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Re: Denali on Fire

guest — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:36:00 GMT

all the blowing snow must be blocking my view because all I get is a white box with a red X - - - unless that red X is the fire?

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Re: Tuesday 12-4 Boomer Runs

guest — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:54:00 GMT

wow - look at that shot! Darkhorse with two brunette hot babes and then ALL the hotties!!

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Re: B & B Intrepid Racers - December 1 & beyond!

guest — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:24:00 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Soundrunner:
5/4 Soundrunner, Eugene Half Marathon, Eugene, OR
Thanks!

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Re: Seattle Marathon... and other stuff (long)

guest — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:58:00 GMT

What a wonderful report!! Congratulations on running a very good race.And the pics are great!
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Re: Sunday 11/25 Boomer Runs

guest — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:52:00 GMT

It's all Tramps fault. One of our patriachs disappears for a while and all goes amuck.

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Re: Boomers by State / Province

guest — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:02:00 GMT

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Originally posted by seemomgo:
As usual, I am left off of the list.....yes, I do exist - why am I always left off? I am getting a complex. Colorado - the middle people - those who get ignored, forgotten and left off of lists.

when I started compiling the names and categorizing into states (back on page 2), I included you in Colorado, seemomgo. You were not forgotten.

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Re: Boomers by State / Province

guest — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:00:00 GMT

(thank you for including me Tet !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!)

Here's what we have so far:

MICHIGAN

Rochrunner
Tselbs
Halllar
Getting Healthy
Dshclio
GrayDave
Smpankowski
Hopeful4ever
Runrgrl1
Dg9
DaveinAA
MarkGuy
Timlooney
Anachrotec
Janet Carmody
Msuyama
Honorary: Brinkley

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Lamerunner

OREGON

Tammy
John2635
Rindaroo
Econo
LabDuck
MrsLabDuck
Duckgeek
Glidegal

ALASKA

Evanflein
Nordic Berserker
Rhoonphast

MASSACHUSETTS

CNYrunner
Tnally
DarkHorse
theProFromDover
watterlilly
rtravers
marge & henrun
LaT & El Senor
Thunderbolter
Kameele
MaryT
Nowor
Charleygross

MONTANA

choover
runsthebitterroot
mtmom

OHIO

Holly4874
FlyingFinn
Naphtali
Jjchaney
Rdracing

UTAH

Millbot

CALIFORNIA

Ileneforward
SLOJim
Huskydon
Bruce Braucher
Nighthawk
Dromedary
Sherie Ranier
Cashmason
Janeausten
Ken Camet

NEW YORK

MGinNYC
Jpgarland
SkipAZ
bipapplepie
soot
bty
hally

WASHINGTON

Divechief
Dove61
Enkephalin
Fjordrunner
Lapetus999
Lyndenrunner
Mariposai
Rasmussenmp
Solarrunner
Soundrunner
Tetsujin
SRLopez

HONORARY WASHINGTONIANS:

arf1 and all other crazy canadian goddesses
HuskyDon
Opie
Tammy

WISCONSIN

Runjr

VIRGINIA

Rosecoloredglasses
Spacecadet (rocketscientist)
Tramps
JJJessee
Vista129
RunninginDC

NORTH CAROLINA

Rlemert

NEBRASKA

Selbs3
PMCNEB

PENNSYLVANIA

Eliz4015
OldGuy
Euphoric

COLORADO

Wildchild
Seemomgo
Lil engine
Wyrillco
Sapphire blue

INDIANA

Biketm

NEW JERSEY

orangemat

CONNECTICUT

KatieHokie
Mobobo
Dale
TMWIP
PBJ
Caddisfli

Texas

Spareribs
MrsRibs
FlashTX
Ksrunr

Maryland

WillRunForBeer
PreDawnRunner

eta myself(hallly) cause I can and sheesh if y'all ever heard me talk you'd know where I was from !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!
Plus I added Euphoric to PA and started TX
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Re: B & B Intrepid Racers - October 27 & beyond!

guest — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:44:00 GMT

a jungle bell run eh? So will you dress up as a monkey instead of a bat?

Will they be having free granola after that run at Bear(naked) Lake per chance?

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Re: Humboldt Redwoods HM Report

guest — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:46:00 GMT

oh SS, you had me chuckling out loud with your comments! LOL I have no idea where a 17 min improvement came from, especially considering I'm just a "semi runner". My average weekly mileage of about 20-25 mpw is really the bare minimum of what a I should be doing. In fact, last week was my first ever week of hitting 30 mpw (that included the HM mileage). makes me wonder what I could do if I really took my training up a notch. But I'm too busy with all my other fun things in life, like baking, gardening, canning, playing with DS, organizing playdates, etc. to give it much more time than I already do. Maybe someday.

legs are getting a bit tighter today - not helping that I'm sitting at my desk all day. Need to stretch tonight for sure. I did start the R&R alcohol part already DarkHorse. I actually drank 24 oz of Corona last night! crap - I NEVER drink that much! something about that beer just really hit the spot though. I did have about 1/2 an organic beer at Eel River Brewing Company the night before . . . maybe there's something to having a beer the night before a race??

