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#41 ·
<p>Another baboon-ass sucking run. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/roll_eyes.gif" title=""></p>
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<p>Wanted to go 8, made it 3.5. And even with the shortened distance I had to take a few walk breaks to get my heart rate back under the <em>I'm going to explode</em> range.</p>
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<p>Really looking forward to October.</p>
 
#42 ·
<p>12 hot miles this morning.  Virtually watching and cheering on a few people I know in IMLP today. </p>
 
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#44 ·
<p>thanks, everyone !! "run until you forget about it" or in yesterday's case (no one is forgetting <strong>Voo</strong>), run until you process it all out and feel a little sad and then better.</p>
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<p>today was 8.  It was a tad hard. actually, my legs felt ok, but i was tired and slow. for the first mile my body said "what...THIS? AGAIN?" </p>
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<p>happy sunday, all.  :)</p>
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<p>(((kath))) it is <em>warmy</em> on the easy coast.  be careful, cats and kittens!</p>
 
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<p>Ack.  I tried to do a <strong>Voodoo</strong> 20 today, but I just couldn't make it.  Something (a bug?  a virus?  I don't know) has been kicking my ass the last couple days and I've been feeling really tired.  I felt much better when I woke up this morning, so I gave it a shot for 20.  I made it to 15.5, but that was all I had in me.  Now I'm back home and I feel pretty lousy.  I guess I wasn't quite over what it was I had...</p>
 
