I did the dreaded TM run today.....and it wasn't "too bad". I use to only be able to get 40-45 minutes in on there....but today did 60 mins. I do like that you can control speed...hills...etc. I did an interval workout not too long ago, and its a great way to "make' yourself run a certain speed.
I would like to do some hills maybe next time!

Great running everyone

I got in 5 Tues, 3 yesterday, and just finished up 6 today. I have 7 planned on Saturday and 6 Sunday.

Training for a marathon on April 28, plan called for 10 miles today so this morning before daylight, (about 4:30) it was raining but temp was about 58 so I went got 11 miles in. And I am glad I did when it quit raining the temp went way down and the wind has been gusting to about 35 mph all day.

I'm on the fence about an 11 mile today. On one hand I've put in 42 miles since last Monday, which is about 8 more than I've ever put in before, its raining and I have a ton of things to do today. On the other hand, I would love to break 50 miles in a week, and I won't have a free day to run again until Tuesday.

I say "Go for it", but 42 is a great week.

I cross trained today with a bike ride & upper body strength training. My knees are still a little achey from my 10K on Thursday which is very out of the ordinary for me. My knees have started to kind of ache after 5 miles...is that normal for you guys? Considering a knee brace but have no idea where to start looking for one. The muscles on insides of my knees hurt then the bone hurts right in the center of my knee. I know that's not the best description but I'd love to hear from your experiences!

It might be worth seeing a physiotherapist to find out what exactly is causing the problem, then they will be able to recommend whether a brace or strapping will help.
I had knee problems (turned out to be the tendons) and strapping it with Rock Tape helped a lot. It settled down but I can feel it every now and again as my runs are getting longer so I think I'll start strapping it again.

Ive had two good running days though I'm a bit stiff now. Yesterday was my first 10 mile run, hooray! I feel rather as though I cheated though, as I happenned to run past a friend I hadn't seen for ages so I walked for 10 mins or so and chatted with her before I ran again. But, I'm still pretty happy to have run 10 miles (even with a 10 min walk break in there), next weekend is 11 miles, so that will push up my "longest run" stats again.
I'm also happy to see that my speed is getting a little faster - I'm aiming to finish my half marathon in 2:30 which will be a stretch for me as I"m a pretty slow runner but it isn't a very big race and looking at last years results, this would put me right in the tail end anyway. I don't know if that's a really good reason for trying to run faster... but it's keeping me motivated. Also the fact that it will be HOT so the slower I am, the hotter it will get.
This morning was relaxed 4 miles with a few sprints at the end, I thought I would be really really slow as I'm stiff from yesterday's long run but it was better than I thought. Tomorrow is a strength trianing day to give my sore bits a chance to rest before Wednesday's 6 mile pace run.

I set a new PR for a 5k. I ran 3.16 miles at a 8.57 pace on Friday. I was so excited!! I ran 6.42 miles yesterday with lots of hills (ugh) but still kept my pace at 9.37.