SWBKRUN- Miles and Miles ahead!!!! CLOSED (Page 85)

Particle, especially the song: Launchpad, and Rusted Root, esp the song Ecstasy

Both are super upbeat and make me want to kick some arse.

..edited..just saw your full post.  Sounds like the guy never drank the kool aid completely.

As for real injuries and the mental part.  I fight it everyday.  I've been injured over a year and the doctors have no idea what's wrong.  I been with three specialist in SA and had bone scans, xrays and MRI's and nothing.  In all of 2009 I ran a total of 13 miles all at run walk scenarios and never over 30 minutes.  I was sitting around getting fat and lazy absorbed in my pity party.  Finally decided after going up two sizes that enough was enough.  As of Dec 1st. I started drinking the kool aid again.  I'm finding it hard to be patient and to take sprint training seriously after going long and knowing the run portion is still going to be a painful run/walk.  If I don't find the satisfaction from participating this year that I want I will probably try and do TT bike races and put all my energy towards that since my legs aren't affected in that sport.  I've been resisting it because I really like doing all three to keep the boredom down.

This is a forum, not an article repository. We're not here to answer questions like "How do people who were here 3 years ago count laps?". We're here to answer questions like "How do YOU count laps". There's a big difference.

For every person who actually posts a question, there are probably 10 or 20 reading the first page of that forum at that moment who are looking for the same information. And sometimes they're not just looking for a way to count laps. Sometimes they're looking for a bit of community around this small, odd sport of ours.

When starting something like triathlon, it's a big mental boost to know that there are people out there who are at this moment in the exact same position as you, with the same questions. Knowing that there were people like you isn't the same. There's a world of difference between "come sit in the circle" vs. "go look in the library".

The Forum Search feature is useful. I just used it to find the other versions of this post from 2006-2008. For people who want to look for questions asked previously, it's great. But our forums are the gathering place for a community, and one of the things communities are very good for is passing on information to new people on a person to person basis.

From a practical standpoint I'd hate to see people discouraged from asking questions. Quite the opposite. We want to encourage it. We want them to gather the courage to ask a question and be confident that they'll be responded to politely, accurately and enthusiastically rather than just be told to do a search or go to the FAQ. If that's the case, how is someone to know what constitutes an ok question? How many times can something be asked before it's no longer ok? Following the logic of "that's been asked already" you eventually end up with a situation where you only get a small set of cranky old coots arguing over the aero characteristics of the newest ultra-light carbon bottle holder.

There are no stupid questions, no questions that are not ok, no questions that have been asked too much already if they're asked honestly. If you're wondering about something related to triathlon, ask away.

This is a forum, not an article repository. We're not here to answer questions like "How do people who were here 3 years ago count laps?". We're here to answer questions like "How do YOU count laps". There's a big difference.

For every person who actually posts a question, there are probably 10 or 20 reading the first page of that forum at that moment who are looking for the same information. And sometimes they're not just looking for a way to count laps. Sometimes they're looking for a bit of community around this small, odd sport of ours.

When starting something like triathlon, it's a big mental boost to know that there are people out there who are at this moment in the exact same position as you, with the same questions. Knowing that there were people like you isn't the same. There's a world of difference between "come sit in the circle" vs. "go look in the library".

The Forum Search feature is useful. I just used it to find the other versions of this post from 2006-2008. For people who want to look for questions asked previously, it's great. But our forums are the gathering place for a community, and one of the things communities are very good for is passing on information to new people on a person to person basis.

From a practical standpoint I'd hate to see people discouraged from asking questions. Quite the opposite. We want to encourage it. We want them to gather the courage to ask a question and be confident that they'll be responded to politely, accurately and enthusiastically rather than just be told to do a search or go to the FAQ. If that's the case, how is someone to know what constitutes an ok question? How many times can something be asked before it's no longer ok? Following the logic of "that's been asked already" you eventually end up with a situation where you only get a small set of cranky old coots arguing over the aero characteristics of the newest ultra-light carbon bottle holder.

There are no stupid questions, no questions that are not ok, no questions that have been asked too much already if they're asked honestly. If you're wondering about something related to triathlon, ask away.

Just curious if the birthday boy of the week be sending treats to the MG? Do you need my address?