[phdatc]

<p>I think I'll play hookey today... anyone wanna join me?!?!?!<span><img alt="icon_joker.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_joker.gif"></span></p>

 

[Brandy]

<p>me!  but I can't - already at work</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Had a supah awesome run last night. w/o was light due to the relay this weekend - 20 min at tempo pace.  So I met a friend and we warmed up to the lake. Did the drills, a couple of strides and then went to it.  Started out WAY fast with the first quarter mile in 745.  I knew we had to slow down but didn't want to mentally make myself do it in fear that I would slow down too much. We backed of a tinsy bit. Ended up with 2.48 in that 20 mins 8;04 pace and it felt awesome!  I mean, I totally could have held a conversation. Crazy.  we then ran back to her house and within 1 min the skies opened up and it started to pour and continued to do so for over an hour.  Lucky us!! </p>
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<p>I intended to get up and run this morning but when my alarm went off at 430, I opted for 90 min more of sleep.  I'm going to need it for this weekend!</p>
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<p>Good runs and days to all!</p>

 

[amichel]

<p>Wow, Brandy! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I wanna play hooky too, but I'm also at work already.  I'm not sure I'm going to make it all day, but I have a few time sensitive things to finish.  The extra night shifts are catching up, for sure.   I may go home for lunch and at least nap a bit.  We'll see what the day brings.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Slug fest August 2011 continues for me, and likely will all this week because of my work schedule.  Putting some things on the calendar for next week to get back on track!</p>

 

[Litchfield Hills]

<p>Nice workout <strong>Brandy</strong>, and have fun this weekend.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>No hooky for me.  Work is pretty light, but I am studying for certification exams, and I have a ZBA meeting tonight.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>5 sleasy miles this morning, in some pretty nice weather (upper 60's, manageable humidity).</p>

 

[eccabex]

<p>I get a few more days of hookey before going back to work! Woo hoo!!! I think I am going to take the girls to get manicures today. Not sure. It depends how their attitudes are today. I think they are really sick of each other and ready to get back to school.</p>
<p>I did finally run yesterday after a week's hiatus. Just 3, but it was good.</p>
<p>Nice run <strong>Brandy</strong>!!! You are so super speedy!</p>
<p>So jealous of the cool temps, <strong>Tim</strong>! Happy studying!</p>
<p>Hope things ease up for you soon workwise, <strong>Amy!</strong></p>
<p>(((<strong>Maria</strong>)))</p>
<p>(((<strong>Missy's</strong> knees))) Enjoy your time off!</p>

 

[praecipua]

<p>I'm playing hooky too, but I made a list last night of all the around-the-house stuff I need to accomplish today, so it's productive hooky.  I'm ready to cross one thing off the list, but I keep adding more.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Great workout, <strong>Brandy</strong>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>That's all I've got.  I'm a long-distance participant in Slug Fest 2011 with <strong>Amy</strong>.</p>

 

[amichel]

<p>Prae - although I'm quite fond of your company, I am more than ready to end the slug fest!</p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p>No hooky for me, but work is really, really light right now, so close enough.  The boys and our childcare provider are meeting us for lunch and I have a happy hour scheduled with a friend I haven't seen in months.  Fun!  Oh, and today is my Thursday b/c I am taking Friday off to go to DC for a baptism this weekend.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I did 7 slow recovery miles this morning.  All felt great.  I am running my 20 miler tomorrow, which will bring me to 75 miles in 6 calendar days - that will definitely be a mileage PR for me!  Glad my body is cooperating.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Yay again for good test results all around. </p>
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<p>Bug hugs to <strong>Marier.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Brandy</strong> - great job!  It has been so fun watching your training go so well.  Tell me again what your goal race is.</p>
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<p>Oooh - more fun!  I get to meet up and go for a run with <strong>CMJHawk</strong> this weekend in DC!</p>

 

[Brandy]

