[ksrunr]

<p>Morning kickstars.</p>
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<p>10 miles along the bay front this morning.  93 heat index at 6 a.m. this morning.  jtwili    Watch battery wasn't charged enough and it gave up at mile 1.   So it was untimed  which is just fine.   Only ran 20 miles this week in 3 runs.  Can't remember when I've run so little in a week or even for a month.  Have to start getting back into the groove next week.</p>
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<p>Running a 4 mile race Monday but am just going to run it based on how I feel.  I have lost fitness over the last 6 weeks due to this heat and training.  So I'm not ready to race it.  I'm going to run slow enough to enjoy it and run with a different crowd.</p>
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<p>Mike sorry to hear about your car.  You need to take it back and tell them it's a lemon and get another.  Change your luck?</p>
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<p>What's up all?</p>
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[ripvanracer]

<p>Morning KS</p>
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<p>Resting heartrate was at 39 this morning so the eliptical is keeping me in great shape.  Off to do a workout this morning until the rain stops and I can get back outside.</p>

 

[Hemerocallus]

<p>Mornin' KS and Rip!</p>
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<p>Glad you're back KS!</p>
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<p>Rip, my resting HR is down in the low 40's.  Freaks out the nurses at the blood donor clinic and I always leave the readout showing on the BP machine at work.</p>
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<p>It was a morning for deerfly fartleks and dragonfly pacers!  The hamstring and calf both felt pretty good after a couple of days off, so thought I'd try a small trail run this morning.  About 200m down the fireroad a few deerflies started buzzing my head.  As I ran, I saw fly after fly hovering about 6" off the dirt as I approached, flying up and circling back behind me to join the entourage.  Glanced over my shoulder to see how many were following and saw at least 6 on my shirt, and a small cloud behind me.  Arrrrrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!  Picked up the pace considerably for about a quarter mile, madly swatting and shaking the shirt and finally was able to duck into a heavily wooded side trail... losing most of them.  Whew!  </p>
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<p>After about a mile of easy single track in the woods, I came out into a clearing full of butterflies and darting dragonflies, several flying in parallel to my path for some time ..... ah, that's sooo much better! Goldfinches were flitting amongst the goatsbeard seed heads. A deer bounded across the path ahead, pausing to watch this strange looking woman go trotting by.  Headed back, taking a side trail to avoid the fly gauntlet and finished off at the bridge down the road, stopping to stretch and flushing a great blue heron.  ~3.5 miles.  All systems are go!</p>

 

[Johnny]

<p>Hi all....welcome back Ks....we were floundering without you.............any good camp stories to share??</p>
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<p>Nice wildlife run Heme...you & rip certainly have some low RHR's!!! at best, mine is somewhere in the low to mid 50's.</p>
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<p>Went into town and ran 11.6 miles 1st half mostly downhill, 2nd half mostly uphill. Since most of my running is in the woods, on trail, under canopy, even 75-80°F on asphalt with no shade raises my HR from 125-130 to over 140 for the same effort. Well, that's my excuse anyway.</p>
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<p>Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Fortunate One. He has family in Portland & down in my area as well. Got to visit for an hour and half or so. Seemed like 15 minutes. He even has a better Hal Koerner (our local elite ultra runner) story than I do. Like the rest of the "invisible people" from here, RA, or CR I've met, he's great in person. Hope to get a chance to see him again. Maybe he'll let me be one of his pacers, when he gets selected for WS100.</p>
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<p>Hi TW</p>
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<p>ETA: Hey Orange Mat......I've heard NJ described as a jungle before (amongst other things), but <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43604782/ns/travel-news/?GT1=43001" target="_blank">this</a> may be taking it to an extreme <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130963253557846"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130963253557845" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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[HappyFeat]

<p>Checking in for the weekend...ran 14 this morning....went better than the last 14M a couple weeks ago...could have used more to drink....not used to the sunshine...sweated buckets in the first half. I overheat easily. A breeze in my face on the way back was nice. </p>
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<p>My first run wearing a cap..never wore one before...always a visor...even for rain...well then I might wear my rain jacket <span style="text-decoration:underline;">and</span> the visor.  Anyway, (a) it didn't look as bad as I thought it would and (b) what a treat not to have hot sweaty hair. I put it all up in the cap which is made of stretchy material. The sides are mesh which absorbed all the sweat and let cool air in...my head was cool the whole way...I'm sold!</p>
<p>This is my new cap<img alt="love1.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/love1.gif" style="width:40px;height:40px;"></p>
<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/89955/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="BHMHS11-LB-1.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17182" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17182/width/300/height/400" style="; width: 300px; height: 400px"></a></p>
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<p>ETA: My resting heart rate is 42 every time I check it FWIW.</p>

