Show us your Ghoulies - Halloween Run Challenge Page #3 (Page 64)

skrtrnr - 2009-10-25 8:24 AM

OH JULES.  how i wish i could have seen this message BEFORE i turned off the computer and try to go back to sleep. 

i could have used some company.

i fell asleep fine, early.  about 9 pm.  we came home from our neighborhood soiree.  so. much. fun.

then it was about 12:00 wide awake couldnt fall back to sleep.

so, i thought id chk my email, my msgs on facebook, and then here in BT.

had a glass of milk.  took two ibuprofen (sometimes they 'relax' me)

when i was looking in my inbox/email i saw someone left me a msg on meetup.com, so i went to chk out the msg/see who it from.

a total stranger left me this msg, that kinda freaked me out.  nothing major. 

the msg said:  'YOU ARE EXTREMALY (misspelled) ATTRACTIVE'

thats it.  nothing else.

i dont know, had any guy here on BT, SOMEONE IVE GOTTEN TO KNOW on a challenge thread or somewhere, sent me a msg telling me how extremely attractive i was i would have been like, WOO HOOO.

but the fact that this came from somone i didnt even know/not someone ive met.  who doesnt even participate in a group that ive participated in, i dont know it just FREAKED ME OUT.

so of course, not being able to fall back to sleep, and not feeling 'well' i started thinking, this guy could show up at one of my MEET UPS, and what he was one of THOSE guys, ya know....YIKERS.

theres a block function on the site, so i can keep him from sending me any more msgs, but....

on the site, i reply what meetings im planning on going to, when/where....

all he needs to do is go to the pages of the groups that im a part of, see if ive RSVP for that particular meet up, and voila he knows where i am and when im going to be there.

im trying NOT to be so anxious...im figuring its was inappropriate, but harmless.

but its got me SO wigged out.

i feel like im going to be 'looking over' my shoulder every time i go to a Meetup, meetup which is SUCH a bummer too.  i really enjoy my Chic Lit Club.  and the biking group.  and the NOW/Eckhart Tolle too.

just when i was starting to 'get out there' more.

UGHISH.

any suggestions, JULES, OTHERS as to what i should do?

i just think you cant be too careful, but then again, i dont want to be 'swept away' in sensationalized headlines either.


stacieb

skrtrnr - 2009-10-25 8:33 AM ok.  two things i did...to make myself feel safer....

i deleted all my photos out of my album. i just left the 'headshot' that i use for my profile.

this way no peepin' on my UBER attractive self.  the photos were 'harmless' i thought -i actually dont think of myself 'that way' or that other people/guys see me that way.  too many years being the FAT girl/picked last/passed over for school dances et al.

but  maybe i should start.....at least being more 'aware'


i think perhaps it was the picture of me with my superfly MR. W.GRAVES TOTALLY HOOKED ME UP bike that put him over the edge.


and i 'hid' all my meetup groups.  perhaps too late, this 'creep' probably knows what groups i participate in (turns out he belongs to the NOW/Eckhart Tolle group.  i peeked at his groups) but at least no one else can know/find out.

ill just make certain that Tom the NOW group leader nows whats up...im sure he, or one of the other non-creepy fellows will be more than happy to walk me to and from my car on the meet up nights.


i dont know what to think/to do. 

ive not been in this situation before.  i guess im just not sure how 'seriously' to take it.  maybe its harmless, but then again....

kept me up last night.

NEAL, TOM, BILL any chance you guys come and teach this guy a 'lesson'

stacieb

iowagander - 2009-10-25 12:08 PM

Ha, I never even made Webelo! My son actually was a late starter in Scouts but he earned his Webelos badge in the one year he was eligible for Cub Scouts, and now he's having a blast with the Boy Scout troop. We're hoping he can earn Second or First Class by the end of this year.

iowagander - 2009-10-25 3:32 PM Hey Ghoulies. I got a nice hilly run of about 6.4 today, putting me over 98%. The team is at 80.5% so keep logging those miles and sessions and let's close this month out strong!

Ann -  Sorry your view from the top was short lived, but I'm taking tomorrow off if you want to try to wrestle your way back up there

serendipity - 2009-10-25 7:52 AM

It's so creepy when someone does that.  I think you did the right things to protect yourself.  While you should be cautious, chances are it's just some lonely computer geek with no social skills. 

And you should take some comfort in knowing you can probably outrun him.

ceilidh - 2009-10-25 8:39 AM

You did good. I was stalked once and lived in terror. Actually slept behind the couch at night till they caught the guy. Keeping really personal things of the web is good and letting a pal know what is going on is good. Also, don't freak. It probably is a computer geek but taking a little caution is also good. Now...... it is Sunday...... take a breath and have a great non-freak out day.

iowagander - 2009-10-25 12:17 PM

I was thinking the same thing. I'm sorry you're having to deal with a creep like this, but it sounds like you're handling it very intelligently. With people walking you to and from your car you should be plenty safe, and hopefully this guy will wise up and just leave you alone. Will this meetup site be able to banish this guy from their site, or is it public like BT?

kromanowski - 2009-10-25 9:54 AM Any of my yoga doing ghoulies have any recommendations for good yoga DVDs?

aspeelma - 2009-10-25 10:48 AM 5.58 miles this morning Ghoulies!!! That puts me at a hair over 89% and my longest run EVER!!!


