They Who Shall Not be Named! (Page 71)

Holy cow, those are the most incredible calves that I think I have ever seen... You should never, ever cover them up!

Hmmm ... ditto Atlantia ... as soon as the marathon is over, I am full-on becoming a cyclist! Wow! I want calves like that! Mmmmmooooooo baby cows!

So...you doin' CIM with Spokesy?

LOL ... "with" spokes would be a vast embellishment on my part, but yes, we'll be doing the same course on the same day.

Did you know that running is like smoking pot, but legal?

Runner's high

Another widely publicized effect of endorphin production is the so-called "runner's high", which is said to occur when strenuous exercise takes a person over a threshold that activates endorphin production. Endorphins are released during long, continuous workouts, when the level of intensity is between moderate and high, and breathing is difficult. This also corresponds with the time that muscles use up their stored glycogen and begin functioning with only oxygen. Workouts that are most likely to produce endorphins include running, swimming, cross-country skiing, long distance rowing, bicycling, weight lifting, aerobics, or playing a sport such as basketball, soccer, or football.

However, some scientists question the mechanisms at work, their research possibly demonstrating the high comes from completing a challenge rather than as a result of exertion.^[9] Studies in the early 1980s cast doubt on the relationship between endorphins and the runner's high. There were a couple of reasons for this doubt.

• The first was that when an antagonist (pharmacological agent that blocks the action for the substance under study) was infused (eg naloxone) or ingested (naltrexone) the same changes in mood state occurred that happened when the person exercised with no blocker.
• A second piece of evidence is much more simple. It turns out that scientists cannot make a runner's high occur in the lab with any certainty. This makes it very difficult to study, much less prove that endorphins cause the runners high.

In recent years, the connection between the "Runner's High" phenomenon and endorphins has been severed completely. A study in 2004 by Georgia Tech found that Runner's High was likely triggered by a release of another naturally produced body chemical, the endocannabinoid anandamide. Anandamide is similar to the active chemical THC in marijuana. The body produces this chemical to deal with prolonged stress and pain from strenuous exercise, similar to the original theory attached to endorphins.

No, I'm not doing the sequel to XXX, but a long-course duathlon in Auburn, California - just a few miles from Sacramento... that has 6000' of climbing in the bike and the run is at the bottom of the American River Canyon that the Corvette above went BOOM real good in XXX. That bridge they drove that off of is the highest bridge in California. Description of run course by a guy at my tri-club last night "Its a b!tich."

Run 3k, ride 56 miles, run a half-marathon. The canyon is only 1500' feet up so oxy won't be a problem, but I'm thinking of not racing during February so I can drive up there and practice riding in the canyon.

Auburn International Duathlon

I thought I was training my azz off to be your boy toy. 

And here's my spiffy new tri-club visor...

hmmmmm, he must have had to go back into meetings

no, i'm not talking to myself, really i'm not

LMAO

And here's my spiffy new tri-club visor...

They are giving me a headache. I took a lunch break and went to the golf course for a nice prime rib brunch but the meeting continued there, so much for that break. I meet again at 2:30 for the vote talley and the announcement of the new committee. I'll be happy when it's all done.

By the way i forgot I have to requal in Fire fighting. So I'll be in school all day tomorrow.

Did I tell you that I'm ready for a beer or two or three........... yup I sure am.

Tonights schedule, long run and then drink beer. Not sure if that will work as a recovery drink. Hmmmmmmmmm?