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8.19.11 Fabulous Friday!
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 2011-08-19 7:58 AM |
Elite  4583   |  Subject: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday!Goood morning and happy weekend! Got up to workout and realized I am officially tired. Today is the last day working on the flats, thank goodness! Quick explanation since I've been asked: Bonneville Salt Flats are just outside my town--if any of you are racing fans, Bonneville is the Holy Grail of speed. Every year the middle week of August is Speed Week and racers come from all over the world to race on the flats to improve times, set records, etc. My next door neighbor runs the car wash in town and earlier this summer asked if I would work for him out on the flats hosing the salt off cars. It's unbelievably sticky stuff plus we want to save the salt and keep it on the flats. Part of what we earned this week will go to my cross country program so I've had my runners out there helping. It's just been flat out hard, physical work...but fun to talk to the racers, see all the cool cars, etc. Here is an example of one class of cars that race:
What looks like snow is actually inches deep salt...it's really an incredible place. Anyhow...happy racing this weekend! |
| 2011-08-19 8:30 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Veteran 115  Wallingford, CT | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! So jealous, I would love to take a few blasts down the salt flats or at least go to witness it in person. |
| 2011-08-19 8:35 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Bonneville is famous! Actually, if you just say, "the Salt Flats," everyone knows what you mean. They've been setting records there forever ... 10 min walk for me today and will try for up to an hour trainer, if my healing muscle complies ... |
| 2011-08-19 8:48 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Expert 1322 Savannah | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Easy day...3000m swim. |
| 2011-08-19 9:14 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Expert 614 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! 7 fabulous miles this morning including 5 minute steady state intervals. The HIM ramp up is wearing this fella out |
| 2011-08-19 9:20 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Extreme Veteran 511 St Johns, Florida | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! I would love to spend a day or two at Bonneville someday! 5:40am - 5 Mile Run followed by 15 Mile Ride. Nice morning up here in the North today. |
| 2011-08-19 9:20 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Veteran 1900 Southampton, Ontario | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Off as per the schedule... but I might sneak in a short run. |
| 2011-08-19 9:44 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Expert 1644 Oklahoma | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! |
| 2011-08-19 9:47 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Veteran 784 | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Well I was suppose to wake up and do a 30 minute continous swim and a 60 minute run in the afternoon...but body and mind were too tired and CONVINCED me to do a brick in the afternoon rather than get up and swim, so now its become a 30 min swim/60 minute brick after work.....it def sounded like a good idea this morning but now not so much......haha...6 weeks out and counting till the Cheasapeake Man.....oh boy!!!! |
| 2011-08-19 10:38 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Master 2770 Central Kansas | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! ingleshteechur - 2011-08-19 7:58 AM Goood morning and happy weekend! Got up to workout and realized I am officially tired. Today is the last day working on the flats, thank goodness! Quick explanation since I've been asked: Bonneville Salt Flats are just outside my town--if any of you are racing fans, Bonneville is the Holy Grail of speed. Every year the middle week of August is Speed Week and racers come from all over the world to race on the flats to improve times, set records, etc. My next door neighbor runs the car wash in town and earlier this summer asked if I would work for him out on the flats hosing the salt off cars. It's unbelievably sticky stuff plus we want to save the salt and keep it on the flats. Part of what we earned this week will go to my cross country program so I've had my runners out there helping. It's just been flat out hard, physical work...but fun to talk to the racers, see all the cool cars, etc. Here is an example of one class of cars that race:
What looks like snow is actually inches deep salt...it's really an incredible place. Anyhow...happy racing this weekend! LOL Thank you for explaining. I thought I had been to the salt flats (my husband's from Orem), but obviously not. And that is so not the kind of car I imagined you washing. I was picturing a mid 80s rusted, salt-ridden car from the North East that had for some reason been abandoned in the salt flats, and there must have been hundreds of them! I just couldn't get it all to make sense! lol |
| 2011-08-19 10:41 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Expert 1322 Savannah | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Soooo...which thread is the "official" Friday thread. I say this one!  |
