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pigskinliquors
Dr. Parrothead
PM sent! Regarding your tri-event; Have a blast. I like running race days, but LOVE tri-race days. Getting your number/age written on you, seeing the TT bikes, Tri-babes, and the transition area are most awesome. Soak it all in, and I predict you'll be addicted pretty quickly = you'll be "Tri-ing" soon.
pigskinliquors
Dr. Parrothead
It was flippin' 3 am; I was buzzed, and shocked to see a 24 inch piece of fish = I took a crappy pic of food and shared it. I'll do my best to "step it up" next time I'm in a similar situation. FWIW: there was literally nothing in the area that would have made that picture better. There were about 10 Brit's in the area still partying and taking turns beating each other up as England beat the poor sisters of the nunnery in a soccer match earlier and a distinct smell of vomit; but nothing pic worthy. Sorry to disappoint. :(
gruecd
Footballguy
Keggers - Just texted you.
gruecd
Footballguy
SFBayDuck
Footballguy
Must be a busy weekend for everyone, thread had slipped to page 4!
Just got home from my 25K trail race out on Angel Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, and what a day! Decided yesterday that my goal was to try and keep the approx 10:30 pace I ran in the 16K there in January, which would put me at around 2:45 and right around 50th place based on the past couple of years.
Race is 3 different loops, one around the outside of the island, 2nd around the middle, and the 3rd up to the peak. Elevation Chart here.. After a few hundred yards, you hit stairs that take you up about 250 ft in 1/4 mile - stairs that you know you'll see to start each of the loops! Then the first loop wasn't too bad, just some rolling up and down and much of it is on road, managed that first 5.8 miles or so in around 56:00, which was good knowing I was going to be giving up time on the uphills still ahead.
Loop 2 is the stairs again, and then it keeps going up to almost 500 ft in just over a mile. Some rolling stuff, then singletrack back down, and I was loving that. Picking my way through the stinging nettles that had overgrown the trail, over and around the rocks, roots, etc - I get up on my toes and feel light on my feet, not just plodding along. Back to the bottom and start loop 3 with those damned stairs again, and keep going up to the 750' peak over the next 2 miles. Plodded along there pretty slowly, looking forward to that same stretch of singletrack back down.
Was watching the Garmin coming back down the hill, keeping pace to get in just under 2:45, but realized that the total distance was going to be more than 15.53 that 25K equals, and it did turn out to be 15.7 miles which put my finish at 2:45:53, good for 54th place (there were 131 registered for the 25K as of yesterday).
After cooling off and stretching took the shoes off and waded up to my knees into the cold water of the bay, spent 10-15 minutes there - so much better than sitting in a tub of ice at home! Then, while waiting for the ferry to take me back to the mainland threw back a couple of pints of Lagunitas IPA, a local brew, to help cap off a great day of trail running!
Just got home from my 25K trail race out on Angel Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, and what a day! Decided yesterday that my goal was to try and keep the approx 10:30 pace I ran in the 16K there in January, which would put me at around 2:45 and right around 50th place based on the past couple of years.
Race is 3 different loops, one around the outside of the island, 2nd around the middle, and the 3rd up to the peak. Elevation Chart here.. After a few hundred yards, you hit stairs that take you up about 250 ft in 1/4 mile - stairs that you know you'll see to start each of the loops! Then the first loop wasn't too bad, just some rolling up and down and much of it is on road, managed that first 5.8 miles or so in around 56:00, which was good knowing I was going to be giving up time on the uphills still ahead.
Loop 2 is the stairs again, and then it keeps going up to almost 500 ft in just over a mile. Some rolling stuff, then singletrack back down, and I was loving that. Picking my way through the stinging nettles that had overgrown the trail, over and around the rocks, roots, etc - I get up on my toes and feel light on my feet, not just plodding along. Back to the bottom and start loop 3 with those damned stairs again, and keep going up to the 750' peak over the next 2 miles. Plodded along there pretty slowly, looking forward to that same stretch of singletrack back down.
Was watching the Garmin coming back down the hill, keeping pace to get in just under 2:45, but realized that the total distance was going to be more than 15.53 that 25K equals, and it did turn out to be 15.7 miles which put my finish at 2:45:53, good for 54th place (there were 131 registered for the 25K as of yesterday).
