Pshorty's Group-GO NATHAN!!! (Page 10)

Just a local 10k on Saturday morning.  Then driving up to Starkville for the Miss. State/Tennessee game.  I'll be hitting the old home/bar when I'm there.  Real dive kinda place with excellent Chicago style pizza, dollar drafts and well drinks (used to be 75 cents), and mice racing.  Used to have a general rule of cancer sticks inside, weed on the patio.  Starkville banned smoking indoors (love it), so now the smokers and tokers chill together on the patio.

pshorty - 2008-01-31 12:31 PM GO VOLS!! (I went to Tennessee )

The frito pies in Neyland are fantastic.  Went to visit some friends and saw MSU get waxed up there a few years ago.

The story goes:

This place (Dave's Darkhorse Tavern) gives you a free pizza for every four people that come in with you on your birthday.  Coupled with the drink prices, you can go in at 6, leave at 1 am, and if your tab hits $15 then you're probably crawling out of the place.  Well, it was my room mates birthday one Monday, so we of course head up there.  Well, where the band usually plays they are setting up this contraption of eight clear tubes between two 2x4s about 8 feet apart.  They hang it up behind the stage (it was also open mic night so there was nothing buy a mic and stool up there).  Needless to say, we are curious.  The conversation went like this:

Me:  What in the world is that?

Guy:  It's for the mice races.

Me:  The huh?

Guy:  Mice races.

Room mate:  Mice Races?

Guy:  Yeah, you draw a name of a mouse, they run through the tube, if they win you get a free drink.

....a moment of silence....

Room mate:  That... is.... AWESOME!

Oh, and it was.  Seven hours at the place and my tab was eight bucks.  Tabasco Rat had wheels.  Needless to say, Monday nights officially became Mice Racing Night.

Pics in next post

and here is the proof....

Also with some pics of the food (Chicago & NY style pies and the gyro & fries basket).  Plus a nice glimpse of the stage.  Told you it was a dive.

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Fly into Jackson, we'll do the Heatwave, then drive up to Starkville for lunch.

The best excuse would be for an SEC football weekend, though.

Don't worry.  There's really no need for that.  While you should get in a 1.2+ mile swim, a 56+ mile bike, and a 13+ mile run individually;  a seven hour training session would probably hurt more than help.  The recovery time from something like that would only prevent you from training more.

Work on that swim, you sound like you're doing great on the bike, and schedule a long run or two.  Throw in some of the all important bike to run bricks, and you'll have it beat.  Good luck, and I'm jealous.  My first tri isn't until May 31st.

Moderation is good for you: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CardiacHealth/story?id=4103489&page=1

The problem is the calories though.  A 13% ABV wine has just over 100 calories per 5oz.  People tend to over look that, just like they overlook the calories of a gatorade or orange juice.  It's just hard to convince yourself that a liquid has "stuff" in it that you need to be counting.

wyndswept - 2008-02-01 2:06 PM

sesh - 2008-02-01 7:50 AM Moderation is good for you: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CardiacHealth/story?id=4103489&page=1

"Drinking is healthy, exercise is healthy, and doing a little of both is even healthier... " That made my day!

Just not at the same time.

no matter how fun it is

That's a great point that I didn't think about.  I know for me personally, I could not handle something like that.  While my recovery time has improved a lot (a two to three hour session just takes a good nights rest now), If I were to put in a seven hour day, it would probably take me a good three days to get over it.  So, for getting an extra four one day, I'd be losing up to nine the next three days.  Listen to your body, it'll probably give you the best advice.  Go for it, and GOOD LUCK CANDACE!

On a side note, I set a PR for a 10k today.  Actually did it at under a 9:30/mile pace, which back in 2005 when I was laying in bed with staples in my knee would never have crossed my mind as possible.  I was contemplating whether I'd ever want to run again.  And while that pace seems like walking to you guys training for Boston, just having you talk about it has really inspired me to HTFU and just run (though you wouldn't know it from my logs lately since January was my bike heavy month).  So thanks to the runners in the group.  Seeing you guys push so hard to your goals has really helped me a ton.

Also got an hour of OUTDOOR riding in today.  FINALLY!!!

It has been inspiring to hear about you all scheduling and training for these early season tri's. I scheduled Boston and Timberman and thought that these two "A" races (in April and August) are all I would be capable of this season. However, I do want to race more, and you've inspired me to begin researching other races.

Also, congrats to Bill on the PR! I think we do need to remind ourselves (at least I have to remind myself) that the most accurate measurement of training and "progress" is our own performance -- and, to a greater degree, how our bodies feel as our training progresses. Its easy for me to be almost literally pulled off pace in the pool when I'm swimming next to someone who seems to have fins -- and then I tire myself out within minutes.

This week I need to remind myself to take it a bit easy. Two days off this week due to working 60 hours and struggling on the cusp of illness means I need more sleep;  that temporary loss of muscle mass and some miles missed cannot be regained by doubling the volume of a long run. 

At the same time, with April still so far off I find I'm jones-ing for races of size that the Road Runners threw when I lived in New York City -- pulsing throngs of thousands of people. Herein Albany, the races have groups of a couple hundred. I'm missing the energy and encouragement of "group practice" a bit. I've been avoiding getting in touch with a triathlon group here -- I think I'm a bit scared of revealing what a "newbie" I am. Though it seems to me that tri-ers are about as welcoming as people come, I'm still avoiding it.

Anyone want to give me a good reason to get together with a group, a nice mid-winter kick in the pants?