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I always have to promote my dear friend Garrison Starr... check out her song "Superhero"...it's a great anthem (and she's got a lot of other great indie stuff worth a listen).

I was going to suggest Garrison Starr also, but Tif beat me to it....she is really good! I love "Superhero" and "Gasoline"



Edited by hippotude 2010-01-28 10:25 AM

I stopped (or cut waaaay back) running to music... so when I do I just listen to the same 'ol stuff ~ hard to go wrong with Linkin Park, GnR - Appetite album, & ACDC - Back in Black album...

But for beer drinkin'... CRANK IT UP!
Lot of Austin alternative country (kinda funny to call it that) stuff along with other Texas artists...

Bryson Bursey Band
Eli Young Band (long before they hit top 40 country)
Reckless Kelly
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Max Stalling  (an Aggie for Fattyfatfat)
Randy Rogers Band
Pat (F'n) Green
Jake Hooker & The Outsiders

Just to name a few...  I am very eclectic in my music (this list does not define me), so don't label me some back woods, redneck, from Texas.... cuz I kill ya.  Calm down Francis!  (Stripes.... Sgt Hulka - The Big Toe)

Happy Thursday!    (especially since I am playing hookie tomorrow...)

REK takes the Aggie cake    and why are you telling me 11:10 for lunch when you are posting on BT.  damn

Vibrams

I have a pair and I love them. I don't run in them, just casual wear. It is like having a 1/4" callous on your entire sole and an extra knuckle on your toes, less sharps and better grip.

Idiot Boyfriend by Jimmy Fallon.   

This is why I love my Zune.  I can listen to near anything for a monthly fee so I get to listen to all kinds of entertaining stuff and get 10 "purchases" included in that price if I find a song I really want.

I struggle running without my iPod. 

I am not sure what music other like - this is what keeps me moving.

Disturbed
Skillet
Adelitas Way
Nickelback
Powerman 5000
Sick Puppies
Theory of a Deadman
Halestorm

I select songs that are correct in pace and set up the list to set slower songs up front (Creed - Overcome) and get faster as we go  (Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart) towards the end.

Question for the group:  What is your favoriate post-workout recovery food?  I'm thinking specifically of a workout that is lengthy, like +1hr run, 2+hr bike, and your next meal if a bit aways.  What do you chow down on to help recovery and keep hunger at bay?  I was doing soy chocolate milk for a while.  And not just cause I LOVE chocolate milk... 

You all are having a post recovery snack for extended workouts right

Breaking Benjamin- my absolute favorite group, three days grace is good too but they kind of got over played on the radio a couple years ago.

I walked down off a mountain sock feet once (well, once I got below snow level).  Does that count?  An experience I wish not to repeat.  Lots of rocks on the mountain.  Let's just say my feet were very messed up to make me do that.  I was beyond miserable and nerve damage as a result of the whole experience.  Course I still climb so couldn't have been that bad I suppose...

Chocolate milk or chocolate flavored muscle milk ranks high on the post long bikes (2+ hours), especially if I am away from home... Chappell Hill ride - stop at the Stop-n-Go and pick up a bottle of the above.

I also use Endurox R4 recovery drink after long rides or runs that usually end at home.  You have to mix it with cold water, and it can be kind of a pain to use out and about.  But I truly believe in the value of this stuff.  Whether it is truly physical or just mental... I 'feel' like I recover faster when I use Endurox.

Post long workout lunch (post marathon - a must have)... it's hard to beat a big ol' burrito from Chipotle or Mission Burritos...  

I am a tender foot with soft supple footsies!  So running barefoot ~ not a chance!  I do run sockless, although I haven't done that in a few months ~ and with my newest shoes... I need more miles in them before I start doing that in them.

Seg-way ----->

The new Zoot TT 2.0 shoes... designed to be sockless - suck! There is this hard seam on the high heel grab that will f' you up!  The other mdels (energy, etc...) that are designed like the TT 1.0's are more suitable for sockless.

My bright orange addidas boston's (which are nearing their end) are good for 1 - 13 mile sockless runs...

I don't think I could use the Vibrams anywhere except for on the rubberized track... which might be a possibility to improve foot strike & calf strength while working on speed work.

 

For those not familiar... REK = Robert Earl Keene     a legendary Texas songwriter!  And I didn't know homie was an Aggie!

And besides, I was late due to stopping and getting cash to buy you lunch you pizza eatin' machine!

