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Yeah!!!  I'm finally feeling better!!!!  I did a psuedo brick today too!  I taught my evening Spinning class and then ran on the treadmill.  I had to hold myself back!  Happy days!  I guess I'll stick with my Sunday half marathon plans.  I was seriously considering changing to the 10K.

Nicole, glad to see you back in the pool!  You won't be a sea slug before long!

Glad your feelin better Tracy! Good luck on the half mary Sunday!

Thank you guys for the encouragement and congratulations on my races! Sorry I haven't been on here much lately I've just been really busy and now I'm heading to Spokane first thing in the morning and running Bloomsday (12k) on Sunday. Hope everyone has a great weekend and happy training!

My running club takes care of all of our needs to race a lot.  We have at least one race a month and sometimes two.  We also have a friendly circuit competition going.  We have to run six, club sponsered races during the year to be included in the circuit.  We place as high as possible among other racers (club members and non-club members) in our respective age groups.  Every January, there is a club "Christmas" party where the previous year's circuit winners claim their prizes.  My husband has won his circuit a couple of times.  I didn't run enough club races last year.  I think I'm in second in my age group as of today.  I'm sure that will change after Avenue of the Giants.  The quick girls my age always show up to this race!   Have a great day!

Good luck Roni!!!!  Have fun!!!!

I decided to do the 10K rather that the half-marathon.  I just wasn't feeling up to the distance.   So sad.  I did get a 10K PR, though!!!  Yippee!!!   Got to meet Steve (Baowolf) too!  He did the half mary and he did quite well for his first half mary!!!  Congrats Steve.  It was nice to meet another BTer!!!!  (In October, I met Madkat at the Humboldt Redwoods half mary.)  Steve, I hope you had a good drive home.  Did you take 299?

I stayed at the race for a looooong time to wait for a friend who was doing her first marathon.  She finished in 6 hours!  I'm so proud of her!  She trained really hard!  Cheers everyone!

Awesome! Had a lot of fun and beat my goal time by 30 seconds. I just finished my race report if you guys want to check it out.

 Great job Tracy, Steve, and Sarah for your races this weekend! Looking forward to seeing the race reports.

I'm heading back to Kalispell this afternoon. It's been a fun weekend, but now I have to get ready for my youngest's graduation party this coming weekend and all the houseguests we're going to have.

Bloomsday start is divided into sections. The elite (kenyans, olympians) are first, then the second seeding (qualifying time of 38:00 or less in 10k for men 47:00 or less for women), then the yellow section (verified time in a 5 mile or longer race within the last year of a 9:40 pace or less), then green, lilac, red (I may be missing some of the later colors), which are all based on predicted times, but no verification needed. The start is in waves based on these colored sections, and what tends to happen in the unverified sections is people say they will finish as fast as allowed without verification just so they can start sooner even though they actually intend to walk. So, it is very hard to get a decent time in the later sections because it's hard to break out of the pack of walkers.  With a time of 1:12 or less in this years Bloomsday you are automatically qualified for yellow section next Bloomsday.

Thanks for explaining it. The unverified sections sounds like my pool swim triathlon last year (and this July). You are required to state your swimming time for 100m and then they seed you in order from fastest to slowest. This is supposed to reduce the need for passing, etc. Unfortunately, people often either lie, or simply take a guess and are wrong.

This race had a strange distance (12k). Any idea why?

Nice work this weekend Tracy!  How is Steve feeling?  How are you feeling?

That is awesome that you stayed out to watch your friend finish.  It's so great when people are at the finish line cheering you on!

Did you get a run in this weekend?  You'll get to race soon enough.  And you'll have all that pent up energy and will be able to tear up the course!

mac3116 - 2008-05-05 3:08 PM man you guys kicked some tail at your races !! so everyone had a good weekend thats the way it should be . i sure hope them winds that has been coming out of the north aint sending that bug down here . i know of five people just today that are sick and my stomach has been killing me all day . not what i need right now by far . oh next week is the taper one thing im glad about to pass the time is i am going to san diego on monday but only till tuesday night . and my flight dont get back in florida till wed. then im taking thursday off from work . just to fit in a swim and something else then its off to Disney !! on friday sometime . i been thinking about renting a set of Zipps have you guys rode on them before and do you think they would be worth the few days rent to get them for the race ?? i mean math wise i would really only be looking at what 4-5 min maybe off the bike time . i dont know well hell if nothing else at least they look good and maybe some hottie there might think i know what im doing !!

You DO know what you're doing, Shaun!!!  You're training has been awesome!!!

I was talking about Zipps with one of my Spinning people this morning.  He has never tried them but he said that they can give you a significant advantage, especially if the wind is blowing slightly.  He said they act like a sail and help propel you.  (Just don't get caught in a perfect cross wind.)  You will also experience less fatigue for your run.  They are pretty spendy to rent so think long and hard about it!

Wow!!!  That's cheap rent!!!  Go for it!!!!  Are you starting your obsessive, clean-your-house taper yet?!?

Awesome, that sounds like fun!  I have about 50 miles planned for tomorrow (after a 2100m swim), but it's just a training ride.  I like the organized rides better because the rest stops have yummy stuff like COOKIES!  :-)

mac3116 - 2008-05-06 5:42 PM nothing i can do about that one but smile !! no not yet i hope with the trip it dont come to that . plus i started taking classes with the American Military University so they are keeping me busy !! thats a good thing but i aint had to write a paper sense HS so im like pulling my hair out . but i got to say tracy you talking about the nerves you got building you should feel mine . i was just over at the web site to see if they had the bib #'s out yet and the count down clock only had 11 days on it . one cool thing is im gonna be up there 2 days before the race to scope things out and run the expo a few times . i still want to find a swim skin i just have put it off cause i want to try one on and my shop here only has the LG . heck they are calling the water temp at 80 on race day thats like swimming in the hot tub !

So, are the bib numbers up?  Will we be able to track you during the day???  That would be fun!

80 degrees?????!!!!!????  Wow!