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Pick up the pace soldier. I finished Week3/day 3 last night. On to week 4 this evening. Spent part of yesterday looking for new running/biking routes where we are building our new house. I was ecstatic to find quite a few trails, and some actual hills in the area. We are moving to a much more rural area, and from the looks of it, my running and cycling will be even more enjoyable then where we are at nowHarris said:
I think I saw some of those when I was struggling through the last few miles of P.F. Chang's!bentley said:
Not a "Chicago-area guy," but I could probably be convinced to drive down for a race and a night on the town in Chicago. But excessive drinking and scandalous women must also be involved....Harris said:
Welcome, Winston.Missed my run yesterday
But remember what they say about excuses being like a-holes. Everybody's got one, and they all stink! _________________________For me, up playing b-ball this morning at 6 AM. One of those days where I would hit a long 3-pointer from 22 feet and then miss a layup. Frustrating. Might do an easy 4-5 miles later this afternoon, but otherwise planning on an easy (8:00 pace) 10-miler tomorrow sometime.
Awesome, that's the one thing I'm going to miss most about leaving Iowa and moving to Chicago. Going from riding 2 miles any direction to be free of stop lights to living in a place where you can't be free of stop lights makes mePick up the pace soldier. I finished Week3/day 3 last night. On to week 4 this evening. Spent part of yesterday looking for new running/biking routes where we are building our new house. I was ecstatic to find quite a few trails, and some actual hills in the area. We are moving to a much more rural area, and from the looks of it, my running and cycling will be even more enjoyable then where we are at nowHarris said:
Picking back up on push-ups/sit-ups today...I hope.
I received a two month timeout for telling a joke incorrectly (the entire thread confused 'deaf' with 'mute', and I spaced out wrt understanding the difference 
), so I've been keeping my running log offline. My sentence is finally up. 
lol Anyhow, it was a good run, nice and easy. I had to take it easy, as I was running on a "musical sidewalk" (it was covered by a thick layer of ice requiring you to "c-sharp", else you would "b-flat" 
). I survived the sidewalk on the run, but managed to slip and fall as I stepped onto the final 50ft of sidewalk leading to my apartment building. 
uch: It was about 23degrees out, yet I managed to break a sweat. I'm not sure if I'm ready to test running in sub-zero temps, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. lol
Cleaning up the snow and leaving an ice rink only makes the hockey players happy! ), so I may have to 
ttdcahc: (point to the down comforter and hot cocoa) and screw running for the near future. lol ), so that blows that weekend. It's been snowing here all day, and supposed to be bitter cold for the next few days, so I may have to get creative in finding a way to run this week (how many times running up and down two flights of stairs equals a mile? ).
Too freakin' cold last week, then I was sick all weekend. I had some errands to run today, so I did manage a 2mile walk (the wife wrecked the Fall50-mobile just before Christmas, and was out of town with our other car, so I was left with walking to get things done). WTF, did a nuke just go off?! The feed came back after a few seconds, but it was interesting there for a bit. 2mi in 18:30 today. It appears that a few of my neighbors took my advice and didn't shovel their sidewalks at all. :bastages:
Hamstrings ached a little, but I still managed to fly (by my standards). 8:30 first mile, with a 9:00 return trip (including a short walk break halfway back). Congrats to Chad, as he was part of a Guinness Book record-setting field at PF Chang's last week! 
Oh well, I guess I can become a Cubs' fan now..."there's always next year". 
Welcome Back GBI dunno, shall I run all five inaugural marathons, including back-to-back Wisconsin and La Crosse??
I say go for it Rock Star! If you are going to choose between La Crosse and Eau Claire = I'd do La Crosse. I've done their Oktoberfest half marathon three times (last time in '96), and it was a great race (scenic and flat) all three times, with a good party afterward.The Mrs and I will be running the half here. I looked at the course on line. Pretty tame.05-31 Inaugural Minneapolis Marathon[/url] *
* FYI gruecd/tri-man/et al - these websites say their courses have been/will be certified to be Boston qualifiers; this doesn't help for 2009, but for future reference for us upper-midwesterners
I dunno, shall I run all five inaugural marathons, including back-to-back Wisconsin and La Crosse??
The 2010 Goofy's Challenge may have to come off the board, unless someone would care to front me $285 for registration.
Currently accepting donations/sponsors for the following:
04-07 Antarctic Ice Marathon $16,500
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Eau Claire (or, as my wife calls it, "eclair"Welcome Back GBI dunno, shall I run all five inaugural marathons, including back-to-back Wisconsin and La Crosse??
) isn't an inaugural race, so it wouldn't fit into my "Five Inaugural Marathons in Fifty Days" psychotic episode. "Start"?
Very doable. Saturday race and then a night of drunkenness to follow. We just gotta find a good race that would make the drive down for you worthwhile.
Wisconsin Marathon in Kenosha on 5/2 moves the travel distance a bit loser to gruecd.
