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 2011-08-11 4:32 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Master  1346    Gold Coast |  Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge!Sweeeet - I'm an overachiever! I also estimate I'm going to be running about 50k as part of the race this weekend so I guess I may have to re-evaluate my goals on Monday and increase my goal distance a little. Now, if only I was a swimming overachiever like Yanti.....sigh..... Maybe a swimming challenge next month...? If I am being held accountable then I will definitely swim more than othwerwise and I need a bit of a kick in the right direction. |
| 2011-08-11 6:08 PM in reply to: #3639394 |
Extreme Veteran 668 Melbourne | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! TriAya - 2011-08-12 2:44 AM cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 1:01 PM TriAya - 2011-08-11 1:05 AM
It's a 40K (as crow flies) swim between the neighboring island and this one, in one of Indonesia's major straits. It's notorious, to say the least, and thought to be unswimmable. Except for a handful of really experienced captains/pilots who navigate it and a couple of swimmers who have swum parts of it. So I'm going to do it. Why not? I'll raise money for Orphans for Oceans or something like that, too. Nothing sounds crazy about it, much closer to home and wouldn't be as cold as the English Channel, (I know I haven't given the notorious comment and unswimmable bit due respect) so I think you are much more sane than the 100s that attempt an English Channel crossing each year. Sounds like a good swim No one though the mile could be run in under 4 minutes either until someone did it, now look how the good runners look down their noses at you if you can't do it Thank you Joe Seriously, that's why I won't swim the Channel. It's furkin' cold, and that's on a good day. Plus, I can't afford to swim the Channel. Oh, and *everybody* does that (yaaawn ... ha ha ha) You better not be a bad influence on me like another guy I knew (and followed his progress of training and preparing) that swam the English Channel and I wanted to do it really bad since then (only the financial side has stopped me going for it so far, but I will do it one day). If you end up putting another far fetched idea in my head of doing, I don't know how I'll cope |
| 2011-08-11 6:12 PM in reply to: #3639404 |
Extreme Veteran 668 Melbourne | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! D001 - 2011-08-12 2:47 AM rnihill - 2011-08-11 12:23 AM I can think about anything during a swim EXCEPT math. If I think about numbers while swimming, I lose count of my laps. Then I have to penalize myself by going back to the last number that I *know* I did, which is usually something like "2." cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 12:04 AM owl_girl - 2011-08-11 6:19 AM I know this isn't running related but Yanti-fish would be proud of me! I've been trying really hard to get my mile swim (1650 yards) below 30 minutes. I almost did it today! I was at 30:06! I would have been less than 30 minutes except my stupid watch was running fast I had to keep throwing kids camp stuff (and children) out of my lane! Swimming is not my thing. I'm really proud of myself! I need some music if I'm going to swim longer. Does anyone have a swimming music player? Do you like it? You know that they invented the butterfly stroke to clear all kids and other persons out of your lane don't you? Can't help with the swimming music player, don't think I could handle swimming with one. Can I lend you a few of the voices in my head to help you past the time? Haha, I thought I was the only one... Me, myself and I can "talk out" a lot of problems in a good swim.  I left work last night with a problem that I couldn't figure out a solution on and quickly forgot about it as I went home (which has taken years to be able to do). Did a reasonably big swim session this morning and half way through it, without even thinking of work, the solution just popped right into my head. I came into work and hurriedly told the manager about what I had thought of and now it's all being taken care of. This happens quite often while swimming and I think it is about time that work realised this and paid for a full lap pool to go in at my house and let me work from home more often... |
| 2011-08-11 6:58 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Master 1623 | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Hey everyone!! I finally have internet access again! We just moved into the new house last Friday and I've been really busy with work and unpacking but ready to get back to training... no worries west team I should easily hit my 10 run sessions this month... we'll I'm off to continue unpacking and cleaning the house. Hope everyone's having a good week! |
| 2011-08-11 7:15 PM in reply to: #3639449 |
Champion 23360  Taser-World | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! TriAya - 2011-08-11 1:04 PM *wail* but waiiiiiit, you updated before I updated the spreadsheet! LOL. It would add, like, single percentages to my total anyway. But I'm building up my running this month ... no, really ... so the second half should be a lot better than the first. Yes! That's it! Fo sho! Well, that's why I called it a "random challenge update." 'Cause you never know when it will occur. And yes. I am evil. But you knew that already, right? <----- Oh look, I just got younger. |
| 2011-08-11 7:16 PM in reply to: #3640099 |
