[Hemerocallus]

<p>Hi folks!</p>
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<p>I'm baaaaaaaack! </p>
<p>Well, for a few days, anyway.........</p>
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<p>TW...... that's fabulous news on Pickles' markers!  Made my day to come home and see that!</p>
<p>The Claire comments made me laugh.... how long do you have her with you?</p>
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<p>I see Gobi's back.... and with only one big goal race for the fall.  Good to see you buddy!</p>
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<p>Hope you have the insomnia licked, HappyFeat.  You seem to be running very well.</p>
<p>And I found the discussion over your training very interesting.  I'm almost on the opposite end of the spectrum........ only getting in 4 running days a week, with an average of 25-30 miles a week when things are going well.  Perhaps I'd be getting better success at races if I trained more, but the last time I got the mileage up into the 35-40 mile range, in prep for a 50K, I started showing symptoms of overtraining.  Maybe I could have pulled it off 10 years ago, but at age 55, I think I'm pushing the envelope enough.</p>
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<p>Hi KS, Rip, Mike, Johnny, Tamster!!</p>
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<p>I got in a few nice runs while while at the cottage, including a 5 miler with a couple of miles tempo included.... first tempo in a while and it felt marvellous.  Raced this morning (12K trail), but wasn't feeling very well, perhaps due to the heat.  Legs were OK, but I started too fast and wasn't sure the gel I took at the half way point was going to stay down.  A couple of K of very technical single track helped with the focus and settled my stomach..... managed 3rd AG, 111/141.</p>
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[HappyFeat]

<p>Welcome home, Heme! Good job on your 12K trail race today!</p>
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<p>No insomnia for the last 2 nights - what a relief. There are several causes, primarily ongoing seemingly interminable thyroid and marital issues, and I'm trying to deal with them.</p>
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<p>I opted to run my 10-miler on flat (neighborhood route) today since my Rt AT/calf is better, but not gone.  It went quite well with the first 5 miles about 11 mpm. Then I felt like I was slowing down, so I picked up the pace, only to see that I ran the next few miles at 10:45 and 10:30,  and 9:30! That 8th mile surprised me! Anyway, I decided to run the last 2 at a comfortable 10:30 and then walked a half mile home for cooldown. </p>
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[Johnny]

<p>Welcome back Heme, sounds like you need to get back to work to rest up from vacation.........and, BTW, congrats on the race hardware today  <span><img alt="icon_salut.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_salut.gif" style="width:23px;height:18px;"></span>.</p>
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<p>Nice LR HF.....Happy Birthday too (whenever it is) you do realize you're supposed to tell us this information so we can get you ice cream & cake, hats, hooters, whistles, and other appropriate birthday stuff.</p>
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<p>(((Tamster's toe))) .......Yep, I still plan on going down to Humboldt for the half. Haven't registered yet though...probably get around to it in a while.</p>
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<p>Had to work today....10 miler tomorrow.</p>
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[ksrunr]

<p>Welcome back Heme - we missed ya.  Glad you had a good time and great racing!</p>
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<p>HappyFeat - yes we are not suppose to have to guess birthdays.  Hope the marital problems are not too serious.  Lots of marital unrest it seems in our age group recently.<br><br>
Have a good run Johnny.</p>
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<p>Suppose to run 15 today but cut it to 10 in 104 index and 20 mph winds.  ugg.  Will run another 5 tomorrow night to make up the miles.</p>
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<p>DW is on her ship from Seattle to Alaska with her sister.  Going to be a long week for me and the girl dogs.</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>How far in Alaska is Julie going? So many people just do the "inside passage" and then turn around from Anchorage and go home. There's soooo much more to our state than that! But that part is very scenic, so if you have just a limited time I guess it is worthwhile. I encourage everyone to at least get up to Denali Nat'l Park, it's just beautiful in so many ways. And I was thinking about your post the other day... You've been feeling off your game for awhile now. It might be the H&H, but it also might be worth a check-in with your doc. Remember how Spareribs just thought he was tired all the time? Just sayin'...</p>
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<p>Welcome back, Heme! You've been missed around here, and at RA. Good job on the AG placement in your 12k today. Are you leaving again?</p>
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<p>Happy Feat, sorry to hear about the insomnia. And sorry to hear about marital issues as being one of the causes. Like ks said, I hope that's not too serious and you guys can talk about what's going on. Nice run, too, but, um.... be careful with that calf/AT thingy. Those can become chronic issues so easily.</p>
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<p>Hey Johnny! I worked today too, but from home. Trying to get some projects done before we leave Thursday night.</p>
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<p>That's good news, tomwhite. Hang in there on the Claire visit. Does she ever nap?</p>
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<p>Hi Mike! Nice run for you the other day! I'm always impressed with how you get in those longer runs on week days. Happy Garmin shopping. I had to think about that tax holiday thing... we don't have sales tax here. And when we go to Washington, we just have to show our ID and we're tax exempt down there, which is really cool with the sales tax in Seattle being just under 10%...</p>
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<p>I've been getting some runs in, but really should be tapering. I just never seem to get around to it (yes, I know how dumb that sounds). On Wednesday, I wanted to run up Ester Dome (the hill we climb in Equinox), and when I got up there, I thought I'd go down to meet the new Ultra course but had no idea how far that was. Well.... I ended up with 6 miles of pretty good downhill on that run, 12.1 miles total. More than I was planning on, that's for sure! Thursday was 5+ miles at a little over 8 m/m (flat, flat, flat), Friday was 4.5 miles easy. Last night we went blueberry picking and had a great time on a beautiful evening. Couldn't believe how nice it was after mostly overcast/damp days the last week. We got almost a gallon of berries, and after we got home it started raining. Rained all night, and most of today! A little after 5 it stopped and I went out for 8.2 miles on the bike path. Nice run, and the sun even started to peak out at the end. Tomorrow will be around 12-14 miles, maybe back up on the hill. I can't believe I have a marathon next Saturday! Figured I should cut back my mileage sooner or later...</p>
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[tomwhite]

