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Warmest day of the year today here with no rain and little wind. Also new shoes arrived today that I'd like to try out (Duck and BnB will be proud!). However, I'm stuck at work and have an evening meeting and then a business dinner tonight. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain with 20 plus mph winds.
I'm sure they'll fit about the same as your old pair.Warmest day of the year today here with no rain and little wind. Also new shoes arrived today that I'd like to try out (Duck and BnB will be proud!). However, I'm stuck at work and have an evening meeting and then a business dinner tonight. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain with 20 plus mph winds.
Too bad they aren't as pretty.I'm sure they'll fit about the same as your old pair.Warmest day of the year today here with no rain and little wind. Also new shoes arrived today that I'd like to try out (Duck and BnB will be proud!). However, I'm stuck at work and have an evening meeting and then a business dinner tonight. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain with 20 plus mph winds.
I think it got to 70 here today. hit the trail, did 7 miles including two different iterations of hill repeats. 1800' total ascent.
Yeesh!
Assuming you're using Garmin Connect.... Check to see if the 'Elevation Corrections' is Enabled.Ned said:
honestly, although the garmin has consistently given me similar stats here, it just doesn't feel that intense. There were portions that show >25% incline, and while there certainly were some steep slopes, I didn't have to wear shoes on my hands...
40 mile, although if the snow didn't see some serious melting over the last two days the course will be altered somewhere between 26.2 and 35. There was a good bit of rain yesterday which could have helped out a lot. Of course you know that it's been unseasonably warm here this week so temps go into the 40 up there the last couple of days. Decison will be made Friday
I use the Training Center that came with the watch and mapmyride. Doesn't seem to support the 305.Assuming you're using Garmin Connect.... Check to see if the 'Elevation Corrections' is Enabled.Ned said:
honestly, although the garmin has consistently given me similar stats here, it just doesn't feel that intense. There were portions that show >25% incline, and while there certainly were some steep slopes, I didn't have to wear shoes on my hands...
- What are Elevation Corrections?Elevation Corrections cross reference the horizontal position (latitude/longitude) provided by the GPS with elevation data that has been acquired by professional surveys. When corrections to elevation data are made, each trackpoint of your activity now contains the elevation from the web service, not the elevation provided by your GPS device.
Garmin Connect selectively applies corrections to depict a more realistic representation of your elevation experience. Activities recorded from devices without a barometric altimeter are enabled with Elevation Corrections by default. Alternatively, activities recorded by devices with a barometric altimeter generally contain accurate elevation data and therefore Elevation Corrections are disabled by default. For those users who are familiar with the MotionBased Gravity service, this is the same service.
that's been going around out here...only hit me marginally, but took out the wife and son.
Today should help some, hard rain for a while should melt a lot of what's out there. Flip side is it's going to be a muddy, mucky mess. All things considered I think I'd opt for the snow. Good luck man, I know you'll pull the usual BnB stud performance so I feel odd even saying it but whichever way the course comes out it's going to be one helluva challenge!
Wash em, those Minimus shoes are pretty much spandex with soles right? I know there are varying opinions on washing shoes but those or something like the Nike Flyknit, I don't see what the hurt would be.
If nothing else, take out the insoles and scrub 'em down good. You can immerse the shoes in a bucket to wash off the grime ...let them drip dry for a bit (you can squeeze out a lot of the water as it accumulates in the heel padding), then use the trick of stuffing newspaper in them and replacing the paper a few times.
Newspaper and dryer sheets work ok. The shoe dryer I have (PEET) removes pretty much all the smell, as well.
Sounds awesome. Good luck!So..... I haven't been as active in here as my running has slowly been taking a back seat to a pursuit of a life time dream I've always had; professional archery. I shot competitively starting at age 7 and was a sponsored shooter as a teen. When the shop that sponsored me closed their doors in '95, I stupidly gave up the sport. I've always regretted that decision, but with the lack of local support it was hard to keep up (excuses!).
FF to last fall, I started to shoot competitively again when my brother took interest in it. With the internet, it's a lot easier to get products/support then it was in '95 when there were no local shops around. It's been like riding a bike... Last Sunday I won my first tournament (a small one) since coming back. My wife and I have discussed me pursuing becoming a pro and she's fully backed and even pushing me to go for it.
We'll be traveling to KY next month for the Indoor Nationals; I need to wet my beak on the big stages. No better way than to just throw myself into it. Unless I blow the doors off of a big shoot, I'll be shooting independently (no sponsors) for 2014. Working with a coach now who's been pushing me hard. He's half the reason for this pursuit; he's convinced I can beat the top dogs.
So with that has to come sacrifices. While I'm still running/training, my volume has been weak; 25-35 mpw. I'll still be running races and possibly still pursuing Boston. I'm playing it by ear for now.
Ran a hilly 6MLR for lunch today..... 65 degrees felt like 100!!!!
Funny, I've watched the Olympic biathlon and have huge respect for those guys. Its incredible what they can shoot while their hearts are beating out of their chests.
Run free. There have been several times I've gone out the last couple years with nothing on. It's liberating to just run without worrying about time or pace.
Pretty much, although i tend to deviate my routes depending on mileage. I do have a 13 mile route I like but avoid because a few mile stretch throws my hr monitor off.
Giddy up, good luck BnB!!! Crush it!!!Same to you wilked, can't wait for some great race reports tomorrow. Place has been kinda dead lately
that time of year, gotta think things pick up again in a month or so. Outside of my one race I'm just trying to build miles right now. Will start training when the snow goes away.
This has been a horrible winter for any serious outdoor training ...and now Chicago will see some more sub-zero temps over the next several days! My fall season was a string of tapers and recovery with the marathons, followed by this sucky winter. So other than Christmas week, I haven't hit 30 miles for a week since mid-August. The only thing I have been able to do consistently is get in a double digit mileage run on the weekend.
I gave up about three weeks ago and decided I'd experiment with my body instead. I had the brilliant idea that I'd sign up for a half marathon the first week of April as motivation. Dumb. So, I am going to see if its possible to prepare for a 1/2 on one run day a week. For the last month, I have been working out 6 days a week, doing 2 swim days, 2 days of intense hot yoga (including one day a week with weights = power lunges in warrior pose) a day on the spin bike and a run day. I have been having shoulder issues, so I can't quite swim with the intensity I'd like. I can still do 2,000+ yard swims, but my pace is close to 2 minute 100s. I jacked the shoulder I tore my rotator cuff on shoveling snow. It does not seem to be torn again, but isn't quite right. I am taking 4 days off of anything upper body (today is day 3) and it feels better. Now, if the ####### snow would just stop I could probably heal fully.
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