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Re: It's Turkey Trot Time

Kim921 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:31:53 GMT

I have a friend that went to GA for Thanksgiving and ran in the Gobble Jog today! Cool!

Re: Active International 5 Mile Turkey Trot Reviews

khmeehan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:25:31 GMT

this was an excellent race.

It was managed very well, especially for a size of 3000 participants. I registered race day and went through the whole registration process within 15min. (arrived at 7:30am). Plenty of parking space even with the big crowd.

Digital clocks were at every mile. Start had pace markers which was also good. Chips were used.

The course was also decent, all within the park with first 2 miles of rolling hills then flat and along the lake with slight uphill at very end. Course was well taken care of and very little litter, funny signage and Elvis impersonator with black leather suit...five stars.

Plenty of police to guide the traffic and keep things running smooth and safe and nam knights biker escort.

The race started about 15min. late but other than that, it was a really well-managed race.

This was one of the best races in the area that I've run for all the above reasons so if you do this type of thing regularly you should check it out.

Re: my 2nd race

Lion202 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:23:52 GMT

commitment to the body machine it was as critical

the commitment to the goal itself

Richard Christian Matheson, "Third Wind"

Re: C25k starting next week 11/16- who's in?

snrupp — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:19:32 GMT

I am really lucky to have a child area at the gym to fall back on, but I only use it when the hubby and I go together. Otherwise, it's my 30 minutes out of the house with no one bugging me! My husband is in the Air Force, so some of the gyms do offer it; here it's just a partitioned off area with plexiglas and a couple of little chairs, but it did the job today! If he works a night shift or afternoon I'll use it, but I do my best not to. It doesn't have very good lighting, stinks because it was an old racquetball court and has no venilitation, but it is there if I need it.

Re: 2009 Conejo Valley YMCA Turkey Day Dash Reviews

Sai Chandavarkar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:17:36 GMT

A wonderful Family event, and one, I hope, that stays as a local Thanksgiving tradition. The wide range of participants was surprising - young parents with strollers, silver-haired seniors, young kids, obese middle-aged men, athletic young men and girls - everybody gamely participating in the 5K to the best of their ability and training. Very well-organized by my local YMCA. The weather was a little warm, but not too warm; a perfect start to Thanksgiving Day!

2009 Conejo Valley YMCA Turkey Day Dash Reviews

ANONYMOUS — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:17:35 GMT

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Re: Training for a 1/2....new to running...bad idea?

marcerella02 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:15:15 GMT

while i am also new to running- I can tell you what I am using. I finished the C25K in October and just started the One Hour Runner program this week

http://mindplunge.com/c25k/one-hour-runner.html

from there I think I am going to use :

http://running.about.com/od/racetraining/a/basichalf.htm

I have also thought about buying a book about running> i know once you start running past 30 min- nutrition during the run becomes important and I don't know a thing about that. I've been looking over this site quite a bit but can't find what i need to know- so a book it is!

Re: ASHENFELTER 8K CLASSIC Reviews

jeffrey martocci — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:13:38 GMT

Very well organized race in a great town. Only comment/suggestion is it takes the non elite runners anywhere from 10-40 seconds and maybe more in some cases to get to the start finish line at the starting gun, why not have a "clock time/gun time" and a "chip time"? Many other races do and this is a large field. For those of us who track times the additional 30odd seconds to the race time is a lot, 6 seconds a mile.....

ASHENFELTER 8K CLASSIC Reviews

ANONYMOUS — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:13:38 GMT

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Re: Freeze Your Gizzard Cross Country 5K Reviews

mn7bb — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:12:27 GMT

I loved the course, but I hope the event doesn't get much bigger. I had to pass many people at the beginning, but I had to run through some briars and have some other adventures because of the crowded conditions and the narrow running lanes.

BTW to the person that said the course registered 2.88 miles on their GPS, that was exactly what I had on my GPS. I would like to hear from the organizers whether the course is certified at the distance of 5K. I wondered if the difference might be that there were a number of short, steep hills that might change the GPS accuracy?