After cooling off and stretching took the shoes off and waded up to my knees into the cold water of the bay, spent 10-15 minutes there - so much better than sitting in a tub of ice at home! Then, while waiting for the ferry to take me back to the mainland threw back a couple of pints of Lagunitas IPA, a local brew, to help cap off a great day of trail running!
2Young2BBald
Footbaldguy
There are some real adventures going on in here this weekend. I am jealous of the trails you have access to as there is nothing better. Great time/finish too, with a small field, I'm guessing things thinned out and you had open space to run. There was a 50 degree lake waiting for me at the end of a trail 1/2 marathon earlier this year. I am with you, it was awesome for the legs.~
Kinda boring here. Did a bike/run brick of 17 miles on the bike & 2.5 miles on the run. Tomorrow I have to work on buliding some confidence in the pool. I may encounter an unexpected challenge for next weeks tri. It'll already be the longest race swim I've done at 800 meters (puppy distance compared to the 1.2 Tri-Man swim miles tomorrow, I know). The kicker is, the water temps may jump up in to the high 70s making wetsuit illegal for the event. I've never raced without a wetsuit and like the security, although, I'd burn up in the full and was thinking of wearng the shorty. I've swam pool miles straight lots of times without a wetsuit, so its time to stretch out what I can do in open water I guess.
Sand
Footballguy
Sand
Footballguy
I do pushups once a week and am up to ~275 (week 6 day 3 of the hundredpushups.com workout). My problem with doing more pushups is that I strength train on other two days of the week and want to give the arms some chance to rest in between. Situps (along with other core work reps) are better - I get ~750 or so done a week (and for the first time in my life I have a six pack showing). These can be done without interfering with normal workouts.I need to do more dumbell work - most of my strength stuff is machines and I need to evolve into more free weights.I have some catching up to do on the pushups! If I want to get 500 done a week it will need to be done in one day - that will be a challenge.
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iam gonna try this 100 push up thingI do pushups once a week and am up to ~275 (week 6 day 3 of the hundredpushups.com workout). My problem with doing more pushups is that I strength train on other two days of the week and want to give the arms some chance to rest in between. Situps (along with other core work reps) are better - I get ~750 or so done a week (and for the first time in my life I have a six pack showing). These can be done without interfering with normal workouts.I need to do more dumbell work - most of my strength stuff is machines and I need to evolve into more free weights.I have some catching up to do on the pushups! If I want to get 500 done a week it will need to be done in one day - that will be a challenge.
gruecd
Footballguy
Hey, guys. Quick check-in to say that we took 2nd in our Half IM relay yesterday in 4:30:30. Our swimmer did 32:21.0 (#9/22 relay teams), cyclist killed it in 2:16:47.0 (#1), and I ran 1:39:57.0 (#10). We were almost eight minutes behind the first place team, who finished in 4:22:55.
Would've liked to have been a little faster on the run, but it was 80 degrees and sunny when I started a little after 10 AM, and the course was 90% trails, much of which had no shade. I'm probably in 1:30 shape right now or a little faster, but not under these conditions. Feel like I left everything on the course, so hard to be too disappointed.
Lastly, I can definitely see how you guys get addicted to doing tri's. Crazy positive energy out there. And crazy beautiful eye candy!
It'll be a while, and running will always be my forte, but if I can work myself into being a serviceable swimmer, I might have to eventually come over to the dark side....
ETA: The lead female passed me about 8-9 miles into the run, and it was a VERY nice view from behind. I simply couldn't will my legs to stay with her.
Would've liked to have been a little faster on the run, but it was 80 degrees and sunny when I started a little after 10 AM, and the course was 90% trails, much of which had no shade. I'm probably in 1:30 shape right now or a little faster, but not under these conditions. Feel like I left everything on the course, so hard to be too disappointed.
Lastly, I can definitely see how you guys get addicted to doing tri's. Crazy positive energy out there. And crazy beautiful eye candy!
It'll be a while, and running will always be my forte, but if I can work myself into being a serviceable swimmer, I might have to eventually come over to the dark side....
ETA: The lead female passed me about 8-9 miles into the run, and it was a VERY nice view from behind. I simply couldn't will my legs to stay with her.
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2Young2BBald
Footbaldguy
Sand
Footballguy
Most importantly hopefully if this is the case it was something transient and he can give it another crack soon.
gruecd
Footballguy
Yeah, he sent me a text yesterday afternoon. The heat and humidity were just too much. I'm sure he'll log on today sometime to tell the story. Like I told him, better to live to fight another day. Hell, I've already decided that if it's too hot at Chicago, I'll just skip it completely and run Detroit instead.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Yeah, my first ever DNF. 
