Walk: Wed. July 23 @ Shoppers

Friends, it's 8K for 2008's Quebec qurew this Wednesday.

The headline in Quebec's Le Soleil yesterday was, "Sir Paul a conquis Québec." (Sir Paul [McCartney] conquered Quebec). Well, we're preparing for The Shore Things to do the conquering. This week is our final drop-back before the long and winding road to 18K, taper and race -- whatever the weather. Hope to see you, rain or shine.

If you haven't checked out the changes in MapMyRun recently (visit our website to look at the route map for this walk, for instance), you should. In addition to letting you tot up your total mileage, it now lets you plug in your stats and calculate the number of calories you burn for each walk. It's amazing what a difference a little more speed can make. Example: trimming the 8K from 1:15 hrs to 1:05 increases my calorie burn by 50%.