RunningAHEAD - Topic: Grand Rapids Half Marathon...#2 and maybe my last... (page 2)

esq.

posted: 10/28/2007 at 6:12 PM
modified: 10/28/2007 at 6:12 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 10/28/2007 at 5:50 PM:

Not too cold, especially after the first half mile. Minimal winds REALLY helped! Here is my favorite photo: Here are a few more... k

"Zoom Zoom", your medal, and a beer. Yup, the key ingredients for a sweet photo Smile

2009: BQ?

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/28/2007 at 6:15 PM

Quote from trishierunner on 10/28/2007 at 6:12 PM:

"Zoom Zoom", your medal, and a beer. Yup, the key ingredients for a sweet photo

Ahem...and notice the shirt... Wink

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Mississippi

posted: 10/28/2007 at 6:29 PM

Kirsten, I couldn't wait to get home tonight to see your report! Congrats on the time!

Michelle

perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 10/28/2007 at 6:33 PM

Well, nicely done! I love the personalized bib. Murphy's Law almost got you (the alarm). Next year, as you pass the halfway point, you'll be asking yourself, "What the *&%# was I thinking?" Wink

"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

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"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.

√ Javelina Jundred Jalloween 2015

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/28/2007 at 6:36 PM

Quote from perfesserr on 10/28/2007 at 6:33 PM:

Next year, as you pass the halfway point, you'll be asking yourself, "What the *&%# was I thinking?"

Actually, I'll probably think that after the marathoners turn off while the halvers go straight ~8.5 mile mark. Wink

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/28/2007 at 7:49 PM

Oh, funny thing...the gal who ran the race whose name I thought I heard called out just ahead of mine actually was 6 minutes behind me. She was 6 minutes behind me at my PR HM, too, so looks like we had similar days. And here are my final stats (I am SO average Wink

): Chip time: 2:07:49 Pace: 9:46 / mile Field Placement: 542 / 892 (60.8%) Group Placement: 49 / 90 (54.4%) Gender Placement: 273 / 544 (50.2%)

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

trishierunner

esq.

posted: 10/28/2007 at 7:57 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 10/28/2007 at 6:15 PM:

Ahem...and notice the shirt...

I know! Hence the "Zoom-Zoom" in quotes ... I noticed your shirt, silly ! <richmond prints our nicknames on our bibs, too! love it --- a v. nice race touch!) prints="" our="" nicknames="" on="" our="" bibs,="" too!="" love="" it="" ---="" a="" v.="" nice="" race=""></richmond prints our nicknames on our bibs, too! love it --- a v. nice race touch!)>

2009: BQ?

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/28/2007 at 7:59 PM

Quote from trishierunner on 10/28/2007 at 7:57 PM:

<richmond prints="" our="" nicknames="" on="" our="" bibs,="" too!="" love="" it="" ---="" a="" v.="" nice="" race=""></richmond>

I couldn't get over how many people had nothing extra on their bibs...it was FREE! Heck, they could have put "eat at Joe's" or "Space for Rent." Tongue

k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

trishierunner

esq.

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:00 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 10/28/2007 at 7:59 PM:

I couldn't get over how many people had nothing extra on their bibs...it was FREE! Heck, they could have put "eat at Joe's" or "Space for Rent."

Yeah why on earth leave something that cool blank?!

2009: BQ?

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:07 PM

Quote from trishierunner on 10/28/2007 at 8:00 PM:

Yeah why on earth leave something that cool blank?!

Heck, if I weren't so attached to zoom-zoom I would have put HTFU there! Big grin

k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

modal

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:14 PM

There's too much action in that picture! Tongue

I need to knock another one of these races out...

Vim

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:15 PM

Quote from modal on 10/28/2007 at 8:14 PM:

There's too much action in that picture!

Seriously...where else do you get RA shirt, medal, beer, boobs, custom race bib, jewelry...? Wink

k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

PowerOfQ

Think Whirled Peas

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:31 PM

Nice job ZOOM^2!!!!! Great fall day for a run...ahem, I kinda waited until 1pm to hit the pavement Blush

I did think of you though at 6am and I looked out on our deck and saw the temp was 30 degrees. I remember thinking distinctly, SUCKA!!! Big grin

And PLEASE don't evah start your subject line like that again!!!! I seriously thought something happened when I read it, and you were giving up running for good...Ok, so color me gullible! Well done my West Side Sista!

Just because running is simple does not mean it is easy.

Relentless. Forward. Motion. <repeat>

Seacow

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:31 PM

Good job Kirsten Big grin

It was my first full today. I looked for you, but, you know, I don't know what you look like, so.... Tongue

DrewEOB

Lazy idiot

posted: 10/28/2007 at 8:43 PM

Way to go, Zoomers! Next year it's a full, for sure. Big grin

Tick tock

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