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Now THAT'S a cure I could deal with!!!!  WooHoo!!!!!

Ha!  My mother's day prediction is still looking good!  We got our fingers crossed for you!

So I need some opinions. Tomorrow morning is a local 1 mile/3 mile race. I love our local races, and was looking forward to a 1 mile TT, and was going to do the 3 mile also just for fun without any expectations. But if I do the race, I won't be able to get my long in for the week since I'm biking on Sunday. So I'm thinking about passing on the race and doing my long run. Any thoughts?

This work trip took a toll on me. My diet wasn't the greatest yesterday or today, and with no workout today, I feel like a slug.  

i think it would be fun to do the race.  unless this was a key build week, i think you'e probably fine doing the race, especially if you hit the one mile hard and don't lollygag the 3 miler too much.  but then, i'm not a huge stickler about plans anyway.  to me, a plan is about getting to where i want to be.  if not hitting that long run is going to put you in a really bad position to build you a certain distance, then do the long run.  if it's just your regular long run - then i say no big deal .  my $.02.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL RACERS!!!   i can't wait to hear about them afterwards! 

I would recommend skipping the long run and do the race, you are far enough away from your marathon that missing a long run should not be an issue. Just keep in mind, that it is important to go easy for a number of days = miles in your road race (if you go at race pace), so if you do race all 4 miles of that, you should go easy for the next 4 days.

shiggy - 2008-05-10 4:07 PM oops, you're not planning on a marathon, I should really stop posting before I have my morning coffee!

Well, actually I am. But it's not till November, so I've got some time. I do appreciate the advice though. I did go and run the race. Treated the 1 mile like a TT and the 3 mile like a training run. The humidity here today is just stupid. But it was fun though, plus I got TWO t-shirts, one of the regular race shirts, and then they also had finishers shirts. Not a bad deal for $20! 

oh yeah - so i biked today - and successfully ate two gels while riding!!!  woohoo!  now i don't have to worry about that.  had a bento box with a clif bar cut into pieces and two gels, so easy to eat from the bento box.

hooray!  hope you all had a great saturday, and i'm looking forward to hearing race reports for today - and good luck tomorrow Boston!     

Boston Beginner - 2008-05-10 9:07 PM So I am all packed up and think I am ready. I checked off everything from my list and all I have to do in the morning is pack my bike, wetsuit, and bag in the car. I really haven't done any sort of strenuous activity the past 3 days, so I should be rested. I am pretty excited. I am in the last wave of all newbies. We are in the orange caps. Good luck, I guess, since I was an Orangemen for 7 years. (2 degrees, not 1) Thanks for all your inspires and good lucks. I will let you know how everything goes when I get back tomorrow. It will be my 100th post.

Good luck Josh! Looking forward to hearing about how well it went.  

lisazapato - 2008-05-11 1:09 PM i ran a 5K today on a whim, despite riding 60 miles yesterday - and I PR'ed by about 1:30!!!  wow, training works!   just under 26:30 for me, i'm super excited.  wooooooo! 

Awesome job!  I was going to get a nice ride in yesterday but the weather didn't cooperate with me.  That and I took a nasty fall yesterday riding.  I had planned on a 2 hour ride yesterday but hit a patch of mud 1 hour in and slid about 10 feet on the ground.  I decided at that point, with all the blood trickling down my leg, that I should call it a day.

lisazapato - 2008-05-11 10:09 AM i ran a 5K today on a whim, despite riding 60 miles yesterday - and I PR'ed by about 1:30!!!  wow, training works!   just under 26:30 for me, i'm super excited.  wooooooo! 

WOW!  Super nice work!

Schweet!!!!

I can't wait to read it tomorrow....

Way to go, TRIATHLETE!!!!! 

Heh!  So does this mean you're hooked? 

That is so cool you got this one done!  Can't wait to read the race report!!!!

Good job!

lisazapato - 2008-05-11 12:09 PM i ran a 5K today on a whim, despite riding 60 miles yesterday - and I PR'ed by about 1:30!!!  wow, training works!   just under 26:30 for me, i'm super excited.  wooooooo! 

Woohoo!! Great job! So training works huh? Whooda thunk it?