Pshorty's Group-GO NATHAN!!! (Page 24)

I've got a century ride this Saturday, and I'll post a gear review for them then.  Granted, it will say nothing about the longevity of them, but I'll let you know how they ride.  I've got a meeting to go to right now, but I'll dig around and look for some tires/tyres later today and post some stuff.

Vittoria Rubino Pro:  120 tpi, 230g

Hutchinson Fusion 2:  127 tpi, 230g

Michelin Pro 2 Race Road:  127 tpi, 220g

There's three tires from brands you find a lot.  If you search on qbike.com, all are in between 35-40 bucks.  The Vittoria Zaffiro Pros I had were holding up really well, but I wanted something with a little less rolling resistance (and cool red stripes).  More of a training/race mix than just a primarily training tire.  I decided to stick with the brand.

Sorry about the blank post- I keep forgetting I can't post in Safari...

 Anyway, I wrote a novel about 1/2 marathons for you Candace- I would recommend that distance! especially if you have already run a 10 miler any time at all recently and can get back up to that distance easily ("easily" i suppose being up to interpretation :-) ) Do you have a race in mind? there's a great women's only 1/2 (See Jane Run) up in the Bay Area that I am going to do at the end of May. but i am not sure what's going on around so cal. in the 1/2 category.

 Happy thursday everyone!

gracetheterp - 2008-04-10 1:10 PM Weeeird- I only use Safari. Love my Mac Paul- it is 72 and sunny here. Absolutely perfect weather- it is coming! Don't worry

86 degrees here.  In early April.  I'm already scared at what it's going to be in July and August.

omg i did it again. (for some reason whenever i post in safari it does that- let's me type the whole thing and when i hit submit shows up blank... and i've got the latest safari on here so i am not sure what's up with that. i HEART my mac too though grace!)

 candance, i would totally have come out for that race- i love cheap races! but i am going to be in DC that weekend.  but you should do the 1/2!

 i went to a "yoga for runners" class tonight, and it was HARDCORE- we did 54 sun salutations in a row... any other yogis in the group? i will be lucky if i can lift my arms over my head tomorrow- probably the equivilant of 150 pushups in there.. yikes.

Yow!!  I did yoga for a while but had to substitute swimming at the time of day the yoga class is.  I still tivo the Namaste Yoga series on FitTV and do that sometimes.  But 54???  Whew!

I've found that I like to 'cruise' the first ten miles.  For me, that's snail pace, but really just settling in, finding a good comfortable pace, maybe walking through some water stations.  Then when I hit mile ten I like to go at it like a 5k.  Hopefully one day I can make it a four mile push in, then five, and finally I'd like to have it split into what amounts into two 10K + a little halves.  Find a rythm for the first half, then run a full on 10k+ to finish.

You're right though.  The half distance is just enough to give you a good mind ..um.. test, but not so long that it rips you apart physically and requires a bunch of recovery. 

That is hilarious- the exact same thing happens whenever me and my siblings are in a church. What is it about church that makes 4 adults revert to their 10, 8, 6, 4 year old selves the minute we walk through the door? Not so sure, but that is definitely what happens when we get there, especially for the very serious holiday services...

Off for a bike ride and then a full length practice GRE test. fun. or not.

I am coming to DC for a family/friends trip actually. I just quit my job because we're moving out of state early this summer (Portland or Seattle or Austin, tbd very soon), and I wanted to have some time to visit family and friends between jobs, and study for the GREs which I am taking in June. So I really have no excuses for not training since I am basking in free time technically but it's amazing how much I am finding to fill my days! My boyfriend gets home from work at 5:30 and every day I am like "5:30? already!!?"

Have a good weekend everyone!