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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/18/2006 at 6:06 PM

...the bars on my training log graph are almost as pudgy as I am from lack of logged runs for the past month. Tongue

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Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

kooky2003

Now that was a bath...

posted: 11/19/2006 at 12:08 AM

Hi Kirsten, I've not had a chance to introduce myself to you yet! Your training log looks pretty great to me (I'm still new to this game), but then I have no idea how much you usually train. Look forward to getting to know you better. I'm so happy to have other runners to talk to! Claire xxx

jlynnbob "HTFU, Kookie's distal tibia"

Where's my closet? I need to get back in it.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/19/2006 at 12:30 AM

Thanks, Claire! Heh...I had been up to 30 miles in a single week (with several ~25mi. weeks that I was pretty happy with) not long before I ran my first half marathon, but after that and the death of my FIL my mileage has taken quite a nosedive...and most of my runs have been sorta painful. In the 3 weeks since my race I have had only 2 runs that I consider *good*. I hope that changes soon. I miss having my fun runs outweighing the not-so-fun ones. Running makes me happy and lately I need more happy in my life. Welcome to RA. This is such a great place. I hope you like it here. I have so much respect for other moms who take up running--it can be hard to find time to do what we love when we have little ones to care for (and spouses who also need time for their hobbies/sports of choice). Someday I hope to see NZ, too. You certainly live in a stunning part of the world! Smile

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Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

sistinas

posted: 11/19/2006 at 1:26 PM

I hate the pudgy bars! I'm about to get pudgy bars again too. I figured out the way to avoid pudgy bars was to just have two days in a row of running, so if I do get the pudgy bars again I think I might just log a 0.1 mile run to avoid them. Aesthetics!!

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/19/2006 at 1:50 PM

Ha, that's right! I haven't run any consecutive days since before my taper, so that must be it...rats! I'm not doing any consecutive days until Spring, either. Guess I will have to just get the bod skinny so that only my graph will be chubby! Tongue

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Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

vicentefrijole

posted: 11/19/2006 at 2:01 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/18/2006 at 6:06 PM:

...the bars on my training log graph are almost as pudgy as I am from lack of logged runs for the past month.

I know I'm having a bad running month when... the gaps between my training graph bars look like a hockey player's teeth. Ugh... and I hate those pudgy bars too! They just sit there looking at me, like they're saying "I can't believe you've let another day go by without running". Damn you, pudgy bars! Angry

I'm blaming my recent inactivity on the weather change. It's always so hard for me to get out there running when it's cold and windy... whine whine whine.... whimper.... Cry

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/19/2006 at 2:09 PM

Quote from vicentefrijole on 11/19/2006 at 2:01 PM:

I'm blaming my recent inactivity on the weather change. It's always so hard for me to get out there running when it's cold and windy... whine whine whine.... whimper....

You are in the windy city--I HATE running in wind (rain, too...I can handle cold, just not if it's windy and/or rainy). k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/19/2006 at 2:11 PM

Hey, know what would be cool...if on our graph there could be a bar with text in place of where a run would be, for instance if we are doing some sort of cross-training. IE a bar that would say "kickboxing" or "yoga," instead of a mileage bar. That might help make up for the skinnyness. After Turkey Day I plan to start getting my cross-training on. So my graph will look sorta "inactive," though I will be getting a workout in, just not in the form of miles run. k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

vicentefrijole

posted: 11/19/2006 at 2:15 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/19/2006 at 2:11 PM:

So my graph will look sorta "inactive," though I will be getting a workout in, just not in the form of miles run.

I'm glad you told us... I'd hate to judge you when you don't deserve it! HAHA. j/k. Wink

sistinas

posted: 11/19/2006 at 2:26 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/19/2006 at 2:11 PM:

Hey, know what would be cool...if on our graph there could be a bar with text in place of where a run would be, for instance if we are doing some sort of cross-training. IE a bar that would say "kickboxing" or "yoga," instead of a mileage bar.

yea! I do a lot of other workouts (biking, swimming, yoga) and it pains me to see my running log look empty. At least when I go to the calendar the calendar is all nicely filled in.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/19/2006 at 2:41 PM

Quote from sistinas on 11/19/2006 at 2:26 PM:

yea! I do a lot of other workouts (biking, swimming, yoga) and it pains me to see my running log look empty. At least when I go to the calendar the calendar is all nicely filled in.

Exactly!

And

for Mr. Frijole! *chortles* Wink

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Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

SurfNRun

Prophet!

posted: 11/19/2006 at 3:08 PM

my excuse for gap-tooth like graphs - i only log every other runs Big grin

RunningHammer

posted: 11/19/2006 at 4:04 PM

My excuse is that i'm resting after my last race....and tapering for my next race! Evil grin

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