McFuzz's Mentor Group 2011 - CLOSED (Page 32)

  I was working yesterday and ended up getting an extra half mile run in the snow!  A subject decided to get out a gun and point it at everybody in his house.  We showed up and the person ran out the front door.  The chase was on !  We ran through back yards, over fences and railroad tracks.  We went for approx. a half mile and the subject (20 plus years younger) finally fell to the ground in exhaustion....lol.  I thought to myself "Damn, I hadn't even broken a sweat yet!".  One of the many reason that I TRI.

  I'm curious? Can I add a section under other sports in the log?           Chasing a subject with gun.

Yikes!  I'd rather chase lizards and horny toads than subjects with guns!   Thank God there are people out there like you that prefer the latter!  :-)

I don't think that particular sport will catch on in the running community.  Glad it ended well.

Congrats! 

Definitely have to log that one. 

Last year was my first winter of doing all my long runs outside all winter. These were done on a Sat or Sun, around 10 am or so. But I had yet to do an early am run, in the dark, in the snow....until this morning.    I've run in the early am in the dark before, but always in nice weather.  I was worried about the combination of cold, dark, uneven surface etc.  Three of us went out at 6 am with our head lamps.  Temps around 20.  Snowy surface on a paved forest trail.  It was fantastic!!!  Loved it!  And it was a workout.  Even though our pace was slower, probably averaged around a 10 min mile, it was like running hills because of the snow.  Already my legs are feeling it.  Great way to start the day.

Absolutely!  We got about 3" of fresh snow the morning I did the Tecumseh trail marathon!  (But I'm way slower than 10-minute-miles on the trails). 

Got only about 3-4 in here... But heading up to Holiday Valley next weekend so I hope there still some left

This sounds like a sport that i'd not be very keen on.
Binned yesterdays swim and felt bad about it all night so decided to head out early and swim before i went to work. Some how i managed to swim for 1200m without stopping.This is the furthest i've swam ever so am made up.Managed a run after work aswell so off for a hot bath now.

Simon 

Glad you are safe man.  Good deal.  You rock!

You might provide a translation.  

Good job getting the swim in today.  Really, once you can swim 1000 meters, getting to 3900 meters isn't much more difficult. 

Just finished up a 10k run (longest run in a long time, probably 2nd longest run ever).  Now off to Denver for the weekend to eat and drink way too much!  Don't know if I will get another chance to workout til Sunday evening.b

Thanks!  That's what I figured, but I'm rarely one to pass up a learning opportunity.   Is the reference to throwing something in a dustbin, or some other "bin" reference? 

Edited by McFuzz 2011-01-13 3:15 PM

As the resident English teacher, I have to say very good inferencing skills Mike! 

Has anyone seen my motivation?  I've misplaced it.  I know what I need to do but I'm having a really hard time actually doing it.

See YOUR sig!!! Don't give up!

When I need motivation I like going to the gym and looking at all the meatheads walking around like they can't scratch their own @ss. Makes me feel good I don't have to pay someone to do it for me. Also like their chicken legs.

O.k., that was funny!  Like that guy in the commercial "I lift things up and put them down."

Edited by reid15 2011-01-13 4:09 PM

Mechanincal Engineer & Snake Lover.... nerd  (probably likes to wear a bowtie to church)  Oh look, I just figured out the sarcasm font too.

THAT'S AWESOME!!!! Bet that felt great huh?

Good swim?

Electrical Engineer.  (and it can be easier if you use [ sarc ] and [ /sarc ] without the spaces). 

you guys crack me up.....

Tonight I swam another 1000 yards.   I felt like I swallowed half the pool.  Lots of coughing tonight.  The life guard said, " Swallow some water?"

I said, " Yeah, I just learned how to swim recently. " She said, " Your doing good, swimming isn't as easy as people think it is."

I thought, lady you have no clue!! I didn't tell her that I was learning THREE sports at the same time.  Talk about not as easy as people think.  

ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE!!!  ** Stay strong McFuzzies **

Edited by Ree 2011-01-13 10:01 PM

1200 yards in the pool this morning, drills and swimming.  90 mins on the trainer tonight.  3 sets of 10 minutes @ 80, 85 and 90% @ 50-60 rpms with 7 mins of 50% @ 100 plus rpms in between.  Really good workouts today.

Motivation...I never find it talking to anyone but me...  goals, meditation, asking who am I and what do I want out of life?  Answers only I can give me.  Too hard to get out of bed at 4 twice a week to travel in zero temps to get in cold water and bust my @ss.   The will comes from within.  

A race date makes it real for me.  They keep getting closer.  Ready or not, here they come. I want to be ready.  Less pain that way. 

Also, when motivation is low I have to ask myself other real questions.  Am I sleeping enough.  Am I overtraining?  Am I taking at least one complete rest day a week.  Do I have a cold coming on.  Am I getting enough vitamins....C and D are important right about now.