Fall Marathon Training and Fun iPhone Apps!

Can I just whine for a minute about my quads??  Holy mother of all soreness.  Apparently, I really over did it by jumping back into running and going all out in Body Pump.  I can't remember the last time I was hobbling around like this - it's pathetic really!  I took Tuesday off then yesterday, ran an easy 7-miler.  I was going to do Pump again today but I think I need a good stretch session instead!

I put the first week of fall marathon training up this morning.  It's up there under the "Training" tab.  I have to say though that although it says 18 miles for this Sunday, I don't know that I'll actually run all 18.  The group I run with is set to do 18 but they've been running every weekend so this isn't a big deal to them.  My plan is to start with them and see how it goes.  The good thing about this group is that we take these weekend runs very, very, very slowly so I'm hopefully that I can stick with them for much of it.  We'll see.  Monday is (as it will be every week) an off day.  Tuesday starts the oh so fun speed sessions.  I always do my speed work on the treadmill regardless of how nice it is outside.  I just find it so much easier to control the speed and get a good workout done. Tuesday is an 'easy' paced run, Thursday is a rest day (or cross training) and Friday is a short tempo run.  Yay!  I'm pretty excited to get back to it.  I love having a schedule and I love having a goal to work towards.

Does anyone have an iPhone or iTouch?  I was just turned onto the free app (yes there are ads, but just hit 'skip', no biggie) Words With Friends.  I'm totally addicted!  It's basically scrabble that you play with friends.  You can take your turn whenever you have a moment and it goes back and forth.  It's tons of fun.  If anyone has this app, I'd love to swap user names.  I know this sounds totally stupid but right now, I only have one other friend that has this app (I'm trying to get my husband to download it) so I play against her but I'm also playing against random people that the app selects and I have to say, it's a little weird playing against a total stranger because I'm really horrible at scrabble and I'm pretty much getting my ass kicked.  I'm sure I'm being laughed at which would be easier to take if I knew the person!  Another app that I'm addicted to is Traffic Rush which is free for now.  Really fun, super quick play.  I also was crazy into Star Wars Cantina (even though I'm not a Star Wars person) but I've managed to get through all the levels and there hasn't been any updates with more.  What are some of your favorite apps?   I'm always looking for new ones!