Yes, you read it right, short course METERS, in the outdoor pool in Waterville. Training in an outdoor pool is almost too fun to be called training, sunlight on your strokes and waterslides after. And, my god, meters.

600 w/u
2 x [4 x 75 k/dr/sw + 100 easy]
8 x 100 pull
3 x [100 easy kick + 4 x 25 ALL OUT kick]
4 x 150 middle 50 dr
200 kick every 4th length fly
2 x 100 c/d

You're a little late...we were done by 8:30...slacker! :)

The run went VERY well...we averaged a 9:04 pace and still felt good enough to pick up the last mile to 8:06-8:20 pace.

Karen & I got in 11 then met up with Marion, Sara, Holly & Beth. Holly & Beth joined us for the full 10 we had left, Marion & Sara ran the lake with the puppies.

Holly ~ I hope your ITB feels good after this run!

Ginger just knows it was more of a challenge for me. It's been a few years since I've done that many miles.

I hope Kasch is feeling better. Let me know.

be any fun if I didn't harass her just a little! :)

Kasch is still under the weather...he had a good day, but it's nighttime so he's a little puny again....Thanks for asking!

It was great to get out there and run with you guys again--I was not sure I would be able to keep up, but I felt good today and figured I could always slow it down if my IT band hurt. Day off tomorrow!:)

I want some credit here. Marion and I ran the lake and then walked back so we could put a little pressure on the girls for the last mile. ha ha I did run in with Karen and could hardly keep up with the 8:20 pace. They were very impressive. Nice to run with them for a bit. Hanging with my four leg friends was even better (and thankfully slower).

The 21 mile went great! My Garmin gave me an average of 9:07 per mile. Julie and the girls were great company. I wish you could have joined us.

Good to see Bob and Vanessa too. Bob, so glad to hear your knee is on the mend.

Congrats to all the blueberry 5 milers out there. Great job!

you must be marathon training. What's the goal race?

Yes, I said I'd never do it again, but I changed my mind after watching the MDI marathon last year. I was inspired. I've run MDI and Sugarloaf, so I wanted to try a new course. Maybe my third try will go better.

LOL....Thats what I said about Sugarloaf, but I already know I will be there this coming May! Congratulations on a GREAT run Karen and Julie, and everyone else who joined in.

That's a strong pace for 2 miles, so holding that for 21 is awesome! Karen, you're inpsiring me to get back on track so I can keep up with you at Maine. My runs haven't felt so good lately, normal running ups and downs.

Brian was 11th overall. Either way he wanted to break 33 minutes and did that. Nice work.

I've been thinking about that as well and I'm not sure you can compare the two. Swimmers can simply do more because they have no pounding thus why most swimmers, elite and non elite swim 2 or more times a day. Not many runners can do that.

But With Phelps win in the 100 last night I'd say you'd have to compare his performances.to winning a wide range of distances and specialty ones as well, the 400, 800, 1500, 400 hurdles, and 4x400. That's only 5 events but if someone did that then that would be something special since no one has ever done that. I don;t think you can really compare his performance to distances like the 5-k, 10-k or marathon.

that any "equivalent" running performance would include a variety of distances. It is very rare to have a swimmer who can cover, well, everything - 50 and 100 is pure anaerobic sprint hell, you'll get some people who are good at those two events, or maybe a sprinter who can post a good 200 time (that distance is equivalent to running an 800: the painful border of aerobic and anaerobic metabolisms). So you might have a 50/100 swimmer... or a 100/200 swimmer... to have someone who can sprint, then go equally stunning times in distance races, is just amazing and again, so rare. Not to mention he's a good IMer, which requires proficiency in all strokes, and he's swum some good distance free times.

I would say that a 1500/1650 swim is, maybe comparable to a 5k - the WR for a 1500 is 15:xx, and if you were really good at a 5k, there you go. But 10k or marathon, there's nothing in the pool that compares to those, because pool races only go up to the mile.

Anyway, Phelps is a physiological freak of nature...

...Michele, Robin,
and Mary Leonard in her Eden singlet.

As chief cheerleader. :-)

Nice job everyone and congrats. to Judson for winning yet another one. Excellent running.

It was great to see you Bruce.

Two 5-milers down, two to go. Can someone stop the sweep?

Yes, Bruce, it was good to see you there. You got me all the way to the finish line this year with your advice just to "put the hammer down at the turn and not stop until you crash into somebody."

So, 32:48 isn't quite as good as 31:59. But it's better than 33:00, etc. Considering I couldn't summon much more effort today than I usually put into a 6@6 run, I guess I should be grateful that I got under 33.

Splits:
6:10, 7:02, 6:20, 6:47, 6:27

Probably should have chased Spotter harder rather than stopping for that cappuccino on the way up the 2-mile hill. But Spotter ran very well and steady -- all the more impressive for his not knowing the course.

Someday I'm going to have all the marble bases made into a countertop and stick all the runners on my car hood.

Great thing about the Blueberry fest is they give out pottery. I've only run that race 4 times but I've got 4 nice matching homemade pottery mugs.

how many Sugarloaf moose bowls? Now you just need to find a race that gives out silverware, and you will be all set!

(the other) Vanessa B. is racking up quite a hardware collection of her own. Nice!