[em73]

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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;font-family:georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;">When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?  - George Canning</span></span></div>
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<div>Thank a veteran today, peeps.</div>
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<div>no workout for me today, I'm taking advantage of my day off from work to go get my iliopsoas tendon injected with some lovely cortisone.   fun indeed.</div>

 

[cak73]

<p>No staff holiday for us today.</p>
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<p>Monica...hope that your injection goes well and that it brings you some continued relief.</p>
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<p>2700y at masters swim this morning.  Sloooooooow.</p>
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<p>500 as 75 free, 25 back or breast</p>
<p>6x50 pull on 1:00</p>
<p>4x50 kick on :10r</p>
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<p>:10-:15r for all of the following:</p>
<p>4x100 as 50 fist, 50 free</p>
<p>4x25 free</p>
<p>4x100 as 50 no free, 50 free</p>
<p>4x25 no free</p>
<p>4x100 as 50 kick, 50 free</p>
<p>4x25 kick</p>
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<p>200 ez</p>

 

[Thor]

<p>Good morning, TEAM LIT, and a very big thank you to all Veterans who were a part of enabling my lifestyle and freedoms.</p>
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<p>What a surprise: A few months back a friend at work asked me what my next adventure would be. He knows my background and knows that come fall I'm hitting up the marathons. He also knew about my ventures in mountain running. I told him that I was contemplating Stone Cat 50 (race report a third of the way done) now that I was enjoying my time on trails. Each week he'd ask if I were still up for it, and I would tell him, "Yup, I think. I'll at least do the marathon." And each week he'd reply, "I know you, you'll do the full 50." This little dance went on up until the last week before the race. That's when he siad, "I'm thinking of coming down to take pictures." My friend is really into photography, and although he does not do it for money, he is quite good AND has shot many events and stills and scenes, and he is so good that he's even done a bunch of weddings. Race day comes and sure enough my friend is out on the course snapping photos. He was out there for my first and second laps, taking shots of me and all the other runners. He stopped when it got too cold. His pictures really came out awesome. He had a whole bunch of me, not to mention many other really good ones. So today I come into work and there, on my desk, is a 11" x 14" framed shot of me on my second loop. I couldn't believe it. The experience was so rich that the detail in the picture came to life. It reached out from the photographic paper and touched me. Over the last few days, I have joked, "Every time I blink I still see leaves," because how I had to stare at an endless trail-full of leaves for hours. This time when I blinked, I saw leaves through the prism of a tear.</p>
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<p>Me...</p>
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<p>4 mile easy run early this very chilly morning.</p>
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<p>The prism of life, Tri-peeps!</p>

 

[BethR]

Wow Thor, what a gift your friend gave you. So special. Contemplating another swim today after walking in the park with Eli and his girlfriend (another infant 2 weeks older than him and her mom). We will see if he's up for an hour of babysitting after the walk. Beautiful day, looking forward to being outside.

 

[juliemboyle]

<p>Thor:  Love the story!</p>
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<p>Thank you to all the Veterans out there!  Special shout to my DH, my Dad, my Father in Law & my 2 Grand Fathers. </p>
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<p>Full Body weights first thing.......I am ready for Friday!</p>

 

[Stitcher]

<p>No holiday for us, either.</p>
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<p>You've got a great friend, Thor.....those gifts are the best gifts!</p>
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<p>2 miles this morning for me.</p>
<p>Sounds like I"m not doing hardly any mileage running, but I"m reestablishing a habit, and trying to work up to a strong base rather than jump in too heavy at first and then getting burned out.</p>
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<p>IM Hangover, Dad's surgery and passing, and then his funeral really disrupted the "flow" last year.</p>
<p>Hopefully, this year will be better.</p>
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<p>In that light, I've decided that as often as possible, I'll be working races or just doing them for fun.  It's my turn to give back to friends.</p>

 

[MBannon]

<p>Big, big employment changes on the near horizon have left me feeling out of sorts lately.  That and the time change, I suppose - that always gets to me a little.  Anyway, I haven't really been myself the past few days and the workouts have shown it.  Not sure what's in store today, but hopefully at least a good swim in order to meet my "Turkey Laps" pledge at the gym.</p>

 

[neil donnelly]

<p>Swimming today for me - 3500m as 500m 1000m 1000m 800m 200m</p>
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<p>almost empty pool which was great</p>
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<p>Wearing my poppy today with pride </p>
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<p>N</p>

 

[miles99999]

<p>Thor, great story and great gift</p>
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<p>Me: I was up and on my bike by 5:45AM, riding on my trainer while watching the Universal Sports coverage of Ironman Arizona.  It was the last ride I on my bike until next Thursday.  I just dropper her off at Cadence Performance Cycling in Philadelphia along with a gear back.  I am supposed to get in a 3,500m swim today, but my schedule isn't going to allow it.  I am not fretting over it though thanks to the advice of Thor and Scott (thanks guys).</p>
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<p>I am feeling pretty good, no real aches and pains to speak of.  I am excited to get on the plane next Tuesday and fly out to Arizona and spend some time with my 'rents prior to race day.  Oh, in case anyone is wondering, my BIB number is <strong>906</strong>.</p>
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<p>Have a wonderful day everyone!</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://projectarizona.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Jamie</a></span></p>

