Saturday, Dec. 3 - Workouts.
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<p>Just a note to thank the holiday challenge for my 3 mile run yesterday. When it came time to do it, I didn't feel like it, it was grey outside and if it wasn't for the challenge I probably would not have gone but I did!</p>
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<p>Just a note to thank the holiday challenge for my 3 mile run yesterday. When it came time to do it, I didn't feel like it, it was grey outside and if it wasn't for the challenge I probably would not have gone but I did!</p>
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<p>~25 mile ride outside with 3 friends.</p>
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<p>Dry and sunny with no wind. Don't know what temp it was during the ride, but my car said 36° on the way to my friends' house and 43° on the way to Karma Coffee Roasters (post-ride, large, hot mocha). Was comfortably cool in regard to legs, arms, & body. Had some "lobster claw" gloves that I inherited while in grad school and wore my sushi tuke under my helmet. Despite smartwool socks and borrowed neoprene shoe cover booties, my toes were still rather chilly. SOOOO much better than being stuck inside on the trainer and I'm glad I had some great folks to ride with today. Plus, I got to wear my new Sugoi Magik Shell pants and feel like I scored major bada$$ points so that was cool.</p>
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<p>Dry and sunny with no wind. Don't know what temp it was during the ride, but my car said 36° on the way to my friends' house and 43° on the way to Karma Coffee Roasters (post-ride, large, hot mocha). Was comfortably cool in regard to legs, arms, & body. Had some "lobster claw" gloves that I inherited while in grad school and wore my sushi tuke under my helmet. Despite smartwool socks and borrowed neoprene shoe cover booties, my toes were still rather chilly. SOOOO much better than being stuck inside on the trainer and I'm glad I had some great folks to ride with today. Plus, I got to wear my new Sugoi Magik Shell pants and feel like I scored major bada$$ points so that was cool.</p>
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<p>5k with my tri club. 32:59 on a hilly, long course. (3.16). It's all good. 10:26 pace i think. Legs were screaming from thursday night's run but I had minimal cramping. Moreso it was simply a mental victory. Racing on tired legs, slightly hungover, not trained for a 5k, I just let loose. 10:14, 10:40, 10:28, then a 9:47pace for balance. I was really hurting mile 2 but I decided to just push it until the wheels COMPLETELY came off - which I really dont ever do. And lookie there... I negative split it and I didn't die. Yeah me 
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<p>Chily, brats, and chats with comrades after. All good!</p>
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<p>Chily, brats, and chats with comrades after. All good!</p>
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Cak/Ron - nice group workout !<br><br>
3100m on my own. Speed is slowly coming back. Clocked a few <1:35. Then went to the swim/tri club meeting - nice to see the members who care about the well being of the club. Then while DD was at her dance, ran 7 miles. Nice to star seeing <8:30 pace with relative ease.<br><br>
The boys are camping again in this chilly weather, totally impressed. So girls are hanging out <img alt="smile.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">
3100m on my own. Speed is slowly coming back. Clocked a few <1:35. Then went to the swim/tri club meeting - nice to see the members who care about the well being of the club. Then while DD was at her dance, ran 7 miles. Nice to star seeing <8:30 pace with relative ease.<br><br>
The boys are camping again in this chilly weather, totally impressed. So girls are hanging out <img alt="smile.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">
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<p>Race today. Weather made it tough. Hung in for second AG, but it was close as 3-5 were right behind me. I didn't really have my A game today and ran strategically. The rib injury from last month limited my training, so I had to use my experience to pull me through this one. I think I played it pretty good. My friend Jim wasn't too thrilled though. He passed me at about 2.5 miles and I stayed either just behind him or within 20 yards until mile 12, where I passed him. From mile 10-12 there was a strong headwind and I was just behind him letting him do all the work. I think he tried slowing down a bit at one point in hopes I would pass and then pull him. No dice. Early on I told him about another guy in our AG who was about 50 yards ahead. Just after Jim passed him about mile 9.5, I worked to get on Jim's shoulder. The other guy wasn't too far behind though, plus another guy was just behind him. Both ended up passing Jim on the steep hill, but I had enough of a gap to hold them off.</p>
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<p>Vicki struggled, but was able to finish 6 AG.</p>
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<p>04m 30s - 0.50 miles - 09m/Mi<br><br>
8:45 AM<br><br><br>
Warmup w/Vicki<br><br>
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1h 39m 27s - 13.10 miles - 07m 35s/Mi<br><br>
9:00 AM<br><br><br>
Equipment: Nike Zomm XCS 2<br><br>
