Ran a 10k in June (4 Viewers)

[Hang 10]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

 

[FUBAR]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

Disney seems a lot more about the experience than the time. You could probably knock off a minute or so per mile in a different setting. Still sounds like a fun event.

 

[MAC_32]

Suck index creators, what's the south end of 100 look like? I know there's an optimal level, I know what the high extremes look like, but I don't remember when things get sub optimal on the low end. I'm trying to talk myself up after some mildly discouraging runs this week. Physically felt great, but time's have been slower than I expect, suck index was around 60 early this week so I'm hoping that can be my way to put my mind at ease. It was in the mid 70's yesterday and a I ran better on my recovery/strength training run, which got me to think this may be the reason.

Now, what will the suck index look like next Sunday? and will there be snow and ice on the ground like there was early this week? I guess we'll see, but the current forecast is...well, cold. Now snow and ice though.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Disney Half Marathon was last saturday for me. It was lots of fun. Don't think I would run it again though, unless my wife decided she really wanted to do it. Don't really like having to be at a race over 2 hours before it starts. It was cool to run through the parks, but I think that this maybe accounted for 4-5 miles out of 13.1. Lots of costumes and tons of music. Would have really liked to have my wife and son be able to cheer us on in a couple spots, but not really a big deal. Just enjoyed running with my sister.

Time was 2:05:29 which is technically a PR for me since it was my first half marathon. Definitely feel I have sub two hours in me as we didnt really push that hard and we spent the whole day at the parks beforehand walking for miles and miles. Being on our feet for 2.5 hours before the race waiting in line for my sister to get character pics was kinda rough too. Took me until about the third mile to not feel super tight.

I run with a nathan backpack for long runs and I forgot the damn bladder so I had to stop at the water stops which would have driven me nuts if we were trying for a time goal, so I was very happy we made the decision to just enjoy the race.

Shirt is super cool and the medal we all got is huge. The starting line was a ton of fun as they let off fireworks for every corral.

You did it the right way, glad you took my advice a while back. What a didn't post then was what a snoozer that service drive was once you exited out the back of the Magic Kingdom or how anticlimactic it was when they emptied you into a parking lot at Epcot after finishing. I am glad I did Disney (and would go back if one of my kids really wanted to run it), but there are much more enjoyable destination 1/2s. My personal favorite was the Indy Mini that does a lap on the 500 track; with Vegas a close second.

 

[sho nuff]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

Disney seems a lot more about the experience than the time. You could probably knock off a minute or so per mile in a different setting. Still sounds like a fun event.

I have basically decided that if I ever do another marathon...it will be Disney just for the experience.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Good luck to Ned, Steve (I think), FUBAR, Annyong and anyone else racing this weekend!

 

[BassNBrew]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

Disney seems a lot more about the experience than the time. You could probably knock off a minute or so per mile in a different setting. Still sounds like a fun event.

I have basically decided that if I ever do another marathon...it will be Disney just for the experience.

Different strokes as I've decided 'llI never do another marathon if Disney is the only option.

 

[BassNBrew]

Good luck to Ned, Steve (I think), FUBAR, Annyong and anyone else racing this weekend!

 

[Sand]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

Disney seems a lot more about the experience than the time. You could probably knock off a minute or so per mile in a different setting. Still sounds like a fun event.

I have basically decided that if I ever do another marathon...it will be Disney Pike's Peak just for the experience.

Fixed that for you.

 

[worrierking]

Suck index creators, what's the south end of 100 look like? I know there's an optimal level, I know what the high extremes look like, but I don't remember when things get sub optimal on the low end. I'm trying to talk myself up after some mildly discouraging runs this week. Physically felt great, but time's have been slower than I expect, suck index was around 60 early this week so I'm hoping that can be my way to put my mind at ease. It was in the mid 70's yesterday and a I ran better on my recovery/strength training run, which got me to think this may be the reason.

Now, what will the suck index look like next Sunday? and will there be snow and ice on the ground like there was early this week? I guess we'll see, but the current forecast is...well, cold. Now snow and ice though.

There is a point at which cool temps and low humidity become sub optimal (but I am not sure I have discovered it yet). If your body needs help staying warm, it will burn calories to keep the important parts (heart, brain, lungs, annyong's penis) warm and that takes the calories away from the parts that are running.

 

[FUBAR]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

Disney seems a lot more about the experience than the time. You could probably knock off a minute or so per mile in a different setting. Still sounds like a fun event.

