that oughta do it.
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that oughta do it.
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Originally Posted by DrGonzo
Done and Done! Just got done eating my first pizza and my first two coronas, will most likely be moving on to chinese food and bourbon shortly :)
Congrats to all finishers today! It was a great race :)
finished my 50K in 7:43. My longest run ever - 31 miles. The best part? Sitting down in a chair afterwards.
Congrats Steve thats FKNA awesome, and welcome to the club. Now were you able to get out of the chair or are you still in it?
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Originally Posted by steve
woot!!!!
thanks! yeah, it was tough leaving that chair. like, seriously painful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckerman
even today, it's still rough leaving chairs.. it hurts the most when i first stand up, then the pain goes away as I walk. after about 100 feet, i can almost walk normally, albeit slow.
the cycle repeats itself whenever I stand up. wee!
posted the race report, read it here:
http://stevetursi.blogspot.com/2008/...amarathon.html
thanks to you too, mrryde
Steve you kick ass. You look like a hurkin dude who would be a fatass if you weren't constantly out kicking ass.
I'm going to start running.
For me this
is when I begin to think that I may have fucked up my hydration/sodium situation. This is also when I start to think about the possibility of craping.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
I know exactly what you talking about.
no thank you, i think i am gong to go and do a long trail run today and get back on a consistant regimen.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
I think i can stop blaming my lack of consistentcy on my nagging back pain now.
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Originally Posted by steve
Nice! I was pretty psyched the first time I ran 30 miles.
On an unrelated note I just got my Garmin 405 today, I have been using the 305 for the last couple of months, but never liked it due to the size. The 405 is definitely an improvement in that it looks like a normal watch. I'll post a review after I do my first run with it.
This almost made me cry. Holy shit... running for 8 HOURS?? I aspire to two...Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
You're my hero...
:yourock::yourock::yourock:
Hello running crew. After trying to recover from last years NYC effort and breaking myself in a not so good way skiing this winter, I'm slowly coming back. Steve, you're an inspiration. Trip an Court..hope you guys are rocking.
Watching Boston was such a bummer.
Marathon is on my bucket list... props to anyone finishing one of these monsters.
Did six miles on Saturday... felt great. Nice easy 4 yesterday... Feels good to be back in the groove.
Next race May 18!
Anyone run the Muddy Muck race yesterday in Bartlett? At least I THOUGHT it was yesterday...
GF and I just decided to train for the Philly distance run- a 1/2 marathon. We're stoked.
We've done some 5k's and 10k's and loved them. Anybody have any good tips for training?
Also- we're looking into those hydration/food belts but are concerned about "the jiggle" of the belt and the water bottles. Anybody use them and can reccomend a good one?
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Originally Posted by lionelhutz
I've done the Philly distance run. Great race! Very well organized and it covers a really cool section of the city.
Tips: There are many. Lots of info available on the web. I would check out Hal Higdon's website for a schedule: http://www.halhigdon.com/ In general, don't miss your long runs on the weekend, and you and your gf need to help keep each other motivated. You can do that by making an effort to do something different and fun on each of your longer runs.
Get a fuel belt. They are great for training, and they don't jiggle as long as you get the right fit. I love mine.
Thanks Lev.
We got a schedule from Runner's world- we followed their 10k schedule and had a great run.
One of the reason's we decided to do this run was because we run on the river all the time and are used to the course so we figured the race would be easier mentally because we know the landmarks and stuff.
Do you use a four bottle or two bottle belt?
I have no idea how much fluid I want.
One small (16oz) bottle per hour ought to suffice. If you don't care for "jiggling packs", consider a hand-held bottle (handjob!).Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
Edit- hold everything...you're talking about those really little, urine sample-sized bottles, aren't you?
I like a small camelbak. The only problem I find is that I need to adjust it as I drink from it because it changes size/shape as I drink. For some training runs I stash water and GU on the side of the road to grab as I run and drive back to pick up the mess after the run.
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Originally Posted by lionelhutz
I would recommend getting the four bottle belt. Not that you will necessarily use all four bottles during your training, but it's never a bad thing to have the option in case you start training for longer races. I will normally carry two bottles if there is a fill up (e.g. valley green in the Wiss), or I'll carry 4 bottles if I'm going to be out more than two hours without a fillup. I've never been a fan of the Camelbak for running just because of the bobbing. However, I will use one if I'm doing a longer trail run. More flexibility in what you can carry. Generally, the fuel belts have plenty of space for a couple Gu's and your car keys.
Viva- yes- I'm talking about the little dinky 8 oz bottles.
Based on my consumption from rowing- On longer rows I'd gnerally consume about 20-24 oz every 90 minutes- I'd suspect I'd want the four bottle belt as that's 32 oz of fluid which should get me through 2.5 hours or so-- so good advice from all!
Anybody ever carry flat coke in those? I've known some rowers who carry flat coke (sugar and caffine-yum!) on long water workouts and wondered if anybody did that for running? Personally Gu seems good enough to give me some sugar boost but you never know...and I do love coke.
Edit- Oh and Lev- you've run in wissahickon park- what's that like? GF and I would like to run there sometimes but we don't know where to get the trail for a good long run.
So tonight my running/weight loss partner & I ran a 7.7 miler... and took 6 whole minutes off our previous time! Been a couple of weeks... took off a few more pounds... and voila. The kick ass run -- in the rain, my favorite! Soaked... happy... dinner at Horsefeathers w/friends... been a very very good evening.
