Running, Anyone...?

[road trip]

Did you happen to notice the hoard that I finished with? Totally different than from my marathon in San Fran last year when I'm one of, at most, 3 people in all the pics and generally the only one!

[mikemcee]

My recollection was of finishing totally alone but in the pics, there are at least a dozen other people in the picture. Amazing how many people finish together in that race.

SF is a totally different beast. My wife ran it a few years ago..she ran a 3:30 and I ran the second half with her pushing the babyjogger...imagine trying that in NYC?

Since we're sharing, #1170 if you really care.

[road trip]

...I ran the second half with her pushing the babyjogger...imagine trying that in NYC?

Dang. Definitely could not imagine doing that. I was still darting in and out of people right up until the end.

And once again, darn impressive time. Boston 2008?

[BeanDip4All]

If anybody wants to take a lookie.

Bib #15858

Thankfully, I used proper nipple protection.

gary a couple of those are really good! you should actually buy them! the one where you are waving is GREAT!

[road trip]

gary a couple of those are really good! you should actually buy them! the one where you are waving is GREAT!

Disappointed that they didn't get my patented double-barrel finger point. I tried on every camera guy that I saw...

[Adolf Allerbush]

Good thread. Anyone ever use this site? http://www.mapmyrun.com/

If not it's pretty cool. Something that makes it cool is that you can keep track of your training. So, I went running at lunch and entered in the route I ran and other details....there's a drop down list of different activities like run, walk, cycle and then there is "sexual activity". Made me wonder 1) who is getting done with a sexual activity session and hopping on the computer to log this and 2) what are the options that you can enter...like missionary for 10 minutes, she went cowgirl for 10 minutes, wacked off, anal, etc.

Good site though.

[cookingwithgas]

Good thread. Anyone ever use this site? http://www.mapmyrun.com/

...there's a drop down list of different activities like run, walk, cycle and then there is "sexual activity". Made me wonder 1) who is getting done with a sexual activity session and hopping on the computer to log this and 2) what are the options that you can enter...like missionary for 10 minutes, she went cowgirl for 10 minutes, wacked off, anal, etc.

Good site though.

hah. made me look. had some ideas for options...

[Viva]

We have lost a great one...

From the IAAF site:

"Ted Corbitt, 1952 Olympian, training pioneer, administrator, and author, has passed away at the age of 88.

Born in 1919 in South Carolina, USA, Corbitt as a child ran to and from school in an era of racial discrimination in which there was only school transport available for white children. Corbitt was never bitter and found great enjoyment in that daily regime. When as an older student he read a newspaper article about Theodore Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, the Narragansett Indian who won two editions of the Boston Marathon in the 1930s, that childhood enthusiasm for running was turned into a lifelong passion.

During college, segregation kept Corbitt out of many interstate meets and generally restricted his competitive opportunities as a runner. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a masters’ degree with honours in physical education and then studied to become a physical therapist, but always retained serious thoughts of competitive running.

At a time when there was very little knowledge in the area of professional training available to runners, most of his early self coaching was experimental. Using the methods of Czech Olympic legend Emil Zatopek as the foundation of his training he added a lot of resistance exercises to his own regime and married speed sessions with long slow runs.

Corbitt debuted at the marathon at the age of 32 with a 15th place finish in the 1951 Boston Marathon and after two further marathons was selected for the Helsinki Olympic team.

During a career which lasted well into his 50s Corbitt ran just under 200 marathons and ultra marathon races. His strength and stamina were legendary. At age 54 he ran his 175th marathon in Boston in a time of 2:49:16, less than one minute slower than his first marathon 23 years earlier. His fastest marathon time was 2:26:44 in 1958. He held the American record at 25 Miles, at the Marathon distance, and at 40 and 50 Miles.

Corbitt was the first President of the Road Runners Club of America, and as the third President of the New York Road Runners Club, he pushed for a masters category for runners over the age of forty, knowing that it would bring out the retired racers who couldn’t compete successfully any longer in the younger arena.

