[gobi]

<p>He came he saw he started the daily thread.</p>
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<p>I am the pond runner :¬)</p>
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<p>Today I actually thought about VRAA and whether I wish I had entered? Concluded no not really, sad but I do seem to have moved on from it.</p>
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<p>Got up early to do a proper session on the bike today so 2 x 20 minutes at 40km effort was the plan, I worked hard but was a bit below the mark due to my ever improving legs being just a little short of power. Not stopping me from pushing on though so just accepting tired training. Hit the gym at lunchtime for a steady 5km followed by leg weights. My run legs are good, funny how weights and the bike are taking more time to come back. Off for a swim and a hill session with my squad later. Should be a good evening.</p>
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<p>Take care and be careful</p>
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<p>Gobi</p>
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<p>ps. we had snow again !!!!! </p>

 

[Hemerocallus]

<p>Hi Pond Runner/Gobi!</p>
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<p>Was going to do a short-ish run this afternoon, but if I don't perk up soon, may just do some strength work in the gym.  Am dragging my tail a bit from yesterday's blood donation.....got up off the couch after watching TV last night and wondered for about 30 seconds if gravity had just increased by 20%! <span><img alt="cool.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/cool.gif"></span></p>

 

[hally]

<p>Hi Pond Boy and Blood giver!</p>
<p>Sorry about the bad attitude by some over on VRAA Gobi, but I don't blame you.</p>
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<p>People digging out from another storm, street was a wreck so I stuck to the elliptical in the building.</p>
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<p>ETA I intended to use the treadmill but someone was using it and the other one is out of order </p>

 

[Johnny]

<p>Hi Gobi Heme Halley</p>
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<p>4 easy miles in the woods, cold & foggy.</p>

 

[irunmike]

<p>X-trained in a foot of snow, with a shovel.  The banks on either side of my driveway are now over my head.</p>
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<p>It looks like I may have to do something I've never done before: do tomorrow's LR in the TM. Luckily it's a cut back week, so just 18.  Have to get it done tomorrow though. Then I jump on a plane to FLA .  I'm trading my shovel for golf clubs.</p>

 

[Opie]

<p>Dove, I forgot to mention when you did that ladder workout how impressed I was!  Heme, good on you for donating blood!  Mike, hope your iPod is loaded up.</p>
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<p>Brooke is moving back in a few weeks!  In the meantime, she's switching me to swimming instead of circuits twice a week to give my arm a break (possible tendinitis) and still work my upper body some.  So today I went to the downtown Y, swam for 20 minutes, then got on my running stuff.  It seemed to take forever so if I ever became a tri guy I would really have to practice transition.  Ran 4 miles easy @9:56.  My legs felt a little noodly at first.  It's such a beautiful day that it's really hard to be inside right now.</p>

 

[gobi]

<p>hiya again</p>
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<p>I have to share this as I am feeling rather positive.</p>
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<p>4 days since the 50km and Thursday is Hill night, we have an half mile Kenyan loop which I have been struggling to run much under 2.40 but that all changed tonight.</p>
<p>I got loose with a 2.49 then ran 2.40/2.35/2.32/2.30. It has been two years since I managed numbers like these. Those last two reps at around 5 min mile pace look mighty fine in my training log.</p>
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<p>Buzzing indeed</p>

 

[Opie]

<p>Have a Strongbow cider on the house, mate.  You're a machine!</p>

 

[Dove]

<p>Thanks Opie. I'm switching gears a bit this winter after joining a local team with a great coach. I'm focusing on shorter races for awhile to see if I can regain any of my long lost speed. There's a lot to be said for running a shorter local race and still getting home before my son wakes up. I'm still running long every other week, though, since I do have 2 ultras I want to do this year.</p>

 

[Opie]

<p>No doubt you have some talented runners in your town, Dove.  I see where there are already 3 of you in the Brooks ID race series.</p>

 

[tomwhite]

<p>...uh-oh......POND RUNNER ALERT//////</p>
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<p>.........22min poolrun</p>
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<p>now I feel wimpy.</p>
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<p>works for me.</p>

 

[OrangeMat]

<p><br>
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<div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>tomwhite</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72368/jocks-ahoy-27th-january-2011#post_1980119"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p> </p>
<p>now I feel wimpy.</p>
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<p><br>
Yeah, tell me about it.</p>
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<p>Rest day for me today, though I went to yoga class. Found myself aloft in <a href="http://www.jayarasa.com/photographs/photo-album/eka-pada-koundinyasana.html" target="_blank">this pose</a>, have NO CLUE how that happened. Guess it was <em>my</em> pond-runner moment. </p>

 

[JJVoo]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>gobi</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72368/jocks-ahoy-27th-january-2011#post_1980082"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p> </p>
<p>4 days since the 50km and Thursday is Hill night, we have an half mile Kenyan loop which I have been struggling to run much under 2.40 but that all changed tonight.</p>
<p>I got loose with a 2.49 then ran 2.40/2.35/2.32/2.30. It has been two years since I managed numbers like these. Those last two reps at around 5 min mile pace look mighty fine in my training log.</p>
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<p>Buzzing indeed</p>
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<p><br>
Enjoy the buzz. Nice when those breakthroughs happens.</p>
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<p>TODAY:</p>
<p>recovery </p>
<p>43:00</p>
<p>easy aerobic</p>
<p>--Jimmy</p>
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[Labduck]

Fist bump gobi<br><br>
Just another boring sunny day in Stumptown. I might have to mow this weekend.<br><br>
4.5 miles, including 3x1/2 mi fartleks at 5k pace. The knee was mostly pain free.

 

[Opie]

<p>That's great, Lab!</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Nice workouts today Gobi and Lab</p>
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<p>I did an hour on the treadmill at 3% incline going 7.52 miles (7:58 pace)</p>
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<p>Elevation gain was 1,188 ft.</p>