Night of drunkenness in Kenosha ≠ night of drunkenness in Chicago.Besides, Kenosha/Racine area =[Wisconsin Marathon in Kenosha on 5/2 moves the travel distance a bit loser to gruecd.
and 
By the way, nice typo. Did you see my name and just instinctively type "loser?" 
IN.(A) Middle of summer is when runner chicks wear short shorts and tight tops. Also, summer is when chicks going out at night wear significantly less clothing.
Good point, and good point. IN.
Were you gone?
Well there's a shocker.
I stumbled upon the CTS last summer. It was (and should be again) a three-race sequence. 8k, 10K, and 12K cross-country runs in a forest preserve out in Palatine (nothing extreme at all). They limit each race to a couple hundred runners. I only was able to catch the 10K, which followed two nights of downpours, so it was sloppy, muddy fun. I'd like to do these, if the dates work out, in case I join 2Young's old man team for a 100K cross-country relay in September.The Udder Century is a sequence of rides (doesn't really look like a race) on that date near a town about an hour outside of Chicago (off the highway heading out toward Rockford). If I'd do it, I would want to try to do the 100 miler, though I'd probably average no better than 18 mph ..I can't fly along like BnB, culdeus, and now liquor.The August 2 race that you and gruecd have brought up is a possibility, depending on the CTS schedule. I won't solidify scheduling until I get into May and see how the spring weather/training is going. -----Training this week so far has been three indoor bike sessions (45-60 minutes each) and two swims (50 minutes each). I'll hit the weekend training pretty hard since my work schedule is now getting lighter (just finished teaching a class, and shouldn't be teaching again until September).Harris said:
Weclome back. $285 might look steep, but I can tell you, like everything else at the happiest place on earth, it looked like it was worth it. Got the chance to talk with a few people down there who had done the Goofy after my wife & I did the 1/2. If you had the chance to talk with any one of them, you'd sign up right away. There was a vibe they each had that was like nothing else post race I've ever seen. By the way, you don't get the full bragging rights unless you do the Circle of Life 5K at Animal Kingdom on Friday of race weekend too. I put in my race report that I got to see the Rockstar Medal you received in person and that thing is silly big and heavy.The 2010 Goofy's Challenge may have to come off the board, unless someone would care to front me $285 for registration.Oh well, I guess I can become a Cubs' fan now..."there's always next year".
Whoa, sorry. No, that was a total accident. You try taking a two-month timeout and see if you still remember how to type. lol Besides, when I call you a loser, it definitely won't be a typo.gruecd said:Night of drunkenness in Kenosha ≠ night of drunkenness in Chicago.Besides, Kenosha/Racine area =RoarinSonoran said:[Wisconsin Marathon in Kenosha on 5/2 moves the travel distance a bit loser to gruecd.
By the way, nice typo. Did you see my name and just instinctively type "loser?"
So, you callin' my wife (a Racine-ian) a and ?? 
....well, on second thought, she probably can kick all our collective butts. Besides, I never said the drunkenness had to stay there. There's always Sturtevant or Union Grove. Were you gone? Well, not really. I was still checking in to see what you yayhoos were up to. There was just that whole "you aren't allowed to log in, you ##&$%#@@!!" stuff.Well there's a shocker.
:sheputscabdriverstoshame: Well, how many cabbies have rolled a van, been ejected from it, and nearly was able to get up, dust themselves off, and walk away?If it weren't for the paramedic+nurse in the car behind her that stopped to help right away (and made her sit still/immobilized her), I wouldn't have put it past her to get up and walk away. lol She was very lucky. No broken bones, open wounds, etc, just some deep bruising (still sore six weeks later). P.S. she just walked by, I mentioned your comments, and she says "she'll remember...."...you might want to start sleeping with one eye open...
Well, when you're under-employed (technically UNemployed, but my previous employer rehired me as a temp and I telecommute for ~20hrs/wk), $285 is quite steep, especially when you pile on airfare and hotel. Certainly, I do want to do it, and I'll get there eventually, but with registration filling up fast, 2010 isn't looking very probable. I even hit up Team In Training as a possible avenue, but was told they don't do it because it would be too much for a newbie (one would think that a set of Rockstar medals would get me past the newbie stage, but oh well).Even pulling off the five inaugural marathons might be biting off more than I can chew. The total of the registration fees is more than Goofy's, but at least I could register over a couple of months (and eating the extra $5-10 in increases by certain dates). I'm still working on this one.What's that saying, "champagne tastes on a beer budget." lolWeclome back. $285 might look steep, but I can tell you, like everything else at the happiest place on earth, it looked like it was worth it. Got the chance to talk with a few people down there who had done the Goofy after my wife & I did the 1/2. If you had the chance to talk with any one of them, you'd sign up right away. There was a vibe they each had that was like nothing else post race I've ever seen. By the way, you don't get the full bragging rights unless you do the Circle of Life 5K at Animal Kingdom on Friday of race weekend too. I put in my race report that I got to see the Rockstar Medal you received in person and that thing is silly big and heavy.The 2010 Goofy's Challenge may have to come off the board, unless someone would care to front me $285 for registration.
