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<p><img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" title="">  <span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);"><span style="font-size:16px;">You know the drill ....  <em>who, what, where, why, when & with whom </em>?  How <em>fast or slow</em> did You go ?  and if you did it more than once we wanna know about it !   Pictures if available . . .  We like proof  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif" title="">  !</span></span></p>
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<p><img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/dontknow.gif" title="">  <span style="color:rgb(165,42,42);">Anyone know what the heck is Ginseng up to these days ??  I hope she's ok . . .</span>  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/blush.gif" title=""></p>
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<p><img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello.gif" title=""> <strong><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0);"><span style="font-size:11px;">have a great week everyone !!</span></span></strong></p>

 

[merigayle]

<p>Hello! Zoe and I went for a nice lil run on the roads in PERFECT fall weather today. The brief break inbetween rainy weeks. My one foot is still bothering me with the blisters from my 100 <img alt="sad.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//sad.gif"></p>

 

[markc7]

<p>After my 50K night run last weekend, this was a drop down weekend for me.  I spent Saturday marking trails for a 25/50K trail race that I'm organizing next spring.  Then Sunday I ran about 2 hours in Gatineau Park. </p>
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[Mobius]

<p>Glad to see the fall colors Markc7.  I noticed ours are starting to turn/fall.</p>
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<p>4 hour run on Saturday in just lovely cool, sunny weather. It's the first run I've had in the 60 degree range since the Spring.   Sunday was another 2 hours on some local trails in a misty rain followed by an afternoon at Busch Gardens. I was disappointed that they closed all the soft-serve ice cream stores. Come on people! It's never too cold or rainy for ice cream! We eventually found a store that had hard pack ice cream at least. A few scoops of chocolate chip mint placated me (daughter enjoyed rainbow sherbet with sprinkles.)</p>
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<p>If I'm reading the stats right, Marc finished Grindstone in the top 40. Congrats! Hope the weather was as nice as along the coast. Look forward to a report!</p>

 

[Brian Runner]

<p>My own running took a back seat over the weekend. Took my sister and my nephew for a short trail run on Saturday, and then by his request, led my nephew on a road run this evening. He's 13 and its his first season of XC. He's the number 2 runner on his team, and finished 4th overall in his last race. He's really excited about running and has a strong future ahead of him if he keeps with the sport.</p>

 

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<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);">Did a bike race  here in  Extremely Crappy weather this weekend  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad2.gif" title="">   Windy, cold and raining.   But i still had a blast !!</span></p>
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[Mobius]

<p>runNYtrails -- closed roads? That's a really nice looking stretch of pavement for a bike race!</p>

 

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<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);">Yes !  A unique opportunity to ride a newly built stretch of Rte 219 in the southern tier of WNY.  It is not officially "open"  yet so <em>no vehicular traffic</em> !  </span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);">My brother was the RD and excepting for the weather it was a very cool event !  I just rode the  Citizens race cuz i really havent been riding much this year .... or this decade  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/lol.gif" title=""></span></p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Mobius</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/70454/extreme-weekend-reports-oct-1-3#post_1951450"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>runNYtrails -- closed roads? That's a really nice looking stretch of pavement for a bike race!</p>
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[merigayle]

<p>very nice! closed roads are the best kind!</p>

 

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<p><img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" title="">  <span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);">it was waaaaay fun toolin' around on closed roads !!  </span></span><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>merigayle</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/70454/extreme-weekend-reports-oct-1-3#post_1951531"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>very nice! closed roads are the best kind!</p>
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[Blaine Moore]

<p>Looks like good times!</p>
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<p>I ran two races this weekend, starting with the New Hampshire Marathon. Things were going great for until the 10th mile when I pulled something near my groin on a steep downhill. After a mile or two I adjusted my pace just to get me in sub-3 hours, but then it started hurting on the flats so after a while I backed off to 8 or 9 minute pace. I was able to pick it up to 6:40s for the last mile+ without too much discomfort, and came in at 3:09:32 I think.</p>
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<p>So, that was Saturday's race. On Sunday, I mostly skipped my warmup since the groin wasn't happy with me and I decided no time goals, just run what's comfortable and walk the downhills at the Maine Marathon. Thankfully, after the first mile I found that what was comfortable was around 7:30/mile pace, although I took the opportunity to run with a lot of different people (and to walk, in some cases) so most of my miles were in the 8-9 minute range. When I was running, though, it was at 7:30/mile. (I did run w/a relay runner late in the race at sub-7 pace for 3 or 4 miles until we came to a downhill.)</p>
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<p>I saw a friend of mine that I used to run with a lot but haven't had much to do with for the past few years about 13-14 miles into the race when he was a few minutes behind the pace he needed for his BQ, and then caught him again in the last couple miles when he looked about how I must have at that point in my last marathon. So, I ran (/walked) him in to the finish line. I finished with a smile on my face and very comfortable with a new personal worst time of 3:50:35.</p>
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<p>That gives me a new PR of 7:00:07 for back-to-back marathons, which I should be able to beat pretty handily in the future if I can run them healthy. Other than the strained groin, nothing hurts or feels out of sorts, so I call it a successful weekend even if I didn't get my pair of sub-3s that I wanted.</p>
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<p><img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif" title="">  <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);">Marathon Maniac !!  <em>Iridium ??  </em>Congrats !!  </span></span></p>
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<p>I ran two races this weekend, starting with the New Hampshire Marathon . . . </p>
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