<p>...hi guys//......actually Claire calmed down and kept us hussling, but  only during RegularHours<span style="display:none;"> </span><img alt="14.gif" src="http://bestsmileys.com/flowers/14.gif"></p>
<p>and sent you a Flower</p>
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<p>......35min caned out</p>
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<p>actually</p>
<p>I switched to the RacingCrutches for the last 10min</p>
<p>probably will</p>
<p>be running with crutches in the future</p>
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<p>but</p>
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<p>it beats NotRunningAtAll</p>
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<p>................good running guys...........RunYourOwnRun........</p>

 

[HappyFeat]

<p>Good morning gang <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131333316667115"><img alt="coffee2.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131333316667114" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/coffee2.gif"></span></p>
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<p>LOVE the beautiful flower from Claire, TW!</p>
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<p>The big B-day (55) is in 2 weeks:  August 29. I'm just happy to have achieved (barely)  the running goals I set.</p>
<p>A virtual party will be fun.</p>
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<p>MTA: Sadly, the marital distress <span style="text-decoration:underline;">is</span> serious. The brief story: we <span style="text-decoration:underline;">do</span> talk; <span style="text-decoration:underline;">nothing</span> changes; I <span style="text-decoration:underline;">always</span> stay; I think I must be brain-damaged.</p>
<p>Too big a topic for this venue. Thanks for your support though.</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Good weekend everybody.  I think most of the regulars have checked in. </p>
<p>Hi Heme KS TW Happy Erika and Johny</p>
<p>Mike is probably too busy playing ping pong again this weekend to post.</p>
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<p>Did you mean 45 Happyfeat?</p>
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<p>Just got my TEXAS tourism book in the mail today.  They had a big exhibition at our state fair a couple weeks ago.</p>
<p>They forgot to mention all the crazy people in CC that KS has told us about.</p>
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<p>The numbers are in on my roofing bender this week.</p>
<p>3500  lbs of old shingles going to the dump</p>
<p>3500 old nails hammered in</p>
<p>3100 new nails hammered in</p>
<p>35  Sheets of 4x8 plywood to cover roof</p>
<p>36 bundles of shingles put back on</p>
<p>50 hours of work</p>
<p>3 leather gloves worn through</p>
<p>8 gallons of water consumed while working</p>
<p>12 bandaids for fingers (working them to the bone)</p>
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<p>After getting done saturday at 1, I mowed in the afternoon and then ran from my house to the house I am roofing to get my other car.</p>
<p>6.5 miles at 7:30 pace trying not to hurt anything as my neck, shoulders, and back were worn out.</p>
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<p>Today I had to time my run between rains so I ran my 5 mile town route in case I got caught in a downpour.  Started out real sluggish as I couldn't get my hips to move. </p>
<p>Finally started rolling after 4 miles and ended up with a strong progressive 10 miles.  The first 3 miles were at 8 minute pace and the last 3 were 6:50, 6:34, 6:15.</p>
<p>Total for 10 miles was 71:50 and I ran about .25 untimed cooldown back to my house.</p>

 

[Johnny]

