The Ghoulies Are Running a Half Marathon in January!!! (Page 36)

iowagander - 2010-01-24 4:39 PM Hey Ghoulies. I finished my HM today! My time was somewhere around 1:46 - waiting for the official results to post, and then I'll post my race report, but I'll give you guys the short version first:

I started easy and settled into my pace around mile 2 and felt pretty good until mile 6.

Mile 6 was a decent hill, which didn't hurt too much, but I started to cramp in the guts a little bit and knew that at some point I'd need a pit stop.

The pit stop happened at mile 10 and added at least a minute to my time. This was also when I started getting passed a lot more than I was passing folks. I didn't feel like I slowed down too much - maybe others were doing a 5k kick - but I definitely slowed down a bit.

Still, I finished fairly strong and had a good time overall. I've got a PR to beat now, and some good races in the future if my professional and personal lives decide to cooperate.

Thanks to everyone for being so supportive! There were definitely some miles dedicated to the Ghoulies out there today

mndymond - 2010-01-24 7:02 PM

I find it funny that half the time im Mindy on here and the other half of the time im Melissa...Maybe I have a split personality I don't know about? haha

I felt alot better on my hour on the trainer with the aerobars in the position I put them in...my wrists didn't hurt YAY! I think one is off the position of the other...so I will have to fix that...but the elbow pads are right under my shoulders now (I have broad shoulders....damn swimming)...so it puts less strain on my upper back and neck this way.

I will def be careful...you shoudl have seen me when I went from my Specialized Crossroads trail bike to my Guru Trilite..haha...If only I had a picture to capture that moment....Took me a few days to convince myself that I wasn't going to die..and that the LBS guy was totally legit when he gave me this like 2 page list of "watch out for..." when I started riding it so I didn't kill myself or break something! haha...Can we say learning experience??

ironannekidd - 2010-01-25 4:59 AM

Good morning everyone!

I had a big, at least for me anyway, weekend in the pool. I think I started a bad habit though. On Saturday I had some serious issues with taking in a lot of water through my nose, so Sunday I wore nose plugs. I felt better, but I'm not sure it's something I should be doing or not.

I've also started doing some yoga. I got up at 0350 this morning to get in a 20 minute yoga program before I jumped in the shower. I didn't sleep well at all last night so this may not have been the best of ideas. I'm also not very bendy

Have a slam dunk day everyone!!!

disturbed275 - 2010-01-25 7:41 AM

So as not to offend either of your personalities I shall start calling you Melindy from here on out

ironannekidd - 2010-01-25 7:59 AM It is pouring rain here right now and VERY windy. There was debris all over the road on my way to work this morning. Someone said that the power is out in town now. Our power has flickered here several times this morning, but it hasn't gone completely out yet. If it does I'm heading home. Sitting here with nothing to do but being able to surf the internet is one thing. Being here with no power and nothing to do is another. I have things I can do at home.

kromanowski - 2010-01-25 9:11 AM Morning All!  Why are Mondays so painful?  and why is it that my arms feel like lead today after my run yesterday but my legs feel fine???

wgraves7582 - 2010-01-25 9:34 AM Took the day off today.  Still feel like crap.  I think I have eaten 2 pieces of toast, 1 banana, and 3 pretzels since dinner on Saturday night.  Guess I get a jump start on our February challenge

Just wish I had some energy to workout!

ironannekidd - 2010-01-25 8:17 AM

Good morning Katie!

I'm no expert... but if your arms hurt and your legs are fine, I think you may be doing it wrong. You did run on your feet didn't you?

wgraves7582 - 2010-01-25 8:34 AM Took the day off today.  Still feel like crap.  I think I have eaten 2 pieces of toast, 1 banana, and 3 pretzels since dinner on Saturday night.  Guess I get a jump start on our February challenge

Just wish I had some energy to workout!

wgraves7582 - 2010-01-25 10:21 AM

No idea on the movie but I am about 10 puke sessions and a week of no eating from my ideal weight and that would just stink

ironannekidd - 2010-01-25 10:56 AM I don't like seeing our thread so low down on the page. We were like 5 or 6. No no, we're # 1!

So I've decided to throw out there what I have in mind for the warm weather challenge.

I'm thinking by April it should be warming up a bit, and everyone should be in full swing training for the upcoming season.

My proposal is The Ghoulies Do an Ironman! Or how many can you do in a month. I'm thinking I can pull one off a week by April. Swim 2.4 miles in a week, bike 112 miles a week, run 26.2 miles in a week, or in two weeks, or a month, whatever it takes you.

What say you Ghoulies?

ironannekidd - 2010-01-25 8:56 AM I don't like seeing our thread so low down on the page. We were like 5 or 6. No no, we're # 1!

So I've decided to throw out there what I have in mind for the warm weather challenge.

I'm thinking by April it should be warming up a bit, and everyone should be in full swing training for the upcoming season.

My proposal is The Ghoulies Do an Ironman! Or how many can you do in a month. I'm thinking I can pull one off a week by April. Swim 2.4 miles in a week, bike 112 miles a week, run 26.2 miles in a week, or in two weeks, or a month, whatever it takes you.

What say you Ghoulies?

disturbed275 - 2010-01-25 4:41 AM

So as not to offend either of your personalities I shall start calling you Melindy from here on out

iowagander - 2010-01-25 1:28 PM

Argh, I was gonna use that!!! I guess that's what I get for not checking BT until after noon on the Midwest/East Coast clocks