Thanks Richard. The wide grip bench press is harder for me than the normal grip, but that is probably the case for most people.
I just received some bad news from my wife. She has been doing marathon training for the last 4 months as well to do the marathon with me. On her 20 mile run 2 weeks ago, she ended up with a sore foot that swole up. It hurt walking and running on it after that. She continued her runs though, including a 14 mile run the following weekend. It did not get better and remained swollen. She went in to see the doctor early this week. They couldn't see anything in an x-ray, so they set up an MRI on Wednesday. She just found out the results this morning and she has a torn tendon in her foot. She needs to go back for another appointment to decide whether it will require surgery, but either way the doctor said the marathon is out. Her softball season started this week and she plays 2 games a week, that is out. Volleyball season starts next week, 3 leagues, that is out. She is really upset right now. I am also greatly saddened by this after all the hard work she has been putting in over the last 4 months. She has been following a lifting routine and running schedule and had been doing tremendous. She had made huge improvements on her running and was on pace to be able to finish the marathon between 4 and 4.5 hours.