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| How I earned my HTFU badge today (Read 585 times) |
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 8:43 PM |
Wow did I HUFT today! I was watching the weather at noon and they said that there was rain coming but it wouldn't be here for another few hours so I got my ass in gear and finally got out. It was spitting a little bit on the way to the place I was going to run. It didn't look like it was going to do all that much though. All the dark clouds were south and east from where I was. I thought I was in the clear. I was wrong. I set my goal for doing 4 miles today from 6 because of the weather and I did make it but close to my 2 mile turnaround, the wind really picked up so I didn't want to risk it any more and I turned around. Before that I could hear thunder and see lightning to the south. So the wind blew like crazy for a few minutes literally pushing me along. It was kind of cool except for all the sand that came with it. I got a free dermabrasion treatment today.
Right after the wind came the rain and the hail. OUCH! That hurt like a son of a bitch! Luckily I had my hat and sunglasses on so my face was pretty much protected. That and the hail was mostly hitting my back and my left side. I had to run in this for a little over a mile. It sucked. What sucked the most though was the lightning. I knew I had shelter coming up so I really HTFU to get there quickly as you can see in my pace.
I finally got to and underpass about a mile away from the parking lot I was in and found some relief. There were 9 of us under there taking shelter. That was kind of neat. I think I was the most drenched since I was the only crazy ass runner out there.
I was under the shelter for maybe 5 minutes before the rest of the storm blew over and then I was one of the first out. I just wanted to get to the bathroom and my car. My everything was soaked, especially my shoes and socks. Luckily I wore my old shoes so it doesn't really matter if they get drenched or not.
All in all it was the most exciting run I have had in a long damn time. I definately HTFU today!!!
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Finished my first marathon 1-13-2008 in 6:03:37 at P.F. Chang's in Phoenix.
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 8:48 PM |
Sounds like a challenging day out. Good stuff.  |
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 8:49 PM |
That's hilarious! I'm glad you didn't run into anything too serious though. And a free dermabrasion! Can't beat that!  |
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 9:01 PM |
| Glad you didnt get struck by lightning! |
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 9:05 PM |
| Quote from Ennay on 5/22/2008 at 9:01 PM: Glad you didnt get struck by lightning!
Me too! That was my only worry! |
Finished my first marathon 1-13-2008 in 6:03:37 at P.F. Chang's in Phoenix.
Marathon coach for Albuquerque Fit
The only thing that has ever made any difference in my running is running. |
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 9:16 PM |
Wow, I would have been scared and set a PR for sure! That's one way to get some quality speedwork in! I'm glad it turned out OK.
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 9:34 PM |
Way to go. It's running in conditions like that that make it easy to run in good conditions.
I had an opposite experience today. Went out for my 8 miler and started with a heavy head-wind but other than that a perfect 65 deg day. After a quarter mile I stopped and looked back the way I came, head bowed, spirit broken, wanting badly to just call it a day. I finally convinced myself to run for about 3 and 1/2 miles so not a total loss but man I did not HTFU. I let a little head-wind crush me. I'm running some tough hills tonight as penance. |
2008 Goals:
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100 mile week
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posted: 5/22/2008 at 10:02 PM |
You da'man! Way to stick with it.
Kevin |
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posted: 5/23/2008 at 12:14 AM |
| Quote from KLConnor on 5/22/2008 at 10:02 PM: You da'man! Way to stick with it.
Kevin
No Kevin....I'm da'WOman!  |
Finished my first marathon 1-13-2008 in 6:03:37 at P.F. Chang's in Phoenix.
Marathon coach for Albuquerque Fit
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posted: 5/23/2008 at 1:48 AM |
Doesn't Chi-running teach one how to run between the pellets of hail?  |
Rick
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa
"I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby
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posted: 5/23/2008 at 1:52 AM |
| Thatis cool Turbo. What does the badge actually look like? I have yet to receive mine. |
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posted: 5/23/2008 at 2:15 AM
modified: 5/23/2008 at 2:21 AM |
Years from now, you will remember this run. All those runs in nice, pleasant weather, will have been long forgotten.
BTW you posted "HUFT" . All I have to say is "WTF?" I know what you meant but, dude, pay attention! |
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posted: 5/23/2008 at 2:23 AM |
Great job! I was envious reading that. It can be cool when you go through some, "Wow, that was crazy," stuff. And come out OK, of course. Me? I had a boring sunny 57ish degree slightly breezy on the return route run.
You daWOman! |
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posted: 5/27/2008 at 3:28 AM |
| Quote from Daddyo on 5/23/2008 at 1:52 AM: Thatis cool Turbo. What does the badge actually look like? I have yet to receive mine.
It looks like red bumps on your skin from the hail hitting it.  |
Finished my first marathon 1-13-2008 in 6:03:37 at P.F. Chang's in Phoenix.
Marathon coach for Albuquerque Fit
The only thing that has ever made any difference in my running is running. |
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