I have basically decided that if I ever do another marathon...it will be Disney just for the experience. a trail or at the end of a 2.4 mile swim and 112 mile bike ride

 

[FUBAR]

Looks like I'm adding my 4th big event to the 2014 schedule with a Relay (I'll do the bike) Beach2Battleship

 

[Annyong]

Suck index creators, what's the south end of 100 look like? I know there's an optimal level, I know what the high extremes look like, but I don't remember when things get sub optimal on the low end. I'm trying to talk myself up after some mildly discouraging runs this week. Physically felt great, but time's have been slower than I expect, suck index was around 60 early this week so I'm hoping that can be my way to put my mind at ease. It was in the mid 70's yesterday and a I ran better on my recovery/strength training run, which got me to think this may be the reason.

Now, what will the suck index look like next Sunday? and will there be snow and ice on the ground like there was early this week? I guess we'll see, but the current forecast is...well, cold. Now snow and ice though.

There is a point at which cool temps and low humidity become sub optimal (but I am not sure I have discovered it yet). If your body needs help staying warm, it will burn calories to keep the important parts (heart, brain, lungs, annyong's penis) warm and that takes the calories away from the parts that are running.

Ive noticed that wearing really baggy shorts during cold runs helps. Your thighs will stay warm, but let just enough air in to keep your wiener from getting too hot.

 

[prosopis]

..1 - 6:48 pace

Total finish time 1:32:25. 4/126 in men 35-39 and 47/2717 overall.

Hard to say if I was capable of 1:29 had I been 100% with those conditions. Guess it doesn't really matter. Anyways, I'm definitely in a funk and just want to be healthy. My 50K is going to be right around the corner, so it is killing me to take any time off even though I'm sure I need to. Rest...ugh...I hate that word.

WOW!!!!! great race and way to gut it out. I really liked that you did not give into the DNF. I will never understand that. I would crawl before a DNF. I can not imagine ever saying I did not finish. Anyway very cool.

In a funk? I will take your kind of "in a funk" any day. Congratulations on a great half.

 

[prosopis]

Been off work all week for my annual hunting time, which has sucked ### this year. I'm convinced the deer gods are making me pay the price for last year's success.

Running has been good. Did my dress rehearsal 7 w/ 2MP on Tue (MP @ 7:31/163 - too fast?) and a smooth 5mi recovery yesterday (9:23/131). I have a DT massage set for lunch time today, and then 1 more quick shake out run tomorrow.

Weather forecast is a tad on the warm side, but overcast. Saturday night lows in the upper 40s, with cloudy skies and low 60s for Sunday's high. Hoping those 40s hang on for a while with the cloud cover. Like grue, I run hot. I'd rather it be in the 30s.

Plan is to start out around a 7:40ish pace and see how it feels. I'm going for broke on this one. If the HR is low for that pace, I'll pick it up(165ish HR is my sweet spot for the first half of the race). Hoping the hills I've incorporated in my LRs will help me for the hilly miles @ 19-20.

comfortably numb doesn't post here any more, but he's been training for the full and will be making his marathon debut on Sunday. My sister is running the half, so we have a lot going on. Can't wait!

If anyone wants to follow us - I'm #1972, CN is #11094. http://xacte.com/msg/signup.php?eid=188

Sweet!!!!! Looking forward to this. I think you are gonna destroy this.

 

[prosopis]

Met up with a buddy and his friend last night for our running club's monthly "fun run." Plan was to run it nice and easy, and we started off that way (first mile 8:12), but as you might expect, it became an impromptu progression run as we started to push:

8:12

7:55

7:39

7:23

7:11

7:00

Hip flexor is almost back to normal, which means I'm almost 100% healthy for the first time in seemingly forever. Trying to work the mileage back up towards 50 MPH with a 15-mile long run so that I'm ready to start Boston training in another month or so.

Nice to hear you are getting back to superman health. I love reading your Boston training tales.

 

[prosopis]

Disney Half Marathon was last saturday for me. It was lots of fun. Don't think I would run it again though, unless my wife decided she really wanted to do it. Don't really like having to be at a race over 2 hours before it starts. It was cool to run through the parks, but I think that this maybe accounted for 4-5 miles out of 13.1. Lots of costumes and tons of music. Would have really liked to have my wife and son be able to cheer us on in a couple spots, but not really a big deal. Just enjoyed running with my sister.

Time was 2:05:29 which is technically a PR for me since it was my first half marathon. Definitely feel I have sub two hours in me as we didnt really push that hard and we spent the whole day at the parks beforehand walking for miles and miles. Being on our feet for 2.5 hours before the race waiting in line for my sister to get character pics was kinda rough too. Took me until about the third mile to not feel super tight.

