Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: kaqphin on 2008-10-01 7:02 AM

Hi Ghosties - welcome to the Halloween Run Challenge!!!!

Please get to know each other, offer inspires and support... and feel free to scare the other teams with some scary ghosts and ghouls!

Your team line up is:

Artemis

cori_smelker

Drewwhistle

enders_shadow

givemashot

kromanowski

mchally

philliybarb

runnerx

RunningJayHawk

sesh

triguynewbie

 

I will be back late this week with links to your team spreadsheet for logging, perhaps some haunting images if you need some help and the details of when I will be posting challenge updates.

For now - meet your team and get out running!

Best of Luck

Cat

Edited by kaqphin 2008-10-01 7:03 AM

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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: enders_shadow on 2008-10-01 7:42 AM

Hello Teamies!

I'm Kristen & I'm in for 70 miles this month (although I'll probably exceed that & up my goals mid-month)...

I'm training for my 2nd half-mary in mid-November.

I love running more than all other sports. I'm a little twisted that way.

This month is going to ROCK!


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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: phillybarb on 2008-10-01 8:14 AM

Hi! My name is Barb and my goal is 100 miles. I'm getting ready for my second half-marathon of the fall season in November and really want to have a good time (well, good for me). I am hoping to complete most of my 100 miles running, but may have to add in some walking to reach the goal. It just depends on how many days I oversleep.

I started the month off with a 4.5 mile run this morning.

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 8:54 AM

Mornin team!

I'm Bill and I'm in for 60.  This will be month one of half marathon training plan for a race in January.  It'll be my fifth half mary and I'm going to really try and improve my pace for this one.  It's a hilly course, but I've set PRs in all my previous halfs, and I don't want this time to be any different.  I'll hopefully also be in the pool and on the bike a good bit trying to ramp my base back up for HIM training which kicks in in December.  My off season is over!

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: Artemis on 2008-10-01 9:17 AM

Hi team.  My name is Jen.  My goal this month is 115 miles.  I have a marathon at the end of the month - Marine Corps Marathon - so this is the final push to get in training before then.

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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: RunningJayhawk on 2008-10-01 9:18 AM

Gooooooooood morning Ghosts and Ghouls!! Looks like we have another gal named Barb on this team...

I'm Barb hailing from Chicago and I believe I signed up for 60 (maybe 65?) miles in October. I'm running the Chicago Marathon on the 12th and I may also sign up for a small local 5k at the end of the month, it just depends on how I'm feeling. I've got no lofty goals for the race, just to finish since it wasn't my main focus of the season and I've been slacking a bit on speedwork lately. Oops! Just finish in one piece around 5:45 (if all goes as planned).

At any rate. This is my first challenge back since the spring and I have a REALLY BAD HABIT OF NOT COMPLETING MY LOGS. So...if I'm pulling blanks, just poke me. Please.



And just for Sesh...i love to bike...i love to bike...i love to bike...(oh wait, I still really don't love it).
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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 9:36 AM

Barb!  You're back!  And you brought another Barb with you, too.  This is gonna get tricky.  We'll definitely need some embarrassing way to distinguish between the two

Kristen and Jen, hello nibbers.  

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 9:40 AM

We're you around when I got my new bike?  Well, I built a new bike.  I have three now, and I'm looking for counseling (though I hope to have one sold by this weekend).

So you're going Iron Man huh?   You really, really, really must love to bike.

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: RunningJayhawk on 2008-10-01 9:58 AM




Oooooooooooh. I had no idea!!! Good luck selling the one though.

And uh...yeah...something like that. I've got 13 months to learn to love my bike for that long. I'm planning on one or two organized century rides (in additional to the century's scheduled in training), plus the Full Aqua Bike at the Great Illini. For me it's all about building confidence. I'll be fine. But I caught the bug in Louisville. Felt I needed to do some damage in Arizona. Seriously...the timing doesn't get any better. Take the week off after and eat mountains of turkey and pie!? IT'S BRILLIANT. I could kiss whoever positioned IMAZ that weekend.

Edited by RunningJayhawk 2008-10-01 10:15 AM

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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: runnerx on 2008-10-01 11:06 AM

(Just to get our team off to the right start...)

Those who are claiming responsibility, please form a line behind me. 

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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: kromanowski on 2008-10-01 11:48 AM

Hi Everyone!  My name is Katie...I am also from Chicago.  My goal is 50 miles this month running.  I am new to the whole running thing and am racing my first 5K at the end of the month!  Glad to meet you all.

 

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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: triguynewbie on 2008-10-01 11:49 AM

Hey team I am in for 50 miles. I am going to attempt my first marathon in Jan so I am currently looking for a training plan. I need to run more so I am using this challenge to help with that. I am 0 for 2 in challenges so I hope we can pull this one off.
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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: runnerx on 2008-10-01 12:48 PM

And to introduce myself...My name is Wally, from NJ.  I'm signed up for my first ever Ironman - Lake Placid next summer.  But for now, it's the NYC Marathon.  I've been putting in more running miles than ever which, honestly, is a bit unbelievable to me.  I have a goal of 140 miles for October which should lead me nicely into the marathon on Nov 2. 

I noticed a few familiar names from Sept's challenge - I had an absolute blast, plus it kept me motivated.  Looking forward to the G&G team...and seeing what type of fun we end up with.  Good luck everyone.   

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RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 1:38 PM

Heh... I had a hand in the scheduling

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 1:39 PM

Awesome goals for being new to running.  I see you almost did 50 in September as well.  Good job and keep it up!

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 1:40 PM

Disney?

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 1:43 PM

Sweet mileage.  We'll try to taze whip stun get you into shape for NYC.  Well, maybe Jen or Kristen can borrow some torture devices from Beth and Mila.  It'll be fun!  I promise.

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: sesh on 2008-10-01 1:44 PM

I tend to post pad offer substantive insight when I get a break from werk.  Sadly, those breaks are few and far between lately.

RE: Ghosts and Ghouls Team Thread
BY: kromanowski on 2008-10-01 2:15 PM

Thanks Bill!  Half marathon and then HIM huh...sounds like a lot of hard work...but never fear we will do our best to goad, threaten, inspire you

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