The Ghoulie's: We Are Doing What We Are Loving December Challenge (Page 50)

givemashot - 2009-12-27 6:45 PM Tom-I would have to go back to my notes from a nutrition seminar last year, but I think that 4 pounds in under an hour would qualify you as a heavy sweat-er. I have checked mine after a 30 minute treadmill run, and I lose about 1 to 1.5 pounds.

skrtrnr - 2009-12-27 7:30 AM

the shirt will be printed. oh yeah.

and pictures WILL be posted.

i 'talked' to my friend in China, and he's super duper excited.

i think we might be hatching a plan....

70.3 on the South China Sea.

has an awfully nice ring to it!
stacieb

givemashot - 2009-12-27 12:26 AM Guess what I got for Christmas???? A garmin. Yay!! I got the forerunner 405. I had asked for the 305 after hearing some negative reviews of the 405. Any thoughts from the village? Should I keep the 405 or return it and get the 305 (not the 310)?

iowagander - 2009-12-27 6:10 PM Quick Ghoulie question: How many of you have checked how much water-weight you lose on long runs? I did a before and after weigh in today and after subtracting out my 20oz of water I lost a bit over 4 pounds in just a bit over 10 miles. Is this a lot? Thanks in advance!

aspeelma - 2009-12-28 6:24 AM Good morning Ghoulies!!!

It was a busy weekend at our house, starting last Thursday.

There was work Thursday morning, followed by a list minute trip to finish up my Christmas shopping. I had to call in help to wrap my presents. Got a 4 mile run in and a 5 second shower before we headed to my parents. Friday morning was open presents at home, then make a big breakfast, and play with the new toys. After that it was off to my husbands parent's house to open gifts and eat lunch. The family stayed there and played while I went home and took a nap (they live 2/10 of a mile away which is convenient). Then when they all got home we went over to my parents again for dinner. Saturday morning I had 2 sick kids at home so I got dr.'s appointments for them. My son has pink eye in both eyes, my daughter has pink eye in both eyes and a sinus infection. We went and grabbed some lunch then picked up prescriptions. When we got home both kids crashed, they weren't feeling well. I worked on cleaning up some of the Christmas mess. Yesterday morning I got a 9 mile run in, it should have been 10 but my knee was bothering me and I was slow so I cut it short. I got home and got a quick shower and headed to church to see my kids in their Christmas program that had been delayed a week due to the snow. When I left church I ran to pick up a few baby things my sister had asked me to look at. I made a few stops I wanted to make and when I was almost home my husband called and reminded me to pickup milk, and asked me to get a dog collar, our dog has now lost 5 of them. When I finally got home I took a nap.

Now I'm back at work, with nothing to do all week, waiting for the long weekend to arrive.

kcarroll - 2009-12-28 8:54 AM Morning Ghoulies.  It seems like forever since I've been in the village, but I haven't been good company the last 10 days or so.  I think I'm finally on the healing end of the flu.  I'm still congested, but nothing that a little pseudophed can't take care of.   I'm not even sure how long it's been since I worked out.....haven't even looked at my training log in over a week.  So, going to take another day of "rest" and see how I feel tomorrow.  On the "upside" there wasn't any holiday weight gain.  Hard to pack on pounds eating soup and saltines.

iowagander - 2009-12-27 6:57 PM Hey Ghoulies! I got my 10 miler done today!!! My pacing felt really good and I came in almost exactly where I expected (8:30ish per mile). My only complaint on the run itself was that almost every single stoplight was red which added over 6 1/2 minutes to my time (which I subtracted to get a more accurate pace).

Too much stopping and starting aside though I'm very happy with the workout. Now if I could just find a rhino to walk on my calves to loosen them up I'd be a happy camper...

kcarroll - 2009-12-28 8:59 AM Morning Ann. Still catching up on the reading, but sounds like you had a busy holiday.

aspeelma - 2009-12-28 9:05 AM

Way busy. I just got a call from my husband that he is taking our daughter back to the doctors. She woke up this morning crying, she was saying that her ear hurt, sounds like an ear infection.

I'm looking on the brightside that the kids are off of school this week, and my husband is home from work, so no one is really missing anything by being sick right now, other than some play time.

aspeelma - 2009-12-28 5:24 AMGood morning Ghoulies!!!

It was a busy weekend at our house, starting last Thursday.