<p><br><br>
Des Moines full 10/16</p>
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<p>Bug hugs to <strong>Marier.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Brandy</strong> - great job!  It has been so fun watching your training go so well.  Tell me again what your goal race is.</p>
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<p>Oooh - more fun!  I get to meet up and go for a run with <strong>CMJHawk</strong> this weekend in DC!</p>
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<p>This one chick passed me something fierce at about 11 min into my 20 min ...I mean, like hammering hard I could hear her for about 30 seconds before she flew past me then she let up and just sat in front of me.  She was super young and way smaller than me so I made it a point just to sit behind her.  I could totally tell she was getting pissed off.  HA!  Just as I was about to pass her, she turned off of the lake.  I talked to my teammate after (who was about 300 yards behind at this point) and she was laughing about how the chick was acting "I thought you had her!  She totally just turned on the pkwy to avoid being passed!"  Fun!  Good tune up for picking off people (I hope) and getting me some roadkill in the relay </p>

 

[Auntie Moe]

<p>morning peeps.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Went to the Sox game last night...apparently <a href="http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/alex-speier/2011/08/17/reflection-randomness-and-rarity-red-sox-tripl" target="_blank">the triple play in the 4th inning was the first Sox triple in 17 years! Also, the first 5-4-3 triple in Sox history.</a> sort cool, even if they lost.</p>
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<p>We also had a few cocktails before the game and OOF, I was feeling them overnight.  Headachey this morning, but I think once I get some coffee I'll be fine.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[oooh, staff breakfast this morning, totally forgot, free coffee! score!]</p>
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<p>Great workouts this morning!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Glad to hear you're in tip top shape, boB.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>((((((Maria))))))) hang in there.  I'm thinking about you.</p>
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<p>Take care, Missy! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm with you Prae and Amy on the Slug Fest...I can't seem to get up early to do anything and I have no time after work.  I'm waaaaaay over committed at the moment.</p>

 

[clare]

<p>8 miles this morning.  It didn't feel great, but it's done.  I'm having a tough time getting my longer runs in, though.  I need to get a better routine on the go here.</p>
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[solarpowered]

<p><strong>(((maria))) </strong> Your dad is a strong man, and you're a strong lady.  Hang in there. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Good luck this weekend, <strong>Brandy</strong> and <strong>Baggs</strong>!  Have a blast! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Attended the funeral of a lifelong friend's dad yesterday.  He was heavily involved in the local police and fire company, as is his son (my friend), and so the pomp and circumstance of the services were impressive and touching.  Sad day. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Fun part was getting time visiting with <strong>2oh</strong> afterward.  Sweet!  <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131359037255316"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131359037255315" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>Got a brick workout done this morning.  After a few grey, rainy days, today's weather is absolutely gorgeous. </p>

 

[runningINnyc]

<p>Morning all!  Today is a new day and I'm feeling better already!  Thank you all for your words and thoughts, it means so much to me!   I met up with a friend in Brooklyn this morning, we hit up part of the loop around Prospect Park before finishing up in some of the gorgeous surrounding neighborhoods.  My friend is a graduate of Pratt Institute and took me on a little running tour of the campus; not super big but so quaint and quiet with one of the largest sculpture gardens around.  Some really great art there and an old steam room that is crawling with campus kittehs!  6 miles in total. Tonight I've got a visit to the yoga studio.<br>
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<p>Fun part was getting time visiting with <strong>2oh</strong> afterward.  Sweet!  <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131359037255316"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131359037255315" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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Sweet, Dan Sweet  <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131359166474220"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131359166474219" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"></span></p>
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<p><strong>Tonya</strong> – yes!!!!   …but “they” won’t let me.   Stingy bastages.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Great job <strong>Brandy</strong>!  You’re in prime shape for the relay & your marathon</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mindi</strong> - have fun in DC and tell Hawk hi!</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Missy</strong> – I’m picturing quite the obstacle course in front of you as you book it to a woman awaiting you in stir-ups and the subsequent flying baby action</p>
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<p><strong>Maureen</strong> - sounds like fun!  I wonder how often triple plays happen for any team??  </p>
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[amichel]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>runningINnyc</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74897/humpday-8-17#post_2010417"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p> </p>
<p><strong>Maureen</strong> - sounds like fun!  I wonder how often triple plays happen for any team??  </p>
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<p>Where's boB? I bet he either knows or will look it up for us <br>
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[Ailarie]

