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If you're still looking for this, Fry's (at least the stores in Phoenix) sold it for a while, however it disappeared from the shelves last summer/fall just before I moved. It was located next to the Gatorade, so that's a starting point for ya. Get ahold of a manager and ask.
gruecd said:
I will do that if I continue to run. I'd prefer to not have to buy a new pair of shoes if my running career ends in a couple of months. Hopefully I can last that long, and if not, I will get my gait checked out.tri-man 47 said:
I wonder how she feels about pre-race "relations." 
2Young, what are you talking about? I'm looking at the map right now, and like you said, there's one just before mile one and another just after two. Then there are three more just before miles four, five, and seven. Two more between eight & nine and between nine & ten. Last one just after twelve. I agree that it's a bit of a dry stretch between the last two stations, but otherwise not too bad.
I'll let you know...P.S. Did you guys see that Kara Goucher is running?I wonder how she feels about pre-race "relations."
Oh, no... you're one of those!! Listen, 2 years ago some tall, skinny ******* (who shall remain nameless) convinced me to run a 1/2 with no music, and I was the only knucklehead at the starting line without headphones. I like listening to my music when I run. I have it quiet enough that if I'm running along a busy street it's hard to hear the music and generally I can hear a bike coming up behind me on the trail - but I like having it in the background. I know there will be a ton going on along this course, and believe me I won't be missing out. It's sort of like carrying my own water - it's there if I feel like I need it.
Do a 30 minute HIIT workout in the hills to the point that you need to throw up then call me a sissygruecd said:Meh. That short stuff is for sissies. We've already established that I'm far superior in the marathon.SFBayDuck said:
Just playing around, I figured out a long time ago I'm not mentally strong enough to train for multiple marathons and run for time. Maybe that'll change when I'm no longer physically capable doing this 'short stuff.' Still, I'm not coming anywhere close to 3:10, I can promise that.Volleyball was great earlier today, played for almost an hour and a half! Have about two more hours of work ahead of me then going to the gym to do hips, glutes, quads, hams, calves, and core.
I'm a relatively new runner, 36 years old and never ran in my life until about 2 years ago. I've done two 1/2s in the past year, a few 16k trail races, and my most recent was a 25k trail race at the end of June. Up next for me is the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday, my first race at the full marathon distance.After that is the Lake of the Sky 36 mile trail run on September 12th. So, yes, I am apparently insane.
I'm just starting to train for my first Ultra (50k) in early November. I'll also probably complete a cycling century or two by years end as well. Not much in the plans this year.
Lotsa stuff. Check out my signature. But Chicago is far and away my primary goal. Gotsta get back to Boston....
Just know that the spare bed at our house has a few creaks to it. And if she's a screamer, I'm gonna walk down the hall and kick your a** to the curb. Then finish the job myself. :yestrimanyes:P.S. Did you guys see that Kara Goucher is running?
Wocka Wocka!Ran 3.5 miles on the treadmill early this morning. Finally decided that trying to work out in the evening was never happening with an eight week old. Getting up to lift tomorrow morning. It feels good to have at least a plan of some kind of a routine.Fellow RNR'ers, if you need added motivation to finish, I see on the website that we get two (2) FREE "congratulatory" MGD 64 beers at the finish line!
Also, if you haven't already done so, I recommend picking up some Citrus flavor Cytomax and trying it before the race. I've had it before, and it's not too bad. I know they sell it at my local grocery store in single-serve, ready-to-drink bottles.
Since I already did RNR Arizona in January, I'll be receiving my "I Rocked 39.3 Miles" medal 6-8 weeks after Chicago!
P.S. Did you guys see that Kara Goucher is running?
Tomorrow, I'm doing an evening Sprint Triathlon (my 5th in 54 days). I have a bit of an addictive personality and I am WAY hooked on these. August is about 1/2 Marathons meeting up with gruecd, Tri-Man & Wraith in Chicago for the RNR 1/2 (which I really haven't been training for) and then off to Colorado for a conference and a side trip to Copper Mountain to run the Nations Highest 1/2. A few more tris in September and then a few 1/2 marathons in October. Why call it quits for winter? I am in Detroit and I can find races almost all through the winter. Early to mid November is when the trail runs kick in as they like the mud and a little snow & cold. I haven't looked at the calendar yet, but I should be able to get in 2 or 3 trail races in November.I discovered this passion for racing late and am playing catch up a bit.
