[ksrunr]

<p>12 moh this morning with a couple friends.  8:07 avg pace.  Nothing significant to report so I'll wait and live vicariously thru you today.  Give me something!</p>
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[Johnny]

<p>Well, you are the guy that usually puts in at least 12 before dawn <span><img alt="icon_salut.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_salut.gif" style="width:23px;height:18px;"></span>... and therefore in this new downsized Kick era, the designated thread starter...............I'm running early if I start before 7:30 AM.</p>
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<p>so, good morning KS & all who follow.......I see KU should have some relatively easy games in rounds 3 & 4. (can't buy this new way they started counting the rounds this year). Hope they can turn it on when they reach the final four.</p>
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<p>4 easy miles in the woods. starting at 7:45. Boring stuff.....No vicarious living through me....Dove's the one we want to live vicariously through....(poor english, hope that makes sense)</p>
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<p>Good running to all</p>

 

[Tamster]

<p>Good Morning.</p>
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<p>Is 7:45 your start time, johnny, or your pace time?  <span><img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>Nice 12 for you John.</p>
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<p>hey, it's Tamster and the Johns today. <span><img alt="hippy2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hippy2.gif" style="width:43px;height:28px;"></span></p>
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<p>today is a rest day for me, but wanted to pop in and say hi. I took Monday and Tuesday off work, and got in some running both days. Monday was intervals 3x1.5 mi (2:00 recovery). for a total of 7.7 miles. Then yesterday was just an easy run of 5.2 miles. After about 4 days of fighting off a cold bug, I think it's winning today, so I'm glad it's a rest day for me.</p>

 

[Hemerocallus]

<p>Afternoon, all!</p>
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<p>Nice early run, KS.</p>
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<p>Johnny.... I'll live vicariously thru anyone spending quality time in the woods these days.... ours still have plenty of ice and snow.</p>
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<p>Take care of that cold, Tammy!</p>
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<p>Rest day for me too......to let the foot recover from the injection.  By the time I went to bed last night it was feeling better than it has in weeks, so yea, I think it's working.  Will see how it feels on a run tomorrow. Just as well, as it's snowing like crazy today.  Tonight's job is to go order larger shoes!</p>
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[irunmike]

<p>Hi Kicksters!</p>
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<p>You don't want to live vicariously through me.  I'm boring.  Now someone like our ol' SS - there's the life to lead!  I wonder what hemisphere she's in today?</p>
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<p>Heme  - good plan on getting something with a wider toe box.</p>
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<p>Nice 12'er ks.</p>
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<p>6 miles this morning, kind of a slog. 8:32 pace in a sproinkless progression run. As I started out I said to myself, "I'm tired of running in 33 degree temps and starting cold." Of course I quickly warmed up and had a decent run, but really, this winter has gotten old. I want shorts and singlets.</p>
<p>I'm fighting a cold, too. Sore throat appeared Sunday morning, and the cough arrived yesterday afternoon. Still minor at this point, so I'm putting up a good fight.</p>
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<p>I'm Still Standing,</p>
<p>Mike</p>
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[ksrunr]

<p>Well then................Happyfeat better bring something spectacular today~!!  Whatcha got Happyfeat?</p>

 

[tomwhite]

<p>[[[[[[hemefeet]]]]]]</p>
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<p>actually ks//........I feel ''quilty'' if I start the thread and haven't, like, um,,Run</p>
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<p>..........that said,,,,,,,,,,120min hiking,,,,,,,,PAINFREE</p>
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<p>and</p>
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<p>Wait for It......</p>
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<p>......30min poolrun.......PAINFREE,,,,er,,,,,,actually those don't hurt but you get the drift.</p>
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<p>Tomorrow</p>
<p>my 6th streetrun...........ohboyohboy</p>
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<p>....................good running guys..............enjoy the day</p>

 

[OrangeMat]

<p>OK, how's this for exciting? Ran about a mile each way to the post office to mail in a registration form for a local 5k. Then I drove to the town where the 5k will be and ran the route. 5.1 miles in total. Efficient <em>and</em> exciting.... not....</p>

 

[Dove]

I walked 3 miles at lunch in the SUNSHINE!!!! That's why Johnny wants to live vicariously through me.

