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Comment by Andrew Chandler on July 28, 2009 at 10:37pm

Long tempo runs and 800's instead of the recommended quarters. Hal Hidgeons has a good program.

Comment by Heather! on July 23, 2009 at 1:25am

soooooo next marathon is sept. 20 and i'd like to take 10 minutes off my time... can anyone suggest any workouts to help me along? i've never really followed any kind of training plan and i'm not really interested in that now but if there are just some kind of general things to include (long tempo runs? track workouts?) i'm all ears.

Comment by Andrew Chandler on July 4, 2009 at 3:15pm

A plaque... hmmm... that doesn't make any sense. I mean, runners get gift certs here all the time.

Comment by Heather! on June 23, 2009 at 11:20am

gift certificates? psh. i got no such thing. there was prize money last year but i just got a plaque. which is fine. 3 grand woulda been nice but i'll survive without it i guess:) and the elevation change was minimal... i couldn't even tell ya what it was, maybe a couple hundred feet? we went steadily uphill for a while but it wasn't like it was in the mountains or anything so... up until mile 22 (there was a beasty hill going up into city park where we finished) the course was pretty easy

Comment by Andrew Chandler on June 15, 2009 at 11:38am

Of course you realize that you probably won't have to buy running gear for another year now cuz of all the gift certs and other stuff they gave you.

I had a dream run in Illinois. It reminded me of what Kathy Switzer said of her last Boston Marathon (she ran a 2:58 or something) and she said "the road came and met me).

Out of curiousity, what was the elevation change?

Congrats on BQing on your first time out btw.

Comment by Heather! on June 10, 2009 at 1:01pm

yeah i used to run in the wave rider and i liked them pretty well...

it totally was a dream run! seriously! when i was getting ready for it i'd keep picturing myself just having a really good run and winning and being all excited at the end and then that's exactly what happened! it was crazy... it still seems like it's not quite real - like it's just a day dream or something.

Comment by Andrew Chandler on June 9, 2009 at 3:09pm

Hey, btw... you must have had one of those "dream run" days because you look like you're cruising. Sigh... you make it look too easy. Mizuno makes a good cush shoe btw that's about $20 cheaper.

Comment by Heather! on June 6, 2009 at 4:54pm

they're just fine but i've been considering trying out some different (ummmm cheaper) ones

Comment by Andrew Chandler on June 4, 2009 at 11:00am

Well you have to look good in those pictures when you break the finisher's tape!!! Of course they matter to you.

I wasn't impressed with the 10's. The gel wasn't too stable. Oh well, doesn't matter now, I'm running in a stability shoe anyways. Just wondered how they are doing for you.

How's the foot?

Comment by Heather! on June 3, 2009 at 3:33pm

the nimbus 11's are just dandy:) they seem to be a smidge lighter than the 10's but i'm not as impressed with the design (i'm a shallow girl and looks matter to me!).

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