back! Nice run.
I'm a Believer is my favorite Smash Mouth song. It has a great beat for running.

a good one, too. I had forgotten about it. I had never purchased music from ITunes before, and they make it SOOO easy. I need to be careful, it's addicting!

(((hugs)))

dowtime always sucks because it's no fun to not get to train... but it is good for me (you have to recover at some point right? I got in about 35 hrs of training over spring break).

After the tri season ended the Brunswick tri coach told me he took TWO WEEKS completely off. I keep thinking of that. It is inspiration :D

still no new swimsuit...

It wasn't as windy as yesterday, but it was still enough to make me bend right into it to keep going forward today. I'm guessing 13 around Lamoine with Mark and Amy, Robin, Tom and Ginger. The course looks even flatter than I remembered it; good sign.

If I'd known I'd have cheered for you from here. Now I can just yell my congratulations. You're one tough chickie!

for Julie.

She ran a 50-k trail race but she said it was longer than 50-k. Just an easy training run for Boston she said.

that's amazing. I can't imagine running that far. I don't know how she does it. I like having her for long runs, because just when I'm starting to slow down she gradually starts picking it up, no slacking allowed.

is crazy, to use the words "32 miles" and "easy run" in the same sentence! LOL
You are awesome, Julie...WOW!!!!

A trail ultra in Jax that I ran at the last minute ~ Karl's the only person (except the people who talked me into it) that knew I was going....it was FUN!!! I know, I know, but it really was...beautiful trails, nice weather, and a great group of people. Ended up running it in 5:07 even which put me in 4th place for overall women, 9th place overall. I ran it as a training run ~ overall pacing came in at 9:34 but of course this includes check-ins after every 8 miles, re-fueling stops (we supply our own stocked coolers at the 8 mile check-in) and a bathroom break. I felt great after the run and still feel good the day after! Now I finally feel like I'm ready for Boston!

Thanks for all your comments! Great running for everyone today!

what did you use for fuel - anything aside from gels? For long distance tri, it's common to use real food (energy/candy bars, pbj, etc on the bike where you can actually eat) and then at run aid stations they'll often have cookies! And best of all, flat coke :D

Accelerade gel & drink ~ they had plenty of food and candy on the table, but I wanted to stick to what I knew worked for me...plus, it's only 6 miles more than a marathon so I really didn't think I'd need more.

job, Julie. I'm glad you feel better about Boston, you should.

:)