2010 Running (and more!) Thread

[roni]

Originally Posted by January Guy

Good entertainment guys! Glad you like my pecs Roni, I bench press just for you.

Does Uno know?

[kallileigh1]

Hi. My name is Kalli and I am a sissy. Tried to run 3 miles this afternoon/evening, right at dusk. Running wasn't the problem. I was too damn COLD!! I wore the same clothes I wore to run last winter and it was like 20 degrees out there. I sissied out after 1.5 miles. I had to go home, put on a hat, scarf, thick gloves, AND my winter coat. Then I went out and did the other 1.5. Yep I was over heating when I was done but I didn't care! Ugh. This is gonna be a loooooooooooong winter. Must be time to move!

[January Guy]

Originally Posted by roni

Does Uno know?

Nope, and don't tell him, he usually doesn't hang on this thread.

Originally Posted by kallileigh1

Hi. My name is Kalli and I am a sissy. Tried to run 3 miles this afternoon/evening, right at dusk. Running wasn't the problem. I was too damn COLD!! I wore the same clothes I wore to run last winter and it was like 20 degrees out there. I sissied out after 1.5 miles. I had to go home, put on a hat, scarf, thick gloves, AND my winter coat. Then I went out and did the other 1.5. Yep I was over heating when I was done but I didn't care! Ugh. This is gonna be a loooooooooooong winter. Must be time to move!

I just gotta say GREAT WORK on getting back out there once you had returned home. Lots of folks would have cashed it in. You may be a sissy, but you are no p****.

[roni]

Originally Posted by January Guy

Nope, and don't tell him, he usually doesn't hang on this thread.

Too late, I already squealed

[TJordan]

Things have been going okay for me
Things have been crazy busy at work the past few weeks, working 12 hr days everyday, so my workouts are few and far between.

I have been eating a lot better, and have noticed some more weight loss, but nothing to brag about.

After the first of the year things should calm down a bit at work, and I am going to get in the full swing of things again.

[Neil G]

OK, so my back finally seems to be good enough to run. Got out for 9k on Friday and followed that up with 20k on Saturday. All negated by the gigantic meal at the company Christmas party Saturday night, followed by more snacks at a friend's house party later that same night, plus possibly several drinks of the wobbly variety, but what the hell, eh?

10k scheduled over the noon hour today.

[beer_dude]

Originally Posted by Neil G

OK, so my back finally seems to be good enough to run. Got out for 9k on Friday and followed that up with 20k on Saturday. All negated by the gigantic meal at the company Christmas party Saturday night, followed by more snacks at a friend's house party later that same night, plus possibly several drinks of the wobbly variety, but what the hell, eh?

10k scheduled over the noon hour today.

10k in an hour? You really run fast.

Edit: Hmmm, I guess that is the average running speed. Not sure If I could get my legs moving that fast. I am really more of a mountain hiker. My average speed is 2.5 - 3.0 mph but that is climbing 1000 feet per hour of elevation.

[Neil G]

Originally Posted by beer_dude

10k in an hour? You really run fast.

Not really. I usually train at around a 5:20 to 5:30/km pace, so 10 km in 55 min or so. I'm hoping to break 45 minutes racing it this year, that would be pretty much a mid-pack result for me. The best guys my age locally are running it in the low 30s. World record for a road 10k is something like 26:45.

I'm putting off this run until tomorrow anyways, just climbing the stairs around work here is telling my my legs need another day. Doing 20k on Saturday doubled my December mileage - just not a great month running-wise due to the injury.

[jevans]

just got done lifting. doing circuit stuff with the weights. going to start sparring again tomorrow for my cardio. will add some grappling in a few days.

[roni]

I worked out really hard this morning, increasing weights on almost everything. I think I feel like, having consumed Muscle Milk, I have to burn, burn, burn :-). I burnt, and then I spent time in the steam room

[alwaysmissinpdc]

What a great thread, I should have paid attention sooner. Too many posts to multiquote so I'll summarize....

Ron - glad you're not gassy, I'm sure Kathy is too. And wanting to look at your own muscles is no different than stepping back from a finished research project and looking at it with satisfaction.

Kalli - you definitely did not wimp out if you got cold added layers and went back out. The going back out again is the champ in you!

I'm leaving a great number of people out. I went to class tonight inspired by this thread. I had countless number of reasons to stay at the office this evening but I needed the focus and balance of a work out. So I took the Tabata class. Hell followed by Nirvarna.

Argh, who posted back problems with running? We must talk barefoot. I've nearly doubled my miles and feel better than I have in ages. I even wear my 5 fingers to fitness classes.

[Neil G]

Originally Posted by alwaysmissinpdc

Argh, who posted back problems with running? We must talk barefoot.

Might have been me, but my back problems were caused by judo, not running. I've never had back issues running. My sister wears the VFFs and swears by them. I've got some racing flats that I've worn for up to HM distance but they started to give me some hip twinges that went away when I switched back to my regular training shoes. So I only use them for 10k and shorter now.

[u2girlie]

Originally Posted by alwaysmissinpdc

Argh, who posted back problems with running? We must talk barefoot. I've nearly doubled my miles and feel better than I have in ages. I even wear my 5 fingers to fitness classes.

Never had any back problems from running. Only from the knee and below but have worked those issues out. It was from poor running form & adding too much mileage too fast.

[jevans]

another good circuit on the weights. beefing up but getting lean.
i had back issues on one run but not sure what it was.

[January Guy]

Originally Posted by Neil G

OK, so my back finally seems to be good enough to run. Got out for 9k on Friday and followed that up with 20k on Saturday. All negated by the gigantic meal at the company Christmas party Saturday night, followed by more snacks at a friend's house party later that same night, plus possibly several drinks of the wobbly variety, but what the hell, eh?

10k scheduled over the noon hour today.

I love the bolded part. Possibly.

Originally Posted by alwaysmissinpdc

I'm leaving a great number of people out. I went to class tonight inspired by this thread. I had countless number of reasons to stay at the office this evening but I needed the focus and balance of a work out. So I took the Tabata class. Hell followed by Nirvarna.

Great! And we haven't even been as inspiring/active as usual. Becca hasn't been swearing, PG hasn't been showing nipples, DavidB hasn't been showing his stache, jevans hasn't been showing his splits to the nearest millioneth of a second, Kali hasn't been dominating 5K's, Sara hasn't been running trails to run off the night before, and I haven't been crapping in my gloves. Just wait until we get through the holidays and we start to ratchet it up again in the 2011 Running Thread. We will all be back at it, and Neil will be kicking butt as well from the onset.

2011 will be a good running year.