 

[tomwhite]

<p>...THAT is a Cool Hat......</p>
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<p>.......hi johnny, nice running</p>
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<p>...my RHR</p>
<p>was 54 yestersay,</p>
<p>very nice cardio rip and heme....</p>
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<p>...30min poolrun</p>
<p>trailrun tomorrow at Ft Campbell</p>
<p>and another Monday.........ohboyohboy</p>
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<p>...........good running guys............travel safely this weekend</p>

 

[OrangeMat]

<p>Happy Feat, I like that hat too! All we sell in the store are the Nike ones, but it looks like the Brooks' styling might be superior. I'll mention it to my manager...</p>
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<p>Johnny, thanks for the heads' up with that article! I'm an hour and a half north of that area, so I doubt the escapee would get that far...</p>
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<p>13 miles yesterday, which puts me at 36.25 miles for the week. I might go out today and round up to 40, just because. Or maybe I'll just rest. </p>

 

[Johnny]

<p>Good morning again all   4 miles in the woods, 50°F & shade, much more to my liking...actually got to the turnaround in less than 20 minutes, considering its almost all uphill and I usually jog the 1st mile as a warmup, I must of been flying (well, by my standards of flying anyway)</p>
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<p>Nice hat HappyFeat and even nicer run for you yesterday. Are you training for something??</p>
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<p>Nice run for you too Orange Mat....You keep improving all the time, I still don't think you've really tapped into your potential yet.....remember when you were hesitant about even racing a 5K??</p>
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<p>What's up with everyone??? Mrs. Johnny & I are going on a little hike in a few minutes and then off to the movies. She wants to see the Tom Hanks / Julia Roberts movie. I just tag along.</p>
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[HappyFeat]

<p>I do have a goal, Johnny - a HM on Sept 25 that I want to do at a 10 mpm pace.  It's the Black Diamond HM in Enumclaw. My photo here is from after that race last year which I did at 10:22 pace - with a cramp occurring in my right glute at about mile 9, so I had to run slower than I would have liked to keep it from stopping me altogether. I've rehabbed alot since then; so with more speedwork, I think I can do it.</p>
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<p>ETA: I also have my goals for turning 55 at the end of August, which are: 35 mpw, 10 mpm pace, 16 mile LR</p>
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[ksrunr]

<p>Good Sunday afternoon to you. </p>
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<p>Good attitude OM.   A virtual friend (Joe Garland) wrote a nice piece on his blog about type 1 and type 2 runners.  Type 1 runners run for fun; are mid to back pack runners, don't feel bad if they don't place.  They fully enjoy the running experience.  They type 2 runner is mid pack or front pack runners; place in their age groups, never miss a workout even if they are sick, injured, run in all kinds of weather, feel guilty if they don't train hard enough or race hard enough.  The conclusion was that their needs to be a type 3 runner; one who  combines the best of both types.  RAces when they want, don't worry about winning all the time, running for fun, no guilt over missing a workout when life gets in the way.   At almost 57 I'm still much more aligned with the type 2 runner but in the last year I feel the transition taking place to type 3.  All 3 types of runners are good; we just need to figure out which we want to be.  There is no shame in being last and their is short lived glory for winning the race.</p>
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<p>No run for me today.</p>
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<p>Have a good one and be happy in your own skin</p>

 

[OrangeMat]

<p>Interesting musings there, KS. So what type was I today? After sleeping late this morning, I did finally get out this afternoon. I walked 1.4 miles to my friend's house, ran 4 recovery-paced miles with her while we chatted and caught up over the past month's events, then walked 1.4 miles home. I think because I sandwiched the run between the two walks, my legs felt good throughout the run. I think the extra sleep helped too.</p>
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<p>Tomorrow MrOM is running in a local 5k and I'm looking forward to watching and cheering him on. I'm very happy not to be having any race-induced stresses these days. In fact, aside from the two long runs I've done with MrOM yesterday and two weeks ago, I haven't even wanted to run with anyone else, lest the distraction of company would keep me from being able to fully listen to my body as I run. Running with my friend today, I had to remind her at least twice to keep the pace nice and slow. I suppose that regardless of what type running I am, I know how to be happy in my own skin. </p>