<p>Greetings, all.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Man, I wish it were a play-hookey day here.  Time is passing at a snail's pace at the office today.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>5M are planned on the TM.  My achilles are both exceptionally tight.  More than I've ever seen.  Not good.  Guess it's time to really focus on stretching, though I already do after pretty much every run, anyway.  Hmph.</p>

 

[Auntie Moe]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>runningINnyc</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74897/humpday-8-17#post_2010417"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><p><strong>Maureen</strong> - sounds like fun!  I wonder how often triple plays happen for any team??  </p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Amichel</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74897/humpday-8-17#post_2010418"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p>Where's boB? I bet he either knows or will look it up for us <br>
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<p><br>
According the article I link in my post:</p>
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<p>"Prior to Tuesday night, of the 679 triple plays in recorded <a class="r_lapi" href="http://audio.weei.com/baseball/major-league-baseball.htm" target="_blank">Major League baseball</a> history dating to 1876, one combination stood out as – by far – the most common. The ‘round-the-horn, groundball triple play had accounted for 61 triple plays, easily outpacing any other form of the three-out play.</p>
<p>Even so, it is a sign of both the rarity and randomness of triple plays that the <a class="r_lapi" href="http://audio.weei.com/baseball/boston-red-sox.htm" target="_blank">Red Sox</a>, in their 111-year existence – spanning 17,162 contests prior to Tuesday night – had never turned a 5-4-3 groundball triple play. The team had produced 29 triple plays in their history, including multiple unassisted triple plays, yet did not have a single form of the most prevalent form of the play."</p>
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[gatorbob]

<p>Sorry guys.  I've been really tanked at work, trying to make up for my day off yesterday...</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Moe</strong> found some great stats there.  679 triple plays in 135 years means it's fairly uncommon -- an average of about 5 per season.  But it's certainly not unheard of.  The <strong>unassisted</strong> triple play, however, is one of the rarest things in baseball.  More so than a perfect game.  It's been done only 15 times in baseball history.  That's the same number as 4-homer games. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I gotta get back to running today, but I don't know where I'll find the time...</p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p><strong>Ailarie</strong> - be very careful stretching those achilles if they are tight - you could very easily hurt yourself.  Sounds like you may be in the wrong shoes.  I would try to solve that STAT.  Achilles issues can be really hard to overcome.</p>

 

[runningINnyc]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Runninlaw</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74897/humpday-8-17#post_2010430"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p><strong>Ailarie</strong> - be very careful stretching those achilles if they are tight - you could very easily hurt yourself.  Sounds like you may be in the wrong shoes.  I would try to solve that STAT.  Achilles issues can be really hard to overcome.</p>
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<p><br>
Agreed!  Also, pay special attention to your calves - if they're tight they could be causing some or all of that pain as well.</p>
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[Ailarie]

<p><strong>Ril:</strong> I'm thinking (at least hoping) that the tightness is due to an increase in mileage.  LR's have gone from 11/12/12/10/12/13.1/10.4/14.2/14.0.  It's when that jump to 14 happened that the tightness really kicked in.  I don't think that I'm necessarily increasing the LR's too fast.. .everything seems to follow the 10% rule, except for the 10.4 to 14.2 week.  Technically yeah, the 10.4 to 14.2 is, but the 10.4 happened due to the sun & humidity beating the crap out of me.  My legs were capable of 12, weather permitting. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Mileage during the week has increased a little.  I think if I continue with my LR increases, that I may need to knock off one smaller run during the week to compensate.  Maybe my body just isn't cut out for more than what it's been doing.</p>
<p><br>
Shoe-wise, I'm in the same stuff, with one exception.... using the newer model of Wave riders.  (14's, I think.).  I surely hope that's not the difference, but now that you mention it, the last 2 weeks have had LR's in those shoes exclusively.  Hrm.  Perhaps I should kick them to the curb for a week or two and stick with the 13 models that I have.</p>