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And... because I'm a nice guy and all >>> snort <<< , I've updated the total for everyone who have been entering numbers into our little challenge. Our fearless leader with the MONSTER 3 hour ride yesterday has jumped out to a commanding lead. Come on people... keep up the training.

Lisa... GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Have a great time at the race today. I hope it's not raining... but have fun what ever the weather.

Good evening folks... I have a pronouncement to make.

Today I slogged. Not Wogged... slogged. It's not speedy, but it was 5km in 30 min... non-stop and no pain. Still had to ice the back and achilles afterwards, but I was good. Felt great to not be worrying about anything and just running. My pace was pretty steady... and my HR was even steadier.

So... maybe by May I'll be running 10k again. :D

Lisa...hope you had a great race.

Kevin...hope your back is feeling much better.  Will take your advice and try a short swim workout later this week.

I am starting to feel much better. The bad cold that I have had for nearly two weeks is finally gone and my shoulder is starting to feel much better.

Starting a cleanse tomorrow that the Naturalpath has put me on.  No wheat, dairy, sugar, coffee or wine.  It is going to be hard to give up my coffee in the morning (okay the wine as well ;-) ).  Have dropped 5 lbs with this cold and hopefully a few more with this cleanse.

Have a great week everyone and train safe.

Good evening everyone!!  Sorry I've been out of the loop for a while - I've been really busy with work, family and dealing with yet another nagging injury to my foot.  I started doing training runs a few weeks ago with a group of pretty accomplished runners here in town and I guess I over did it.  A friend of mine owns the local running store and gave me some good advice after talking to him about it.  He reminded me that my cardiovascular abilities will many times far exceed the ability of my body to train at a certain level - specifically when it pertains to running.  I love to push myself, but with running I've got to someday learn that it not a good idea.  I'll continue to do tempo runs with them on Thursday mornings, but I'm going to pass on the speedwork on Tuesdays - as Helen reminded me in chat the other night "speedwork is the devil."
Sorry I'm not taking part in the challenge - best of luck to everyone.  BTW - the foot feels better.  Ran a slow 3 miles yesterday and am running with a friend tomorrow am. 

Kelly... the idea of the plan is that it's a guidline. You can vary the workouts to the days that you wish. The whole idea of it is that you don't increase your training time by more then 10% a week. Also, it will have periodization weeks that are lighter weeks which you MUST heed.

The plans don't work for everyone, so you must rearrange the schedule to fit your life... not the other way around.

Good luck Kelly. I hope you have a great time training and have a super time during your race.

Running is the Devil... if you ask me. So why is it we all want to do it?

Welcome back Mike. Sorry to hear about the nagging injury. It's quite alright if you're not in the challenge... it was always just a fun optional motivator for some of us sluggards.