Blah! Blah! Blah! Day Ride & Kinetic Mini Cheesecake/Jambalaya Loading Feast! (Page 66)

shelly123 - 2008-03-24 9:36 AM

turtlegirl - 2008-03-24 10:35 AM

newleaf - 2008-03-24 9:29 AM

turtlegirl - 2008-03-24 10:23 AM

Z - 2008-03-24 8:55 AM

shelly123 - 2008-03-24 9:45 AM I think we should go cheer BITM on for the Marathon! Just like he cheered us on at Jingle!! Then do a fun VAMDDCBTTC night on Sat night

I would like to see ya all at the Finish line, I was thinking taking a train with Alex and Stas there. Unfortunately we will not be able to party on Sat night because it is my father's birthday and I have to cook and throw the party.

I'd like to run around the mall if possible Sunday while we wait...where is the finish? close to a metro? I'm not familiar at all with the course.

and the race is Saturday, not Sunday. 

 

hmm SOMEONE told me Sunday.  like I said, I"m not familiar.  Ok, Saturday.  Sunday is the Backyard Burn, I'm thinking of doing that if its still open.

I will allow you to do that backyard burn, only if there aren't any animals in the woods that will step on you...

You thinking the 5 miler or the 10 miler? That may be a fun training run

 10, very slowly. My two friends are doing it (the ones I rode/ran with yesterday) and I still haven't had my pre training run for CB.  I'd be Gallowaying it, for sheezy.  Its still open.

turtlegirl - 2008-03-24 10:35 AM

newleaf - 2008-03-24 9:29 AM

turtlegirl - 2008-03-24 10:23 AM

Z - 2008-03-24 8:55 AM

shelly123 - 2008-03-24 9:45 AM I think we should go cheer BITM on for the Marathon! Just like he cheered us on at Jingle!! Then do a fun VAMDDCBTTC night on Sat night

I would like to see ya all at the Finish line, I was thinking taking a train with Alex and Stas there. Unfortunately we will not be able to party on Sat night because it is my father's birthday and I have to cook and throw the party.

I'd like to run around the mall if possible Sunday while we wait...where is the finish? close to a metro? I'm not familiar at all with the course.

and the race is Saturday, not Sunday.

 

hmm SOMEONE told me Sunday. like I said, I"m not familiar. Ok, Saturday. Sunday is the Backyard Burn, I'm thinking of doing that if its still open.

Start and Finish is .4 mile from the RFK  http://www.nationalmarathon.com/spectator_info.asp/>

It's called "boosting everyone else's ego."

It's is a small marathon, not too many people, so you could run there (just don't take gatorade)

You guys could meet me at mile 19-22 when I'm really hurting and be my pace crew and motivate me to the finsih.  I'll probably be slowing from a 9:45 pace to a 10:30-10:45 pace by that point.

That of course would be the Anacostia portion of the marathon.. haha

I already told John not to get shot there ;-) 

Maybe it is a good thing that the end takes you through Anacostia; so that I can avoid being shot, I may run faster at the end than any other portion.

Mile 19 is near the Navy Yard metro station.  7.2 mile run anyone?

THREAD KILLER!! haha..

Actually I may be able to run some with you.. But not at your pace. I am probably too slow to be a good "pacer".. But I can provide support

don't mention "kill" "anacostia" or "marathon" in front of Z.   she doesn't need to worry about your a$$.  I think thats a great idea....maybe mile 18 and get 8 miles in.  Of course you may still betoo fast for me.

I doubt I'll be too fast for anyone at that point.  9:45 is ideal and somewhat dreamy for the first 19-20 miles.  After that, I'm looking at close to 11:00 per mile plus walk breaks.  My new strategy is to run the first 20 miles in 3:15 so I have 1:15 to run 6.2 miles and still make my goal of 4:30.  Remember the last 6.2 are as hard as the first 20.

Are we actually talking about pacing/goals/race strategy in this thread?  damn.  what's next? nutrition talk or should I get a road or tri bike questions? 

You do realize you're talking to someone that in doing the math at my IM was worried at some point that I should be able to complete a 10K in 3 hours, right?  And that I had to do a mary in 8.  

Okay Turtle, we are talking about just a run here.  No swimming plus biking.  You don't even have to do the previous 20 miles.  Your last run you did 5 miles in 47 min, just add 1.2 more and do the whole thing slower.  Your good to go.

and that was at schaeffer farms on bada$$ trails, where coincidentally, we are gonna go mountain biking when you recover from this mary. 

okay, let's switch topics:  Who is sleeping w/ Z and I at Kinetic.

Oops, no one is touching that one!

Murphy! 

He has slept with 6 bters, and is always looking to pad his count.

Just like his pround Mom.

 I plan on jumping into everyone's bed at some point.

really?  I can't wait.

I'd come out and watch the end of the marathon, but I've got a 40 mile ride on Saturday morning for century training. We just got a "real" training plan, so I've got that to follow now as well. Except, according to the training plan, we have a 65-mile ride the day before Kinetic (and a 45-miler the day before CB, which I will probably only do half of at most, and easy at that). Kinetic is only a sprint and it's not like I'm gonna win my AG or anything, but I feel like 65 miles is a lot the day before a race.

It is a lot considering it is the day before a race.  Most of us sane people would take it easy, but you are a hard charger so I expect you'll double that distance.