Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread (Page 16)

triguynewbie - 2008-10-06 2:41 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-10-06 12:05 PM Goooooooooooooood morning fellow ghosts and ghouls!! I just want to say...I.hate.the.taper. So to keep my mind busy, I'm trying to figure out what other events I can do next year.

Beach to Battleship looks fun.

Setup runs a good race, too.  I've been pretty impressed with them.

Hi ghosties... just started to set up the team spreadsheets.

You can access yours here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pfYL7DR_dx-AZOHbDiKNuEg&hl=en

Login: btchallenge

pwd: challengeforum

Im still getting the formulas up but you can log in, track your progress and make sure I have your goals for the month correct.

Sorry for the delay

Cat

Okay, now that the spreadsheet is up, I can run.  Can't run until that has been done.... so... first run on tap for tomorrow (I promise)

Hello G&G

I haven't gotten a run in yet-I was going to this weekend but there was a major wind storm.  I'll see about running at school before I head to work.

Lydia says:

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I might volunteer at the one in 2010.  I'm really only doing the one in '09 just to see what the distance is like.  I'm way more of a fan of an intense, on the verge of out of control sprint.  I think I'm gonna look into having another go at a marathon or two in the fall of '09 and early in 2010.  Probably try to sprinkle in some distance swim events, too.  There's a three mile swim in Pensacola I want to do at some point.

That is really cute...I mean scarey

RunningJayhawk - 2008-10-06 9:32 PM

kromanowski - 2008-10-06 3:30 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-10-06 2:55 PM

kromanowski - 2008-10-06 11:21 AM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-10-06 11:05 AM Goooooooooooooood morning fellow ghosts and ghouls!! I just want to say...I.hate.the.taper. So to keep my mind busy, I'm trying to figure out what other events I can do next year.

Let me know if you find anything good...I am always looking for new motivation

Are you doing any Half IM's next year? Mike and I are thinking Steelhead. I may do the aqua-bike at Racine and I'm leaning toward the full Aqua-Bike at the Great Illini Tri in prep. for IMAZ (assuming I get in). Are you and the hubster still considering Apple Cider Century? And are you considering Galena Tri early in the season!?

Don't think I am ready for a HIM yet...at least not from the running point of view.

I have thought about doing a HIM or IM aquabike as it eliminates that part of the race that I am the worst at...I will have to look at Racine and Great Illini

Robert and I planning on doing the Apple Cider Century and Galena (I will do tri and he will do du)

Wow  you are going to make a go for IMAZ next year huh?  That's exciting.  I will be interested to follow your progress. 

Yep. I'm going to make a go for it. I've been busy selling misc. things on eBay to try and square away some extra cash so it doesn't hit me all at once. If only you could find an extra $575 in the couch. :sigh:

Yeah I wish it was...if it were I would have my new bike already!

Oh yeah!???  Well, tell Lydia IIUFLSHJFLJJMMMMMMMM:KJDOOOOOOEAAAA!! 

As for the Half's vs. Sprints...once I moved up in distance, I now find the sprints to be harder than the Half's.  Something about pacing oneself, instead of redlining the whole way, makes it easier to me. 

Give me a Half any day over a sprint.  As for next year's Ironman...welllllllllllll, we'll see if my tone changes.

That ghost is super cute.

Hmm... interesting, but I have to disagree with Lydia.  She makes her point well, though.

What?  Was this sober softball or something?

Nice run, Sunday.

Priorities, man, priorities!!!  What's up with this softball stuff?  You're a triathlete. 

I gave up softball after a couple (slight) hamstring pulls.  Then played my last pickup ice hockey game last year after an abdominal injury that curtailed my fall marathon training.  Guess I'm no spring chicken anymore.   

I took down a tree today.  It is great when the huge branches come crashing down...

-It was not a happy/health tree, so I put it out of its misery.

kromanowski - 2008-10-07 6:26 PM Why is running getting harder and harder rather than easier? Two weeks ago I was sure I could finish my 5K in a few weeks running the whole thing and in around 40 minutes (yes I know how slow I am), but this last week has felt awful!

Because training tears your body up.  In a good way, but it fatigues you and wears you down.  You only see gains when recovered, but you can't get gains if you don't train fatigued.  You've ran what, five times in the last 7 days?  You are just tired, but tired is ok if you aren't pushing to the point of injury. 

I experienced this with my swimming this year.  I did a 1000 yard time trial toward the end of a four month training cycle and was 45 seconds SLOWER than the time trial I did during the first month of training.  Well, following the taper/recovery I ended up swimming the half mile about a minute and a half faster than I had ever done before. 

Remember this:  It's not about being faster tomorrow, it's about being as fast as you can be on race day.