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I was shopping for head lamps today and had a very strange mental picture pop into my head.  Me wearing a head lamp strap, my head and ear warming band, a heart rate monitor strap, my IPod strapped to my arm, and my road ID strap on my ankle.  I will look like a running mummy!!!   BONDAGE ANYONE?!?!?!

ooh ooh, another thought just popped into my head, lets switch the head lamp to the strobe effect and we can do DISCO BONDAGE!!!

And thanks to all of you who popped in on my log to keep me honest about my workout this morning.  I have to admit, I felt really good leaving the house this morning   Thanks guys.

So I found out today that I'm going to DC in December.  I've never been and hope I'll be able to find some time to see some sites.  There's also a good chance my wife is going to go with me - we'd been talking about it for awhile as if I were going.  It would be our first trip without Lily

Also some other shocking news yesterday - my boss is moving on to other endeavors.  Not sure what that means for me in the long term (new boss, promotion, etc.), but in the near term it means a lot more work. 

Weekend looks like a 90 minute trail run tomorrow morning and then not much else on the calendar.  Have a safe one!

Shoot... The day went by!  I missed the whole day w/ out BT... Enjoy your weekend, wine, and laughs.... For me, my wife and I just went to a NICE ITALIAN dinner w/ Great wine, and MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATIONS AND SMILES!! (NO KIDS, SO NO SPOOKY STUFF!)..... Have a great weekend....

OH YEAH if you are ever into experimenting w/ new drinks... LOOK UP A "CHAI TINI"  it rocks!!! Only one for me though..... THEY ARE SUPER SWEET!  I don't have a sweet tooth so I could only do one!

Shoot... The day went by!  I missed the whole day w/ out BT... Enjoy your weekend, wine, and laughs.... For me, my wife and I just went to a NICE ITALIAN dinner w/ Great wine, and MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATIONS AND SMILES!! (NO KIDS, SO NO SPOOKY STUFF!)..... Have a great weekend....

OH YEAH if you are ever into experimenting w/ new drinks... LOOK UP A "CHAI TINI"  it rocks!!! Only one for me though..... THEY ARE SUPER SWEET!  I don't have a sweet tooth so I could only do one!

Well I had a couple of terrible weeks there that I'm finally over.  Each day I felt like I had about 10 beers the night before and had no energy.  I only rode once over those weeks, and it took me a few days to recover from that.  Big mistake - I should have known better.

Finally on Friday I suddenly felt better.  It was funny, I left work early for Halloween.  Then on the way home I stopped at the pizza shop, and as I was walking from there to the wine shop, it felt like all the heaviness and soreness lifted just like that!  I felt great!

Maybe it had something to do with pizza and wine.

So on Saturday I went out and rode my mountain bike around some trails for fun.  I was so happy to get out.  There's also some other motivation behind this ride -

I think I'm going to do a 24 hour mountain bike race next June in WV.  Has anyone done anything like this, or have some advice?  It's called Black Bear and is part of a 5 race series that includes a huge race in Moab, UT in October.

Good to hear you are feeling better, I seriously think I get the winter blues every year, and for a couple weeks I have no energy or motivation at all.  Never done any kind of of overnight race at all, sounds like alot of fun though.

Everyone have a good Halloween?  Took the kids out trick or treating and they had a good time. 

Looking forward to our Miami trip, we get on the train on Thursday afternoon and arrive in Orlando Friday morning, get our car off the train and drive 4-5 hrs to get to Miami.  Wife and I are sooo looking forward to the silience of the train and the car ride, no kids yelling for milk, telling us they have poo in their diaper, etc... 

Did a Swim/Bike/Run brick yesterday and felt pretty good.  Need to figure out what to do about the wetsuit, my full sleeve one makes my arms really sore about 500M in.  I think I might go rent a sleeveless tomorrow and see how that feels, not too bad for $35 bucks for a week.   I could go without one but would hate to give up that free speed and buoyancy.

From my limited experience with wetsuits...... but I found that if I didn't pull the suit WAY up from the back it pulled on my arms and I felt the same thing you are.  Make sure your suit is pulled all the way up your back and butt/crotch to ensure a full range of motion in your arms.  Enjoy Miami!!

Hey Bob, glad to hear you're doing better.  My doc recommended a Vitamin D supplement over the winter to help combat the lack of sun this time of year. 

Are you doing the 24 solo or as part of a team?

 Thanks everyone!  Right now I'm thinking of doing it solo mainly so that it will force me to keep up my winter and early season training.  Friends of mine who I grew up with own a bike shop and they did it as a team last year.  Each of the 5 of them did 3 laps (total of 3.5 hours or so for each of them).  Ideally I'd like to do around 10 laps for 15 hours of riding.   Last year's solo winner did 15 laps on his own, which was as many or more laps than all the teams except for two!

 And it's called Big Bear, not Black Bear!

Second that!  It makes a big difference... I reccomend trying again, and really work on getting it UP!!!!!!!!!!!

http://wetsuitgear.com/wetsuit_faq.php#puton

Just joined a November challenge group. First time ever joining one of these.  My goal is 50 miles of running this month.  That is 12.5 miles a week.  GO TEAM APPLES - (now let the M.I.L.F./WARM APPLE PIE jokes begin)

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I like pie...

Are you doing the Shamrock 1/2 or full next year?  THey have some fun kids stuff there also.  They do a 26.2 yard race, kids get shirts and a finishers medal.

I've done a few of the challenge groups and they really helped me focus on a discipline or stay on track w/ a training plan.  Have fun!

We need to work on your definition of TRAIL RUNNING!  Head to DC for this race:

http://www2.thenorthface.com/endurancechallenge/ec_upcoming.html

NO THANK YOU!!  I've seen from your pictures and Baowolf's race what a true trail run is. That is why I was double checking the race's description of the course when it described itself as a "trail run."  I'm in enough danger of tripping over my own feet - let alone putting tree branches in my way.

That looks like a blast.  I am adding it to the potential calendar for next year.

swbkrun - 2008-11-03 12:35 PM It is a blast, and well organized!  Plus Dean Karnazes runs every race (the 1/2 Marathon)... With the slow people!  I beat him last year!! By 2 minutes or so... HE HE!!!

I keep finding all these races I want to do, trying to fit them all in next year will be tough.  I would probably do the 10K first.

Relative to their "mountains" out there, the rail trails are pretty technical