Champion 23360 Taser-World | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 7:12 PM I left work last night with a problem that I couldn't figure out a solution on and quickly forgot about it as I went home (which has taken years to be able to do). Did a reasonably big swim session this morning and half way through it, without even thinking of work, the solution just popped right into my head. I came into work and hurriedly told the manager about what I had thought of and now it's all being taken care of. This happens quite often while swimming and I think it is about time that work realised this and paid for a full lap pool to go in at my house and let me work from home more often... Heck, I'd settle for a pool at work. |
| 2011-08-11 7:16 PM in reply to: #3640148 |
Champion 23360 Taser-World | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Emmanem - 2011-08-11 7:58 PM Hey everyone!! I finally have internet access again! We just moved into the new house last Friday and I've been really busy with work and unpacking but ready to get back to training... no worries west team I should easily hit my 10 run sessions this month... we'll I'm off to continue unpacking and cleaning the house. Hope everyone's having a good week! Welcome back! |
| 2011-08-11 7:56 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Extreme Veteran 668 Melbourne | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! And for the record, after updating the spreadsheet I'm on track as well, however yes I do also need to still go for a walk / run / wog etc |
| 2011-08-11 10:46 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Expert 908 Niskayuna, New York | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Keep up the good work East siders!! My rest week is almost over so I'll be hitting the spreadsheet hard again in a few days! |
| 2011-08-12 4:13 AM in reply to: #3640096 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! cottoneyes - 2011-08-12 8:08 AM TriAya - 2011-08-12 2:44 AM cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 1:01 PM TriAya - 2011-08-11 1:05 AM
It's a 40K (as crow flies) swim between the neighboring island and this one, in one of Indonesia's major straits. It's notorious, to say the least, and thought to be unswimmable. Except for a handful of really experienced captains/pilots who navigate it and a couple of swimmers who have swum parts of it. So I'm going to do it. Why not? I'll raise money for Orphans for Oceans or something like that, too. Nothing sounds crazy about it, much closer to home and wouldn't be as cold as the English Channel, (I know I haven't given the notorious comment and unswimmable bit due respect) so I think you are much more sane than the 100s that attempt an English Channel crossing each year. Sounds like a good swim No one though the mile could be run in under 4 minutes either until someone did it, now look how the good runners look down their noses at you if you can't do it Thank you Joe Seriously, that's why I won't swim the Channel. It's furkin' cold, and that's on a good day. Plus, I can't afford to swim the Channel. Oh, and *everybody* does that (yaaawn ... ha ha ha) You better not be a bad influence on me like another guy I knew (and followed his progress of training and preparing) that swam the English Channel and I wanted to do it really bad since then (only the financial side has stopped me going for it so far, but I will do it one day). If you end up putting another far fetched idea in my head of doing, I don't know how I'll cope Look, Joe. You realize how CLOSE Indonesia is to Australia, right? And you know what the buying power of the Aussie dollar is to the rupiah? And you have a dear friend paving the way for a channel swim here ... As far as I know, the MALE record for swimming the Lombok Strait will still be up for grabs ... |
| 2011-08-12 6:40 AM in reply to: #3638653 |
Elite 3913 far northern CA | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! cottoneyes - 2011-08-10 9:04 PM owl_girl - 2011-08-11 6:19 AM I know this isn't running related but Yanti-fish would be proud of me! I've been trying really hard to get my mile swim (1650 yards) below 30 minutes. I almost did it today! I was at 30:06! I would have been less than 30 minutes except my stupid watch was running fast I had to keep throwing kids camp stuff (and children) out of my lane! Swimming is not my thing. I'm really proud of myself! I need some music if I'm going to swim longer. Does anyone have a swimming music player? Do you like it? You know that they invented the butterfly stroke to clear all kids and other persons out of your lane don't you? Can't help with the swimming music player, don't think I could handle swimming with one. Can I lend you a few of the voices in my head to help you past the time? Oh my gosh! You guys are hilarious! I wish I knew the butterfly stroke! What a brilliant idea! I can't think about anything while I swim. I lose count of my laps. I don't want to swim any more than I have to. |
| 2011-08-12 6:42 AM in reply to: #3640099 |