There was work Thursday morning, followed by a list minute trip to finish up my Christmas shopping. I had to call in help to wrap my presents. Got a 4 mile run in and a 5 second shower before we headed to my parents. Friday morning was open presents at home, then make a big breakfast, and play with the new toys. After that it was off to my husbands parent's house to open gifts and eat lunch. The family stayed there and played while I went home and took a nap (they live 2/10 of a mile away which is convenient). Then when they all got home we went over to my parents again for dinner. Saturday morning I had 2 sick kids at home so I got dr.'s appointments for them. My son has pink eye in both eyes, my daughter has pink eye in both eyes and a sinus infection. We went and grabbed some lunch then picked up prescriptions. When we got home both kids crashed, they weren't feeling well. I worked on cleaning up some of the Christmas mess. Yesterday morning I got a 9 mile run in, it should have been 10 but my knee was bothering me and I was slow so I cut it short. I got home and got a quick shower and headed to church to see my kids in their Christmas program that had been delayed a week due to the snow. When I left church I ran to pick up a few baby things my sister had asked me to look at. I made a few stops I wanted to make and when I was almost home my husband called and reminded me to pickup milk, and asked me to get a dog collar, our dog has now lost 5 of them. When I finally got home I took a nap.

Now I'm back at work, with nothing to do all week, waiting for the long weekend to arrive.

aspeelma - 2009-12-28 10:06 AM

I am bored today so here is a trivia challenge. You get 2 points for each correct answer. Good luck, and no using the internet.

1. Steven Van Zandt's 1985 protest albulm was entitled Sun City: Artists Against __apartheid______?

2. Singer/dancer Paula Abdul was a cheerleader for which professional basketball team? Lakers

3. Gordon Shumway as the name of a wisecracking alien nicknamed _______ in an 80's TV sitcom.

4. In 1989, the city of Cincinnati tried to shut down the homoerotic art show of photographer ____Mapplethorpe______.

5. What was the name of the first video game, which was produced by Atari?  Pong (my college roomie drove me crazy playing this)

6. Ronald Reagan's first wife, Jane Wyman, as a regular cast member of what primetime television series?

7. ______J. Hinkley____ was the young man whose obsession with actress ___Jodi Foster_______ led him to attempt the assassination of President Reagan in March 1981.

8. Eichties pop-lit sensation Jay McInerney penned the novel __________, which was made into a film starring Michael J. Fox in 1988.

9. "I'm a man without conviction," warbled Boy Geroge of Culture Club in the hit song _________karma chameleon_.

10. What was the name of Budweiser's "Original party Animal," a pit bull mascot that debuted in a 1987 connercial? why don't I know this??????

11. On U2's Rattle and Hum (1988), Bono sang duet with __________ entitled "Love Rescue Me."

12. Lisa Bonet, who played Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, shocked a lot of people in the 1987 film __________ , which featured her in a torrid sex scene that nearly earned the flick an X rating.

13. When Geroge Bush was trailing Michael Dukakis during the 1988 presidential campaign, he blamed his woes on the "_____ thing."

14. What country singer did the voice-overs on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard?

15. The ghosts in the origianl Pac-Man game were named Pinky, Blinky, Inky and ______.

16. Playboy paid former PTL church secretary ____Ann Speelma______ $1 million for an interview and a nude pictorial in 1987.

17. George Michael's steamy 1987 hit single ______I want your sex____ was banned by 75 radio stations across the U.S.

18. Name the famous Houston honky tonk featured in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy.  Gilly's

19. Secretary of Commerce __________ died during a 1987 rodeo competition when a horse fell on him.  Seriously???

20. The ______US____ boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980, and the ___USSr_______ boycotted the Los Angeles games in 1984.

21. The first black Miss America, ________Vanessa Williams__, was stripped of her crown when Penthouse published nude pictures of her in 1984.

22. "Don't worry, be happy," was the good advice jazz singer ____Bobby McFerrin______ gave us in 1988.

23. Milton Berle appeared in drag in the music video for "Round and Round," a hit song by the heavy metal band __________.

24. Name the first space shuttle, launched in 1981.

25. "Suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze," are lyrics from the song __Jack & Diane___ by John Cougar Mellencamp.

26. Fundamentalist Christians wanted a film entitled _______ __________ boycotted because they thought its representation of Jesus was sacrilegious.

27. Exercise guru __________ had a New York bestseller with his/her Never-Say-Diet Book.

28. The line "Thank you for your support" always closed the commercials for what wine cooler manufacturer?  Bartles & James....drank many of these on college

29. In 1982, a helicopter crash during the filming of ________ killed actor Vic Morrow and two children.

30. During the 1980's the Pentagon paid $604.09 for a _________.

31. During the 1984 off-the-record meeting with a Washington Post reporter, Jesse Jackson referred to New York City as __________, causing something of a stir.