I run with a nathan backpack for long runs and I forgot the damn bladder so I had to stop at the water stops which would have driven me nuts if we were trying for a time goal, so I was very happy we made the decision to just enjoy the race.

Shirt is super cool and the medal we all got is huge. The starting line was a ton of fun as they let off fireworks for every corral.

Nice, I would like to do one of these once. I am not a fan of gimmick races but this one seems fun.

 

[prosopis]

I ran 5 miles today. I am still working with the 167 cadence. I think/hope it is helping me.

 

[Annyong]

Suck index creators, what's the south end of 100 look like? I know there's an optimal level, I know what the high extremes look like, but I don't remember when things get sub optimal on the low end. I'm trying to talk myself up after some mildly discouraging runs this week. Physically felt great, but time's have been slower than I expect, suck index was around 60 early this week so I'm hoping that can be my way to put my mind at ease. It was in the mid 70's yesterday and a I ran better on my recovery/strength training run, which got me to think this may be the reason.

Now, what will the suck index look like next Sunday? and will there be snow and ice on the ground like there was early this week? I guess we'll see, but the current forecast is...well, cold. Now snow and ice though.

There is a point at which cool temps and low humidity become sub optimal (but I am not sure I have discovered it yet). If your body needs help staying warm, it will burn calories to keep the important parts (heart, brain, lungs, annyong's penis) warm and that takes the calories away from the parts that are running.

Ive noticed that wearing really baggy shorts during cold runs helps. Your thighs will stay warm, but let just enough air in to keep your wiener from getting too hot.

Keep in mind this is bad advice and you will be mocked for wearing normal shorts. even if you are extremely handsome and girthy

 

[MAC_32]

Suck index creators, what's the south end of 100 look like? I know there's an optimal level, I know what the high extremes look like, but I don't remember when things get sub optimal on the low end. I'm trying to talk myself up after some mildly discouraging runs this week. Physically felt great, but time's have been slower than I expect, suck index was around 60 early this week so I'm hoping that can be my way to put my mind at ease. It was in the mid 70's yesterday and a I ran better on my recovery/strength training run, which got me to think this may be the reason.

Now, what will the suck index look like next Sunday? and will there be snow and ice on the ground like there was early this week? I guess we'll see, but the current forecast is...well, cold. Now snow and ice though.

There is a point at which cool temps and low humidity become sub optimal (but I am not sure I have discovered it yet). If your body needs help staying warm, it will burn calories to keep the important parts (heart, brain, lungs, annyong's penis) warm and that takes the calories away from the parts that are running.

Read the same, and may be experiencing it too...scratching and clawing for confirmation bias here I guess. Lately I have felt GREAT on my slower runs, but when I've lowered the throttle it's not been there, at all. I blamed a bug that hit me for a while, but it's carried forward to this week too. That said, the days in which I have tried to really go hard have also happened to be cold lately, so I come back to confirmation bias again.

 

[beer 302]

Good luck to Ned, Steve (I think), FUBAR, Annyong and anyone else racing this weekend!

Good luck guys, should be a busy weekend of race reports, crush it guys!

I was supposed to be running my inaugural marathon this weekend but this ankle sidetracked me. The guy I was supposed to run it with is still going to do it so I'm going to run the final 6.2 with him. He's shooting for a 10 minute pace which I think I can hold for a 10k. Should be fun, looking forward to just being back out there again, been a while.

 

[FUBAR]

Red apple run for diabetes 5k.

Good event, the smallest event I've done in years. Maybe 150-200 runners. It was well organized and a worthy charity.

After warming up, I overhear a couple high school kids talking about their county meet and trying to beat 15 minutes here. I'm not going to be near them. Nevertheless I get myself about ten people back, mostly hs kids in front.

The first half mile is up hill, not a bad hill but not the ideal start. I end up passing all but 4 of the kids. After the first mile I'm following 3 hs kids, one has clearly taken the lead and we won't catch him. The others stay pretty much a minute ahead of me throughout the race. I caught up a little on the 3rd guy but finish 30 seconds behind him. Turns out he's a freshman who made all county this year, we talked a bit after the race and I just complimented him on his work ethic.

So, I finished fourth overall, got my first age group 1st place since a dog and jog 13 years ago.

Time was 20:20, which is about a minute slower than I planned and had ran this summer. Could be that I've trained more long distance and tri, I think I'm fully recovered from the 70.3 three weeks ago. I did swim hard yesterday, including 500 kick but I felt fine. I'm content but will probably do another 5k soon just to get sub twenty.

 

[Annyong]

Wow great run Foobs. Congrats. You're fast.

 

[Annyong]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

Why am I not surprised at any of this? Congrats?