Cheers...! (And no, I never felt the shin splints... they will wait til after the half... ARGH!)
SBFFC rocks. (She knows who she is.) :yourock::yourock::yourock:
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About 5 miles for me. Warm & muggy tonight.
any of you guys run at night on unlit roads? I do and wear or carry a headlamp and reflective vest (uber geeky, but I'd rather be dorky than dead). Problem is the headlamp isn't all that bright- more for being seen than seeing at this point. It's a black diamond one w/ two little halogen lights. Any recco's on that front?
Pretty awesome blog by Anton Krupicka if any of you runners want to check it out:
http://antonkrupicka.blogspot.com/
flashlights for runnersQuote:
Originally Posted by OldLarry
http://www.zombierunner.com/store/ca...s/flashlights/
thank you steve! you rock dude-
BTW.. zombierunner has unbelievably good customer service.. so I love to refer people to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldLarry
-steve
I've found a new love of running this summer. Studying for the bar sucks and running has been my only salvation.
That's it
just wanted to share.
I ran 50 miles/week and studied <2 hrs./day when I studied for the bar back in [gulp] '86. Signed up for bar review class but stopped after a few classes because it was worthless. Finally decided to put it off and then crammed with some law school friends the week before the exam. We all passed.Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
Just want to mention that five miles was a bit... rough... this afternoon. I did manage to avoid the downpours. Legs were a bit tired. Work day a bit... laborious. I don't think I had enough water in me. I jumped in a few puddles and that at least made me laugh.
22 miles between Sun, Wed & Thurs. I'm psyched to have a day off tomorrow.
Hey, at least you did it.
I pulled a steve this week and forgot to body-glide before a long run. I'm currently picking dead skin off of my nipples.
I know someone just threw up a little...
I'd like to be the first one here to say ewwwwwww, that was gross. I'm sorry for you nips. Some times it's better to go shirtless in those circumstances. You're in jogbra central. Everyone's doin' it man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daywalker
Nothing anyone else would be psyched about, but I am. At my age, everything seems to be a little slower... metabolism... savings growth... getting out of bed in the morning...
but apparently I'm getting my running times down w/out having worked specifically on it -- had a 54 minute 10K yesterday that has me psyched for a sub-two hour half marathon in October.
We take our victories where we can get them. I suppose carrying around a bit less weight doesn't hurt. :biggrin:
VG,
Good for you on dropping the time. If you want to run your best 1/2, then up your long runs and include fast short runs. It's been working for me this summer. I've been bumping my long trail runs up a mile each week (up to 11miles now). During the week I run a hard 4 mile road loop. In June I ran a 10k trail race @ 55min. Last weekend I ran a 10k road race @ 42:40. That's the fastest 10k since 2001 for me.
My goal is a 1/2M trail race in the fall. I might follow up with snowshoe racing in the winter to keep my running focused. Although that will impact my skiing. Hmmm, a quandry.....
Top o' Bear Notch Road from my house is five miles... I'll be the first to say that there aren't any flat spots on the way up and parts are steep. While the down was a relief for the first couple miles, the last two were brutal on the knees and lower quads. I'll be walking funny tomorrow.
But yay for 10 miles -- my first since '02! And in 1:39:31...
Not bad considering my advanced years. :)
You run the same pace as my wife - how old are you? Oh - and she'll be walking funny tomorrow too... ;)
I rolled 30 miles today - it was PERFECT out.
I am glad to see this running thread. I used to run a lot back in high school 10 years ago. Last month a funny thing happened. I got this brick of hash and every time I gravity bonged that shit I would get this craving to take off running. So I went with it! Of course I tried pushing it as if I hadn't missed a beat in 10 years and my body was like WTF? On the third or forth day I was chugging up this hill and all of the sudden I felt this deep opening down in my right lung like it had been gummed up from years of the devils weed.
I like running because it really prioritizes things in life, most specifically your health. You really feel the stuff in your body that should not be there.
So anyway for a while I was only running while flying high on the sweet blonde BC bubbly but now I am out and my legs still want to go so maybe I've turned a page or something?
Now I am training for for these long distance mountain races and mountain domination in general. Life it good. Anyone ever do the Knee Knacker here in BC? 7500 meter gain?
That is a lot.
Ran 18 yesterday morning for the first time ever in my training for the Chicago in Oct. Didn't feel as though I had as much energy as I normally do even with 2 hammer gels, a good nights rest and plenty hydrated. i think going out Thursday night and lack of sleep carried over into my Sat morning run. Plus my lactic threshold is definitely not where it needs to be yet as my legs felt like someone filled them with concrete on the last few miles. Not to bad time though but I definitely need to do a few more mid week speed workouts. To all the marathon and 1/2M people out there how fast/slow do you run your long runs compared to race pace goals?
"They" say to do the long runs at 2 minutes below your race pace... but I have a really hard time gearing that far back... I usually just run at a comfortable pace -- which sounds vague but if I know I'm going for distance I'm not wanting to be breathing really hard the whole time.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiaholik
Took yesterday off (well except for golf & mowing the grass) and have a nice, easy, flat 5.25 on the slate for this evening, and with any luck, it'll still be pissing rain. No doubt it's not going to feel great but I know it's what my sore muscles need.
cue Viva in 5... 4... 3... :)