1) Happy Canada Day and Fourth of July weekend. Being so close to Canada, it's always funny how much more we know about the country than other parts of the USA. Does the same hold true for the state that border the country to the South of us????
2) Speed-work is funny. It kicks your ass while you're doing it but the recovery makes you think you can continue. There should be a way to remove your brain and re-insert it after the workout. Not only would it be less weight to lug around but you wouldn't be thinking about the pain.....
3) Does July 4th kick off summer for you or are you lucky enough to have started in May or June? We only have a few more weeks according to the calendar and the weather is still trying to figure out what to do. Bring on the heat!
Peace.........
Why is appearance sooooooooooooo important to us????
Why do we judge by a person gait or what they're wearing?
I'm not saying that we're runner snobs, but looking good is important to us......
I ran with my buddy that was attempting to do 100 miles for Relay for Life in a wife-beater and cut-off jeans........... SO I didn't look like a runner but did that mean I wasn't a runner?
I think we've all been in races where we see someone with a terrible gait, but they're ahead of us!
How about the guy in the cargo shorts that flies pass you?
So does size really.............. wrong post.
So are we running snobs????????????
Peace
Why do we judge by a person gait or what they're wearing?
I'm not saying that we're runner snobs, but looking good is important to us......
I ran with my buddy that was attempting to do 100 miles for Relay for Life in a wife-beater and cut-off jeans........... SO I didn't look like a runner but did that mean I wasn't a runner?
I think we've all been in races where we see someone with a terrible gait, but they're ahead of us!
How about the guy in the cargo shorts that flies pass you?
So does size really.............. wrong post.
So are we running snobs????????????
Peace
This was an interesting running weekend for me. It started with a 4:00 AM wake-up call to make it to the start line for the Solstice Races.
My official title is Start Line Coordinator, which means answer any and all questions that arise at the start, since I will be the only race person there!
I had the opportunity to see a lot of familiar faces including Jeff from Detroit Runner.
We had over 3500 participants in all of the races which included a Maui Mile for the kids. The winning kids were neck and neck at the finish line with a time of 7:03 and one of them couldn't have been more than seven!
After the race I wasn't able to stick around because that damn grass keeps growing and I knew I had a guy running 100 miles for the Relay for Life!
Now this was my first experience with Relay for Life but I think most of the participants walk around the track as teams for 24 hours. My friend was the only runner and it made for some weaving between people as we ran. I knew that I wouldn't be able to spend a lot of time running with him but I did want to show my support. We were averaging 12:00/mile including little breaks. He had quite a following from our local running club and a few people that were running with him in the wee hours of the night. Needless to say, this old guy slept like a baby.
So my volunteer Saturday turned out to be awesome..............
So time to relax and start the BBQ....
Peace
My official title is Start Line Coordinator, which means answer any and all questions that arise at the start, since I will be the only race person there!
I had the opportunity to see a lot of familiar faces including Jeff from Detroit Runner.
We had over 3500 participants in all of the races which included a Maui Mile for the kids. The winning kids were neck and neck at the finish line with a time of 7:03 and one of them couldn't have been more than seven!
After the race I wasn't able to stick around because that damn grass keeps growing and I knew I had a guy running 100 miles for the Relay for Life!
Now this was my first experience with Relay for Life but I think most of the participants walk around the track as teams for 24 hours. My friend was the only runner and it made for some weaving between people as we ran. I knew that I wouldn't be able to spend a lot of time running with him but I did want to show my support. We were averaging 12:00/mile including little breaks. He had quite a following from our local running club and a few people that were running with him in the wee hours of the night. Needless to say, this old guy slept like a baby.
So my volunteer Saturday turned out to be awesome..............
So time to relax and start the BBQ....
Peace
Just heard the tag line to Cameron Diaz's latest movie 'Bad Teacher'.
She doesn't give an 'F'..............
Do people in countries that drive on the other side of the street also go up and down stairs that way?????
How can we use a Porta-John after 23,394 people but get grossed out when someone forgets to flush a toilet?????