Cool, the one I printed a while ago (that states pending CPD approval) had nothing between 2 and 7. The one online now has the ones you are talking about. I'll sleep much better now.
Understood.Just know that the spare bed at our house has a few creaks to it. And if she's a screamer, I'm gonna walk down the hall and kick your a** to the curb. Then finish the job myself. :yestrimanyes:P.S. Did you guys see that Kara Goucher is running?
Hardly. I get that some folks need the music (my wife being one of them) and I wore the shuffle for a full marathon in April. I'm just thinking Chicago will be more of a social race (if there is such a thing) and it might be more fun to take it all in.
I like to listen to my music at a reasonable volume while running a race.
I hate running on the treadmill. Hate it. I'll do it for cardio when I have to when it's just too brutal to run outside too many days in a row, I try to do as many of my runs outside as I can from November to March but that still only extrapolates to once or twice per week. I usually replace my runs and with pilates and spin classes. That said, I don't do enough to stay in race shape, I could do something but it wouldn't be my best. That and I usually have to work Saturday and Sunday mornings during fall/winter when any races would be, I end up doing about 10 hours of work from home over the weekend and would rather do it when football is not on to inevitably distract me.
Yep, corral #1 for this guy.
Corral 5 here. Depending on weather I'm going to be targeting 1:52. 2Bald - I imagine you're absolutely right about the RnR having a whole lot more going on than most races. Should be a lot of fun.
I think that's the closest she's ever come to making me 
on the massage table. While the soleus was definitely the worst, my whole right leg was sore, while my left leg was fine. Why would that be?? 
I'm training for my first 1/2 marathon, and plan on doing the Trail-Loppet in Minneapolis in September. I'll probably also do a 5K and possibly a 10K leading up to that, but I don't have anything scheduled.Some friends also signed me up for some 10 mile race (possibly the Medtronic 10 mile, the same day as the Twin Cities marathon), but we'll see how the knee feels by then.
Just started running in January. Training for my second ever 1/2 marathon in September (see my sig). Looking to knock about 20 minutes off my previous time. :fingerscrossed:
You'll do it, Keggers. Piece of cake.
When this happens to me, the only thing that fixes it is to stop, get some water and start over. I have a very hard time adjusting my stroke while swimming. I can speed up and slow down, but altering my stroke is almost impossible. Another "trick" for pool swimming to cure a crossing over of the stroke or poor arm positioning in general is to use the lane marker on the bottom as a guide and reach with each arm on the outer portion of the lane marker. For OW swims (or in the pool I suppose), if I feel like I am slapping the water, I have to get a song in my head (no iPod here
) to create a "beat" to swim to and really focus on reaching forward and extending my stroke, while also focusing on good solid shoulder turns.
Corral #2 for me.gruecd said:Yep, corral #1 for this guy.2Young2BBald said:
But then, I'm not the one trying to put the "rock and roll" into the RnR 1/2-marathon like our bad boy here.
Thanks, 2Y - good advice. I think within the next month or so I'm going to see if I can't get a lesson from the woman who runs the swimming program my kids do.When this happens to me, the only thing that fixes it is to stop, get some water and start over. I have a very hard time adjusting my stroke while swimming. I can speed up and slow down, but altering my stroke is almost impossible. Another "trick" for pool swimming to cure a crossing over of the stroke or poor arm positioning in general is to use the lane marker on the bottom as a guide and reach with each arm on the outer portion of the lane marker. For OW swims (or in the pool I suppose), if I feel like I am slapping the water, I have to get a song in my head (no iPod here
Don't hate the player, hate the game.Corral #2 for me.gruecd said:Yep, corral #1 for this guy.2Young2BBald said:
It'll be interesting to see how they try and enforce the 1 to 2 minute delayed start in each corral. I am sure everyone behind the Kenyans & gruecd (& Kara) in #1 will just wait patiently to goDon't hate the player, hate the game.Corral #2 for me.gruecd said:Yep, corral #1 for this guy.2Young2BBald said:
I thought the whole idea of submitting a a time was to already pace and spread out the field. 
