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Thanks for the responses everyone. I appreciate you all taking the time to weigh in. ;-)

I'm curious as to why so many feel like this is water weight. My weight has never fluctuated like this. I'm pretty consistent even throughout the whole course of a day. It's not that I am opposed to sticking with this calorie goal, but I don't want to unintentionally slow my metabolism either.

@MyouTakaraTri- Thanks for the input. I have tried cutting out dairy and gluten for almost two years. The symptoms were a little better, but nowhere near perfect. I KNOW corn affects me, but dang... corn is in EVERYTHING and they don't even have to list it on the ingredient label here in the US if it is "part of the…

Thanks for sharing this link! I totally geek out on numbers and running Chicago this year makes it even more interesting for me! :flowerforyou: Did you catch the article on the man with MD that finished??? What an inspiring story! Watching him cross the finish line on the news the next morning brought tears to my eyes!

Ohhh... I've heard about the Ragnar and I've seen pictures... that dude looks like pure evil to me!!! :-)

10/13- 26.5

10/10- 5.1 slow miles. tapering is the devil. :devil:

Are you ready for the race?!

10/7- 5 miles.

Starting to get excited. Next Sunday if all goes as planned I'll be running my first marathon in Chicago! Eeeeeeek! :glasses:

Oh schnikes! I added a row and put my name in the middle. I hope I didn't screw anything up... Apparently I should have read ALL of that post earlier. I'm sorry! :blushing: Anyway, let's do this thing! :glasses: I'm in for 70.

9/30- 8.2 miles. Legs felt MUCH better today!

9/28- 6.24 rough miles on wasted legs!

FLYING!

@red- My husband has run Chicago before and we're both running it this year. It sounds like a well organized, nice flat race.

Cooriander- I would actually recommend scheduling walking intervals. It sounds nuts, in fact, that's what I thought when someone recommended it to me, but it can give your body a chance to recover a bit and then you can actually run faster on your intervals, evening out the time with much less stress on your body. "Why do…

9/27- 5 miles

Running my first full marathon in Chicago, October 13! Anyone else running Chicago this year?

9/21- 20.5 miles

9/18- 4.6 miles... hill sprint day. ouch. i'd better get some miles in. we're over halfway through the month! i'm hoping for a 20 miler this weekend, so that should help.

Cooriander- great pace on that 15k! i'm guessing a little energy gel at or around minute 45 would have been very helpful for those last two miles. i find that if i go much over an hour and ten minutes, i'm needing the gels to keep pace and mental clarity. (and i'm nowhere near as fast as you!) keep up the great work!

Awesome weather for a run here today too! I ran the best 8 miles I've run since summer started. It must be something in the air, because all of my runner friends have made the same comment! I don't know if it is temperature, oxygen content, or air quality, but it is most welcome!

what? no reminder to dodge flying uteri at mile 18 on race day?

sarahz- congrats on the 3.1 pr! those sure feel great, don't they!? :glasses:

utes- best wishes on your marathon! :flowerforyou:

9/11- 4.2 rough miles. the heat was pretty intense, even early this morning.

dave- congrats on the great race! way to destroy that younger runner! :wink: 9/8- i am not getting the miles in at all lately, but i still feel like i'm ready for my marathon in october as long as i can keep injury out of the picture... overtraining is certainly not going to be an issue if i keep getting sick like this.…

9/2- 4 miles i don't really care one way or the other, but my accountant mind does like to see those decimals! :blushing:

The new system looks great. Thanks! I put my goal in for 100, but wasn't able to insert my name in alphabetically without unlocking things. I didn't want to mess anything up. I hope that's okay. Go September!

I entered my goal, but it wouldn't let me insert my name alphabetically. I'm not very computer literate, so I'm sorry to those of you who are administering this! :-) It looks like a great plan, though, so thanks Maria and Dave! :flowerforyou: