December 50 Plus Training and Racing

<p>Drat, posted in the wrong month..... cut and pasted here....</p>
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<p>Elmvale's a bit north of all of us Ontario-ites, SS. Somewhere up towards Parry Sound.</p>
<p>Nice alliteration!</p>
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<p>Hi Ilene!</p>
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<p>5 miles on the TM this morning before work.  These morning runs are starting to grow on me.  Not sure that's a good thing or not.</p>

<p>Nice run, KS!</p>
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<p>Have a greta relay tomorrow, Ribs!  That's fabulous that you've got the whole family involved.</p>
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<p>I haven't reported in here for a couple of days, work's been a bit busy. </p>
<p>Thursday gave me a sproinky 6.1 miles after work, passed on doing a core workout on Friday in favour of an impromptu celebratory lunch out with the girls, then met the training partner this morning for 12 wet, muddy, icy, and glorious miles on our favourite trail. JTWILI!!! <span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"></span>   Once the snow starts most of this route will be mostly impassible, so am glad to get as many miles in there as we can.</p>

<p>Congrats on the AG placing, FF! <span><img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif"></span></p>
<p><span>Sounds like my kind of race!!!!</span></p>

<p>Woooh, Simon.... you folks got hammered compared to us.  Nice run in those conditions yesterday.</p>
<p>SS........ greta run........ MY kinda run!!!  (I sooooo want to run with you one of these days!!!)</p>
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<p>{{{{{{{Laura's knee}}}}}}}}}</p>
<p>{{{{{{{KS's knee}}}}}}}</p>
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<p>5.4 miles on the streets of TO, with a 2 mile downhill jaunt thru Wilkett Creek Park.  -5°C without the windchill and with blowing snow, but only about an inch on the ground.</p>
<p>Hard to concentrate on squeezing the glutes when you can't feel your glutes.  Methinks the wind pants will be coming out soon.</p>
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<p>Yea, SS.  Should be an entertaining few years coming, if nothing else!  Glad I live outside the city now and watch the shenanigans from afar.</p>
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<p>Nice placing, FF.  I love it when the 50+ women beat most of the 40-50 crowd!</p>
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<p>40 minutes of spin, plus a bunch of core and hip work.</p>
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<p>3.8 mile RAL, -12°C with windchill.... just to get some sun on my face!</p>

<p>Glad you're getting an MRI soon, Laura.  Pool running will be good for you if you can stand the boredom.  Watch out for the elliptical trainer...... it turns out that it was actually what may have been hurting my knee, as it was forcing me into a wider stance than my natural running stride.  The pain subsided when I quit using the blinkin' thing.  The spin bikes were OK if I didn't try to push too high a tension too fast.</p>
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<p>{{{{feel better, KS}}}}</p>
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<p>6 SEP and frigid miles after work.</p>
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<p>Lovin' it!</p>

<p>Had a blast at the Toronto Speedo run this afternoon.... a total of around $30,000 raised for Sick Kids!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pipeddream/5252657784/in/photostream/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/pipeddream/5252657784/in/photostream/</a></p>
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<p>See if you can find me!</p>

<p>11.8 miles of cold rain, slush, and mud on the hilly backroads today.  Chilled to the bone..... but it's done.</p>

<p>I'll looking forward to the XC skiiing too, FF.......  but first I need to replace my old boot, rat-trap bindings and wood touring skis.  My buddy at work was telling me he skiied 3X this last weekend, while where I live we barely have an inch of snow still.</p>
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<p>SS, that sounds like a fun race!  WTG on the AG win!</p>
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<p>3 slow and easy recovery miles on the work TM, plus a set of Ferbers.  The cold weather gear is still in the laundry basket and I was in no hurry to get it clean!!!</p>

<p>Sorry, Simon.... that's a discussion we had on the daily a while back regarding hip strengthening exercises from Dr. Reed Ferber at University of Calgary.  <a href="http://www.runninginjuryclinic.com/news/straight-from-the-hip.html" target="_blank">http://www.runninginjuryclinic.com/news/straight-from-the-hip.html</a></p>
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<p>Also:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6XwlR2MtE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6XwlR2MtE</a></p>
<p>Interesting research.</p>
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<p>I'm about 4 weeks into doing these pretty much daily and finding it helps quite a bit.</p>

<p>At least you're not trying to run in snow, Ilene!</p>
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<p>9.25 slow, snowy, uneven trail miles yesterday....... 3 easy TM miles at lunch today on tired legs.</p>

<p>Hi Fred!</p>
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<p>Wow, HR that low....that really <span style="text-decoration:underline;">was</span> a jog, wasn't it!</p>
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<p>I was out for almostt the same amount of time.... 10.25 trail miles in the Rouge Valley.  Gloriously sunny and crisp!!</p>

<p>Woot indeed, Ilene!</p>
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<p>Hi Bob!  Welcome!</p>
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<p>Simon....that sounds like my kind of run!!!</p>
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<p>5 ezpz miles to the park and back.  Nuttin special, but no complaints. S'all goot.</p>

<p>Hi Fred!  Hi Ilene!</p>
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<p>6 miles of hilly trail yesterday in new shoes.</p>
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<p>1 hr of cross country skiiing in Durham Forest this morning.  Definitely need new equipment if I'm going to do much of that!!!  I could have run that trail faster!</p>