ETA:I wonder when John will post his RR?????

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Humboldt Redwoods HM Report

guest — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:36:00 GMT

My goal in this half marathon was to not only beat my previous HM PR of 2:11:43, but to try and go for a sub 2 hr HM.

This course is basically the same course as The Avenue of the Giants I ran in May, or at least same starting and finishing point. The Ave was an out and back along Bull Creek Road and this was an out and back along The Avenue of the Giants. I did more training for this one than I did for The Avenue, so I knew that beating 2:11 would be do-able, but when I looked at the splits I needed to do to get a sub 2 hr, I wasn’t sure I could maintain that speed for that length of time. John created my pace chart for me and my splits for this race had to be 10.10, 9.10, and then pretty much 8.55 for the rest of the course but giving me a few seconds more time during the turn-around at the half way point and giving me a little more time during that last mile, as I would probably be pretty dang tired by that point.

This day started out cold! I had ice on my windshield as we left our hotel in Fortuna at 7:40 a.m. and headed 20 miles south to the race start. My DH and my DS came along with me on this trip and I got an earful about how crazy runners are to get up this early, wear shorts when there was frost on the ground and pay money to do all this!

We arrived at the start with about 45 min til the start of the race. So, I got port-a-potty duties out of the way before the lines got too long. John spotted us, we chatted a bit, and then he went to do a few warm-up miles. About 15 min prior to the start, I did about ½ mile warmup and then we started lining up. DH was on photo duty, so he and DS walked out to the bridge that we’d be crossing after the gun went off to get my picture. John and I started a bit closer to the front of the pack then we should have, but we were off to the side. And this race was smaller than The Avenue in May (about 1/3 of the size - maybe 800 or so runners), so I knew it wouldn’t take long for this crowd to thin out. John and I stuck together for the first mile and then he wanted to go faster, so he was off. I could usually see a glimpse of his lime-green singlet, but by about mile 5, I could no longer see him.

The first mile went out much faster than I anticipated at an 8.42 (supposed to be about a 10.10!), so I slowed it down a bit . . . or so I thought. I never did see mile markers 2 or 3, but I hit marker 4 at 25.37, so I was averaging 8.45 for miles 2-4. I was feeling real good but had doubts that I could keep up this pace for the entire HM and the last thing I wanted to do was bonk and not be able to finish strong. I also did not want to walk at all during the HM.

I hit the half way mark turn-around (6.55 miles) at 56.03. I was starting to get excited at this point because I knew even if I had to run the second half slower than the first half, I could probably hit my goal of sub 2 hrs. And I was feeling so good at this point, I was really hitting a groove – taking very long strides, breathing almost effortlessly and almost felt to be running 2 inches above the pavement. This felt great!

Mile 8 was 8.34
Mile 9 was 8.42
Mile 10 was 9.07! I was starting to get a bit tired and my hips a bit sore but thankfully this was my slowest mile of the entire HM.
Mile 11 was 9.01 not as fast as I would have liked, so I told myself I had to pick up the pace and get back into those 8’s.
Mile 12 was 8.38.

I missed mile 13 somehow, Probably because this is about where I saw John and he was running the course back to find me and bring me in. I was hoping he’d do this and give me the boost I needed. Thanks John. This is about where I recall him saying “suck it up Tamster!” And then I turned the corner by the bridge and saw the finishing shoot. I didn’t want to look at my watch and see where I was at, so I just ran. I could see the time clock up ahead and it said something like 1:54 and I knew if I booked it, I could go sub 1:55. So that’s exactly what I did. I crossed the finish line in 1:54:45 (I think that is what it said, maybe off by a second or two.

I felt awesome! I beat my previous PR by 17 freakin’ minutes!! And shaved 5 min off my goal for this race of 1:59. What a high!

Fashion Report: Blue running skirt with black compression shorts, light grey Asics running tshirt, blue long sleeve C9 running shirt, white ball cap, pink lipstick (Gentlemen Prefer Pink – yes, that’s the name).

DH, DS and I took a very leisurely drive home – the 4 hr drive took about 5.5 hrs. We stopped along The Avenue of the Giants for photo-ops and so DS could run around and play, we stopped along the beach, stopped at a couple campgrounds to check out for next summer’s family camping outings. It was a great weekend – time spent with my family and a fantastic race for me (and for John! – congrats on your smashing race, coach!).

Thanks for reading!

ETA: official stats: OA 252/551 and AG (40-44) 14/40. Avg: 8.46 min/mile

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