Elite 3913 far northern CA | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 4:12 PM D001 - 2011-08-12 2:47 AM rnihill - 2011-08-11 12:23 AM I can think about anything during a swim EXCEPT math. If I think about numbers while swimming, I lose count of my laps. Then I have to penalize myself by going back to the last number that I *know* I did, which is usually something like "2." cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 12:04 AM owl_girl - 2011-08-11 6:19 AM I know this isn't running related but Yanti-fish would be proud of me! I've been trying really hard to get my mile swim (1650 yards) below 30 minutes. I almost did it today! I was at 30:06! I would have been less than 30 minutes except my stupid watch was running fast I had to keep throwing kids camp stuff (and children) out of my lane! Swimming is not my thing. I'm really proud of myself! I need some music if I'm going to swim longer. Does anyone have a swimming music player? Do you like it? You know that they invented the butterfly stroke to clear all kids and other persons out of your lane don't you? Can't help with the swimming music player, don't think I could handle swimming with one. Can I lend you a few of the voices in my head to help you past the time? Haha, I thought I was the only one... Me, myself and I can "talk out" a lot of problems in a good swim. I left work last night with a problem that I couldn't figure out a solution on and quickly forgot about it as I went home (which has taken years to be able to do). Did a reasonably big swim session this morning and half way through it, without even thinking of work, the solution just popped right into my head. I came into work and hurriedly told the manager about what I had thought of and now it's all being taken care of. This happens quite often while swimming and I think it is about time that work realised this and paid for a full lap pool to go in at my house and let me work from home more often... Yet another brilliant idea! I talk things over with myself while running. I need to ask work for a treadmill.  |
| 2011-08-12 10:48 AM in reply to: #3640505 |
Champion 23360 Taser-World | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! owl_girl - 2011-08-12 7:40 AM cottoneyes - 2011-08-10 9:04 PM owl_girl - 2011-08-11 6:19 AM I know this isn't running related but Yanti-fish would be proud of me!  I've been trying really hard to get my mile swim (1650 yards) below 30 minutes.  I almost did it today!  I was at 30:06!  I would have been less than 30 minutes except my stupid watch was running fast I had to keep throwing kids camp stuff (and children) out of my lane!  Swimming is not my thing.  I'm really proud of myself!  I need some music if I'm going to swim longer.  Does anyone have a swimming music player?  Do you like it? You know that they invented the butterfly stroke to clear all kids and other persons out of your lane don't you? Can't help with the swimming music player, don't think I could handle swimming with one. Can I lend you a few of the voices in my head to help you past the time? Oh my gosh!  You guys are hilarious!  I wish I knew the butterfly stroke!  What a brilliant idea! I can't think about anything while I swim.  I lose count of my laps.  I don't want to swim any more than I have to. I don't lose count much. Maybe that's because I haven't done any swimming lately? Hm.... Anyway, some people like this: FINIS Lap Track: Personal Underwater Lap Counter and Timer http://www.amazon.com/FINIS-1-05-027-Lap-Track/dp/B001GQ2BL8 Edited by D001 2011-08-12 10:49 AM |
| 2011-08-12 10:49 AM in reply to: #3640430 |
Champion 23360 Taser-World | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! TriAya - 2011-08-12 5:13 AM cottoneyes - 2011-08-12 8:08 AM TriAya - 2011-08-12 2:44 AM cottoneyes - 2011-08-11 1:01 PM TriAya - 2011-08-11 1:05 AM
It's a 40K (as crow flies) swim between the neighboring island and this one, in one of Indonesia's major straits. It's notorious, to say the least, and thought to be unswimmable. Except for a handful of really experienced captains/pilots who navigate it and a couple of swimmers who have swum parts of it. So I'm going to do it. Why not? I'll raise money for Orphans for Oceans or something like that, too. Nothing sounds crazy about it, much closer to home and wouldn't be as cold as the English Channel, (I know I haven't given the notorious comment and unswimmable bit due respect) so I think you are much more sane than the 100s that attempt an English Channel crossing each year. Sounds like a good swim No one though the mile could be run in under 4 minutes either until someone did it, now look how the good runners look down their noses at you if you can't do it Thank you Joe Seriously, that's why I won't swim the Channel. It's furkin' cold, and that's on a good day. Plus, I can't afford to swim the Channel. Oh, and *everybody* does that (yaaawn ... ha ha ha) You better not be a bad influence on me like another guy I knew (and followed his progress of training and preparing) that swam the English Channel and I wanted to do it really bad since then (only the financial side has stopped me going for it so far, but I will do it one day). If you end up putting another far fetched idea in my head of doing, I don't know how I'll cope Look, Joe. You realize how CLOSE Indonesia is to Australia, right? And you know what the buying power of the Aussie dollar is to the rupiah? And you have a dear friend paving the way for a channel swim here ... As far as I know, the MALE record for swimming the Lombok Strait will still be up for grabs ... I *heart* Yanti's posts. |
| 2011-08-12 11:36 AM in reply to: #3622306 |
Expert 1580 Ankeny, Iowa | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Another run/walk for the east team. I am only counting the run/walk not the straight walks. I am trying to use this challenge to keep on track with the C25K with hopes to get back to Half Mary distance before spring (with a possible surgery on the horizon). Stacie |
| 2011-08-12 12:29 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Extreme Veteran 671 Not Quite DFL | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! I'm in an ultra tomorrow - so - my totals should jump accrodingly. I'll get it logged hopefully by Sunday.