<p>Cmon rip, from her picture she looks like she's 35. <span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>10.5 miles in the woods, today, then paid some bills. Funny, the bill paying was less painful than the run. I think I laced up one of my shoes too tight, as after 8 miles or so, I had the weirdest pain in my toes. Either that, or it's age related. I was thinking just this morning, when not injured, I usually run anywhere from 18-22 times a month. I'd have to say maybe 2 or 3 times out of those 18-22, do I actually feel good while running. The rest of the time it's just going through the motions. Still, that's better than not running at all.</p>
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<p>I'm exhausted just looking at how rip spent his weekend.</p>
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<p>Nice running Erika. Where's your marathon??</p>
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<p>(((HF)))</p>

 

[HappyFeat]

<p>Thanks for the sweettalkin', guys.<span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131335872014518"><img alt="icescream.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131335872014517" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icescream.gif"></span> I could post another pic if you want.</p>
<p>There aren't many taken of me, but I have a decent one from a nieces graduation last summer. It would prolly just continue the argument tho<span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131335872014530"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131335872014529" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"></span></p>
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<p><span>Those are SOME numbers, Rip! The fact that you could still run - and do it so well - proves again that you must be superhuman.</span></p>
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<p>So Johnny - when you say don't "feel good while running" do you mean something or other is hurting or that you aren't enjoying the activity?</p>
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[ksrunr]

<p>We NEVER turn down ANY pics from ANY the kickstar ladies.</p>
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<p>RIP - you're one tough old dude for sure.  When and where are you coming to Texas?</p>
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<p>Nice run Johnny.  It seems most of my runs this summer are like you describe.  Hopefully cooler weather will change that for me.</p>
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<p>It actually rained for 10 mins in my neighborhood after church.   Not we are under excessive heat warnings till 7 PM.  That's when I'll go out and try to pick up a few ez miles.</p>

 

[Johnny]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>HappyFeat</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74864/weekend-happenings-08-13-and-08-14#post_2010128"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Thanks for the sweettalkin', guys.<span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131335872014518"><img alt="icescream.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131335872014517" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icescream.gif"></span> I could post another pic if you want.</p>
<p>There aren't many taken of me, but I have a decent one from a nieces graduation last summer. It would prolly just continue the argument <span>.</span></p>
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<p>So Johnny - when you say don't "feel good while running" do you mean something or other is hurting or that you aren't enjoying the activity?</p>
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What Ks said.</p>
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<p>To answer the question re: feeling good while running. It's mostly the aches and pains from aging coupled with rapidly declining physical skills. I still enjoy being able to run,........... except for speed work & races. Those I enjoy AFTER they're over.<br>
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[HappyFeat]

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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/92541/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="6043740186_ea41cd1afb_b.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17570" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17570/width/375/height/500" style="; width: 375px; height: 500px"></a></p>
<p>This is one of my favorites - but from 4 years ago - in France.</p>
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<p>Here is the one from last summer - no doubt you'll be able to pick me out (and I don't look any different today - well other than not wearing a dress at the moment)</p>
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[tomwhite]

<p>...HappyFeat//...you look like you're 20..........do you get Carded before they let you race in your AG??</p>
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<p>is there</p>
<p>a Painting of you in the attic</p>
<p> that gets Older every year??</p>

 

[Hemerocallus]

<p>OK, HF, I wouldn't have put you in my AG, let alone 8 days older than me, girl!</p>
<p>Great pics!  Sorry to hear about the problems on the home front...but at least you're still talking... which is more than I can say here sometimes.  Hang in there.</p>
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<p>Erika, you're amazing!  How many times a week are you running these days?..... it seems like a lot!  Do take it easy a bit this week.... where's the marathon?</p>
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<p>Rip....... some X-training/roofing!  No wonder your back needs some TLC.</p>
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<p>Today was a non-run day, with lots of time spent on the garden pulling weeds that are threatening to take over and cutting back the spent blooms. Neither of us felt like cooking, so we went out to  our favourite Hakka Chinese place. I'm still on vacation and DH and I are looking to get in a few days of camping mid week if the weather cooperates.  Will decide if and where tomorrow.</p>

 

[ksrunr]

<p>None of the women who post in this forum are old enough to be in this forum.   The guys on the other hand.............</p>

 

[HappyFeat]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>tomwhite</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74864/weekend-happenings-08-13-and-08-14#post_2010137"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>OR</p>
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<p>is there</p>
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<p>Do you know - I've actually been asked that before?!</p>
<p>I think it's the running - I've been at it since I was 19.</p>
<p>I am the second oldest of  8 siblings and look better these days than all the rest of 'em - none of them exercisers in the least.</p>
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<p>Now that was just the sweetest thing you could have said, KS!</p>
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<p>An hour or so of yoga for me today - went into it a bit begrudgingly, but felt wonderful in minutes.</p>
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<p>Johnny I've had that same problem with the shoe lace being too tight - can cause all kinds of issues you'd never guess, from foot pain to lower leg cramps. I always stop and fix it nowadays so it doesn't ruin my run.<br>
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