| 2011-08-19 10:44 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Master 2770 Central Kansas | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! 5.75 miles this morning. I wanted to run to the Arkansas River, just to say I had, but I ran out of road -- but kept going -- until I ran into an electric fence with a bunch of cattle staring at me. Where the dirt road 'ended' was nice soft sand, and it was heavenly to run on. Everything felt good this morning, as I was running I kept checking everything -- ankles? achilles? calf? knee? hip? etc, and kept running through everything. Nothing even really ached today. Hooray! I'd like to try to get a bike ride in after work, but we are expecting highs of over 100 again today, and it is truly miserable. (As most of you know.) Sinuses are feeling good, so I should be able to start swimming again next week. |
| 2011-08-19 10:53 AM in reply to: #3650593 |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! mktoson - 2011-08-19 10:41 AM Soooo...which thread is the "official" Friday thread. I say this one! I agree. 4 miles of fartlek this morning. My week has not included anything as cool as the salt flats. Thanks for the picture, teech. It must be a really neat (if tiring) experience. Enjoy the weekend, everyone. |
| 2011-08-19 10:53 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Expert 1416 San Luis Obispo, CA | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Very envious of your time on the flats! I've always wanted to go out there for speed week. One of my favorite movies is "World's Fastest Indian", great story about racing there. Oh, and 6.6 mile run this evening. |
| 2011-08-19 10:58 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Expert 839 Anaheim Hills, CA | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Rest day for me. Got a long weekend planned. |
| 2011-08-19 11:28 AM in reply to: #3650246 |
Veteran 545 South Shore, MA | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Thanks for the "salt flats" explanation.... I'll admit it, I'm totally clueless when it comes to racing! 4 mile run for me this morning. Felt really good! |
| 2011-08-19 12:29 PM in reply to: #3650246 |
Regular 108 Chicago | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! 20 Mile bike "time trial" to get my race pace set. Experimenting with raising my seat and moving the saddle forward... gained an extra MPH! Just 9 days until my race! |
| 2011-08-19 1:40 PM in reply to: #3650626 |
Elite 4583 | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! blbriley - 2011-08-19 10:53 AM Very envious of your time on the flats! I've always wanted to go out there for speed week. One of my favorite movies is "World's Fastest Indian", great story about racing there. Oh, and 6.6 mile run this evening. That's where I live! Met lots of Kiwis this week for sure! I love the movie too. |
| 2011-08-19 1:42 PM in reply to: #3650583 |
Elite 4583 | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! KansasMom - 2011-08-19 10:38 AM ingleshteechur - 2011-08-19 7:58 AM Goood morning and happy weekend! Got up to workout and realized I am officially tired. Today is the last day working on the flats, thank goodness! Quick explanation since I've been asked: Bonneville Salt Flats are just outside my town--if any of you are racing fans, Bonneville is the Holy Grail of speed. Every year the middle week of August is Speed Week and racers come from all over the world to race on the flats to improve times, set records, etc. My next door neighbor runs the car wash in town and earlier this summer asked if I would work for him out on the flats hosing the salt off cars. It's unbelievably sticky stuff plus we want to save the salt and keep it on the flats. Part of what we earned this week will go to my cross country program so I've had my runners out there helping. It's just been flat out hard, physical work...but fun to talk to the racers, see all the cool cars, etc. Here is an example of one class of cars that race:
What looks like snow is actually inches deep salt...it's really an incredible place. Anyhow...happy racing this weekend! LOL Thank you for explaining. I thought I had been to the salt flats (my husband's from Orem), but obviously not. And that is so not the kind of car I imagined you washing. I was picturing a mid 80s rusted, salt-ridden car from the North East that had for some reason been abandoned in the salt flats, and there must have been hundreds of them! I just couldn't get it all to make sense! lol Oh believe me, we have washed plenty of rust buckets, too!!! A lot of them buy old cars just for Speed Week and driving back and forth across the salt. I've washed everything from super cool race cars to rusty vans to mountain bikes this week. Soooo glad I'm almost done! Ha! |
| 2011-08-19 1:43 PM in reply to: #3650423 |
Elite 4583 | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! dan king - 2011-08-19 9:20 AM I would love to spend a day or two at Bonneville someday! 5:40am - 5 Mile Run followed by 15 Mile Ride. Nice morning up here in the North today. It is a Bucket List destination for sure. It's an incredible place...when your someday comes, book rooms early! Ha! |
| 2011-08-19 1:50 PM in reply to: #3650246 |
Elite 7783 PEI, Canada | Subject: RE: 8.19.11 Fabulous Friday! Biked into work this morning (10k) and then biking from my work to meet my wife at her work and then we are riding home together (27k) |
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