SWBKRUN- Miles and Miles ahead!!!! CLOSED (Page 201)

fattyfatfat - 2010-03-21 6:07 PM linda went 4:37


*rolls eyes*


LMFAO!!!    AWESOME!!!!!   and i'll ask this again......  what's gonna happen when you actually train for something like this or ironman?  

DougRob - 2010-03-21 4:05 PMHey everyone. I am back. As Tracy said, we saw her and her husbamd Doug at the 6 and 9 mile markers. No funny signs though.

I ran with a BT buddy mine, hlilies. We deliberately started slow to fend off late mile bonking. We were indeed having fun as we passed Tracy, but around mile 12 things got harder. That was where we did a our first short walk. The next was at aroung 13 miles. I did a GU eevry 40 minutes, and took Endurolytes, Tylenol, chomps, water and Heed/Gatorade (No GI issues here). Despite the preventive efforts had calf cramps that I fended off as best I could. Then might left quad tightened up. However, we kept going, just slower. We finished in 4:59. (according to our Garmins.) I will ahve to look up the official time. When I have that I will do a full race report.

There was real good beer and so-so pizza at the end. But why did they put the beer as far from the finish line as possible? Also they were no longer giving out free massages by the time we finished.  

Overall the one thing I would do to make it better is...lose a lot more weight!

Oh, and Jen from our mentor group finished the 1/2 marathon in something like 1:51! She rocked it! And she and her boyfriend Scottie stayed the 3 hours until we finished, met us at the line and took pictures. How cool was that?!!

Now off to my soreness, oh and Jury duty tomorrow.

DougRob - 2010-03-21 4:00 PM Here is my report:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/races-edit.asp?raceid=128025

I have 17 steps in my house, and yeah they hurt. When I was younger I had to go up butt first after 24 hour bicycle marathons. It took 10 minutes to get up 13 steps and then I sat in the bath tub as it was too hard to stand.

SSMinnow - 2010-03-21 7:49 PM Hey Doug, whenever I try to access your RR using the link it kicks me out, makes me sign in again and takes me to the home page...help....I want to gory details!!

PS. reading all of the MG race results really makes me want to get out there!

Havin'Fun - 2010-03-21 5:05 PM

Home sweet home.  Where do I start???

Went to VA Bch this weekend to run an 8k with a friend on Saturday and then run another race today. 
Running with my friend on Saturday was awesome.  She totally rocked her goal.
Today, was a little harder.  My training wasn't there (I knew this going in) and the rt foot hurt like hell (also knew the foot was an issue) .  So I'm not proud of my race...but it's in the books.  But I did get a good dose of incentive to get out there and train   : ) 
Right after the race I ran to my friends house, showered, and drove the 4.5 hrs home.  
Did I mention I went alone...this was the first weekend away from my family EVER!
Boy did I missed them.  Finish line isn't the same with out them  : ( 

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  I'll have to catch up tomorrow when the hubby/kids are at work/school. 

Havin'Fun - 2010-03-21 7:05 PM

Home sweet home.  Where do I start???

Went to VA Bch this weekend to run an 8k with a friend on Saturday and then run another race today. 
Running with my friend on Saturday was awesome.  She totally rocked her goal.
Today, was a little harder.  My training wasn't there (I knew this going in) and the rt foot hurt like hell (also knew the foot was an issue) .  So I'm not proud of my race...but it's in the books.  But I did get a good dose of incentive to get out there and train   : ) 
Right after the race I ran to my friends house, showered, and drove the 4.5 hrs home.  
Did I mention I went alone...this was the first weekend away from my family EVER!
Boy did I missed them.  Finish line isn't the same with out them  : ( 

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  I'll have to catch up tomorrow when the hubby/kids are at work/school. 

Havin'Fun - 2010-03-21 6:05 PM

Home sweet home.  Where do I start???

Went to VA Bch this weekend to run an 8k with a friend on Saturday and then run another race today. 
Running with my friend on Saturday was awesome.  She totally rocked her goal.
Today, was a little harder.  My training wasn't there (I knew this going in) and the rt foot hurt like hell (also knew the foot was an issue) .  So I'm not proud of my race...but it's in the books.  But I did get a good dose of incentive to get out there and train   : ) 
Right after the race I ran to my friends house, showered, and drove the 4.5 hrs home.  
Did I mention I went alone...this was the first weekend away from my family EVER!
Boy did I missed them.  Finish line isn't the same with out them  : ( 

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  I'll have to catch up tomorrow when the hubby/kids are at work/school. 

kkcbelle - 2010-03-21 1:26 PM Home from my run!! I did not do what I was supposed to AT ALL, LOL!! Had a great run with a friend of mine, Heidi. I was a Garmin-Tard and had all sorts of issues with that, but according to Heidi I was about a 1:51:30, and we negative-split the course after going out faster than I was supposed to. Last time I raced the course I was a 2:03, so that's awesome for me, and only about 1:00 off my PR, which is from a much easier course.

All of the fun was really dampened at the end, though, when walking to our shuttle, we saw a guy go down about 20 yards from the finish. Eyes rolled up in his head, foamed at the mouth... a friend with us is an ICU nurse and she hopped the fence to help, but then backed off as more people came around to help. It felt like a LONG time for the medics to get there. "Ken" did not have a pulse, they were doing CPR and had to pull out the de-fib -- it was really freaking me out. We hung around until the ambulance got there, and they had a pulse when we left, but man, it put it all into perspective very quickly. He was young (30's?), not overweight, and so close to the finish. Of course we knew nothing of his overall health (diabetic? heart condition? not enough fluids? too many fluids? who knows...). So sad. It REALLY freaked me out. *sigh* Hug your families, folks. 

SSMinnow - 2010-03-22 7:30 AM For those that plan to ship their bikes via airline this season, it might be wise to read this article ahead of time.....as usual, the fine print matters!

Hope our racers are enjoying their victories this morning...when you feel those sore muscles, remind yourself of a job well done!

SSMinnow - 2010-03-22 4:30 AM For those that plan to ship their bikes via airline this season, it might be wise to read this article ahead of time.....as usual, the fine print matters!

Hope our racers are enjoying their victories this morning...when you feel those sore muscles, remind yourself of a job well done!

TrevorC - 2010-03-21 8:50 PM

f.y.i. Jen's bio if on page 5.

dalessit - 2010-03-22 8:25 AM Anyone using the Bontrager Aero Race Pack water bottle?

Seems like a better design than the profile.

fattyfatfat - 2010-03-22 9:29 AM

oh no.

dalessit - 2010-03-22 8:31 AM

oh no what?

tahrens - 2010-03-22 7:36 AM I need a little MG love this morning.  This was an EXTREMELY hard weekend on me. My youngest went to a slumber party Friday night and they didn't fall asleep until 1am.  Therefore she was a complete wreck the rest of the weekend.  (oh, and she had another B-day party Sunday afternoon - just to add to her exhaustion level).  I was her pressure valve release the entire time.  2 screaming and kicking matches later, being glued to my side, arguing over every little thing possible and of course the in-laws were here as well; all made for a vey high stressed weekend for me.  My Doug had a long brick  and with the in-laws and kids put together I haven't logged a workout since last Tuesday!!!!

I need someone to tell me something I do RIGHT, for all I heard this weekend was things that were wrong with other people and how I was the cause of it. 

And what the Sh*t H*ll happened to my b-ball teams!?!?!?!?!?!

fattyfatfat - 2010-03-22 7:36 AM

oh no.  i haven't used the later bottle you speak of.  that's all.   ;-)