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Great job, Kim!  Keep on keepin' on and good luck tomorrow!  Can't wait to see your pics.

Will do. I don't know what is happening in the world. The son of the family we bought our present house from committed suicide a month ago, and my SIL's nephew, (who we just ate with on Christmas day) took pills and antifreeze a few day later in an attempt to take his life. Accidents and disease are one thing, but taking one's own life is beyond bizzare.

The senior partner at the first law firm I worked for lost 2 of his 6 children within two years. They were adults though. They had almost gotten back to normal after the first when the 2nd died in a crash on the Mass Pike. I will pray for your cousin and and her family to have the strength and courage to move on and to thrive down the line. I hope the other children are coping ok.

John thanks for the input on what you do.

Suzy and Dan. Thank you so much. You two have never steered me wrong yet and managed to help me get through my issues last year. My knee is much better then it was last year. I fear I favor it knowing I have a weak knee. But I am in this triathlon stuff for health and well being. I will never be an age grouper so I am ok with favoring and building more base. I have done some tempo work and I think later in the season when I start looking at quality workouts. I will use the odd tempo run (and by tempo I mean maybe 10-15 seconds faster then I normally would run) I did a half marathon clinic through some friends in town and I HATED the track.

I am with you Suzy. I run on the roads and I prefer to be there covering some ground and taking in things on my run as well. I suspect they used a track because it was easier for them to manage 18 people doing workouts.

I have many years left in me to do this safely and to get faster. So Thank you.

Kim, You're doing great. Can't what to see the pics and pics you get in the marathon. 

Tiana

Spanky, I just wanted to comment on the flatness of where you're running.  I truly had never experienced anything SO flat until I ran in Chatham.  If I paid attention to it though, it was a really good lesson on even pacing.  You got good advice on the speedwork from people far more experienced then me, so I won't try to pretend I'm smart and add anything.

So, treadmill running.  Does anyone feel like they need walk breaks more on the TM?  I am sure it's in my head.  I can run a half marathon without walking, but on the treadmill, I feel like I need the walk break every 10 minutes.  I extended it to 15 minutes yesterday at least.  Not too worried about it, as I figure I still get the run benefit even if I walk 1 minute every 10-15.  Mainly an observation.

stolen from kathy's fb!

along the same lines, sam.... jarrett and i were laughing at kims time this morning while talking about how she probably stopped for pics.

Great job, that's pretty speedy specially for stopping for pictures!

Good Luck tomorrow!

That is absolutely horrible news.  I can't even imagine.  I'll pray for them.

Equally amazing is that a really fast chick can stick to her plan and slow herself down so she can continue to heal.   A lot of people would have a) not run at all if they couldn't be their fastest or b) not stuck to the plan and regretted it later.  Nice job Twin!

willnotbejealous willnotbejealous willnotbejealous  of this amazing weekend!!!  GO KIM GO!!!

Great pic! So jealous you're at WDW!!! Have fun with the races!!!

What do you mean it is FLAT here?   HAHA I can run 20km and only get an elevation gain of about 8 inches. I might run up to Komoka area where my friend lives this spring to do some hills with him. Both running and on the bike as well. I find hills don't hurt me at all and for the one hour drive I can change up my bike ride or run.

Agreed! Kim is AMAZING!!! Have another fantastic day tomorrow, Kim!

Just back from a few days up the coast - place called Rainbow Beach, very peaceful and relaxed. Managed to get a little trail run and hike in most days and did some swimming.

My next event is a 1.2Km ocean swim here in Noosa on Australia Day (26 Jan), better get back in the pool...

My A race is the Gold Coast Marathon 1 July and I've got the Mooloolaba Triathlon in March plus some sprints

I woke up to Minnie Mouse on my Iphone!  Go get 'em Kim!  Hope those ears stay on as you blaze through Disney!!! Sh'e right on her 8:11 pace through 10m to deliver a 3:34 marathon, with walking!  Most of us dream about being that fast running at 110%.

Go Kim.  You are simply INCREDIBLE.

DANG KIM!  Congrats!  Looking forward to the RR.  Enjoy the rest of your vacation!

LOL, that is so awesome!!! Really it's unfathomable to me how she can be that speedy while taking it easy! Incredible, Amazing, Inspirational... I don't have enough adjectives to describe it, ha!

Love you, Kim!!!