad day, but the fast part of the course from 4-10 helped out and I got a good rhythm going. Miles 11-13 were into the wind and hurt a lot, but I was able to hold on well enough to reach my stretch goal of sub-1:28. Splits:

6:40, 163 avg. HR
6:41, 172
6:52, 174
6:47, 176
6:27, 176
6:30, 177
6:28, 175
6:25, 177
6:42, 179
6:41, 180
6:40, 182
6:46, 183
7:37 (1.1), 186

I felt strong and like I had something in reserve after my bad patch early on, but I don't think I really did. I tried to power up the hill at 12, but the bear jumped on my back and I rigged up big time into the wind for the final stretch. Only 1 guy passed me, but it let me know that I was running close to max and didn't have much more to give. My splits are a mirror image of those from last year, only 10 seconds a mile slower (watch time 1:27:17 versus 1:24:45 last year). But that's OK, I had a huge base and was training for Boston/VCM last year, so I can say I'm happy to be that close after taking it easy this winter. Hopefully it bodes well for upcoming races around here, which I plan to run in my new Eden Athletics singlet :-)

It was great to see old friends, and as noted the VT crew ran very well indeed. One of my van mates, Kasie Enman, finished 3rd overall for women in 1:17:40, just behind Adam. She's a formidable runner!

Sounds like a great race and a deep field. Glad you could catch up with your VT crew.

Wow, i knew today would feel a little odd, but i didn't know it would be this bad.

4m on the mill...followed by some core and lifting for 30 minutes.
alternated between 800@ 3:40 and 800@ 2:36

Hopefully tommorow will feel better

congrats on the NewBedford race you guys, Adam I think I ran with you for most of B2B (I was the shorter guy with the pr singlet...I didn't have an official time, due to not running with a chip but with a borrowed bib) and came in somewhere near 35:40-50ish with you?

Just to note- The newly formed prmoosemilers took 5th in both mens open (just behind Dirigo) and masters divisions...and the seniors took 2nd i believe (behind those greenmtn. men :)) while the ladies took 5th in the open, and 2nd in the masters and seniors division.

I'm waiting for the day to sport the Eden Athletics singlet though :)

-Chris

Running/walking = 90
Swimming = 5100 yards