1 year, 1000 miles (Page 8)

fwiw, I just checked my monthly totals.  In January I ran 75.37 miles.  My longest run was only 3.99 miles, and my average pace for the month was a blazing 11:31 minutes/mile.  You don't have to run far or fast, just often! 

I'm 10 miles behind the bunny, but not for long...

Got home at 7 tonight... got my 4 miles in. Woo Hoo. A little behind, but that won't last long. Every day counts. Glad I have something to keep me going.

Since it seems I am not signed up for anything, and I do not think another HIM is in my plans this year, and I have committed to running... I think I am going to try and get into the Pike's Peak Ascent. I have thought about it, but been training for tris... I might do it this year. I have my qualifier.

My avitar is the view from the top. Hiked it a couple times.

I'm still around. We had the flu in our house a few weeks ago, and I still have a lingering nasty cough. I've been cutting my runs short or going out less often. I'm five miles behind the pace bunny. That's a little frustrating since on or around Jan 15, I had logged 50+ miles. Oh, well. February is a new month!

Great job everyone. And I just got into look at the spreadsheet and thanks to whomever put that together. It is great -- I love the pace bunnies.

New month everyone!  Lets have a great February.  Lately I have been over thinking many things at work and this may just be a carry over.  Just look at the thoughts going through my mind on the ride home last night:

I am not sure Pace Bunny is appropriate, that little guy just keeps at it, 2.723 miles every day like clock work, just keeps going.  He is more like the Pace Tortoise .

I, on the other had seem more like the Hare, Sprint ahead of that Pace guy with a long run, then chill for a day or so.  Do some more over pace miles, then miss a work out and fall behind.  ALL over the PLACE !!!  Definitely more the hare in this story.

Even your avitar is fast.

Ya, the incline is a really cool asset around here. It was "illegal" to use it but everyone did. The local governments just went thorough a bunch of stuff and made it legal. Now it cost (to park) but it will be maintained. H

How did you like the false summit?

I did not see the ESPN spot.

Parking at Barr Trail lot costs $5 or $10 all day. Reasonable. There is an ATM like machine... no cash. Just insert card. You can still walk up from the street.... but even when you park at the trail head... you have to walk down to the very beginning. They blocked off people walking up to join the incline from the upper parking lot.

Dude... I had done the incline 10 times maybe and I still got suckered by the false summit. It is pretty cruel because it get so steep there and then... psyche!

That which has been keeping me from running just finished today. 

I'm hoping that the work load I know is coming will at least allow me to get in enough runs to at least catch the Pace Rabbit and stay with him.

Nice job on both counts!!!  

Awesome-sauce! 

I too set a PR today. 2 miles, 20 minutes, no walking. And not to toot my own horn - but if you want to check out a reason not to post to BT before eating check out my logs for today. It's something special that's for sure!

See y'all out there. 

Lots of activity going on - both posting and running.

First of all, congrats to Yeszir on the 20 miler!!!!  Great Job.

Bill, cool on the xc skiing!

Scott, I agree with you on the name of our pacer.  Pace Turtle is a better name, isn't it?  When everyone was cussing it, I thought about renaming it to Hitler.  But pace turtle is more apt.

Yea, Erin on the 2 miles in 20 mins!  Honey, it's gonna start coming on faster than you can ever imagine now.  When I first started training for my first HM, I thought that if I ever got 3 miles in 39 min - well I thought I was badazz.  6 weeks later, I couldn't believe the difference.

SpeedKnight, glad things have calmed down at work.

Mike, love the story.  I want Mr Rabbit to push me.  I'm so glad that other people say/think/do weird things during races.  My first HM was the 26.2 for Donna and there were Finish It tattoos to signify Finish Breast Cancer.  I put the temp tattoo my face and only got Finis I on.  So my last mile I was chanting Finis I, Finis I.

Had my last planned mary today.  Barely PR'ed but barely works for me.  So now I've got to focus on swimming and biking.  I'm gonna lose my lead on Hitler the pace rabbit or pace turtle soon.  It's all good.

Dang, the Super Bowl just got really interesting!

wgraves7582 - 2013-02-03 7:33 PM Cross Country skiing instead of running - sure I should count it but I will hold off and if I end up 12-15 miles short I will return to January and swap some things out  Hope you all had a great weekend!

Just come out to CO again in November, will do a Waterton Canyon Brick (Ride up to Lenny's Rest, then Roxborough loop, then run up to the dam and back)

So what does "last planned mary" mean - you "retiring' from long distance and just going shorter/TRI - or just you don't have the next one planned yet, or with your base will the  next one just be unplanned or a atypical training run             

All is good what ever.  Congrats on the PR and go ride a bike