 

[regiolanthe]

<p>18+ mile ride along beach. Nice surf. Slow ride.</p>
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<p>Reg</p>

 

[SpartyGirl]

<p>906!  Woohoo!  Really looking forward to tracking IMAZ this year - AND Cozumel for Heather! <img alt="biggrin.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//biggrin.gif"></p>
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<p>3 ish miles at lunch, half on the track, half on the streets.  My shoes are toast.  Absolute toast.  In fact, I'm looking at shoe reviews today because mine are trashed....in case you didn't catch that the first 2 times...</p>
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<p>Run on - bike on - swim on.</p>

 

[phdatc]

<p>LUck Luck Luck to you at IMAZ!!!!</p>
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<p>Too much work stuffs for me today to allow for a work out, so DOR it is.  I'll make it up tomorrow with a nice strong trainer ride.</p>

 

[Heather H]

<p>a group run on the schedule tonight, along with oohing and ahhing over the IMFL finishers medals, gear, & stories! Should be fun!</p>
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<p>Thor- that's super cool!! I love how a good picture really captures the moment and emotion of a race!</p>
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<p>Cheryl- I'm at work too <img alt="sad.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//sad.gif">  Oh well, in 2 weeks I'll be heading to Cozumel!</p>
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<p>Sparty- new shoes always make me want to run more- hope they will for you too!</p>
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<p>Miles- YAY!! and Good Luck at IMAZ!!  #906 got it! We have close numbers, I'm #923 for Cozumel</p>

 

[niemsco]

<p>40 minute unstructured swim.  Then on the way home hit a new trail, did 5 easy miles.</p>
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<p>@miles - a few years ago I posted this cool picture of the IMAZ transition and how to navigate through it.  I think there was also some imaz threads around, I'll see if I can find them.</p>

 

[niemsco]

<p>Hey miles here it is:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/26707/need-im-details">http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/26707/need-im-details</a></p>
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<p>Scroll to the bottom, you enter from the water at the bottom, you can't quite see it.  Actually using the search in this forum is pretty good, I found several arizona threads, even the one where I DNSd ughh.. .painful reminder.</p>

 

[miles99999]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>niemsco</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/71084/thursday-november-11th-thank-a-veteran-day#post_1961627"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Hey miles here it is:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/26707/need-im-details">http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/26707/need-im-details</a></p>
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<p>Scroll to the bottom, you enter from the water at the bottom, you can't quite see it.  Actually using the search in this forum is pretty good, I found several arizona threads, even the one where I DNSd ughh.. .painful reminder.</p>
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That is great stuff Scott, thanks!  I am definitely combing this message board as well as SlowTwitch for information.  I appreciate any and all advice that I can get over the next ten days.....OH MY GOSH, it is <strong>TEN DAYS</strong> from today.</p>

 

[niemsco]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>miles99999</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/71084/thursday-november-11th-thank-a-veteran-day#post_1961630"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p><span>Quote:</span></p>
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That is great stuff Scott, thanks!  I am definitely combing this message board as well as SlowTwitch for information.  I appreciate any and all advice that I can get over the next ten days.....OH MY GOSH, it is <strong>TEN DAYS</strong> from today.</p>
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PM Yo Mikey.  He's a great guy and local, I had a beer with him one time while I was there.  He can give you good places to go while you are there.  There is this great pasta place downtown (on University?), I went there twice!</p>

 

[riley0003]

<p>Thor, I hope you can post that picture sometime!  It sounds great; what a wonderful gift.</p>
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<p>I spent a lot of time today thinking of all my uncles because every single one of them was a veteran.  I also dated several military men and almost married one!</p>
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<p>Today is DH's 58th birthday and luckily we both had the day off work.  I got my car repaired early and then we spent the rest of the day doing a short but very steep hike nearby that my physical therapist had described to me.  The scenery was gorgeous!  What a nice day (sunny with a high of 61 degrees).  Tonight we have Tom's favorite dinner and then some of his buddies are coming over to play cards.  So no big workouts for me today but it was a lovely short hike at least.</p>
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<p>Enjoy your day everyone and it's countdown for the weekend!</p>
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<p>Susan</p>

 

[hobey]

<p>Left work early to take Little BrewDad to the ENT doc. Verdict is tubes & adenoids so my baby has to have surgery in a few weeks. 6 mile run after getting home and it felt great. Nice & fluid. I love those runs!</p>

 

[Dougie Fresh]

<p>@Thor, that's what it's all about -- isn't it?</p>
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<p>Me: easy 3mi run after work.  It was so nice to be out there.  I think Sunday is going to be a disaster given my lack of preparedness but I'll be there.  Unfortunately, DW will not -- she's been very sick this week -- enough that she's going to the doctor tomorrow with the fear that she has pneumonia or bronchitis or something .  I was really looking forward to running our 2nd HM together.  I will have two SILs and one of the SIL's husbands there though.  They'll all smoke me.</p>