:fu:Welcome, Winston.Missed my run yesterday
The fatman put in another 2 miles today. 26:45 
and am now at home, drinking with the Mrs. I won't do my week 4/day 1 tonight but will test how many push-ups I can do. Hold on and I'll check.
Somehow either the large quantitities of beer, or the 100 push-up challenge is making me weaker.I started this week. I pre-tested at 25 (might have been able to squeeze out a couple more, but why push it, eh?), so it said I could start on Week 3. I did Day 1 on Tuesday, and had to struggle to reach 17 in the 5th set. I did Day 2 on Thursday, and it was a bit easier this time. I did 20 on the 5th set, and might have been able to squeeze out a couple more. Not sure how all the rest breaks actually work, so my taking 2-3mins or more between sets on Day 2 may have made it easier (did 60sec between sets on Day 1 as instructed, and was pretty gassed at the end). Day 3 on tap for tomorrow (Saturday).I should be able to get in a good run as well. We're supposed to have a heat wave, with the mercury possibly climbing all the way to the freezing mark (first time all month!)!!I hit Happy Hour pretty hardand am now at home, drinking with the Mrs. I won't do my week 4/day 1 tonight but will test how many push-ups I can do. Hold on and I'll check.
I'm not holding my breath, as the weatherdudes here pretty much suck. They forecast 30-32 for a three day period a week an a half ago, and I think the closest it got was 28. We're planning to take advantage of the good weather and dig some stuff out of storage (my wife needs her blender and crockpots for Super Bowl fixings!), so hopefully I can find my Garmin. Doubly-hopefully, I can find the charger as well, as that was misplaced/packed around the time of Fall50 and I only had about 3hrs of charge left on the watch.
Next time, try running forwards.:honeymoonisover::fu:Welcome, Winston.Missed my run yesterday
Amen to that ...not to mention some better temps outside. Time for me to get MY butt out of the pool and out on the streets.
Same here = first open weekend of the year. I got a nice 6 miler in this morning (57 degrees, with a high of 70 today
). This afternoon we'll have a family bike ride out at our new property, and will be walking on the trails as well. Tomorrow will be a longer bike ride, in preparation for the 1,000's of calories I'm anticipating my body will ingest during the game. Life is good!
Howdy-Ho Tri-Man! Have a lunge-a-riffic weekend!
I am bringing the following to a party tomorrow:Buffalo Chicken Dip:I finished w4d3 today and I shaved time off of my Thursday run. I will start wk 5 on Monday. I am contemplating doing another week 4 run tomorrow am to try and offset what I plan on doing to my body while watching the Super Bowl.
I am going to eat and drink what ever I want and as much as I want. I may even do it till I puke and then do it all over again. It is my God given right to do that on SB Sunday.
the first time I'd heard of it, but its awesome.
It was 46 today!gruecd said:
Weatherdudes were off in their forecast by 14degrees! Given that they erred on the warmer side, I suppose that's about the only way these doophi will be allowed to keep their jobs. :XI had planned on a run and pushups today, but decided to climb around our garage first to try and find my wife's crockpots and blender for SB fixin's tomorrow. I ended up "cross-training", as I had to chip out about 9cubic feet of ice from in front of the door (apartment management has apparently been a little lax in de-icing around here; it was 4inches deep! ). When I finally was able to chip away enough ice from underneath the door, I was dismayed to find 2inches of ice extending about 6feet into the garage. We've been using the garage for storage, so some of our stuff is iced to the floor. I would imagine some of my National Geographics are destroyed, but I'll hold out hope for the best. If anyone has any tips for trying to salvage this stuff (lots of towels during the thawing process? use the oven? etc...), please shoot me a PM.It took me about 3hrs to get all the ice out of the way, and another hour or so freeing the door and digging trenches to convince the melt to runoff away from the garage, so I am so freakin' sore right now. I need to figure out how to take some more Advil at around 4-5am while I'm still asleep, so I don't wake up in pain. Swinging that pick should have counted for about 8million pushups, so I'll see if I can do w4d1 on Monday instead of trying to make up w3d3. Needless to say, this killed off most of the day, so no run, no pushups, and worst of all, no crockpots and blender. Guess I'll have to try again in the morning (not that I wanted to watch all nine hours of pre-game coverage; the last hour or two will suffice). Go Steelers!!
Doing what? I'm guessing some kind of run/walk method, right?Myself, I'm guessing 36 degrees would probably feel pretty good, too, but I just did 12 yesterday, and my knee and hamstring are a little sore, so I'll think I'll go with my better judgment and just lay low today.
Yes, 7 minute run, 1 minute walk, repeat. I have avoided all thoughts of a full because I know how I feel after a 1/2 due to a whole host of prior injuries. However, I re-read a book by Bigham & Hadefield and read up on some Galloway stuff online and I want to see if this can get me there. For todays run, I still averaged just over 10-minute miles at the end of what was a hard week of exercise, so I think there is hope. The 5/1 that Galloway outlines is too much start stop and 10/1 didn;t feel right either after some trial and error. So, I am rested on 7/1 and liked it. Slowing my pace off of what I normally run was tough.