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| 2011-08-12 9:50 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Elite 3913 far northern CA | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Hey everyone! Good luck to all the racers this weekend! I'm doing a sprint tri on Sunday. I've done it several times. It is a 500 yard pool swim, 12 mile bike, and 5K run. Last year, I did 1:13:something. This year I'm going for 1:09:something. Wish me luck! |
| 2011-08-12 9:51 PM in reply to: #3641074 |
Elite 3913 far northern CA | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! crimefighter2 - 2011-08-12 10:29 AM I'm in an ultra tomorrow - so - my totals should jump accrodingly. I'll get it logged hopefully by Sunday.
~bowing~ Good luck!!!! |
| 2011-08-13 12:41 AM in reply to: #3622306 |
Elite 4201 washington state | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Tonight's work out was participating in a small Urban Adventure Run. You have one hour to go to as many places as possible on a list and pick up raffle tickets. Then of course there is the drawings for the prizes. It was a nice fun way to get in my miles! And I won a raffle prize! |
| 2011-08-13 5:46 AM in reply to: #3641791 |
Expert 1580 Ankeny, Iowa | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! deehtz - 2011-08-13 12:41 AM Tonight's work out was participating in a small Urban Adventure Run. You have one hour to go to as many places as possible on a list and pick up raffle tickets. Then of course there is the drawings for the prizes. It was a nice fun way to get in my miles! And I won a raffle prize! Congrats on the win! and this sounds really fun! |
| 2011-08-13 7:19 AM in reply to: #3622306 |
Expert 935 South eastern Ohio Silver member | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Top page!! Hey Westies, I am not MIA just trying to follow my schedule. I will be running more and longer towards the end of the month so no fears. I will get it done. Just posted a run for this morning. Keep up the great work. Chris Edited by chrisrunzs26 2011-08-13 7:20 AM |
| 2011-08-13 9:20 AM in reply to: #3641074 |
Expert 908 Niskayuna, New York | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! crimefighter2 - 2011-08-12 1:29 PM I'm in an ultra tomorrow - so - my totals should jump accrodingly. I'll get it logged hopefully by Sunday.
Goodluck and have fun! And goodluck to all the racers this weekend. I have the Warrior Dash later today, should be fun! |
| 2011-08-13 10:36 AM in reply to: #3641950 |
Elite 3489 Lakewood, CO | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! doctorbob18 - 2011-08-13 8:20 AM crimefighter2 - 2011-08-12 1:29 PM I'm in an ultra tomorrow - so - my totals should jump accrodingly. I'll get it logged hopefully by Sunday.
Goodluck and have fun! And goodluck to all the racers this weekend. I have the Warrior Dash later today, should be fun! Good luck to everyone and have fun in what you do!!! |
| 2011-08-13 7:07 PM in reply to: #3622306 |
Master 1623 | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! I'm finally getting a washer and dryer tomorrow!!!! I've got piles of laundry to do so I can't wait until they are delivered and I can start washing clothes. I've never been so excited to do laundry in my whole life |
| 2011-08-13 8:25 PM in reply to: #3642422 |
Champion 14677 Bronze member | Subject: RE: August East-West Run/Jog/Wog/Walk Challenge! Emmanem - 2011-08-13 8:07 PM I'm finally getting a washer and dryer tomorrow!!!! I've got piles of laundry to do so I can't wait until they are delivered and I can start washing clothes. I've never been so excited to do laundry in my whole life Can I bring mine over, too? |
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