Self: Good job setting yourself up as some kind of Tony Robbins-type guru-coach, backing yourself into an irritatingly upbeat corner for the duration of the training. Which is gonna be awesome.
Amy: Nice work on getting your speed up. Shaving two minutes per mile is quite a gain in two weeks and I'm sure more will come. If you really feel that way about Melissa Manchester, I suggest you just keep it inside and learn how to hide your feelings.
Michelle: You might be getting carried away. 7 miles? We haven't even started yet. Or was that some kind of relay, like 3 1/2 for you and 3 1/2 for Kate? By the way, where is Kate? I put her in the stupid graphic, so she better sign on and introduce.
Mike: Way to get out there even when it's freezing cold. I don't know how you can run with whiskey in your stomach so that's pretty impressive too.
Richard: Aside from dating my boyfriend (movies? plays? drinks? what will your wife think?), I'm not sure how your running is going, but you probably don't want to hear my pep talks anyway.
Everyone has registered. That's the biggest hurdle. The training week starts on Monday, but you can run your runs whenever you want. I'm gonna shoot for a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday schedule. You should take a day off before and after your long run, especially when they start to get really long. Treadmills are fine for short runs here and there, but getting out in the elements and actually propelling your body forward is what will simulate marathon conditions, so you'll want to do that as much as you can.
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Well, for starters, you don't drink whiskey like YOU drink whiskey. Just a shot. You know, just a little something. You should try it. Oh, and not every time. Just when it's so cold that your joints hurt. Or maybe just when your joints hurt.
I promise you that 7.3 miles was not intended. We were heading to Peninsula Park (see map) but missed it and ended up at Farragut Park instead and found Peninsula Park on the way back. It did feel good to run all that way and live to tell about it!
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