Bottom line, the swim went very well, but I wasn't properly prepared for the endurance of the bike leg on a surprisingly hilly course. Layer on top of that the heat and humidity (at noon, 87 degrees and 67 per cent humidity), and I had a tough choice to make. I knew I was drained and knew I'd need to HTFU for the run (my daughter had a big HTFU poster, and I had it written on my arm). But I found myself thinking 'it's Father's Day, and I just want to cool off in the lake and be with my daughter.' 
I talked to her at the second transition, and she agreed that she'd rather have me alive than just finishing. So we agreed to bag it and, as gruecd says, live for another day. Even without the run, I found myself light-headed as I gathered up my gear, so I'd say it was the right decision. 2Young is right about the DNFs - I count 24% of the field. They'd run out of water at the last bike stop (which didn't help me), and I was seeing signs that they were already getting caught short on the run course, too.
I felt ready for the day. I had a solid start to the swim, wisely running along the beach before entering and then dolphin diving for quite a while in the shallows. I kept a steady stroke throughout with a bit of drafting and keeping a good line. The overall time (no wetsuits allowed) was just average, but what was critical was that I exited the swim feeling energized and ready for the bike. From the start, the bike just didn't feel fast. Then several miles in we hit the first hill, followed by several more. I know "hills" is a relative term (stop smirking, BnB), but after almost all flat, urban Chicago training, the two dozen inclines were more than I'd encountered. I was dropping to my lowest gear and, like others, getting out of the saddle to work up the top. And in hindsight, I just didn't have enough long, endurance training rides ...not to mention a low-end road bike that puts me at some disadvantage. I can't see attacking this distance without committing to a better (but more expensive) bike.
I see from the prelim results that if I'd have done the run, and gone sub-2:00, I'd have still taken third in the age group. But on that day, in that heat and humidity, that would have taken a crazy-a## effort, and I just as easily could have crashed and burned. Anyway, I've got some running races to start focusing on now!!! Maybe I'll pick up a shorter tri later in the summer. It did help to know that you guys were supporting me, so thanks!
Bottom line, the swim went very well, but I wasn't properly prepared for the endurance of the bike leg on a surprisingly hilly course. Layer on top of that the heat and humidity (at noon, 87 degrees and 67 per cent humidity), and I had a tough choice to make. I knew I was drained and knew I'd need to HTFU for the run (my daughter had a big HTFU poster, and I had it written on my arm). But I found myself thinking 'it's Father's Day, and I just want to cool off in the lake and be with my daughter.' I talked to her at the second transition, and she agreed that she'd rather have me alive than just finishing. So we agreed to bag it and, as gruecd says, live for another day. Even without the run, I found myself light-headed as I gathered up my gear, so I'd say it was the right decision. 2Young is right about the DNFs - I count 24% of the field. They'd run out of water at the last bike stop (which didn't help me), and I was seeing signs that they were already getting caught short on the run course, too.I felt ready for the day. I had a solid start to the swim, wisely running along the beach before entering and then dolphin diving for quite a while in the shallows. I kept a steady stroke throughout with a bit of drafting and keeping a good line. The overall time (no wetsuits allowed) was just average, but what was critical was that I exited the swim feeling energized and ready for the bike. From the start, the bike just didn't feel fast. Then several miles in we hit the first hill, followed by several more. I know "hills" is a relative term (stop smirking, BnB), but after almost all flat, urban Chicago training, the two dozen inclines were more than I'd encountered. I was dropping to my lowest gear and, like others, getting out of the saddle to work up the top. And in hindsight, I just didn't have enough long, endurance training rides ...not to mention a low-end road bike that puts me at some disadvantage. I can't see attacking this distance without committing to a better (but more expensive) bike.
I see from the prelim results that if I'd have done the run, and gone sub-2:00, I'd have still taken third in the age group. But on that day, in that heat and humidity, that would have taken a crazy-a## effort, and I just as easily could have crashed and burned. Anyway, I've got some running races to start focusing on now!!! Maybe I'll pick up a shorter tri later in the summer. It did help to know that you guys were supporting me, so thanks!
gruecd
Footballguy
Like I said, tri-man, way to be smart about it. 
