[ksrunr]

<p>75 degrees, overcast, humid, and windy this morning.  Goal was 15 moh, scheduled called for 14, and I bonked at about 12.  Finished with 13.6 miles.   Think I was just weak from not eating a couple days.</p>
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<p>Enjoy your lunch date and shopping Heme.</p>
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<p>Have a greta weekend all.</p>

 

[tomwhite]

<p>...Eating not a problem here.......</p>
<p>got 10 coming in for first of three ThanksGivingSortaDays</p>
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<p>........went to poolrun this morning, and they had bought REAL Poolrunning Floatation Belts/////</p>
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<p>my 20min work-out took 27min........EXCELLENT resistance to fight......</p>
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<p>a trailrun tomorrow........Foot's Good to Go///</p>
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<p>......YOWSA///////</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Hi KS and TW</p>
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<p>Went down to Charleston WV for a group run of around 16 miles on the trails of Kanawha State Forest.   I got there about an hour before the posted start time so I stayed in the car to get warmed up after sleeping in the car the night before with temps getting in the 20s.  Everybody started gathering around and we got going a few minutes after 10.  Didn't know what to expect so I ran easy on the road until we got to the single track trail.  We immediately when up a big hill and hiked most of the way up.  Once at the top we fell into an easy pace with 5 in our group and another 7 behind.  It had been a cool 30° at the bottom but warmed up quickly when we got on the ridge.  I had regular sweat pants and sweat shirt, light gloves, and a hat that I wasn't ready to take off.   We worked our way down that hill and went up and down another until we came out at the campground where a couple wives and volunteers had an aid station at a shelter with water and snacks.  We stopped for a few minutes so I drank a small water.  I was happy when we took back off as I was starting to get a little cold.  I'm not used to starting and stopping during a run and we did that a few other times to mark the trail so the runners behind us could follow.    We had 8.5 miles in at the aid station and set off for the last climb that was the largest.  We hiked up it and was mostly on single track the rest of the way.  After about 2.5 hours, I was starting to feel the uphills and was really hoping we were about finished.  The last part was fairly straight down and we finally made it to our cars.  At this point I really started feeling bad.  My stomach was aching and various muscles started cramping up if I moved wrong.  Eventually I even had a chin muscle cramp!!   I stayed to talk for a few minutes but had to leave as I was starting to get cold too.  I drove a few miles to a gas station to use the restroom and get out of some of the cold clothes.  After getting warmed up, getting rehydrated and eating a couple mini donuts I started feeling better as I headed for home. </p>
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<p>About 40 miles up the road, I stopped at a DQ as a couple cheeseburgers sounded just like what I needed.  I went to get my wallet and it wasn't there.  I instantly realized I had left it in the gas station restroom.  Of course when I got back there, it hadn't been turned in and there was no sign of it.  I was hoping at least somebody took the cash and dumped the wallet in the trash, but I came up empty after looking through all the trash bins.   Now my problem was that I had absolutely NO money, I was hungry, and I had less than a half tank of gas.  I took care of the hunger for a while by eating the other 4 mini donuts and a package of swiss rolls and also drank the rest of the pop I had gotten that morning.  I called my parents to tell them of the situation so when I got closer to home, they could meet me with some money.  I did better than I thought on the gas mileage and we decided to meet about 25 miles from home at a Burger King.  We pulled in at exactly the same time.  My car said I still had a range of 60 miles but the gas light had just come on.  By this time I was starving and thirsty.  I was going through butterscotch discs as fast as I could but those aren't very filling.  Those crispy chicken sandwiches never tasted so good.  I got some gas in the car and made it home.  Amazingly my legs feel great though I probably won't run until wednesday to make sure all the muscles get fueled back up.  Already cancelled the credit card I had so the only thing I need to do is replace my drivers license.  It's probably been 15 years since the last time that happened.</p>
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<p>I'm not really a big fan of the group runs like today with all the starts and stops but it was still fun to do and I realized if I am going to be out there 3 hours, I need to eat a little during that time. 2.5 hours seems to be the limit right now.   It probably didn't help that I got a salad the night before instead of a few more carbs like a pizza.</p>
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<p>Since my weeks go sunday-saturday, I did have a big mileage week as I got in 46.5 miles in 3 runs.</p>

 

[Fortunate One]

<p>Wow, what a story, Rip.  A few lessons there, for sure.  Hi, TW and ks.</p>
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<p>My Half went well, by which I mean I survived without aggravating my knee.  I ran with a couple finishing their 50th state on a course where the Half was an out-and-back and the marathoners did that twice.  The woman of the couple was trying to get me to keep going and do the Full with them.  I made the right choice and stopped: time ~2:07.  I'll file a report when I get some pictures from others in the group.  I got 3rd in my AG so I have a nice key ring to show for my efforts.</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

Nice race FO. No ill effects this morning but I did sleep in a little. I'll try to get an hour in on the eliptical sometime today.

