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posted: 10/24/2006 at 5:23 PM
modified: 10/24/2006 at 5:24 PM |
Just a reminder, next month is the first running of a new marathon in Nashville:
The Inaugural Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon
November 19. 7AM. Nashville, Tennessee. Percy Warner Park. Vaughn's Gap Cross Country Field and throughout the park.
Come on out. Runners. Volunteers. Spectators. Monkeys. Bring your friends and your armour.
And, most importantly, there are a few additional spots open. Let me know if you are interested...
You can register online here. Or you may go to the website and contact me for a paper registration. |
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 5:48 PM |
Wassa matta? Scared?
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E-mail: JakeKnight2002@aol.com
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 5:54 PM |
The truth is out there ...
Better run faster ...
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E-mail: JakeKnight2002@aol.com
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 6:03 PM |
I thought I was clear on this. I will try again. Sheesh.
Here goes, be thee warned...
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 6:04 PM |
The draft medal -
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 6:17 PM |
I assume you have to get to the finish line to get the shiny new medal though, right?
Which may be difficult - considering that it appears they're now breeding and multiplying:
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E-mail: JakeKnight2002@aol.com
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 6:37 PM |
Nice pix, monkey dudes.. especially that last one! What strange noses! Any relation?  |
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posted: 10/24/2006 at 7:58 PM |
Quote from JakeKnight on 10/24/2006 at 5:48 PM:Wassa matta? Scared?
Please don't use my picture without permission. |
My Masters (>50) Race PR's:
5K - 20:17
10K - 42:36
HM - 1:31:22
Marathon - 3:20:48 |
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posted: 10/30/2006 at 5:34 PM |
Anyhow, back to the point of this thread...spots remain. Come one, come all. Suffer with JakeKnight and me during the inaugural Monkey Marathon...
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posted: 10/31/2006 at 10:34 PM
modified: 10/31/2006 at 10:35 PM |
| Quote from vicentefrijole on 10/24/2006 at 6:37 PM: Nice pix, monkey dudes..
...but you have Ignatz! Nicer pic 
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posted: 11/10/2006 at 8:40 PM
modified: 11/10/2006 at 8:41 PM |
Did you fill it up yet?
I've got a confession to make. I'm a little nervous about this thing. I did my last run over there a week ago ... and, well, I'm scared. Ready to curl into the fetal position and wait for it to be over.
I had a great run over there. Did the last 16 miles of the course, plus 4 to get to Percy Warner and back. Ran the 16 at sub-PR pace. I finally found the Luke Lea heights loop ... and man, that view lives up the hype. It's honest-to-God breathtaking. It's truly a beautiful course (and it's a crying shame that most of the lives will be falling over the next week!). I finished that last run feeling pretty strong.
But here's the thing: my legs were pretty done, too. And as I was jogging home, I started thinking: could I really run another ten miles in those hills? And I didn't have a quick answer to that. So a couple days ago I drove over to the Stone Gates entrance and took my dog for a walk up that hill at mile 18. That's a tough hill even walking with your dog. He growled at me for making him do it. It goes on for a long time. And at that point, we're going to be 18 miles in? And did I read right over at the race site that you've now decided its 3300 feet in elevation change?
I'm scared, man. First I thought I'd PR. Then I figured sub-5:00 would be easy. Now I'm questioning finishing. Hell, I'm questioning survival. And that doesn't even take the monkeys into consideration.
What'd I get myself into?
Just make it all better.
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Modified to add: I just noticed I said "live would be falling" and I, of course, meant "leaves." But I'm not changing it, since I think that's a pretty telling slip.
I just need someone to hold me, and tell me everything'll be okay.  |
E-mail: JakeKnight2002@aol.com
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posted: 11/10/2006 at 9:15 PM |
Right after I designed the course, a bunch of us ran the first 15 miles. I remember thinking, I am so glad not to have to run any more of this beast. And that did not inlcude the hill at 18. What kind of sicko desinged this thing?
Alcohol may help. If anything does. |
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posted: 11/13/2006 at 9:17 PM |
Quote from Trent on 11/10/2006 at 9:15 PM:Right after I designed the course, a bunch of us ran the first 15 miles. I remember thinking, I am so glad not to have to run any more of this beast. And that did not inlcude the hill at 18. What kind of sicko desinged this thing? Alcohol may help. If anything does.
Should I start drinking now - or should I pace myself?
Have you seen the weather reports for Sunday, by the way?
Yup. Snow. And ice. And rain. That should make the 3,000 feet of descent fun. And the uphills impossible. Goodie.
But will it keep the monkeys in their lairs? Because if I don't see some monkeys, I'm demanding a refund. Who organized this chickenshit race anyway?
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posted: 11/13/2006 at 9:47 PM |
| Quote from JakeKnight on 11/13/2006 at 9:17 PM: Should I start drinking now - or should I pace myself?
Have you seen the weather reports for Sunday, by the way?
Yup. Snow. And ice. And rain. That should make the 3,000 feet of descent fun. And the uphills impossible. Goodie.
But will it keep the monkeys in their lairs? Because if I don't see some monkeys, I'm demanding a refund. Who organized this chickenshit race anyway?
That is some crazy weather for Nashville! (Please don't let the Memphis forecast look like that....)
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posted: 11/13/2006 at 10:17 PM |
Hey Jake,
I'll be running the monkey, too. Hope to meet you there...will you be wearing the gorilla suit or a sock like the marathon junkie? 
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a vagabond,..highway-beater; a rolling stone, one that does nought but runne here and there.
~Cotgrave, Randle A dictionarie of the French and English tongues, 1611
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