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hi everybody.  Sorry I haven't been around much... DAMN WORK. 

I will be more diligent next week I promise.    

Ohhh....I dig The Black Keys.  Saw them at a festival in Indianapolis a few years back, round about when thickfreakness came out.  Good stuff.

My Oly plan has 3 runs a week (two during the week and one on the weekend) and a rest day nearly every Friday. The mary plan has 3 weekday runs and a long run on the weekends. So I am swapping the rest day for the last weekday run, which is a lower distance (and will keep it as an easy run) and putting the long run on the weekend (on Sundays) where the Oly has me running. And yes, I am simply following the mary plan mileage instead of the Oly plan minutes.

It actually tracks out fairly well, for the most part. Only one snafu where I have the actual Oly the same weekend I'm supposed to do a 16 miler - may have to shuffle some stuff a bit.

Are you looking for purely a half-mary plan? If there isn't a free one on BT, go to HalHigdon.com - he is highly recommended by lots of runners (b/c he's kind of a big deal in running), and I used his 10-Miler plan (all of which are free on the website) for a race I did in April. As I mentioned, I'm using one of his plans for the marathon. I will probably kill myself with all the training for both the Oly and the mary, but we will see. Week 2 is down and I'm still standing.

Otherwise, there are plans on BT that are run-focused - not sure which of them are free, though.

Yes, I am following the silver level basic Oly 12-week plan, which is HR-based, though I haven't really figured that all out yet. And then in place of the runs on the plan, I am substituting in the Hal Higdon Novice 1 marathon plan, with the extra run on my "off" day on Fridays.

For your core - do them first thing in the morning. Or if you are watching TV in the evening, do them during commercial breaks. When did your PT say you have to do the knee exercises? I only ask because if it included stretching or something that needed to be done post-run, that would make a difference. If not - same idea, get up and do them first time, or in the evening while you are doing something else. A sticky note on your bathroom mirror, or a note on your screensaver, etc. I also feel a sense of accomplishment by filling in the little chart on BT and watching the pink squares add up - because I am weird- so maybe you could make a little abs/stretching spreadsheet and check them off or something. Use pretty colors

Hey group!  How's everyone's week going?  It's been kinda quiet in here so I thought I'd drop in a recommend a book that I just finished reading:  Swimming to Antartica by Lynne Cox.  Lynne is a long distance open water swimmer who has done some amazing swims.  The book is about her adventures as an open water swimmer.  Inspirational stuff - makes you want to go out and try to push yourself to reach new heights.

Anyone else read anything swim/bike/run related that you'd recommend?