 

[gobi]

<p>we have blue sky and sunshine so of course I am not training due to tapering :¬(</p>
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<p>I had todays run at 5am and it was Zero degrees C</p>
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<p>Race is on Sunday </p>

 

[Johnny]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Tamster</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73132/y-all-waiting-on-me-3-23#post_1990191"><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><p>hey, it's Tamster and the Johns today. <span><img alt="hippy2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hippy2.gif" style="width:43px;height:28px;"></span></p>
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<p>Wasn't that featured on a sting episode of Cops?????</p>
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<p>Nice running lately Tamster.....what are LR's up to nowdays.</p>
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[ripvanracer]

<p>Nothing exciting here either.  Tapering for a 10 mile on saturday.  Basically the same run as yesterday though</p>
<p>it felt a little easier.  8.5 miles 67:16 2% incline  Monthly massage this afternoon. </p>
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[Tamster]

<p>John, I'm right around 14-15 miles now on my long runs. I wasn't able to get in my planned 13 last wknd (only had time for 9), so it's been a couple weeks now since I've gone long, but I think I can handle about 14 this weekend.</p>

 

[HappyFeat]

<p><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>ksrunr</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73132/y-all-waiting-on-me-3-23#post_1990213"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Well then................Happyfeat better bring something spectacular today~!!  Whatcha got Happyfeat?</p>
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<br><br><p>oh my! I can't take the pressure KS!  and I am so NOT in a good place right now.</p>
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<p>It's been lovely here today, around 57 and patchy sun. I'm home from work and heading out for 8 miles on the bike trail.</p>
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<p>I hope it helps calm my mind...I've been agonizing over being unable to sufficiently help a brother in financial distress. Life is so hard sometimes.</p>

 

[Opie]

<p>Sunshine here too, Dove!  Perfect weather, in fact, for my first group ride of the year.  It was awesome! <a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/74761151" target="_blank">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/74761151</a> There were 7 of us, and I was in the group of 5 up front.  Then there was a married couple back quite a ways.  I recognized a few of them from a group ride I did last summer.  I tucked in and drafted a little going into the wind for part of it.  See where we went east, away from the lake?  I didn't know they were doing that, and it freaked me out a little, but it was fine.  This was my 2nd longest ride ever and yet I think the fastest because I only unclipped when we took a few breaks and I don't usually ride on those open stretches of road on my own.</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>Well, I don't know how exciting it was... but I ran home from work today! First time this year, and I might've pushed it a week too soon. So much ice on the shoulder of the road, I spent a lot of time running IN the road, which pleases the pinhead drivers around here to no end. Still... ran that rolling hilly route (10.1 miles) in an average 8:20 pace, so I'm happy with that. I wasn't trying for any specific speed, and it's a lot of slower-on-the-uphills and faster-on-the-downhills kind of thing. Clear sunny skies and temps in the upper 30s... hey, it works for me!</p>

 

[Better than yesterday]

<p>Hi all.   I'm a day late posting my Wednesday Tempo run, but it's about the only exciting run I have on the menu this week, so I'll share.</p>
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<p>I hoped to do 6.33 miles on a treadmill on Tuesday while I was out of town for work, but it turned out I didn't leave myself enough time to run so I only stretched and did some squats and called it a day. This week's tempo needed to be 25:00 long and at least 3.25 miles since I was adding 5:00 to last week's 20:00 tempos that were around 2.75 miles in length. I took into consideration ksrunr's comment about gauging tempo pacing on current fitness level rather than last fall's, so I set my sights on a 7:30 - 7:40 pace instead of 7:20'ish.  </p>
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<p>I was surprised when I got outside in shorts and two layers of shirts to find that the temperature was only 25F.  I'd thought it would be in the middle 30's, anyway.  Warmup time (10:00) was the only period that I was a little cold, and then only when the wind was blowing.  Oh, I froze during the short portion of the cool down when I had to run into the wind, as well, since I was sweaty at that point.</p>
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<p>I executed a 3.5 mile tempo run with splits of 7:36 / 7:36 / 7:10 and (3:30). There was a fairly steady headwind going out and tailwind coming back that accounted for the :25/per mile difference between miles 1&2 and 3&4.  I will say that a little bit of the progression was due to increased effort, but not nearly all of it.  Time for the 3.5 miles was 25:52, giving me an average pace of 7:24, only a couple of seconds slower than when I was aiming at a faster pace, so mission accomplished, I think. I'll try a 30:00 tempo at the same pace next week.</p>
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<p>Happy Thursday.   </p>