 ...... the drive and motivation comes from fear of failure, setting goals and expectations...something along the lines of:
1. averaging 22mph on the bike
2. running faster than eeyor
3. swimming as fast as Fishondo
4. self satisfaction (bragging rights)
........wanting something we don't have, trying to set an example for your family, trying to hold on to something- youth, the competitive side, standing on a podium, the clouded thought of watching yourself swim at Kona, reaching for the improbable.
Personally, I am reminded like others that this is crazy, that there must be something wrong with me to endure the tri-man punishment. 

I've been tongue tied at times trying to decipher the why I do the things I do. Sometimes it is hard having those negative people around you trying to put you down and remind you it is crazy and an improbable feat. Ha! but if they only knew.  The drive to move forward also comes from trying to prove those that cannot do it themselves. 

The hardest part of them all is taking the first step. Yes! we will encounter obstacles -the weather sucks, I am tired, I am hungry, it is dark, it is to cold, my clothes are dirty, it might rain, to hot, to windy, I don't want to be dropped off, etc. I always feel great after a workout no matter what......

Back when my boys took Karate, their Sensei made them touch a sign before stepping into the mats that said, "To be a Champion, You must train like a Champion".
I am reminded every time I get on the pool. There is this giant picture on the wall that says,
" To Accomplish Something You Must Expect It Of Yourself"

Suck it up butter cup.. because If I can do it, You can do it....

I like one scoop of chocolate Muscle Milk protein powder mixed with a pint of skim milk.  Yummy.

I ran behind a barefoot guy for a few miles of a marathon a couple of years ago, and I was in awe of how tough his feet must have been.  The course went by some bad neighborhoods with lots of glass in the street, a couple of construction sites, etc.  Amazing.  My feet are so tender that I can't even wear those "massage" sandals because the nubs hurt.

I'm looking for a pair of sockless racing shoes though, so if anyone has strong recommendations let's hear 'em.  I do short runs in Nike Lunartrainers without socks, but they start to rub my achilles after 4 or 5 miles.  Would be nice to find something to keep me comfy through 10k or even half-marathon. 

I feel lost as well if I don't wear some tunes but I know I will have to start letting it fade away as I cannot use them during the actual race.. which is a bummer. You name it I have it on the Ipod- want something different for workouts;try- www.cadencerevolution.comhttp://www.motiontraxx.com/

I was grinning from ear to ear when you wrote about your feet being tender even using the massage sandals- I am on the same boat. I tried running without socks a month ago and that will be the LAST time in my lifetime I will try it. I could not run for almost a week. born with shoes, die with shoesthomas

I have of zoots that you can wear sockless but I always get a blister at the arch of my foot if I run 3 or more miles in them barefoot.  Now I only use them when I do bricks (bike/run or swim and run) and wear a very thin pair of socks..

Finally getting the time to get on. Yeah. Why no one did my work while I was gone for a week really befuddles me. Too much to catch up on. This trip really could not have come at a worse time. I get back and see I have a race in 3-1/2 weeks. So I havent been on the bike in forever and my running has been slow with the calf. Not the hopes of starting off the season I had. 

So now off the read the billion pages posted while out just for the fun of it.  

Thanks for all the band suggestions everyone!

And Emma, these are two of my absolute favortes too.  I've actually seen them both in concert at least twice.

I am really upset with the original EvD group, WHERE WERE YOU?!? The mention of great music to run to and you left off the song that it took me all of last mentor group to ingrain in you. It has been proven to get you through a tough time in a run just by singing a few lines. I am very dissapointed in you, EvD, BvD, Justin, Kelli and Nichole. You should be ashamed of yourselves. This was a chance to pass on the these people a great secrete to pushing it beyond thier normal expectations. Where is a boom box when you need one.

Can I be your friend? I would like to tell you how great your logs look but am denied access.

I did the same in 2004 here in Houston... I actually talked to the guy... this was his 12th barefoot marathon and he told me it wasn't the rocks & glass & such... it was the cold concrete made his feet hurt.  Houston being a winter marathon and the temp that day was 30ish at the start and thats when I was running with him.   Frickin' nuts!  More power to  him!

The zoot Energy maybe, or one other trainer they have...   The TT 2.0 & the racer 2.0... no thanks.  I like my '09 Adidas Bostons - still available on the internet... nice toe box, holes in the forefoot like the zoots and with some Speedlaces brand laces... they are very similar... I found that they do not rub my feet anywhere except a little at the 13 mile distance on my little toe. 



Edited by Trin2bfast 2010-01-28 3:55 PM