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:glasses: we need a little bowing dude... you rock! that's a serious elevation change!

3dogsrunning- WOW, that's quite a view!!! What was the elevation change?! Yikes!

5/25- 16.5 miles

warriordude- :happy: :happy: :happy: THAT IS FANTASTIC! I'm so happy for you! To win a race is awesome, but to win it after running further than everyone else is incredible! WAY TO GO! You've worked so hard for this. Congratulations! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

5/22- 4 miles

5/21- 6.2 miles

Wow! Awesome work! A 7 minute PR improvement is incredible!!!! Congrats!

Congrats on your AG win! That's awesome! Glad you love your new shoes.

I just ordered a pair of Brooks Versatile 5 inch woven shorts from REI. I ran 15 miles in them today and LOVE them. No chaffing, no rubbing, cool and breezy! I MUST order more, especially at that price! Well, nuts, they raised the price $7, but I'd still pay it for another pair. They're just the right length for me AND the…

5/18- 15.2 miles safe travels and best wishes on your race, cooriander. how long is this one?

5/17- 5.5 miles. 5 in regular shoes, .5 in my new Vibrams.

Best wishes on your race! I hope you love your new shoes and they give you wings! :glasses:

What a heartbreaking story.

5/15- 7 miles

Do you still like your "paws"? I've been playing around with buying some, and at REI's price, I am nearly to the point where I can't resist!

5/14- 4.2 miles

I ended up taking it easy for Mother's Day weekend. My body is still not fully recovered from my race two weeks ago! CRAZY! I hope I can still meet my mileage goals, but.... 5/13- 4.1 miles

While I was at the expo for my last half I found a gel squeeze container that held 4 gel packs. It was a pain to squeeze that stuff out initially, but I added just a bit of water to the mix, shook it up, and it worked GREAT! The bonus was that I didn't have to mess with tearing open the packs and getting my fingers all…

Thanks everyone. Yes, Chicago is a full marathon. I'm still not sure if I'll follow a training plan or even if I'll attempt to run the whole race... I may shoot for a walk/run, depending on how my training progresses. I think I'll be okay cardio wise, but I'm not sure how my body will handle all the extra miles. The half…

warriordude- that interval training ROCKED! very nice job! 5/8- 6.1 miles

I think that many people tend to run at a high intensity every time they run and fail to recover properly before heading out again.... over a period of time, this can be very damaging.

5/4- 13.3 miles 5/5- 2.6 shake out miles... my legs were stiff from the 18 flights of stairs i decided to climb to my hotel room after the half. yeah, i'm crazy like that!

thanks for responding! i'll be wearing it for sure now, rain or torrential downpour. i knew i could count on you all! :bigsmile: the good news is, the chance of rain is down to about 30-40%....

I hate to tell you this, but there is such a thing. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/886641-overview

welcome back!!!! :drinker: (i know you never really left, but back to kicking some serious road butt!)

5/1-3 miles. Happy May everyone! :laugh:

Awwww... you've already got me on the spreadsheet! :flowerforyou: I've got my first half marathon this Saturday and after I recover I'll start training for my full in October! Here's to May! :drinker:

4/27- 8.3 miles :glasses: !!!GOAL!!!!:drinker: I might break 100 this month for the first time ever!

cooriander, you're such an awesome cheerleader! thanks. :-) :flowerforyou:

4/26- 4.2 miles 2 to goal!!!