It was super hot out there. I know, because I ran in it on Saturday. Sucked.
Did an easy 5-mile recovery run yesterday, but I've still got some DOMS going on today. Those trails caused me to use a lot of different muscles that I don't usually use! Was supposed to do a 8-mile run today with 4 at tempo pace (6:50), but I think I'll probably re-figure the schedule and either rest today or just go easy and then do the speedwork tomorrow. Might have to do it on the treadmill, though, since it's supposed to be 91 degrees here!
By the way, guys, the Door County Triathlon is July 19. How about doing a FBG relay?? I'll run, and tri-man can do the swim. Any of you cyclists wanna take a trip to Door County to help out the team? It's awesome up there; your wife/SO will love it! C'mon, guys, whaddaya say???
It was super hot out there. I know, because I ran in it on Saturday. Sucked.Did an easy 5-mile recovery run yesterday, but I've still got some DOMS going on today. Those trails caused me to use a lot of different muscles that I don't usually use! Was supposed to do a 8-mile run today with 4 at tempo pace (6:50), but I think I'll probably re-figure the schedule and either rest today or just go easy and then do the speedwork tomorrow. Might have to do it on the treadmill, though, since it's supposed to be 91 degrees here!
By the way, guys, the Door County Triathlon is July 19. How about doing a FBG relay?? I'll run, and tri-man can do the swim. Any of you cyclists wanna take a trip to Door County to help out the team? It's awesome up there; your wife/SO will love it! C'mon, guys, whaddaya say???
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2Young2BBald
Footbaldguy
If you don't get a team, you should SERIOUSLY consider doing the Sprint. A 1/4 mile swim is the shortest distance I've seen for a sprint. If they allow wetsuits, it'd be even easier. You could doggie-paddle and be out of the water in around 12 minutes or so. Tri-Man, sorry about the DNF, but thank goodness you had your wits about you to talk things through and make the right decesion. The heat looked scary and running low or out of water is inexcuseable.Like I said, tri-man, way to be smart about it.It was super hot out there. I know, because I ran in it on Saturday. Sucked.
Did an easy 5-mile recovery run yesterday, but I've still got some DOMS going on today. Those trails caused me to use a lot of different muscles that I don't usually use! Was supposed to do a 8-mile run today with 4 at tempo pace (6:50), but I think I'll probably re-figure the schedule and either rest today or just go easy and then do the speedwork tomorrow. Might have to do it on the treadmill, though, since it's supposed to be 91 degrees here!
By the way, guys, the Door County Triathlon is July 19. How about doing a FBG relay?? I'll run, and tri-man can do the swim. Any of you cyclists wanna take a trip to Door County to help out the team? It's awesome up there; your wife/SO will love it! C'mon, guys, whaddaya say???
Dist: 58.95 mi (4:20:33)
Energy: 2197.6 kJ
Cals Burn: 2101.0 kcal
Climbing: 5959 ft
Min Avg Max
Power 0 140.6 623 W
Speed 0.0 13.6 41.9 mi/h
Wind 0.0 16.6 41.0 mi/h
Elev 2221 4222 5839 ft
Slope -14.6 0.02 20.4 %
Caden 4 68.6 116 rpm
HR 69 125.0 163 bpm
Arrg. Long training ride on Saturday and not thrilled with the result. 19 mile climb from Asheville to Craggy Dome taking me from an elevation of 2221 to 5839 feet. 13.6 has to be my worst average speed on a ride in ages. Very frustrating when your easy recovery rides are 18 mph. Temps were in the upper 80's in the valley and dropped to the low 60's with 30mph winds at the summitt. Wind was so bad I had to baby the descents as I was being blown all over the road. To top it off, I left my water bottles at the visitior's on the return trip and remembered them about 10 miles into the descent. Actually drove back for them as they are the 32 oz size and not easy to replace. The scenery was absolutely astounding!!!
This will be a taper and prep week for me. Blood, Sweat, and Gears is this Saturday. Still undecided on the 50 mile or 100 mile route. From there I will be riding the Blue Ridge parkway from Cherokee, NC to Charlottesville, VA for the next 6 days. 469 miles and 48,722 ft of climbing. Day one will feature 82 miles and 9300 ft of climbing. 7470 ft of that will be in the first 38 miles starting with a 2240 ft butt kicker in the first 4.9 miles. My girlfriend will be riding with me and SAGing the trip. Two friends will join me on days one and two. I hope I can finish this beast of a trip. The massive amount of climbing has me concerned to say the least.