Cold/mid 20s - Cloudy and very strong wind with occasional snow showers. Pueblo Rock Canyon Half Marathon. Mostly flat course with one steep hill just before mile 13. Starts in Pueblo City Park with two loops around the zoo, then down to the Arkansas River trail, out to the Pueblo Reservoir Dam and return to finish in City Park. Almost the entire course had about an inch of snow on it, but footing wasn't too bad. I got off to a decent start and was feeling OK. Then my friend Jim went by on the downhill to the river trail. I pretty much stuck behind him until mile 12, letting him cut through the wind. At mile 12 I was on his shoulder and made a strong pass by sprinting hard for about a quarter mile. That put enough of a gap on him so he wouldn't be able to catch up. Unfortunately for Jim, two other guys in our age group passed him on the hill. Places 2-5 in the age group finished lined up one after another and separated by less than 45 seconds. I took second even though I ran about 6 minutes slower than last year.</p>
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<p>Vicki struggled, but was able to finish 6 AG.</p>
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<p>04m 30s - 0.50 miles - 09m/Mi<br><br>
8:45 AM<br><br><br>
Warmup w/Vicki<br><br>
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1h 39m 27s - 13.10 miles - 07m 35s/Mi<br><br>
9:00 AM<br><br><br>
Equipment: Nike Zomm XCS 2<br><br>
Cold/mid 20s - Cloudy and very strong wind with occasional snow showers. Pueblo Rock Canyon Half Marathon. Mostly flat course with one steep hill just before mile 13. Starts in Pueblo City Park with two loops around the zoo, then down to the Arkansas River trail, out to the Pueblo Reservoir Dam and return to finish in City Park. Almost the entire course had about an inch of snow on it, but footing wasn't too bad. I got off to a decent start and was feeling OK. Then my friend Jim went by on the downhill to the river trail. I pretty much stuck behind him until mile 12, letting him cut through the wind. At mile 12 I was on his shoulder and made a strong pass by sprinting hard for about a quarter mile. That put enough of a gap on him so he wouldn't be able to catch up. Unfortunately for Jim, two other guys in our age group passed him on the hill. Places 2-5 in the age group finished lined up one after another and separated by less than 45 seconds. I took second even though I ran about 6 minutes slower than last year.</p>
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<p>Nice job everyone!</p>
<p>Don-good strategy!</p>
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<p>a 20min walk through the neighborhood and then an hour and a half at gymboree play for a toddler birthday...trimmed the tree and now it's time for hot chocolate and Polar Express. <span><img alt="smile.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_7_1322961331913_160" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"></span></p>
<p>Don-good strategy!</p>
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<p>a 20min walk through the neighborhood and then an hour and a half at gymboree play for a toddler birthday...trimmed the tree and now it's time for hot chocolate and Polar Express. <span><img alt="smile.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_7_1322961331913_160" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"></span></p>
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<p>Great workouts everyone! According to my coach, I was supposed to go into today's run well hydrated. Unfortunately, I confused hydrated with hung over. <span><img alt="icon_scratch.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_7_1322963840805_151" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_scratch.gif" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></span></p>
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<p>Managed to make it through my 1:40 run. The trails were sticky in some spots and a down-right mudpit in others. Too much fun! </p>
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<p>Managed to make it through my 1:40 run. The trails were sticky in some spots and a down-right mudpit in others. Too much fun! </p>
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<p>53 mile group ride. Closing on 4700 for the year. Should hit it on a lunch ride this week.</p>
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<p>nice workouts/races, guys.</p>
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<p>I did ladder repeats yesterday... up the ladder, do something, down the ladder.</p>
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<p>One positive side note to all the core work I've been doing is that I can now (don't tell OSHA) balance on the top step of a stepladder.</p>
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<p>One negative is that apparently my hip does NOT like the up and down the ladder all day.</p>
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<p>I did ladder repeats yesterday... up the ladder, do something, down the ladder.</p>
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<p>One positive side note to all the core work I've been doing is that I can now (don't tell OSHA) balance on the top step of a stepladder.</p>
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<p>One negative is that apparently my hip does NOT like the up and down the ladder all day.</p>
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