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Julia - did you ever post a review of the Pfitz program? I'm about to kick it off the end of Dec for my next training round and would love to hear your thoughts. Direct me to the post if you did. Thanks!
Julia -
did you ever post a review of the Pfitz program? I'm about to kick it off the end of Dec for my next training round and would love to hear your thoughts. Direct me to the post if you did. Thanks!
I rambled on about it on page 26 of the sub-3:30 thread. I was supposed to start a new training cycle last week but am letting myself recover a little longer. When I do start in earnest, I've made some changes - I'm not going to run as long since I'm slower than what I think the plans are written for, I'm going to cut down the mileage on the taper since I think I've still felt tired come race day, and adjust the interval paces... What's your next marathon?
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I did say first impressions, not that I knew the person. You don't know me either. I can say my first impression of you here isn't making me feel welcome either. That's perfectly all right. I can stay in the RW BF group and you won't be bothered by me nor benefit from my sparkling wit and wisdom.
Stop being petulant and just join in. In no way were you being rejected or marginalized. bhearn was just trying to welcome you and tell you how to best join our community. WrigleyGirl was telling you not to be a whiner ("waaaaaah, I don't feel welcome.....").
Good advice all around. Like WG said, you have been welcomed numerous times, if that's not good enough then go away.
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Crap! I knew I should have gone with PowerPoint. Also, I sure as heck don't fault anyone for coming over here. I took a look at their forums. What a train wreck.
No joke.
About this time in a spam invasion, we always get noobs that post 'all you have to do is report it. It's not that hard'. duh. Why didn't we think of that.
Cool.
I just did Philly and used the FIRST training guide, with some tweaks. I liked it pretty well, it took 12 minutes off my time.
I'm looking forward to diving into the 18/70 program.
Next marathon: looking at the Jersey Shore marathon on May 5. I think it'll be great to run the Jersey Shore after Sandy did her damage. I grew up swimming those beaches, so it'll be cool to be there for a marathon.
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Stop being petulant and just join in. In no way were you being rejected or marginalized. bhearn was just trying to welcome you and tell you how to best join our community. WrigleyGirl was telling you not to be a whiner ("waaaaaah, I don't feel welcome....."). Good advice all around. Like WG said, you have been welcomed numerous times, if that's not good enough then go away.
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FYI, this guy is one of THE nicest guys on the interwebs.
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I'll just echo what has already been said. Hi.
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I suddenly feel like I'm reading crap on BabyCenter forums and am waiting for a bunch of people to hairflip outta here. Hang on, let me go grab another beer and some popcorn. This could get good.
BTW - I completely agree with bhearn. We're glad you're here (Donate while you're at it!) but we're here because we like it the way it has been for years. And about the girl with the pontoons on her feet, that looks like a really pretty course. Flat, too.
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I don't expect RA to be like RWOL. Whether bhearn and WrigleyGirl are experienced and knowledgeable isn't relevant. Their style and presentation is. Words have meaning and power to convey ideas and thoughts. A mischosen or badly chosen word or turn of phrase can change intent. Feeling unwelcome may be my problem, but the path there was laid by others. I first felt like I was given an ultimatum, then given a dressing down because I expressed a contrary opinion that was specifically noted as a first impression that I was willing to set aside because of other responses.
welcome RWOL'ers. I'm lurking here for the past couple days reading all the RWOL posts. It's fun to understand character development and get to know the people you communicate with and will communicate with
tonight, you seem to be different than the others who have posted here in the past few days. It may be because of a few beers or a bad day / weekend or week. Regardless, enjoy yourself here. It's not worth making enemies with people. Especially when you're trying to understand the characters within these forums.
. Cheers,
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Uhhhhh, I still have beer and cookies for everyone. (And would even try making fudge for you, George.) Just sayin'. But I run mostly ultras. So I don't really know anything.
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I suddenly feel like I'm reading crap on BabyCenter forums and am waiting for a bunch of people to hairflip outta here. Hang on, let me go grab another beer and some popcorn. This could get good. .
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Breast feeding! Formula feeding! Breast feeding and cloth diapers! Wait...where was I ?
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
hopefully they understand that we tend to be a chatty bunch, but will try to keep the nonsense threads to our own corner of the site. Thanks RA folks for being willing to accept us.
Hell, we're not even saying keep to your own corner. We have TONS of chatty corners. Find one that fits your needs. Mingle away. This is the lobby, the parties are in the side rooms.
Are we there, yet?
More warm fuzzies. It's almost like the rainbows and unicorns in the old RW BF. BTW WG wasn't telling me not to be a whiner, she was taking me to task for presumably attacking a well respected forum member. I can tell already I'm going to get along great with some of you assuming I stick around.
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06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
I think it'll be great to run the Jersey Shore after Sandy did her damage. I grew up swimming those beaches, so it'll be cool to be there for a marathon.
Aw, that would be really meaningful. Good luck with Pfitz! Hmmm, I guess there will be a 2013 Sub 3:30 thread? ...