I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!!
 

Now, off for a quick shower then taking the kiddos into the Halloween parade.

Have a great day team!!!

deehtz - 2009-10-25 12:49 PM

What a cruddy situation.  Hopefully this will be the end of it.

Sounds like some wise moves to me.  Especially letting the Group leader know the situation.

Being more alert and aware is good.  You don't want to live in fear and let it rule you.  But it is good to be in the habit of taking precautions.

deehtz - 2009-10-25 1:23 PM MILESTONE SATURDAY !!   for me

Quick Summary...

Mid August 2009 -  "mid life crisis reaction"      led me to commit to a sprint triathlon in 2010
  even "knowing" that I would have to walk the run portion since I had never been able to run even a whole minute as an adult without feeling sick and "pukey"

One week later - heard and tried some wise advise about running.  LBS fellow (and also a triathlete) said to slow waaay down... even slower than my walk.  I tried it and glory be!  it worked.  I could now jog, though very slowly.  My goal became to jog a complete 5k by the end of December.

Mid September - jogging going so well that I moved up my goal to jog a complete 5K by Thanksgiving.

Beginning of October - goal is not only Thanksgiving but to jog the distance at least as fast as I could walk it ...  avg 15 min/mile for the whole distance

October 24th -  JOGGED 3.55 MILES THE WHOLE WAY.  Avg 13 min 48 sec  per mile.  There are markers every .5 mile so I know that my pace was very consistent thru out.

I REACHED MY GOAL A WHOLE MONTH EARLY.   I finally put both the distance and the pace together.  I am SO PUMPED!!     yeahhhh me!!!   

iowagander - 2009-10-25 2:32 PM Hey Ghoulies. I got a nice hilly run of about 6.4 today, putting me over 98%. The team is at 80.5% so keep logging those miles and sessions and let's close this month out strong!

Ann -  Sorry your view from the top was short lived, but I'm taking tomorrow off if you want to try to wrestle your way back up there

deehtz - 2009-10-25 1:24 PM Goal Reached.....   So now what?

I have my first "official" event, a 5k on Thanksgiving.   It is just under 5 weeks away. 

I have been loosely following Higdons 5K Novice.  I am thinking about just maintaining my distance and pace this week ... a sort of recovery week.  Then following the first four weeks of Higdon's 5K Intermediate plan which says it is for improving your 5k time.  The plan has a "test" 5k at the end of week 4 which would time it well for Thanksgiving.  The plan includes one day a week of speed work and three other days of running.  This will be a step up for me.

I am feeling good.  Knees are slightly stiff today but not at all bad.  I felt good at the end of yesterday's run.  Tired but certainly not wiped.

I like working toward a goal.  And I don't worry too much about pushing too hard because I am NOT one to "push until I puke"     I also really do listen to my body and I do a lot of stretching.

So what do you think?  Should I up my days/week and add in the tempo runs and pace work?   Or is it too soon?  Will four weeks of that make much difference?

aspeelma - 2009-10-25 3:42 PM

I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and I'm just a little way over in the middle of the state. I'm just sayin'.

skrtrnr - 2009-10-25 2:34 PM

alrighty GHOULIEs.

im all caught up on messages.

enjoyed a super wonderful PITTSBURGH TRI CLUB MEETING.

got elected the teams 'welcome wagon', welcoming and orienting all the newbie PTCers, keeping track of membership, that sorta thing.

whadya all think, will i do a good job at that???  LOL.


after the mtg i was gonna drive straight to the Y, but i felt a 'tug' to go home....

it was my sons 13th birthday yesturday.

WHAT a milestone.  i clearly remember bringing him home from the hospital...

to think he's turned 13.

WOW!

i just wanted to be home with him and the rest of my family to commerate the day.

i can swim any other day.

he only turns 13 once.

stacieb

skrtrnr - 2009-10-25 1:50 PM

Second or First Class by the end of the year, impressive!

Boyscouts grow up to be GREAT men!

you should be uber proud, DAD.
stacieb

aspeelma - 2009-10-25 1:52 PM

Thanks, tomorrow is stretch and strength for me

skrtrnr - 2009-10-25 1:53 PM

you bet your sweet bippy i can outrun him, DEB.

thanks for that!

im thinking its the computer geek thing. 

he's single (not that all single men are creeps, im just saying...)

and he left the msg at like 1:30 AM.  im thinking not much of a social life.



course, i was on the computer at 1 AM, so was JULESY and TOM.

what does that make us??  LOL


stacieb

skrtrnr - 2009-10-25 2:13 PM


AHHHH.

TOM TOPpage was temporary.

way to go TOM getting BACK on top so quick.

ANN.  he keeps you 'hoppin' doesnt he....

we should make a secondary challenge who makes it to 100% first BEFORE/ON TOP OF TOM, WINS!!!!

ready.  set.   ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!

stacieb