Watching the online feed for the NYC marathon. Joe hit halfway right on pace, 1:08:34.

Gary Allen is running with Lance and looking good.

90 minutes about 15-miles

Joe runs 2:18:40, third American. Qualifies for the trials.

Ya baby, F*cking right.

Gary still running with Lance.

... not much, but it's something. I pulled a shoulder muscle two weeks ago and it's feeling better, though not totally okay :( I got out as soon as it started to hurt... I am learning...

8oo w/u
6 x 15o on 2:10
6 x 5o on :50
6 x 1oo on 1:30
6 x 5o on :50
2oo c/d

CeCelia and I had fun watching Gary run with Lance....

JC, you'll be doing the same thing in April. You sound very psyched for your friend, that should pump you up for London. Tell Joe your trainee wants his autograph:)

What a great morning out there. Sorry I missed the launch of the group run, but I jumped in later and ran a few with Kevin, Bob and Frank, then continued on with Frank for most of his second loop. He looked good and steady when I hopped out again at his mile 18+ ...nice running!

Frank, Bob, Kevin, Brian, and Shannon. COLD soak in Duck Brook.

Nice breakfast in Ellsworth to keep myself on the edge of that BMI overweight measure!

for ten miles, and for being on the verge of overweight. : ) But I thankfully had the good sense to drop off when he and Brian had the icy idea of heading down to the brook. Maybe next time.

November 5. Legs For Literacy Marathon, Moncton, NB

134 807 Judith Blake Bar Harbor ME US F 6/7 F5059 5:00:00 4:59:53 7:09

A nice turnout on a cold morning. 10 miles for me.

How could I forget, a delightful 10.2 with Karen. We saw all of the above out there.

...from Duck Brook Bridge with Frank, Bob, Kev, Tim, and Shannon. And, yes, that Duck Brook water was cold afterward. But the run was great.

Congratulations, Judy!

Joe's NY performance today should bring some good recognition to ZAP's program. Something's working there.

Can't help but observe that Chris G's Chicago time would have won her age-group today at NY as well. So, I'd say something's working here also.

just got back from Waterville with Bonnie. I got to see Larry Allen induct O.J. into the Maine running hall of fame. Very inspirational speeches by both O.J. and Larry. Also inducted were, Paul Firlotte (the "Ellsworth Express"), Christine Snow-Reaser and Harold Hatch. Lot's of great running people in that room today. One of which was our own Bruce B. Nice to finally meet you, Bruce! Larry was recieving updates via his cell phone about Gary and Lance Armstrong. That's gotta be a run to remember! Congratulations O.J.!
We met this incredible man at our table.

1,000s of leaves, 100s of bulbs chased with 4 miles lit from the moon hanging above the horizon.

x2=8 for the E'

in two loops (82,79) from Duck Brook with the Sunday Group. Many thanks to Chris G. for her company on most of the second loop.

Good work Judy. Keep the miles comin'..

I agree Brian, something is working here. 38,800 miles on the Edenometer to date, and a shot at 50K for the year if we really pick up the pace. If you are sitting on any unrecorded miles please send them my way. Lurkers pitch in too. I know many of you run! I am declaring a period of amnesty for lurkers. No need to disclose why you lurk. Just pass your miles along and join us whenever you want.

with Peter on some of my usual run from home to Pine Swamp Road with a loop in Willowdale, which included parts of the Stone Cat trails.

Keep running!

Hey all, we're home from Moncton and doing fine. It was a great day, but cold and windy. The course was great, mostly on hardpack dirt running/biking trail along the tidal river there. Lots of volunteers and very well run.

First, the course...on the map, it looks convoluted. In practice, it was fine. From the highschool through the center of town, then down along the river on this wide running/biking hardpack dirt trail, over the bridge, and loop back. Then up the river on this track across several miles of marshland. A bit of a wending through neighborhoods, back down to the track and finally back through town.

This running day is the big one in Moncton. It's only the second year they have run a full marathon, although they have run the other races for many years and have the organization down. Last year they had 50 participants for the full. This year, 150. The full marathon and walkers set out at 8 am. Then there was a 1/2 marathon, 10k and 5k staggered timing over the morning. They expected 400 total participants but had over 700, and managed very well. There was a nice pasta lunch following the races. Carol ran the 5k, and she had a good run.

Carol and I drove up on Saturday, scoped the course, had a great Indian dinner, and worried about the temperature. It was 5 1/2 hour drive on those big wide-open Canadian roads. There is a nice 'Running Room' store next to the hotel we stayed in. I bought one of those containers to hold gu...but during the race, I couldn't squeeze the gu out...it was too thick in the cold weather, or maybe just too thick. I know you aren't supposed to do anything new on race day, but who was thinking?

Anyway, I'm happy to have finished; let's say that. The temperature was 25 degrees at the start, but no wind, although wind was forecast and did come in cold. I mulled over what to wear, and did fine with that. The first 1/2 of the race I did great....2:06 for the 1/2. However, just before the 1/2 point my feet kicked in as I thought they might, and I had to stop to change my socks and massage them [they get needles and pins and very painful to the point I can't walk on them]. I'm now getting some therapy for my feet, and I can go 2 hours without problems. However, with my long training runs I've had to stop and massage my feet several times, and that's what happened during the 2nd half of the race. Despite knowing this, I had decided to run anyway because I wanted to do a marathon this year and I needed to get a baseline on where I was with this event after not doing one since 2003.

So the second 1/2 of the race didn't go so well. My feet hurt a lot and I had to walk quite a bit. I changed socks two more times. The gu didn't work, but I did have my favorite cliff shot cubes. At about 20 miles I was out on the marsh working into 10m/hr cold wind and I was getting cold from going so slow. I started to fade...so I munched away on all the cliff shots I had since I realized I wasn't getting enough fuel. That helped and I managed to get up a good jog for the last three miles or so through town where the buildings blocked the wind.

So...glad to finish. Except for my feet, I'm fine and happy.

core,8 miles spinning.A little windier and it felt colder despite temp being up a bit from last night.Winter wind chill is starting to kick in. Dave T.

Vanessa enjoyed her 10.2, as did I with the great company. It takes two of us to equal Frank's mileage. Nice job Frank. Congratulations to Judy, along with a much belated "Thanks" for telling us about Eden Athletics many moons ago. Hope those feet feel better soon.

An easy 8 miles in this suddenly warm weather.