My personal training program for March; Mon - weights, Tues - 4-5 mi, Weds - weights, Thur - 4-5 mi, Fri 4-5 mi, Sat - weights, Sun - 6 mi . In April, Thurs will become a 'speed' day at the track and Fri will become a rest day. At the same time the Sun run will lengthen making Mon a rest day. I may continue to do weight training on 'rest' days depending on my (or my running partner's) fatigue level. In addition to the noted milage, I use a heart monitor in order to maintain an easy/hard regimen, alternating between running at a 70% of max heart rate with 80% days... speed days being at around 90-95% output. I am 'attempting' to train for the MArine Corp Marathon to be held Oct 25th 1998. I've never gone that distance...

Where is this event going to be?

GI-Gena? (o;

Cute! GI-Gena... I think I like it. Sounds like a great movie title... OK. The Marine Corp Marathon is held in Washington DC. For info, go to the official website http://issb-www1.mqg.usmc.mil/marathon There is a description of the history of the race, a course map and, for the inspired, an application.

Terry... it may be a stretch, but can you link this topic into sports? I hope to put info in about the upcoming Goodwill Games Track & Field, the summer Olympic T & F info, etc. Whaddayatink?

Done!

Ok: li fitness 12 Linking as item 41...done.

Snappy!!!

Who knows, maybe we'll have a Spring-A-Thon!

I'm thinking racing singlets... a really cool logo for The Spring on the front, email addresses on the back. Perhaps we should have a 'design the singlet logo' contest...unless you already have a logo for dis place....

Anyway, back to the business at hand... The following are some links to good sites having to do with running. Also I've included links to the official "Games" sites of the different competitions in the future, with date. KICK; The Runners Resource http://kicksports.com Runners World Magazine http://www.runnersworld.com USA Track & Field http://usatf.org The Goodwill Games 1998 New York, NY July 19 - Aug 2 http://www.goodwillgames98.com The Gay Games 1998 Amsterdam NL Aug 1 - Aug 8 http://www.gaygames.nl Olympics; Summer 2000 Sydney Australia http://www.sydney.olympic.org Winter 2002 Salt Lake City Utah http://www.slc2002.org Summer 2004 Athens Greece http://www.athens2004.net International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org Enjoy!!

Did I scare everybody away? Runners where are you? Anybody have an upcoming race, a race recommendation... a dream?

three years ago today I ran my first marathon, I'm looking to do a Tin Man Tri in the mountains this summer. Problem number one is the open water swims are always so damn cold you usually need a wet suit -- YUCK!

good luck to you stacey! if not for the water part, i'd consider a tri. i have a great fear of water, however. they have some great looking wetsuits avail thess days stacey...several actually made for women rather than sized down mens versions. i ran 3 miles easy today... get back on schedule this week with the milage. winter can't last much longer, unless we get another easter blizzard.

opted for a short skate while I overcome the illness battle...

Hit the gym to lift today... short and light, just to get back into the swing. Two sets, general all body part workout.

Tues - ran 3.5 mi on the only sunny day we've had this week. Wed - wieghts at the gym. Pretty useless... had no sleep the night before. Surprised I didn't drop a barbell on my head. Today, well, running is the plan but it's raining and cold and generally yucky. It may become a 'rest' day. FYI woman runners. In New York City June 6th is the Advil 10K, one of the premier womens races in the country. If anybody's interested in traveling to run it, watch the New York Road Runners Club site, http://www.nyrrc.org for entry info. They'll put an entry form on the site, probably in late April.

no running... went mucking through the 14 inches of snow that fell yesterday (out of nowhere!) to the store for batteries! Walking through the snow, especially that much of it, uses plenty of different muscles and, when combined with shoveling out the sidewalk and driveway, makes for a satisfactory workout! tonight, if it reopens, weights at the rec center and a few trips around the track (nowhere else to run to baby... nowhere to hide...)

Ahhh New England! Saterday; weights... a good workout this time. Bless vitamin B and L-carnitine cocktails! Today (Sun); Well it's a run day, a 6 mi run day to be exact. And true to form, since its the first weekend of spring, it's snowing like a big dog! Will attempt to coerce my running partner into some other aerobic activity...

15 miles on skates. running just seemed to slow for me today! (yesterday) 2 miles this a.m. before work

Go Stacey! Yesterday; 5 mi run through the slush. yechh! Today; to do 4 mi, just any minute now... my lunch diversion.

Hallelujah!! Spring has sprung in New England! Actually got a total of 23 miles in last week (running). Took Monday off. Today ran 4 hard. 73 degrees and climbing! Even tok the motorcycle out of storage over the weekend for a couple of short rides. Yee-Hah!!

Gena, you're bustin' out all over! Way to go!

ran for miles and miles along the beach in Hilton Head (pit stop after Savannah). Walked for hours and hours in historic Savannah. Since I've been home... diddley squat!