I watched some of the USTA track event last night on my laptop, while watching baseball on television??????
What did I do before Facebook, blogging and cell phones?????
Did you know that 26.3 miles is considered an Ultra?????
Can the Western States 100 be ran on the east coast?????
Has Tiger Wood's game gone to hell because of his lack of nookie?????
If you had to come with a name for running shoe what would it be??????
Just stuff that roams around my mind.........
Peace
She doesn't give an 'F'..............
Do people in countries that drive on the other side of the street also go up and down stairs that way?????
How can we use a Porta-John after 23,394 people but get grossed out when someone forgets to flush a toilet?????
I watched some of the USTA track event last night on my laptop, while watching baseball on television??????
What did I do before Facebook, blogging and cell phones?????
Did you know that 26.3 miles is considered an Ultra?????
Can the Western States 100 be ran on the east coast?????
Has Tiger Wood's game gone to hell because of his lack of nookie?????
If you had to come with a name for running shoe what would it be??????
Just stuff that roams around my mind.........
Peace
1) We are getting dumped on with rain the past few days and it's interfering with my runs. I hate having to re-schedule a run due to weather! Just the kind of runner I am.......... I remember the first three years of my running carreer,ever running in the rain.
2) I have a friend that is doing the Relay for Life as a One-man team! That's right he is running the 100 miles around a track alone.......... Think I need to get a new set of friends????? LOL... I have to go and run a few laps with him. I thinking of picking a time of day when I can smoke him.... Good friend I am, I know....
3) Volunteering as the Start-Line coordinator for the Solstice Races in Northville. So if any of you are participating and want to be in the front of the race, let me know. You may get trampled but think of the photo op......
Peace.........
2) I have a friend that is doing the Relay for Life as a One-man team! That's right he is running the 100 miles around a track alone.......... Think I need to get a new set of friends????? LOL... I have to go and run a few laps with him. I thinking of picking a time of day when I can smoke him.... Good friend I am, I know....
3) Volunteering as the Start-Line coordinator for the Solstice Races in Northville. So if any of you are participating and want to be in the front of the race, let me know. You may get trampled but think of the photo op......
Peace.........
This is a rhetorical why question today.
After yesterday evening's speed work session and showing those young whipper snappers what we old guys can do....
I was awaken to the reality that I am OLD................
My legs are dead!
Where is my walker?
Why did I do this to myself?
Who came in here and beat me with a stick?
I used to be able to run races on consecutive days...............
Oh the pain.
Friends don't let friends do speed work!
Peace
After yesterday evening's speed work session and showing those young whipper snappers what we old guys can do....
I was awaken to the reality that I am OLD................
My legs are dead!
Where is my walker?
Why did I do this to myself?
Who came in here and beat me with a stick?
I used to be able to run races on consecutive days...............
Oh the pain.
Friends don't let friends do speed work!
Peace
Temps in the high eighties and the humidity about the same, so why not go to the group speedwork session????
I can honestly say this is one of the times when guys take off their shirts and no on cares. Women run in as least as possible and no one notices. It just get this shit over with!!!!!
Tonight we were doing 1km repeats, which I hate because it's metric! Just kidding..........
Every time I passed the 1/2 mile mark, I cursed the metric system........
This is also the time of year when they have a tone of high school kids out there, which sucks, because we old guys have to show them what we can do.................. I know it's a guy thang!
So it was a good evening to see a bunch of old friends and sweat out some BEvERages.
Now how do I replenish????????????
Peace
I can honestly say this is one of the times when guys take off their shirts and no on cares. Women run in as least as possible and no one notices. It just get this shit over with!!!!!
Tonight we were doing 1km repeats, which I hate because it's metric! Just kidding..........
Every time I passed the 1/2 mile mark, I cursed the metric system........
This is also the time of year when they have a tone of high school kids out there, which sucks, because we old guys have to show them what we can do.................. I know it's a guy thang!
So it was a good evening to see a bunch of old friends and sweat out some BEvERages.
Now how do I replenish????????????
Peace
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