Energy: 2197.6 kJ
Cals Burn: 2101.0 kcal
Climbing: 5959 ft
Min Avg Max
Power 0 140.6 623 W
Speed 0.0 13.6 41.9 mi/h
Wind 0.0 16.6 41.0 mi/h
Elev 2221 4222 5839 ft
Slope -14.6 0.02 20.4 %
Caden 4 68.6 116 rpm
HR 69 125.0 163 bpm
Arrg. Long training ride on Saturday and not thrilled with the result. 19 mile climb from Asheville to Craggy Dome taking me from an elevation of 2221 to 5839 feet. 13.6 has to be my worst average speed on a ride in ages. Very frustrating when your easy recovery rides are 18 mph. Temps were in the upper 80's in the valley and dropped to the low 60's with 30mph winds at the summitt. Wind was so bad I had to baby the descents as I was being blown all over the road. To top it off, I left my water bottles at the visitior's on the return trip and remembered them about 10 miles into the descent. Actually drove back for them as they are the 32 oz size and not easy to replace. The scenery was absolutely astounding!!!
This will be a taper and prep week for me. Blood, Sweat, and Gears is this Saturday. Still undecided on the 50 mile or 100 mile route. From there I will be riding the Blue Ridge parkway from Cherokee, NC to Charlottesville, VA for the next 6 days. 469 miles and 48,722 ft of climbing. Day one will feature 82 miles and 9300 ft of climbing. 7470 ft of that will be in the first 38 miles starting with a 2240 ft butt kicker in the first 4.9 miles. My girlfriend will be riding with me and SAGing the trip. Two friends will join me on days one and two. I hope I can finish this beast of a trip. The massive amount of climbing has me concerned to say the least.
Sand
Footballguy
Yep - glad to see it was indeed something transient and not serious. As long as you are out for some other reason than what happened to this guy this weekend.
SFBayDuck
Footballguy
You obviously made the right choice, especially in those conditions. And I love that your daughter had a HTFU poster! Although I think I should wait awhile before I teach my 5 year old that phrase.Yeah, my first ever DNF.Bottom line, the swim went very well, but I wasn't properly prepared for the endurance of the bike leg on a surprisingly hilly course. Layer on top of that the heat and humidity (at noon, 87 degrees and 67 per cent humidity), and I had a tough choice to make. I knew I was drained and knew I'd need to HTFU for the run (my daughter had a big HTFU poster, and I had it written on my arm). But I found myself thinking 'it's Father's Day, and I just want to cool off in the lake and be with my daughter.'
I talked to her at the second transition, and she agreed that she'd rather have me alive than just finishing. So we agreed to bag it and, as gruecd says, live for another day. Even without the run, I found myself light-headed as I gathered up my gear, so I'd say it was the right decision. 2Young is right about the DNFs - I count 24% of the field. They'd run out of water at the last bike stop (which didn't help me), and I was seeing signs that they were already getting caught short on the run course, too.
A little extra soreness in the hips, groin, and other weird places? All of the stabilizing muscles that don'tget much work much running on pavement sure wake up on trails. I don't notice it much anymore, doing probably 1/2 my total mileage on trails this year, but it's sure different.Two days removed from my 25K I'm even happier with how it went. Analyzed the Garmin data and was a few seconds/mile slower than I did the 16K in January, but was a full 12 bpm lower on my avg HR! In January, I was damn-near redlining it the whole way, up near 90% and above of maximum for pretty much the entire race. I remember posting here that I couldn't pick it up on the downhills like I wanted because I coudn't get my HR down even then. No wonder I felt like I was gonna puke afterwards. But on Saturday, I felt like I could keep going when it was over! Of course by Saturday evening some soreness set in, but it wasn't bad. And went out yesterday and ran a nice, slow 3 miles on the track (soft surface) to work everything out of my muscles. That was encouraging to me that I could get out and run again after a trail race that long, and not really have any problems. No way I could've done that even a few months back.