I went for a long walk / run in the woods by my house today.

by the new house?

nope the Old House. I'm not moving in to the New House till May 20th.

Hey y'all!! Well, have managed to run 2 20+ mile weeks in a row... now if I can just keep it up. Am supposed to run 6 mi tomorrow, but am going on a motorcycle ride all morning (trying to beat the rain) instead. Maybe I'll run after, if I can stand up after 150 mi on a motorcycle... Monday is Boston Marathon day. I'll be at the famous Heartbreak Hill, watching for the Kenyans. Weather is supposed to be in the 60's and windy... we'll see. No Uta Pippig this year, and Elena Meyer dropped out as well due to injury. Hmmm, maybe the americans have a chance...

It will be exciting to be there, Gena. Are you running in it? Is it going to be nationally televised?

so outta the loop. 1 1/2 hours at the gym before I realized the weather was perfect for a bike ride. Wore my little self out!!! Did both of course!!!

Inspirational. I'm going to get out and clean up the construction site at Cedar Creek and go for a walk in the woods. And chain saw up the trees we had to clear for the cottage. When I move to the house in town, I'll get over to the Q more (Stacey, remember the Q?)

I remember... Wish I still had the work schedule to be able to fit in an hour or so of sweating before work!

What time do you have to be at work? Do you have access to the schools showers?

the school has one emergency shower (chemical shower) in the bowels of the building. I am at school by 7:30 a.m.

Hi... sorry so late in getting back. Yes, the Boston Marathon was exciting this year, especially the womens wheelchair division. It was a photo finish! I took in the action at Heartbreak Hill, that's about the 20 mile mark. It was too cold for the spectators, thus lovely for the runners. Came home, ran too hard in the cold. Irritated my achilles. Swam Tuesday, then yesterday when and did a hard 5 miles... beating my achilles to death. I now can't walk.... smart, huh? Two weeks minimum - no running, ice, ibuprofin and maybe some pool work. I'm bummed...

Oooh, man, Gena, that hurts. I've had that injury and it's no fun. Can you swim in the meantime while you're recovering? Whirlpool?

been there gena. it sucks. after my first marathon I was so pumped on running and I went out and tried just three hard miles two days later. Ended up with a stress fracture in my left knee. Crutches for eight weeks. Minimal activity for ages and ages and ages after that. Not all bad. That's when I started mountain biking. Less stress on the knees (unless you land on one!) heal quickly!

Hi y'all! Well one month later and I still can't REALLY run. I did 5 laps of the track (ran on the grass edge) Saturday. Will attempt the same tonight. I really did a job on my achilles. Cortizone has been suggested, but I hate that stuff! I've had one shot in the knee and one to the elbow. Would rather not get any more. Hope all is well with everyone. The motorcycling is good. Toured Vermont over Memorial weekend.

good luck with the achilles gena!

This topic came up for some odd reason. Just a minor glitch in the new system.

I wondered about that... Not to worry! I am just delighted you are off that other server.

Hi guys... what, everybody dropped out of the Springs running club ;-) Well, 2 years after my NY Marathon, I'm still not running. The achilles can't take the impact. BUT I did train my running partner, Julie to a fabulous 4:16 Boston Marathon finish. She did great! I have turned to cycling... I'm training for the Boston-NewYork AIDS Ride in September. 275 miles in 3 days (And I might add, I need sponsors. Email me offlist if you're interested in contributing). So, what's everybody been doing? Where are those race results? Who's training for what? Terry... where are those "Spring International Run Club" t-shirts?

Uh, oh, those shirts? I ran a marathon once, but it was years ago and it wasn't a formal event. I think I'm going to turn to cycling as well. At least till I get down to a better running weight. Great on Julies time!

Hi Terry! Cycling is good... a little rough on the tush at first, but get a good set of bun callouses and the miles (and pounds) just melt away! I miss running really bad. Cycling doesn't get me high like running did, plus you can't 'trance out' on a bike. You could hit a tree, or worse. And I tell you what, the New England weather has not been co-operating at all. It's been raining for a week with no end in sight. You can go running in the rain without taking your life in your hands, but you can't take a road bike out. Visibility sucks and the cars will nail you as they swerve to miss big puddles. I've been cycling in my living room on the trainer with the MATRIX soundtrack blaring in my headset. It's really good workout noise. Later...

What kind of trainer do you have Gena?

I use a Cycle OPS wind trainer. I like it because I don't have to dismantle my bike in any way. I just lift the back tire up onto the wind fin cylinder thingy (hows that for techy talk), tighten the axle holding do-hicky ;-) and jump on. Put some good noise on the CD player and I can stand doing it from 30 min to an hour. Park it in front of a window and I can go even longer... when I'm in shape. Right now I'm in the worst shape of my mid-life. That running layoff turned me into a vegetable.