 

[ksrunr]

<p>Yes, nice race FO.</p>
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<p>Rip - sad that someone would steal your wallet.  Lucky you had someone you could call.   This weekend our friends who are moving away had a garage sale.  They had two sleeping bags at the end of the table and they just walked off when they were busy with other people.  Think they were selling them for only $5 each.   On the other hand.  When I was in sales I left my wallet in a phone booth (long before cell phones   ) in Lincoln, NE.    I'd driven hours and then called into the office where they reported that someone called into the office and had found my wallet.  Not a dime or anything else was taken and I had a large amount of travel cash in my wallet.   I was fortunate as I would have had to pay it back if it were missing. </p>
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<p>Beautiful day here.  May start getting outside Christmas decorations down from the attic while the weather is good.  In S. TX. the weather can change pretty abruptly.</p>
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<p>Have a good Sunday all.</p>

 

[tomwhite]

<p>...rip//....times were when having your wallet stolen by other runners was Unheard Of..........sigh.....what a Crappy Day</p>
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<p>YAY FO//.......nice running.....</p>
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<p>.......30min cane-run (crutches actually)</p>
<p>I may be Overly Sensitive about this,</p>
<p>but Pickles' Family seemed to be getting into the ''Laughing AT You'' Thing</p>
<p>a little too much</p>
<p>when I was telling them about using the cut-down crutches,</p>
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<p>her SIL is having knee surgery and, like a dummy, I thought this would help/////</p>
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<p>...probab;y Weather Related.</p>
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<p>...........good running guys.....RunWithWhatYouGot.......</p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Hey Tom,  most don't have the ambition we have.</p>
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<p>After my 3 hour glycogen depletion trailfest, I thought I would go in a different direction when I got to the fitness center.</p>
<p>Cranked the resistence up to really hard on the eliptical and went until I couldn't go any longer which is alway about the same</p>
<p>time my heartrate gets in the 160s.  Stopped at 8 eliptical miles in 45:37. </p>

 

[Hemerocallus]

<p>Hi folks!</p>
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<p>Bummer on the loss of your wallet, Rip!</p>
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<p>Good half, FO!  Congrats on the hardware.</p>
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<p>TW, you know better that to let that get to you.</p>
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<p>Had a lovely lunch with Econo yesterday.  Met her at her hotel, then took her uptown past the university, the legislature and museums to a little restaurant in the ritzy shopping district.  She'd already done the planned shopping, so we just ate and gabbed about how Ben's doing, about running and work and imaginary friends.  She was wonderful company, but all good things come to an end, and I drove her back down the main drag to the hotel. We almost got ourselves trapped in a march of the Occupy Toronto group, as the protesters turned up the street we were on just before we managed to get thru the intersection.  Cops and reporters were everywhere.</p>
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<p>11 miles of trail late this morning after sleeping in.  Hamstrings are less that thrilled with the hills.</p>

 

[tomwhite]

<p>...thanks heme//.........yeah, I know,</p>
<p>but sometimes I wish I could just friggin' RUN, ya know??</p>

 

[Johnny]

<p>Hi everyone...</p>
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<p>Nice run the other day rip....sorry to hear about the wallet .....you seem to be taking it in stride though. One never knows, maybe it'll show up in the mail in the next few days, sans cash of course.</p>
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<p>The relatives are probably jealous of you TW, your hearts in the right place though....and you can always tell 'em there's this old hippie out in Oregon who thinks you're his hero.</p>
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<p>Nice LR the other day KS</p>
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<p>Congrats on the AG award FO <span><img alt="icon_salut.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_7_1321837415000_160" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_salut.gif"></span>  sounds like your knee has miraculously healed.</p>
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<p>Glad you had a nice visit with Econo Heme.</p>
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<p>Well, the Garmin finally gave up the ghost this afternoon, besides not holding a charge anymore it's started turning itself off at random intervals while running. Guess I'll be sending it back for repair, I hear Garmin's customer service is great.</p>
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<p>"Long run" of 6.3 miles in town this afternoon, meant to run in the morning, but couldn't get motivated.......had to really force myself to put on running clothes and get out the door.</p>