32. In 1988, Mike Tyson earned $20 million after knocking out _______ in 91 seconds during a championship fight in Atlantic City.

33. Refering to the drowning of actress ________, Gerald Rivera tells his audience, "If you think it was an accident, applaud." (Tacky, Geraldo, very tacky,)

34. _______  _______Live Aid_ was a huge 1985 hunger-relief benefit organized by Bob Geldof, with concerts held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia.

35. What was the name of the charter boat aboard which presidential Gary Hart apparently had an ill-advised dalliance with would-be model Dona Rice in 1987? Monkey Business

36. Which of Ronald Reagan's children appeared in an American Express commercial?

37. The heart of a seven-month old babon was transplanted into an infant known as __________ , who survived for 20 days.

38. During his 1980 presidential debate with Reagan, Jimmy Carter asked his daugher _Amy_______ what she thought was the most important issue of the day.

39. In 1982, a jury convicted _______Klaus von Bulow_____ of twice trying to kill his wife Sunny with insulin injections. (He was later acquitted in a retrial.)

40. On "Black Monday," 19 Oct 1987, the stock market plunged _______ points.

41. John Cusack played Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" on his boom box outside Ione Skye's bedroom window in what 1989 movie?

42. 1981 was a great year for ______Dudley Moor____ , who not only got to date Susan Anton but who also had a smash hit with the film Arthur.

43. In 1985, __Navritalova__________ beat Chris Evert to become the first woman to win four straight Wimbledon tennis titles.

44. _______ made sports superstar Bo Jackson its poser boy with a series of "Bo Knows" ads.

45. In 1983 the Soviet fighters shot down Korean Airlins Flight ______, a civilian jetliner that had gone off course and blundered into Soviet airspace.

46. "I pity the fool" was a phrase we associated with _________, a fomer bar bouncer who starred in Rocky III and, later, in a hit action series on TV.

47. David Stockman, Reagan's Director of the Office of Management and Budget, got into hot water with his boss after an article in which he criticized Reaganomics appeared in the December 1981 issue of __________.

48. Which actor played the fater of an infant who put a major crimp in the lifestyles of three confirmed bachelors in the film Three Men And A Baby?  Tom Sellick

49. In his bestselling book The Art of the Deal, ________D Trump____ talked about the techniques that resulted in his owning about half of Manhatten and Atlantic City. (Or at least it seemed he owned that much.)

50. The ___Swatch____ was a colorful analog watch that sometimes came with scented bands, and became all the rage, at least for awhile.  still have one

iowagander - 2009-12-27 7:57 PM

Thanks Amy. If I ever get to the point where I can run 10 miles in under an hour I doubt I'll be too worried about my sweating volume, but I'll check to let you know.  Today was about an hour and a half. No headache so far so I don't think I dehydrated myself too badly.

aspeelma - 2009-12-28 6:56 AM

Sorry to hear that Kim, that it no way to spend the holidays. Glad to hear you are on the mend.

aspeelma - 2009-12-28 8:06 AM

I am bored today so here is a trivia challenge. You get 2 points for each correct answer. Good luck, and no using the internet.

1. Steven Van Zandt's 1985 protest albulm was entitled Sun City: Artists Against ________?

2. Singer/dancer Paula Abdul was a cheerleader for which professional basketball team?LAKERS

3. Gordon Shumway as the name of a wisecracking alien nicknamed __ALF_____ in an 80's TV sitcom.

4. In 1989, the city of Cincinnati tried to shut down the homoerotic art show of photographer __________.

5. What was the name of the first video game, which was produced by Atari? PONG

6. Ronald Reagan's first wife, Jane Wyman, as a regular cast member of what primetime television series?

7. __________ was the young man whose obsession with actress __________ led him to attempt the assassination of President Reagan in March 1981.

8. Eichties pop-lit sensation Jay McInerney penned the novel ____BACK TO THE FUTURE______, which was made into a film starring Michael J. Fox in 1988.

9. "I'm a man without conviction," warbled Boy Geroge of Culture Club in the hit song ___KARMACHAMEOLEON_______.

10. What was the name of Budweiser's "Original party Animal," a pit bull mascot that debuted in a 1987 connercial? SPUDs mackenzie

11. On U2's Rattle and Hum (1988), Bono sang duet with __________ entitled "Love Rescue Me."

12. Lisa Bonet, who played Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, shocked a lot of people in the 1987 film __________ , which featured her in a torrid sex scene that nearly earned the flick an X rating.

13. When Geroge Bush was trailing Michael Dukakis during the 1988 presidential campaign, he blamed his woes on the "_____ thing."