Great job Duck. Soon you be ready to run with Poppa.You obviously made the right choice, especially in those conditions. And I love that your daughter had a HTFU poster! Although I think I should wait awhile before I teach my 5 year old that phrase.Yeah, my first ever DNF.A little extra soreness in the hips, groin, and other weird places? All of the stabilizing muscles that don'tget much work much running on pavement sure wake up on trails. I don't notice it much anymore, doing probably 1/2 my total mileage on trails this year, but it's sure different.Two days removed from my 25K I'm even happier with how it went. Analyzed the Garmin data and was a few seconds/mile slower than I did the 16K in January, but was a full 12 bpm lower on my avg HR! In January, I was damn-near redlining it the whole way, up near 90% and above of maximum for pretty much the entire race. I remember posting here that I couldn't pick it up on the downhills like I wanted because I coudn't get my HR down even then. No wonder I felt like I was gonna puke afterwards. But on Saturday, I felt like I could keep going when it was over! Of course by Saturday evening some soreness set in, but it wasn't bad. And went out yesterday and ran a nice, slow 3 miles on the track (soft surface) to work everything out of my muscles. That was encouraging to me that I could get out and run again after a trail race that long, and not really have any problems. No way I could've done that even a few months back.
gruecd
Footballguy
Did you read the comments that people wrote on that article? Some people are unbelievable.....
Bankerguy
Footballguy
Wow....Ignorance is alive and well I see.
Sand
Footballguy
Typical internet anonymity fueled blathering.
gruecd
Footballguy
Scratch that. I think Grand Rapids is going to be my back-up plan. Same day as Detroit, and the reviews on MarathonGuide.com are awesome.
2Young2BBald
Footbaldguy
Can't argue with your logic here. I have several friends that have done GR and all had good things to report. AND, if you take the car ferry from Milwaukee to Muskegon you can save huge travel time.
RoarinSonoran
Footballguy
Man it sucks being a marathoner with marital difficulties.
Like gruecd, my household isn't going very well these days. I wanted to go for a walk with the Mrs on Friday evening, just to spend some 'us' time, since that's been a problem of late. She blew me off (no, not in the good way) with an irritated-sounding 'no' (if she had said something like 'no, my back hurts', it wouldn't have been a big deal, as she is still effed up from a traffic accident she had 6mos ago...alas it was more like 'no...gtfo!'), so I said 'eff it' and went for a walk alone.
Well, I got going...and kept going...I got to 3.5mi in the first hour, did the math, and briefly considered going for the marathon. Fortunately, clearer minds prevailed at around 8mi, and I turned around at 10mi, for a grand total of 20mi in 5:30.
So my fellow runners and bikers, stop and think before you go off in a huff. You ARE capable of freakin' long distances, so be careful and don't be stupid. lol
On the positive side, it was a good walk. I haven't been running lately, but it went well. My legs didn't start barking at me until 11 or 12mi or so (and they were fine the next day). I also didn't take water with me, which was stupid, but I stopped at a gas station at 14mi and got a drink. Fortunately it was a nice cool clear night, and the fireflies were in abundance. The occasional car played havoc with my night vision, but I'll certainly keep this route in mind if/when I get back into training.
Like gruecd, my household isn't going very well these days. I wanted to go for a walk with the Mrs on Friday evening, just to spend some 'us' time, since that's been a problem of late. She blew me off (no, not in the good way) with an irritated-sounding 'no' (if she had said something like 'no, my back hurts', it wouldn't have been a big deal, as she is still effed up from a traffic accident she had 6mos ago...alas it was more like 'no...gtfo!'), so I said 'eff it' and went for a walk alone.
Well, I got going...and kept going...I got to 3.5mi in the first hour, did the math, and briefly considered going for the marathon. Fortunately, clearer minds prevailed at around 8mi, and I turned around at 10mi, for a grand total of 20mi in 5:30.
So my fellow runners and bikers, stop and think before you go off in a huff. You ARE capable of freakin' long distances, so be careful and don't be stupid. lol
On the positive side, it was a good walk. I haven't been running lately, but it went well. My legs didn't start barking at me until 11 or 12mi or so (and they were fine the next day). I also didn't take water with me, which was stupid, but I stopped at a gas station at 14mi and got a drink. Fortunately it was a nice cool clear night, and the fireflies were in abundance. The occasional car played havoc with my night vision, but I'll certainly keep this route in mind if/when I get back into training.
gruecd
Footballguy
Sorry to hear that, GB. On a more positive note, at least you found a productive way to blow off some steam. Me, I'm strongly considering buying a road bike that I can't afford so that I can add a cycling addition to my existing running addiction. I think I'm addicted to addictions....Man it sucks being a marathoner with marital difficulties.
