Freedom weekend thread

<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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<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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