Left.Right.Repeat - CLoSED for the season - will reopen Jan 2013 (Page 5)

Ann, I feel that my coach has helped me increase my speed.  She is able to design a training based on my ability.

Maria, I am sorry we were not able to catch up.  Glad to hear you are feeling better and taking it easy at the gym after several days off.  

Monte, keeping my fingers cross for a good doctor's report.

Fit, I am amazed of the things we find out about ourselves while training.  Glad you were able to find your issue and not injury yourself.  Staying hydrate is a very important part of training.

And it is official I just signed up for IMKY!  I am a nervous wreck and I don't think it really has registered yet as I registered between events during our sales meeting. 

whooo hoo... You go Kathy... based on seeing what you do/have done.. I am sure you will KICK IT!!

More Dr. Report... Blood Sugar down from 6.0 to 5.7... Bad Cholesterol at 94... best number I have had, but didn't give good Cholesterol, so left message to send it... Heredity may not let me get too much lower, but the Ratio between the two can be more important, so hoping for a good number there.

Great job on the Dr report, I found that to be even better than all the finish lines I was racking up when I first started training.  It was a real measure of the effectiveness of my training.  Now, I need finish lines!

Kathy, YOU HAVE LOST YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!

Just kidding, we will have a great group of LRR racers in Louisville, big meetup in in store!

good luck to Bryan and no-longer-sherpa Deb! that would be super-athlete Deb if you know what's good for you...

Congrats on the IMKY signup, Kathy - yes the reality will sink in -- it is that "oh my gosh, I just wrote a check for $$$ for 17 hours of fun???" But you will enjoy every moment.

Have a great run guys!!

How do you all get on the forum these days?  I go to marmadaddy last post and click "here" and then get to the the thread.  Is there any other way?

I will try that. 

I just read through the first 5 pages from the beginning of the year and it was fascinating.  I have been reading through the past years as I have time but reading thru early jan really helped me get to know everybody.

I too, coincidentally read You are an Ironman (just before I started checking out this site)and saw your journey chronicled and loved it.  I actually just requested it again from the library because I was getting the people's stories confused.

I went to Jeff Galloway's site and I am a little confused about magic miles.  Which book do you recommend?  I think it is exactly what I need.  My training pace seems to be around 11 minute miles so he seems to suggest running 2.5 minutes and walking 1 min. That seems like alot of walking.  In the HM Hartford, I only walked in water stops which I think are every mile, but I def didn't walk for more that 20-30 secs.  I was extremely winded the whole way.  The official photos cracked me up because I thought I was smiling away and in the photos I  look like I needed CPR!!

Once again, have a great run this week end!!