As it stands, I'll start about a 1/2 hour ahead of my wife. With our pace differential, I'll have to wait almost an hour near the photo thingys (we like to get these) for her to come in. As I recall, once you leave the finish & photo area, you cannot return. (I am really starting to sound like a grumpy old man).
It's not that hard to enforce the wave start. Just check bibs to control entry into the respective corrals, and then rope each one off. After they release corral #1, walk the people from corral #2 to the starting line, and then release them 1-2 minutes later, etc., etc. FWIW, I think the wave start is a good thing. Keeps runners from tripping over people who unknowingly (or intentionally) line up too close to the front.
Oh no, we won't be running together. We tried it once down in Indy and I annoyed her so much (shocking, I know) that we've decided never to do it again (Vegas and getting remarried in race was the exception). I get the corrals, but I've never seen a pause for each. Indy had 25,000 people and let the first five go before the rest and the were downright militant (rightly so) at Disney in terms of what corral you entered, but I can't imagine a 2 minute pause between every one. There have to be a ton of corrals if the difference between 1:50 & 2:15 is 8 corrals. No more ########, I promise. I, however, can't promise I wont over think & analyze the entire run.
I'm sure you didn't know about the wave start when you signed up (and this doesn't do you a lot of good now), but if you wanted to run together, you shoulda probably entered the same estimated finishing time. The good news is that if you read the "final information" sheet, you'll see where it says the following on the front page: "You can change corrals at the Expo - proceed to the Corral Change Table after you pick up your number."
It's definitely a lot of people. Of course, it's roughly HALF the size of the Indianapolis 500 Festival mini (which is 35,000 runners)!! The way they are doing the corrals should keep things very smooth on the course, even for us folks starting towards the back of the pack...
My reward for registering early was a corner spot that easily caused me to have to run and additional 100 yards in my bike shoes both in and out, an cost me a win over a buddy of mine, score between us this year is 2-1 him. I may need to change my name to Shelprock. I 6 tris lifetime, 3 have been in the pouring rain and this was the worst as it rained for all three parts. Swam my fastest 1/2 mile of the year in 16:10. No other splits were available, but my CPU had me close to 20 MPH on the bike. I ####ed out on a downhills and had to break as I thought I was going to lay it down. I saw the most wipeouts of any tri I have done and a couple looked quite bad. No idea what my pace was on the run as I had set the Garmin to MPH for my sons bike this weekend and forgot to set it back. I passed 7 or 8 guys in my AG and dueled a guy in my AG the enitre way. He outkicked me over the last 1/4 mile and we shared a good handshake after. He admitted he was about ready to puke and ran harder due to my push. This was a stout field as there were no other events to compete with it. As usual, the Mid-Life Crisis Division (40 to 44) was the largest by a long shot. I was around the top 3rd, but there were quite a few guys in front of me. Suppose I better figure out how to run again before Chicago.
Sounds like you had a great race given the conditions - congrats!! Also, I'm betting you did the right thing by braking on the downhill - no need to #### yourself up a week before the 1/2!!Quickie Wednesday Night Tri Race Report. I got completely hosed with my transition positon
We are having an Olympic tri in Waco this weekend and desperately need rain; can you come on down and assist us2Young2BBald said:Quickie Wednesday Night Tri Race Report. I got completely hosed with my transition positon
Great to hear that you continue to improve on the swim, but it blows that you got a bad transition position. TT'ing in rain is a #####, which might happen for the last riders of the TDF today. It's amazing how many mid-lifers are now in all events (I think the ratio is getting worse). I wonder if our future is always screwed (i.e., 45-50 will be huge in 5 years, etc.). Top 3rd is awesome!
I just think that's AWESOME. (Some other good quotes from Karnazes here.)Have a great day, everyone!
Last night I just KILLED my rest day! I mean absolutely nailed it. Probably one of my best days since I started. This definitely gives me momentum and confidence as I tackle the last half of my training program.
What type of lower half exercises are you doing?