#46 ·
<p>SUCH a gorgeous day out there!  Still a bit humid but it was about 62 degrees when I set out this morning.  Nice!  It was just misty and beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed my run and felt surprisingly good. I was lazy and didn't feel like plotting out and following a route so I just ran my West River Parkway loop twice for an 8 mile total and I came across a buck and a doe while running!  We're pretty much IN the city so it was a surprise.</p>
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<p>Wow and what a difference a hat makes!  Yesterday I wore the new Sweatvac hat and didn't have to wipe sweat off my forehead or out of my eyes once in 20 miles, today I wore my UnderArmour hat for 8 and was wiping away sweat by mile 2-3. </p>
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<p>I turned my Garmin on and vowed not to look at it, I was just going to run whatever felt comfortable, just listened to the beeps to count the miles. I checked my splits when I got home of course, cuz I'm OCD that way.  :)  I was MODERATELY consistent. 10:14 9:49 10:10 10:04 10:08 9:58 10:06 10:23 and my weekly mileage is at 44.2, which I do believe is the highest weekly mileage I've ever had.  Last highest mileage was last Fall when Craney and I ran a 22 miler on the Onalaska Trail and that was 43.5 miles that week.</p>
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<p>Next week is a step back week.  Hallemalujah!</p>
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<p>DD wants to hike at Indian Heights, and I canNOT turn her down when she's asking to do something that active!  But I dunno, I might require a wheelchair tomorrow.</p>
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<p>Wish I could send these cool temps to youse East of here!  Sounds broo-tal thataway!</p>
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<p>Happy running and fitnessing folks!<br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>katholeenie</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69071/vtfu-work-it-weekend-7-24-7-25/25#post_1926212"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Another baboon-ass sucking run. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/roll_eyes.gif" title=""></p>
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<p>That's a pretty bad run.</p>
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<p>18 miles this AM - I have chafing in crevASSes I never knew I had!  I sweat like a fat dude (and eat like one) and my shorts get soaked right away which leads to major chafeage.  We did big hill repeats - got poured on for about 8 minutes which was actually pretty pleasant.  Some interesting stories this week - 2 guys just got back from pacing different runners at Badwater and one dude just moved back here from Seattle where he ran a lot with Scott Jurek.</p>
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<p>Timr - I think the dude leading 3:10 is a guy named Damon...he's not officially part of the pace team for Clif but I think he's paced before.  His brother is our team leader (and now race director for Columbus) and I think he's a mid/high 2:30's marathoner.  Columbus is a great race - good place to run fast, particularly if we get the weather we've had the past 2 years.  Just don't let Big Hungry catch you - he's trying to requalify and will be in the 3:20 group.<br>
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#50 ·
<p><strong>((((BOB and Kath))))</strong></p>
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<p><strong>BigG</strong> - I'll have to check those hats out.  I usually wear head sweats hats, but lately even that can't contain the deluge of sweat.  Yesterday I had sweat and sunscreen in my eyes - not fun.</p>
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<p><strong>Craney</strong> - 8 after 20?  Nice work!! <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif" style="width:29px;height:15px;" title=""></p>
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<p>So I woke up this morning with LOADS of crazy anxiety.  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;" title="">  I am not normally an anxious person.  But today?  Yikes.  I had to read in church this morning and it was a really LONG reading.  I have been reading in church for years, but for some reason, the last 7 or 8 times I have gotten all nervous and shaky.  DH tells me only I am noticing it, but I don't believe him.  Seriously, my legs and arms start shaking and I have to really focus to keep my voice from wavering (sheesh, I must be a real heathen, huh?).  This is ridiculous given I speak at presentations/court/etc. all the time with no nerves.  And this morning I was <strong>freaked out</strong> I'd look like a complete idiotic shaky mess.  I pleaded for DH to read it for me.  But alas, I decided to just chill out and do it (VTFU - I actually did say that to myself).  I also reminded myself not to take myself so seriously.  AND IT WENT GREAT.  Yay - I faced my fears peeps - no shaking - no wavering - no freakin' out.  I came back to sit down and DS gave me a big smile and thumbs up.  He knew I was freaking out about it this morning and it was so sweet he really cared about that.  It may sound silly, but it meant so much to me and this morning felt like a major accomplishment.  :) </p>
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<p>Up this afternoon is my big race.  I had total anxiety dreams about it last night - we missed the boys' race altogether and when I woke up, we were just minutes before the start of the women's race and I was no where near the Capitol.  Gah.  Clearly I need to chill out and just do it.  Hopefully I will be able to execute that as well as I did this morning.  We'll see, I normally don't get nerves like that pre-race.  The great news is that even though it is going to be warm here (80s), the humidity has finally broken.  YAY!  I'll keep ya'll posted.  In the meantime, any speedy, confident, @ss-kicking vibes you can send will be mucho appreciated.</p>
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<p>My goal is to break 6 minutes.  I have only done that once before (see video - it takes me a while to come in after the first woman b/c she was like 4:35 or something, so be patient).  I actually won $50 that year too.  It is always cool when the fasties don't show up! :)  James' goal is sub-7 and Jake wants to go sub-9.  This is always one of my FAVORITE races.  They have 6 heats, so it is a good hour and a half of fun.</p>
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#51 ·
Quick check-in from the Seattle area:<br><br>
No Internet Thurs-yesterday.<br><br>
Ran at the coast. Did 10.3 miles today with 7x1 mile at tempo pace. Hit my paces so I'm feeling pretty good. Can't wait to try my new sweatvac hat out when I get home<br><br>
Kick ass runs so far today people!
 
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#52 ·
<p>Great VTFU runs and reports <strong>Crane</strong>, <strong>BigG</strong>, <strong>Tim</strong>, and <strong>CoachT</strong>!</p>
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<p>I've been in a running funk. Sometimes, I get anxiety about heading out the door. Lately, it's been tied to the weather. So Friday, as I was contemplating not running, I kept reading posts about Voo runs on FB and it was obvious not running was not really an option.</p>
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<p>Today, I did 15 miles and they felt good and were at the proper pace, so yay!</p>
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<p>Loved watching the video <strong>RIL</strong>!</p>
 
