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| New Member & coolrunning.com Refugee (Read 388 times) |
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posted: 3/1/2008 at 6:51 PM |
New member here. Hello everyone!
I was not hugely active on coolrunning.com, but I was a member their for the last three years. Finally, I just had enough. Besides its cumbersome new forums and the Active.com debacle, that community just isn't the community that I so loved at one time. Not sure how to articulate it, but IT JUST ISN'T THE SAME. I love change, but that was just a mess.
Anyway......I like the simplicity and the logical construct of the site here at RunningAHEAD.com. From what I can tell there is a lot of good knowledge around here. I am looking forward to getting to know RunningAHEAD a lot more....... |
Sean
Father, husband, runner, beer-lover, gear-head, and just a big nerd |
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posted: 3/1/2008 at 7:13 PM |
| welcome to another refugee! I actually never posted at CR, just logged, but this is a great group! |
Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M What now?
I failed the 12 minute run in 11th grade... |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:11 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/1/2008 at 7:03 PM:
Kristen.........OH MY GOD! That is AWESOME!! Thanks for pointing me in the direction of that group. Now I have yet another reason for hanging out around here.  |
Sean
Father, husband, runner, beer-lover, gear-head, and just a big nerd |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:22 PM |
Welcome Sean! There are quite a few ex-CR folks here. You're gonna love the log! You can make it public, which is VERRY helpful when you're looking for training advice.
The beer-heads are good, too 
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Join fellow "40s on the run" in the
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 6:19 PM |
| Hey Sean - you'll like it here. I liked the CR running log but I absolutely love the log and the way you can see most people's logs here. That picture of you outside the stadium - I knew immediately where that was taken. I ran the 07 RnR Marathon there and stood around for what seemed like an hour waiting for my sister and her friend to finish the marathon. |
2008 Goals:
2000 miles for the year
100 mile week
Sub 3:10 marathon
Sub 19min 5K
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 6:39 PM |
Quote from arlahile on 3/2/2008 at 4:22 PM:The beer-heads are good, too Arla
Beer head...heh.  |
Kirsten
• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 8:07 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/2/2008 at 6:39 PM:Beer head...heh.
Thanks, everyone, for making me feel welcome.
Hey, Arla, I love the motorcycle. That is another one of my passions. I had the opportunity to spend a boat load of money and I built a custom pro-street style bike from the ground up about 4 years ago.......here is a pic of my baby.....
I keep thinking I would like to pick up an old European bike to tinker with just for fun.....a BMW, Norton, BSA, or something like that.
campisi and Arla, when I began running three years ago I used the CR running log. I didn't like the thought of a server crashing and such and found a great Excel spreadsheet log I have been using since......that is, until my wife got me a Garmin 305 for Christmas this last year. Now I only use SportTracks to download and log all my runs. If any of you have a Garmin, I would encourage you to download SportTracks.......it absolutely ROCKS!!! Not really sure that I will log my runs on RA, though.......we'll see. |
Sean
Father, husband, runner, beer-lover, gear-head, and just a big nerd |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 8:21 PM |
Quote from choppersean on 3/2/2008 at 8:07 PM:
That's hot.
Hey, motorcycles...have you ever seen the Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boorman documentary series, "Long Way 'Round?" It's excellent. They take BMW bikes around the globe, starting in London and ending up in NYC. They have also completed a "Long Way Down" series that starts in Scotland and ends up in Cape Town, SA, I believe. I'm looking forward to that being available on DVD here. |
Kirsten
• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 9:25 PM |
| I have heard about that........keep meaning to watch it. While you reminded me, I just added it to my Netflix queue. |
Sean
Father, husband, runner, beer-lover, gear-head, and just a big nerd |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 9:59 PM
modified: 3/2/2008 at 10:00 PM |
Welcome to the CR refugee club, there are quite a few of us here and more coming by the minute with the current stagnant status of the CR forum. Not sure how long we'll need to maintain this refugee status, I guess only time will tell. Anyway, this is a great group and the running log is excellent.
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 2:46 AM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/2/2008 at 8:21 PM:That's hot. Hey, motorcycles...have you ever seen the Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boorman documentary series, "Long Way 'Round?" It's excellent. They take BMW bikes around the globe, starting in London and ending up in NYC. They have also completed a "Long Way Down" series that starts in Scotland and ends up in Cape Town, SA, I believe. I'm looking forward to that being available on DVD here.
There was a book by Jimmie Rogers called "Investment Biker" (he was one of the guys on CNBC a few years ago and a Wall St. analyst). He took his BMW around the world and told the tale but inserted comments on the financial health of various places he stopped.
For someone who doesn't get into finance, it was pretty enlightening how the rest of the world works. TC
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"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead..."
J. Buffett
There are two rules in life:
1.) Don't sweat the small stuff
2.) It's ALL small stuff |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 2:57 AM |
| Quote from AA717driver on 3/3/2008 at 2:46 AM: There was a book by Jimmie Rogers called "Investment Biker" (he was one of the guys on CNBC a few years ago and a Wall St. analyst). He took his BMW around the world and told the tale but inserted comments on the financial health of various places he stopped.
For someone who doesn't get into finance, it was pretty enlightening how the rest of the world works. TC
That would be really interesting. Stuff like that fascinates me...being able to get a peek at people and ways of life that I otherwise would have no opportunity to experience.
BTW, Ewan McGregor adopted one of the little girls he met in an orphanage in Mongolia while on the trip. The guys in LWR were doing work for UNICEF while on their journey. |
Kirsten
• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 3:12 AM |
| Take it from a former CR girl, once you go RA you don't go back. |
B U G S (Like the bunny, not the bug)
g . b u g s @ h o t m a i l . c o m |
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