BDB wrote:started out on a great run, shooting for 5 miles.
half way out - the sudden urge for an ass-plosion. No options, i was running in a residential area.
Really pissed me off because i was feeling great. that last 400 meters was brutal, thankfully i didnt draw mud.
happy friday.
turned2black wrote: I got a bad stomach about halfway through a 50-mile race once. The end result was not pretty, but I finished the damn race. Luckily, it rained and the course became a mess, so everyone just figured it was mud.
turned2black wrote:BDB wrote:started out on a great run, shooting for 5 miles.
half way out - the sudden urge for an ass-plosion. No options, i was running in a residential area.
Really pissed me off because i was feeling great. that last 400 meters was brutal, thankfully i didnt draw mud.
happy friday.
I got a bad stomach about halfway through a 50-mile race once. The end result was not pretty, but I finished the damn race. Luckily, it rained and the course became a mess, so everyone just figured it was mud.
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this picture in reaction to that story made me laugh hard when i saw it. today while i was at the gym running, i thought of it, and i started laughing on the treadmill.EJ wrote:turned2black wrote: I got a bad stomach about halfway through a 50-mile race once. The end result was not pretty, but I finished the damn race. Luckily, it rained and the course became a mess, so everyone just figured it was mud.
Really great work, brother. You've got this marathon thing licked. A 3:30 finish will put you in the top 15% at your marathon. You're a fucking animal.daft twat wrote:this picture in reaction to that story made me laugh hard when i saw it. today while i was at the gym running, i thought of it, and i started laughing on the treadmill.
well, week 2 of marathon training has come with its share of aches and pains. the inside of my left shin hurts when i walk. it doesn't hurt at all when i'm sedentary, and it actually only bothers me for the first mile or so when i'm running. i'm icing frequently and hoping it's something i can just live with.
monday was an off day and then it went 4, 5, 4, 4, so the weekday runs weren't too bad. i've been running at an 8 minute mile pace. if i could do that for the marathon, i'd be over the moon. the weekend was supposed to be 5 today and 10 tomorrow. since my leg has been aching, i thought i'd do the 10 early this morning and then have sunday and monday off to rest. i set the 8 mile pace and just hoped i'd be able to keep it. the first hour was fine. i never felt great, but i never felt like i wouldn't be able to finish. i took a gu rocktane energy gel for the first time ever about 40 minutes in. i don't know if it was because of that, but mile 9 was the best of the day. it felt effortless. it also got me to thinking i should just run the 10 and 5 all at once. and that's just what the fuck i did. 15 miles in 1:59:32. for the last mile i was messing around with the speed, so when it was time to stop, i didn't have much left. only after i got off the treadmill did my knees start to scream. icing as i type. felt like a successful day, though.
That girl's form is shit. And those overly cushioned shoes aren't doing her any good.BigWrigg wrote:
I wish i had a pool available to do laps in, i used to do that quite a bit back in the day, such a good full body workout.surfndestroy wrote:Back at it hard after being sidelined a bit. Mile swim yesterday. Back from a 4 mile snowshoe trek which had over 800 feet of elevation gain. A glorious sunny day here, and it always blows my mind to be on the mountain overlooking the harbour and our downtown. Next up, downstairs for another half mile in the pool. Then bbq steaks and the Bruins game.
Mine's only 40' long. It is a pain in the ass counting up to 140 lengths to be a mile. In the summer there's an outdoor pool that's 135 metres (nearly 500 feet), 11 lengths and you've done more than a mile. Looking forward to that.Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:I wish i had a pool available to do laps in, i used to do that quite a bit back in the day, such a good full body workout.surfndestroy wrote:Back at it hard after being sidelined a bit. Mile swim yesterday. Back from a 4 mile snowshoe trek which had over 800 feet of elevation gain. A glorious sunny day here, and it always blows my mind to be on the mountain overlooking the harbour and our downtown. Next up, downstairs for another half mile in the pool. Then bbq steaks and the Bruins game.