#53 ·
<p>Hello - 6.4 miles at what I thought was ez pace...turned out to be more around marathon pace, but they felt ez (either means that's a good sign or I need to tweak my definition of ez).</p>
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<p><strong>((((Kath & boB))))</strong>  But however your runs turned out, the fact that you VTFU'ed and got them done is more than enough IMHO.</p>
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<p><strong>Crane -</strong> beautifully said, as always :)</p>
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#54 ·
<p>yayayayayayayay, <strong>nettie</strong>!!!</p>
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<p>mmm'kay, <strong>runnin'</strong>--how'd it go? how bout you guys,  <strong>baggs</strong> and <strong>brandy</strong>?</p>
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<p>PS--I'm the queen of anxious--trick to try next time: cold, cold water.  slows down the heart rate a bit.  :)</p>
 
#55 ·
<p>Got out for a hooomid 4 mile hike today through a local metropark.  1st time I was there, and considering how long of a drive it is from where I live, it was just OK.  I've seen better/prettier trails at some of the other parks.</p>
 
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<p>Way to go Nettie! </p>
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<p>Thanks for asking, Craney - BUT... Slowest mile in the five years I have done it.  6:21.  :(  Not sure what happened.  Obviously I just didn't have it.</p>
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<p>Even worse was DS#1.  He was really hoping for sub-6:49 (his last mile race).  He went out way too fast and was dying at the end.  Had to walk a bit, but I got him to keep going (ready to puke and DNF).  He came in at 7:29.</p>
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<p>DS#2 was our big sleeper.   He wanted sub 9 and came blazing it at 8:11!  Woot!  It was fun and I loved seeing all my buds out there.  But it sucked having a ceeerap race.  :(</p>
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<p><a href="/photo.php?pid=1387340&id=1190554559" id="user_myphotolink"><span style="display:none;"> </span><img alt="38418_1498740787067_1190554559_1408107_2520164_n.jpg" id="user_myphoto" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs202.snc4/38418_1498740787067_1190554559_1408107_2520164_n.jpg" style="width:540px;height:720px;"></a></p>
 
#57 ·
<p>Nice work <strong>Nettie, Bard, Moonie and Runninlaw Family!</strong></p>
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<p>I got out for 11 to complete my Voodoo weekend efforts.  90* at the start, 92* at the end.   I stepped on the scale when I got back and it read 156.1!  That's a new low mark for me, too bad it's mostly dehydration and I'll gain a bunch back before the weigh-in tomorrow.  </p>
 
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<p>I may be slow, but take that:</p>
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<p><span style="display:none;"> </span><a href="/photo.php?pid=1409191&id=1190554559" id="user_myphotolink"><img alt="38910_1498966432708_1190554559_1409195_4820421_n.jpg" id="user_myphoto" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs211.snc4/38910_1498966432708_1190554559_1409195_4820421_n.jpg" style="width:720px;height:465px;"></a></p>
 
#59 ·
<p>Roawr!!!!! NICE legs!!!!</p>
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<p>And YAYAYAY!!! RIL & fam. I would be thrilled with a 6xx mile. </p>
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<p><img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif" title=""> to Nettie</p>
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<p>Great runs (& hikes) all the rest of you! (Bard, Crane, Moon, KP, Solar, Duck....)</p>
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<p>I'm sorry your run sucked boB. Take care of yourself.</p>
 
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Oooooo calfzilla !!!  Nice running <strong>RIL</strong> and family!  I too would take a 6:anything mile!  shee-it, I think 7:00 would put me in the ER.</p>
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<p>YAY <strong>Nettie</strong>!  Y'now, I have found the less I think about the run the easier it is to go.  If I start waffling on going, or stressing about the weather or whatever the case may be, I stop thinking and just start going through the motions - getting on my running duds, filling my water bottle, setting my Garmin out to sync, etc.  By the time I start running I forgot what I was stressing about and realize how good the run feels.  I think I'm going to post something by my door that reads:</p>
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<p>"You have never regretted going for a run, you only regret the times you didn't."</p>
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<p>Just did a half hour of soothing yoga and I am going to bed! </p>
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<p>Good night my 30s friends. </p>
 
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