Largely responsible for the movement to adhere to strict measurement criteria and course certification, Corbitt’s 1964 book, ‘Measuring Road Running Courses’, became the benchmark for certified road race courses at the time and is the foundation upon which accurate road racing rests today."


I didn't know Ted Corbitt, never met him. He was legendary among ultrarunners; for his athletic feats and for representing what is best in us all.

[valleygirl]

First race of the season on Sunday. New shoes for the foot issues. Down 8 pounds in three weeks. Still climbing over a snow pile to get to my front door. But hell yeah it's time to run...

[steve]

First race of the season on Sunday.

mine too!!

(well, the half-marathon i ran last weekend doesn't count, i kind of did it on a fluke with two days notice - one of those "hey look a race this weekend I think I'll run it" things)


The race I have this weekend, on the other hand, is something that i've been registered for since december - a 50K, my first ultra, in connecticut.

lake waramaug ultras, if anyone's around. I'll be way in the back of the 50K field, probably hanging with a few 50-mile or 100K runners, who are on the same course on the same day.

[mrryde]

mine too!!

(well, the half-marathon i ran last weekend doesn't count, i kind of did it on a fluke with two days notice - one of those "hey look a race this weekend I think I'll run it" things)


The race I have this weekend, on the other hand, is something that i've been registered for since december - a 50K, my first ultra, in connecticut.

lake waramaug ultras, if anyone's around. I'll be way in the back of the 50K field, probably hanging with a few 50-mile or 100K runners, who are on the same course on the same day.

Good luck man, make sure you post a tr, i need some inspiration

[Tuckerman]

My first race is also on Sunday 14 mile Muddy Moose. Good luck all.

[BeanDip4All]

mine too!!

(well, the half-marathon i ran last weekend doesn't count, i kind of did it on a fluke with two days notice - one of those "hey look a race this weekend I think I'll run it" things)


The race I have this weekend, on the other hand, is something that i've been registered for since december - a 50K, my first ultra, in connecticut.

lake waramaug ultras, if anyone's around. I'll be way in the back of the 50K field, probably hanging with a few 50-mile or 100K runners, who are on the same course on the same day.

good luck steve-o

[Laps]

Tuckerman, are you still running the Moose on it's new date? My wife and I are registered, and kind of bummed that it was postponed until May because of the snow.

Should be fun, though.

[Tuckerman]

Tuckerman, are you still running the Moose on it's new date? My wife and I are registered, and kind of bummed that it was postponed until May because of the snow.

Should be fun, though.

Wow. Thanks for the heads up. Guess I'm not racing Sunday that sucks. I was fine with running in the snow/mud. I'll run it in May.

[valleygirl]

wow since that's in May, maybe I'll be up for running it...

believe me, T-man, still gonna be muddy...

[DrGonzo]

Anyone else running Salt Lake tomorrow?

Or better yet, anyone interested in the ensuing day-drinking?

[Laps]

Wow. Thanks for the heads up. Guess I'm not racing Sunday that sucks. I was fine with running in the snow/mud. I'll run it in May.

It should be fun, and like valleygirl said, still VERY muddy. Look for a red head, I will have plenty of post race beer.

[valleygirl]

It should be fun, and like valleygirl said, still VERY muddy. Look for a red head, I will have plenty of post race beer.

Hm, red head w/beer. Like we don't have THOSE around here...



I'll ask around for change.

[Laps]

then look for the red head with beer, and a snot green Element. That should narrow it down to three or four.

[valleygirl]

that oughta do it.

[Lev]

Anyone else running Salt Lake tomorrow?

Or better yet, anyone interested in the ensuing day-drinking?

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

[steve]

finished my 50K in 7:43. My longest run ever - 31 miles. The best part? Sitting down in a chair afterwards.

[Tuckerman]

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?

[mrryde]

finished my 50K in 7:43. My longest run ever - 31 miles. The best part? Sitting down in a chair afterwards.

woot!!!!