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Congrats on the PR! Remember that Lake Placid will be cooler than your pool. You may want the long sleeves come race day. Good that you are practicing now.

Maybe it was just a stomach thing.

How was your nutrition? Did you work on anything (in the limited time you did feel good) that you want to try in the half?

2 attempts at an 18 mile run. One on Saturday and one on Sunday. On Saturday, my form started to fall apart at mile 9, so I just focused on getting home with the best possible form. I ended up around 11.6 miles

On Sunday I felt better, but at mile 11.8, I saw my wife who said my daughter was sick and wasn't going to church and that she would be fine at home by herself. She is 11 and this would be the first time at home by herself for any length of time. I started running again, but stressed about her, so I just went home. The worst part is I felt better on Sunday than I did on Saturday and would have easliy finished the 18 (in theory anyway)

Scott, I hope your cramps went away. If not, I hope you sat that one out. No need to push it if you don't need to.

Kip, good luck and have fun with your race. Try out part of your nutrition plan even though it is just a sprint. At this point use every race as a prep for your half Ironman.

I got in a spin on the bike before dinner tonight.

I am running with a coworker tomorrow at lunch.

So, what's going on Scott? How are you feeling? Are you injured or just run down and lacking motivation/ power?

17+ mile run this morning. Felt good to finally break the 12 mile barrier. Felt good the whole time

I love running in the rain... or at least in a drizzle. I hate when my shoes get wet, but otherwise I love it.

Kip, congrats on your race. Glad to hear there were no stomach issues. You are ready to take on the half now.

That's funny, because I am completely opposite. I NEED a plan. The one thing that I love most about my tri training is the structure of a plan. I hire a coach for every one of my long races. At this point I could write my own plan, but I hire one because I am cheap and hate to waste money, so I follow the plan to a "T".

I don't have a plan for this marathon next month and I am all over the place. I might still end up in the same spot, but who knows. My coworker calls me a binge runner. The thing is, I am getting my long runs done and feel good, plus I have the flexibilty to train when I want and can listen to my body. But, if given the option of sitting on the couch or running... running loses out every time! Maybe if I survive this marathon, I will start to figure out my own training plans