FUBAR - nice race! Congrats on the age group victory!

 

[FUBAR]

Thanks guys, though I feel more old than fast

 

[Ned]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

Why am I not surprised at any of this? Congrats?

FUBAR - nice race! Congrats on the age group victory!

Nice job, FUBAR!

 

[Ned]

Forecast.... Cloudy, 20% chance of showers. Tad warm...... 50 at the start (7AM), 59 at 10AM. Little to no wind. Wish it was about 20 degrees colder, but nothing I can do about that. It's almost go time!

 

[tri-man 47]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

Why am I not surprised at any of this? Congrats?

FUBAR - nice race! Congrats on the age group victory!

Nice job, FUBAR!

Annyong, Annyong, Annyong ...

for FUBAR! No surprise you didn't quite have 'high gear' after the distance and cross training. Still a great performance!

 

[beer 302]

Forgot how much fun & good vibes there are in a big, well organized race. Charlotte's Thunder Road usually draws 3-5000 and they do it up right. Had a lot of fun and the crowd was awesome. Unfortunately the guy I picked up at mile 20 was spent by then so walked a good portion of the last 6 but it allowed me to enjoy the crowd and have a beer along the way.

 

[FUBAR]

Forgot how much fun & good vibes there are in a big, well organized race. Charlotte's Thunder Road usually draws 3-5000 and they do it up right. Had a lot of fun and the crowd was awesome. Unfortunately the guy I picked up at mile 20 was spent by then so walked a good portion of the last 6 but it allowed me to enjoy the crowd and have a beer along the way.

Usually I wait until after the race to pick up dates

 

[Juxtatarot]

I didn't like the feeling of having nothing on the calendar so I just signed up for a Turkey Trot 5K for Thanksgiving morning. It starts 2 miles from my home (good warm up running distance), last year drew over 5,000 runners and has been going on for 10 years. And I had no idea it existed until searching for a race online today!

I'm not expecting much since I haven't ran a 5K since June and haven't done intervals in a while but I'll try some fast miles this next week and see what happens on race day.

 

[2Young2BBald]

The amount and length of commercials during this Ironman broadcast is ####### ridiculous!!!!!

 

[sho nuff]

Congrats on your first half, Para!

And yeah, you got sub-2 in you easily.

Disney seems a lot more about the experience than the time. You could probably knock off a minute or so per mile in a different setting. Still sounds like a fun event.

I have basically decided that if I ever do another marathon...it will be Disney just for the experience.

Different strokes as I've decided 'llI never do another marathon if Disney is the only option.

Pretty big into Disney in this family...

 

[FUBAR]

The amount and length of commercials during this Ironman broadcast is ####### ridiculous!!!!!

DVR, what would I do without you?

 

[prosopis]

Red apple run for diabetes 5k.

Good event, the smallest event I've done in years. Maybe 150-200 runners. It was well organized and a worthy charity.

After warming up, I overhear a couple high school kids talking about their county meet and trying to beat 15 minutes here. I'm not going to be near them. Nevertheless I get myself about ten people back, mostly hs kids in front.

The first half mile is up hill, not a bad hill but not the ideal start. I end up passing all but 4 of the kids. After the first mile I'm following 3 hs kids, one has clearly taken the lead and we won't catch him. The others stay pretty much a minute ahead of me throughout the race. I caught up a little on the 3rd guy but finish 30 seconds behind him. Turns out he's a freshman who made all county this year, we talked a bit after the race and I just complimented him on his work ethic.

So, I finished fourth overall, got my first age group 1st place since a dog and jog 13 years ago.

Time was 20:20, which is about a minute slower than I planned and had ran this summer. Could be that I've trained more long distance and tri, I think I'm fully recovered from the 70.3 three weeks ago. I did swim hard yesterday, including 500 kick but I felt fine. I'm content but will probably do another 5k soon just to get sub twenty.

You are fast !!!!!!

 

[prosopis]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

:X :

 

[prosopis]

Forgot how much fun & good vibes there are in a big, well organized race. Charlotte's Thunder Road usually draws 3-5000 and they do it up right. Had a lot of fun and the crowd was awesome. Unfortunately the guy I picked up at mile 20 was spent by then so walked a good portion of the last 6 but it allowed me to enjoy the crowd and have a beer along the way.

Usually I wait until after the race to pick up dates

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

I love this guy! I think you just invented a new event that may catch on...bib pinning, run, poop, run some more.

Honestly though, 25:30 has to be close to a new outdoor record for starting a minute late and taking a poop break in the middle. Hell, I rarely break 25:30 just on the bathroom part!