14. What country singer did the voice-overs on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard?

15. The ghosts in the origianl Pac-Man game were named Pinky, Blinky, Inky and ______.

16. Playboy paid former PTL church secretary __________ $1 million for an interview and a nude pictorial in 1987.

17. George Michael's steamy 1987 hit single __________ was banned by 75 radio stations across the U.S.

18. Name the famous Houston honky tonk featured in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy.

19. Secretary of Commerce __________ died during a 1987 rodeo competition when a horse fell on him.

20. The __________ boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980, and the __________ boycotted the Los Angeles games in 1984.

21. The first black Miss America, ___VANESSA WILLIAMS_______, was stripped of her crown when Penthouse published nude pictures of her in 1984.

22. "Don't worry, be happy," was the good advice jazz singer ____BOBBY MCFERRIN______ gave us in 1988.

23. Milton Berle appeared in drag in the music video for "Round and Round," a hit song by the heavy metal band __________.

24. Name the first space shuttle, launched in 1981.

25. "Suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze," are lyrics from the song _____ by John Cougar Mellencamp.

26. Fundamentalist Christians wanted a film entitled _______ __________ boycotted because they thought its representation of Jesus was sacrilegious.

27. Exercise guru __________ had a New York bestseller with his/her Never-Say-Diet Book.

28. The line "Thank you for your support" always closed the commercials for what wine cooler manufacturer?

29. In 1982, a helicopter crash during the filming of ________ killed actor Vic Morrow and two children.

30. During the 1980's the Pentagon paid $604.09 for a ____TOILET SEAT_____.

31. During the 1984 off-the-record meeting with a Washington Post reporter, Jesse Jackson referred to New York City as __________, causing something of a stir.

32. In 1988, Mike Tyson earned $20 million after knocking out _______ in 91 seconds during a championship fight in Atlantic City.

33. Refering to the drowning of actress ________, Gerald Rivera tells his audience, "If you think it was an accident, applaud." (Tacky, Geraldo, very tacky,)

34. ____FARM___  ____AID____ was a huge 1985 hunger-relief benefit organized by Bob Geldof, with concerts held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia.

35. What was the name of the charter boat aboard which presidential Gary Hart apparently had an ill-advised dalliance with would-be model Dona Rice in 1987?

36. Which of Ronald Reagan's children appeared in an American Express commercial?

37. The heart of a seven-month old babon was transplanted into an infant known as __________ , who survived for 20 days.

38. During his 1980 presidential debate with Reagan, Jimmy Carter asked his daugher ________ what she thought was the most important issue of the day.

39. In 1982, a jury convicted ____________ of twice trying to kill his wife Sunny with insulin injections. (He was later acquitted in a retrial.)

40. On "Black Monday," 19 Oct 1987, the stock market plunged _______ points.

41. John Cusack played Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" on his boom box outside Ione Skye's bedroom window in what 1989 movie? 

42. 1981 was a great year for __________ , who not only got to date Susan Anton but who also had a smash hit with the film Arthur.

43. In 1985, ____________ beat Chris Evert to become the first woman to win four straight Wimbledon tennis titles.

44. _______ made sports superstar Bo Jackson its poser boy with a series of "Bo Knows" ads.

45. In 1983 the Soviet fighters shot down Korean Airlins Flight ______, a civilian jetliner that had gone off course and blundered into Soviet airspace.

46. "I pity the fool" was a phrase we associated with __MR T_______, a fomer bar bouncer who starred in Rocky III and, later, in a hit action series on TV.

47. David Stockman, Reagan's Director of the Office of Management and Budget, got into hot water with his boss after an article in which he criticized Reaganomics appeared in the December 1981 issue of __________.

48. Which actor played the fater of an infant who put a major crimp in the lifestyles of three confirmed bachelors in the film Three Men And A Baby?

49. In his bestselling book The Art of the Deal, ___DONALD TRUMP_________ talked about the techniques that resulted in his owning about half of Manhatten and Atlantic City. (Or at least it seemed he owned that much.)

50. The ___SWATCH____ was a colorful analog watch that sometimes came with scented bands, and became all the rage, at least for awhile.

disturbed275 - 2009-12-28 4:28 AM

That's probably pretty close to what I would lose on a similar distance run.  I make it a rule of thumb to take water with me or plan my route so I have at least one water stop once distance gets up to 10 miles.

iowagander - 2009-12-28 2:17 PM

Thanks Neal! I got myself a waterbottle with a hand strap and a pouch to put in a couple gels for my longer runs. It was a bit annoying at first but I'm getting used to it now.