Not that I've gotten to this point yet, but I'm wondering if there's a stat somewhere showing the divorce rate among households where one spouse is an endurance athlete and the other spouse isn't. Hmmm....
wraith5
Footballguy
First, very sorry about the home situation. You guys are making me start to think I need to spend a little more effort in that department myself. Second,Man it sucks being a marathoner with marital difficulties.Like gruecd, my household isn't going very well these days. Well, I got going...and kept going...for a grand total of 20mi in 5:30.
at the 20 mile walk - nice work there, Forest!! That's unbelieveable. Tri-man - sorry to read about your DNF. Not much you can do about the weather though, except live to fight another (cooler) day. I've been sick - got some kind of respitory infection (confirmed NOT swine flu) that dropped me out of what should have been an easy 5 miler on Thursday. I just couldn't pull enough oxygen and my HR started really climbing, so I turned around and quit at 3 miles. Went to the doc, got a Z-Pak perscription, and took the weekend easy. Today I've got a smokers cough that would make Dennis Leary jealous, so I think I'm just about out of the woods. Hoping to do an easy run in the morning.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
My home town.
I'll probably be going up that weekend. My BIL has been getting into running, and I believe is hoping to do that marathon. He's gearing up for a 1/2 in a month or two.
gruecd
Footballguy
You and me both, brother.NYC11/1/09iam in
But my "A" race is Chicago three weeks prior. I'll be doing NYC "just for fun."
gruecd
Footballguy
Awesome. Still keeping my fingers crossed for good (cool) weather at Chicago, but it's nice knowing that I'll have "tri-man support" either way!My home town.
wow, good for you. NYC alone will wipe out my vacation budget.I cant wait though. The biggest marathon i have done is 1000 finishers. I hear NYC is bigger :(You and me both, brother.NYC11/1/09iam in
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gruecd
Footballguy
Chicago shouldn't cost me much. And believe me, I'm dropping plenty of coin on NYC, too, but eff it, you only live once, right?!wow, good for you. NYC alone will wipe out my vacation budget.I cant wait though. The biggest marathon i have done is 1000 finishers. I hear NYC is biggerYou and me both, brother.NYC11/1/09iam in
pigskinliquors
Dr. Parrothead
Tri-Man: so sorry to hear about the DNF. You can add "smart" to your list of many talents. Zero use trying to do something extraordinary, during a simple event. You'll have many, many more in your future. I'd love to do a Half IM with you in a couple years.
RS: :( My wife is a fairly "new" runner, as we had stress our first 5 years with me wanting to run alot more than she wanted me to. So sorry to hear about the problems, but not the least surprised you could pull a 20 miler out of nowhere!!
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My update: Great run with the Mrs. yesterday morning along the beach and through a few parks in Honolulu. We are in the Hilton Hawaiian Village and staying in the tower behind the lagoon. We ran around it a couple times during yesterday's run, and it's .4 miles around. Tomorrow I can't wait to swim a few (3-4) laps around the perimeter, after another run with the Mrs. We'll likely get up around 5 am (still haven't adjusted to the time; run from 5-6; then swim from 6-7 = I can't wait!). The plan for Thursday is to run to Diamond Head (in the background of the picture provided), walk/climb to the top; then run back. Lot's of sun, and way too many Mai Tais, but thoroughly enjoying every minute.
RS: :( My wife is a fairly "new" runner, as we had stress our first 5 years with me wanting to run alot more than she wanted me to. So sorry to hear about the problems, but not the least surprised you could pull a 20 miler out of nowhere!!
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My update: Great run with the Mrs. yesterday morning along the beach and through a few parks in Honolulu. We are in the Hilton Hawaiian Village and staying in the tower behind the lagoon. We ran around it a couple times during yesterday's run, and it's .4 miles around. Tomorrow I can't wait to swim a few (3-4) laps around the perimeter, after another run with the Mrs. We'll likely get up around 5 am (still haven't adjusted to the time; run from 5-6; then swim from 6-7 = I can't wait!). The plan for Thursday is to run to Diamond Head (in the background of the picture provided), walk/climb to the top; then run back. Lot's of sun, and way too many Mai Tais, but thoroughly enjoying every minute.
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gruecd
Footballguy
The place looks beautiful, liquors. Have fun, and congrats again on the anniversary!
