6 miles with a 2-mile time trial down the Betzwood (5:37, 5:40). Good to go. Adductor problem has been moped up. Legs are ready to roll. -------------------------------------------- And now for the bad news. Nice and warm...nice.....AND WARM? Details for Sunday 5/28 Sunday Nice and warm with sunshine and patchy clouds High Temperature: 78° F RealFeel®: 76° F Winds: SW at 13 mph Wind Gusts: 28 mph ---------------------------- So this is when reality sets in. I may be in 2:29 shape, but it would be on a flat course in 50-degree temps with no wind and a whole lotta luck. I'm changing things(if the weather comes as predicted). I'm going out with the sole focus of beating the best Skicrack runner. I'm easing into it cautious...we're talking 5:50s, maybe 6:00s the first couple. I die in the heat. I died in Miami and all my shit marathons are ones that are run in over 65 degree temps during the race. So lets all push back from the crack pipe and lets look reality in the face on this. Shall we? --------------------------- A fast 100m in Mombasa will buy you a dollar store plastic spatula and the following cd from the checkout rack: Kenny Loggins, His Greatest Hits 1979-1981--the Dark years, the Tenacious years. "Sample this. Paul Koech, a Prisons warder won $2.5 for winning the 100 metres dash under hot, humid and energy-sapping conditions at the Mombasa municipal stadium recently. Koech showed no emotion as he pocketed the small brown envelope stuffed with the equivalent of Ksh170." Would you show emotion? And a 2:11 marathon in Mombasa, the fastest time ever on Kenyan soil, will buy you a low-end kayak from EMS (non-Himalayan expedition version). "The following day Philip Kemei raked in $700 for winning the Mombasa International Marathon in 2:11:6 hours...Kemei's time in Mombasa - 2:11:6 hours - is the fastest on Kenyan soil and at 33 and with enough exposure, he has a few more years to earn decent money in appearance fees in the international circuit." -------------------------- Somewhere between touching a real velociraptor's tooth and looking through a transit, my daughter informed the visiting paleontologist at her school that I was running the Vermont City Marathon. The paleontologist has sent along his best wishes. ------------------------- I know I'm not a big 'form' and style guy but here's some observations: (click stories on the right) 1. Lance's form looks like doo-doo at the moment. 2. Gotta shorten the shorts. You can't run fast in those homeboy things. 3. Consider striders for the 2:45 NYC attempt. 4. Canyons not deep enough for a 2:45 presently. No need to shave legs for marathons, but consider wearing one of these. 5. Skirack's out of sponsorships for him because he's not fast enough with a 2:45. 6. Nike Free shoes + Lance Armstrong-esque intensity and Lance Armstrong-esque mileage dedication = big fucking stress fracture.