 

[SFBayDuck]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

Sounds about right.

And congrats Fubar on the AG win!

 

[Sand]

Time was 20:20,

Beats my PR.

 

[sho nuff]

Up and down week.

6 mile GA Tuesday in some cooler temps (though a little bit of flurries and rain crap)

bagged the recovery for Wednesday.

6 mile GA Thursday

9 mile with 6 tempo miles today.

Knees were sore after...ankle and achilles on my left side are a bit tight.

Sort of just limping into this half on December 7th.

 

[Annyong]

:lamo: I see you guys have high hopes for me.

I started this year with a goal of running 365 miles all year, after not really ever consistently running EVER. I quickly bumped that up to a 500 mile goal and a half marathon. I quickly sailed passed both goals. I regretfully regressed after my half marathon since I had no more goals. But in ready to set more for next year.

Under 20 minute 5k (current PR 21:45)

Under 45!minute 10k (no current PR)

Under current HM PR (1:50:40)

First Ever Marathon (probably Chicago)

Also if like to thank all you guys for everything. You guys have been great with dealing with all my ridiculous noobie questions and grooming me into a some sort of respectable runner. I've learned a lot from all if you. It's changed my life.

 

[FUBAR]

Had my 5k today. Didn't go so well. Slept thru my alarm and woke up to my brother calling me waiting at my front door to pick me up. I get dressed and run out the door. We are putting on our bibs as the horn goes off. We start about a minute after everyone. Of course my Garmin wasn't locating satellites so I have up on that and realized my bib was upside down. Screw it. Side note: I baked about 9 chicken breasts i found in the freezer last night. Me being me, I ate 8 of them. This came back to haunt me around the 1 mile mark that looped around the starting area. Penis it, I gotta crap. I stopped and ran inside and dropped a sloppy splatter of spicy chicken pooh all over the toilet. Long story short, I get back out there and cross the finish line when the timer read 25:30 (unchipped) I still beat my brother by about 4 minutes even though I stopped to poop. Then they had free beer after the race. Good deal, good cause.

I love this guy! I think you just invented a new event that may catch on...bib pinning, run, poop, run some more. Honestly though, 25:30 has to be close to a new outdoor record for starting a minute late and taking a poop break in the middle. Hell, I rarely break 25:30 just on the bathroom part!

Pooping is a marathon, not a sprint.

 

[Hang 10]

Nice race, Fubar.

Solid race prep, Annong.

Anyone tracking Neddy Nederlander today?

 

[The_Man]

Been off work all week for my annual hunting time, which has sucked ### this year. I'm convinced the deer gods are making me pay the price for last year's success.

Running has been good. Did my dress rehearsal 7 w/ 2MP on Tue (MP @ 7:31/163 - too fast?) and a smooth 5mi recovery yesterday (9:23/131). I have a DT massage set for lunch time today, and then 1 more quick shake out run tomorrow.

Weather forecast is a tad on the warm side, but overcast. Saturday night lows in the upper 40s, with cloudy skies and low 60s for Sunday's high. Hoping those 40s hang on for a while with the cloud cover. Like grue, I run hot. I'd rather it be in the 30s.

Plan is to start out around a 7:40ish pace and see how it feels. I'm going for broke on this one. If the HR is low for that pace, I'll pick it up(165ish HR is my sweet spot for the first half of the race). Hoping the hills I've incorporated in my LRs will help me for the hilly miles @ 19-20.

comfortably numb doesn't post here any more, but he's been training for the full and will be making his marathon debut on Sunday. My sister is running the half, so we have a lot going on. Can't wait!

If anyone wants to follow us - I'm #1972, CN is #11094. http://xacte.com/msg/signup.php?eid=188

So psyched for Ned to have a breakthrough marathon today. Will be tracking sporadically, as much as my daughter's soccer tournament will allow

 

[The_Man]

Ned alert

10K Split in 46:58.

Pace 7:34 min/Mile.
Estimated Finish Time: 3:18:07.
Estimated Time of Arrival: 10:22:14.

 

[worrierking]

Annyong, I always make sure I stop at seven chicken breasts the night before a race. That self-control has saved me many times.

Keep the Ned updates coming. I hope he crushes it.

I am going out for a run shortly and will surpass 2000 miles for 2013 along the way. I still have an outside shot at my goal of 2400 for the year.

 

[The_Man]

1:40:49 at halfway

 

[FUBAR]

my Garmin 305 stopped working this morning while I was downloading the last week's workouts. Won't even turn on now.

Decent timing I guess with Christmas sales. Any suggestions of what sites to watch and watch to look for?