________________________Three miles for me yesterday on the treadmill before my swim lessons (still don't know how people run on those things) and then another seven miles outside at 9:30 PM after I got home. Attempted the tempo miles, but only ended up doing one, as (1) it was still close to 80 degrees outside, and (2) my legs are fried from Saturday's race. I guess if I wouldn't have done the race on Saturday and just did an appropriately-paced long run, I probably could've handled the tempo run. Oh, well, one missed week of speedwork won't kill me.
SRD today, and an easy 10 on tap for tomorrow. Have a great day, everyone!
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tri-man 47
Footballguy
Here's something interesting a friend and his brothers have put together and are now marketing:
It uses chip info so you can go back and 'see' your race!
It uses chip info so you can go back and 'see' your race!
RoarinSonoran
Footballguy
Fixed, probably would get more correlation this way, at least wrt to my situation. lolTho, the Fall50 was a bone of contention when we had 'the talk' a couple weeks ago. She thought that I deemed the race to be more important than staying behind in Arizona, keeping my job, and finishing up the house. I'm not sure if I was able to convince her that I just used the race as simply a date to get the hell out of there and re-join my family, my family being most-important (hell, she needed a kick in the pants to get moved in the first place, as we had initially planned to move in June, and it was finally August when I pointed out that she should take the girls and get them into school). I'd probably still be there if I had waited for everything to be perfect. Eff that, my place is with my family. I do see her point (effing jobs market), but still...
I would have missed my daughter competing in gymnastics at the high school level (as a 7th grader no less, tho I wouldn't have minded missing her re-break her arm
), and I would have missed my other daughter make the cheer squad (7th grader next year). I also wouldn't have been there for my wife when she rolled our van in December, as she lost her cell in the crash and my number was the only one she knew from memory. Driving 3.5hrs through a blizzard to get to her (happened in Black River Falls WI) was something to have missed tho.
2Young2BBald
Footbaldguy
You can let them know I would open my wallet for this information overload. In fact, I'd be happy to be a beta tester (road, tris, trails) if they are still looking to test the technlogy. ~
Ah the joys of turning 40, got to fast yesterday for a colonoscopy today
I am a groggy mess and Dr's orders are no exercise today anyway. Turns out I need to eat more fiber, FUN. Swam 2,000 yards on Sunday, doing the 1st 1,500 straight as a confidence booster for the swim portion of Sunday's Tri. I know it is only 800 meters, but doing it without a wetsuit is freaking me out.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Well, it was. WORD.2Young, I really look forward to your race report ...I need to hear your tri success to help ease my own sting. I might repeat the Oly tri on August 9 (same race from last summer) to bring some closure as well. Gruecd, that'd mean I wouldn't do the Door County relay (since I also have a 7/11 trail run, with Wraith, the 8/2 half-marathon with the gang, and then the final trail run on 8/8 ...I start racing too much, I'll be in the same doghouse as some of you!). And 2Young, don't worry about the wet suit. Think about how much faster T1 will be! I'll share your comment with my friend - thanks.
I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:
Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....
Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....
gruecd
Footballguy
I love the attitude, Keggers. Get after it!I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....
Not today, it's too hotI love the attitude, Keggers. Get after it!I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....
Kidding. I ran this morning....on the treadmill.
gruecd
Footballguy
Call me a massochist, but I think I'm actually gonna try going 10 this afternoon. But I'll take it easy, and I'm wearing my Fuel Belt.Not today, it's too hotI love the attitude, Keggers. Get after it!I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....
DolphinsPhan
Footballguy
little off topic here...so do you just throw this thing in the washing machine or do you wash by hand? mine will be due for a major cleaning after my 11 miler this coming Saturday.Did 6 mile pace run this morning. Felt pretty good. Same HR average as my 5 mile pace run last week, so it was nice to be able to hold that pace for an additional mile and have no affect on HR...Call me a massochist, but I think I'm actually gonna try going 10 this afternoon. But I'll take it easy, and I'm wearing my Fuel Belt.Not today, it's too hotI love the attitude, Keggers. Get after it!I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:
Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....
gruecd
Footballguy
Put it in one of those mesh lingerie bags and throw it in the washer. You can buy the bags at Wal-Mart for $2. I do the same thing with the arm band for my iPod. Piece of cake.
DolphinsPhan
Footballguy
Thanks.
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