3650 Miles in the Hurtlocker

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mileage hound

    60 degrees in January, I decided to break in the company's new track with a tempo run (no such luck, stupid flat rubbed a blister almost immediately).

     

    So the treadmills indoors face the track, not 20 yards away.  I finish up my abbreviated run....already in a get-the-hell-off-my-lawn type of mood...and as I'm walking back into the locker room I notice that all 4 treadmills are full and there is an actual line waiting for them (which I have never seen before, on 10 degree days even).

     

    WTF people, it's 60 degrees!  I wonder if they circle the parking lot trying to get 10 feet closer to the door too.

    2013 goals:  Kick some arse.  Moreso than 2012.

     

    "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

     

    "Determined is what I am. Maybe a little sick in the head? Ok who am I kidding ALOT sick in the head" -- rockenmamaof5

      "Way to make Borat look overdressed"


      Prince of Fatness

        If it makes you feel any better spaniel I am running outside for an hour later when I get home from work.  Our 60 degree day is supposed to be tomorrow (today just 40's which still feels like a heat wave compared to last week).  Get them while they are hot because it is supposed to get cold again by the end of the week.

         

        And I laughed when I saw that picture.

        Semi-retired.


        Milktruck say relentless

          Maybe the lines formed at the treadmills so everyone could watch you run on the track thru the windows.  Blush

           

          Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

          " ..that corner has narrowed to a half-nekkid egyptian wandering about in the cold new jersey nighttime."
          ~ R2E


          Interval Junkie --Nobby

            73F here today.  Was 12F a week ago.

            2013 Goals: 18:49 5K •  1:25 HM • sub-3 Marathon • run lots of races

            Current Status 5/13: challenging my Achilles issue -- building some base


            mileage hound

              Maybe the lines formed at the treadmills so everyone could watch you run on the track thru the windows.  Blush

               

              Nah, I kept my shirt on.  Big grin

               

              MTA:  It was the informal initiation day for the track, so there were a decent number of people on it...I have to say I was impressed with the etiquette I was seeing.  I was running sub-5:30s with no consternation from sharing the track.

              2013 goals:  Kick some arse.  Moreso than 2012.

               

              "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

               

              "Determined is what I am. Maybe a little sick in the head? Ok who am I kidding ALOT sick in the head" -- rockenmamaof5

                Crap it was so nice to go out and not have to bundle up I had Ciara walk 5 miles instead of 4 and it wasn't quite 40 degree's

                Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson


                Old School

                   

                  PLEASE tell me that was Photoshopped!! Shocked


                  Old School

                    60 degrees in January, I decided to break in the company's new track with a tempo run (no such luck, stupid flat rubbed a blister almost immediately).

                     

                    So the treadmills indoors face the track, not 20 yards away.  I finish up my abbreviated run....already in a get-the-hell-off-my-lawn type of mood...and as I'm walking back into the locker room I notice that all 4 treadmills are full and there is an actual line waiting for them (which I have never seen before, on 10 degree days even).

                     

                    WTF people, it's 60 degrees!  I wonder if they circle the parking lot trying to get 10 feet closer to the door too.

                     

                    Wow, if we see 60 degree's here anytime in March we'll be lucky. Only 4 treadmills? Uhm, how big is this new track? I'm guessing it might not be a 200 meter track. Our university rec center here has over 100 treadmills and ellipticals and cycle machines around just two sides of the track. And after work they're generally ALL taken.


                    mileage hound

                       

                      Wow, if we see 60 degree's here anytime in March we'll be lucky. Only 4 treadmills? Uhm, how big is this new track? I'm guessing it might not be a 200 meter track. Our university rec center here has over 100 treadmills and ellipticals and cycle machines around just two sides of the track. And after work they're generally ALL taken.

                       

                      4 treadmills, going to be 7 at some point.  It is a 1/5mi outdoor track; they could not fit a 400m in the space available.

                       

                      Yeah, we are setting a record high today and I basically wasted it on a blown workout.  Sad

                      2013 goals:  Kick some arse.  Moreso than 2012.

                       

                      "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                       

                      "Determined is what I am. Maybe a little sick in the head? Ok who am I kidding ALOT sick in the head" -- rockenmamaof5

                         

                        Wow, if we see 60 degree's here anytime in March we'll be lucky. Only 4 treadmills? Uhm, how big is this new track? I'm guessing it might not be a 200 meter track. Our university rec center here has over 100 treadmills and ellipticals and cycle machines around just two sides of the track. And after work they're generally ALL taken.

                         

                        I'm a from Washington state and can't believe it's warmer here in Pennsylvania than it is in Wa.It actually feels a lot like home (wa) right now (40's and rainy)

                        Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

                        C-R


                          60 degrees in January, I decided to break in the company's new track with a tempo run (no such luck, stupid flat rubbed a blister almost immediately).

                           

                          So the treadmills indoors face the track, not 20 yards away.  I finish up my abbreviated run....already in a get-the-hell-off-my-lawn type of mood...and as I'm walking back into the locker room I notice that all 4 treadmills are full and there is an actual line waiting for them (which I have never seen before, on 10 degree days even).

                           

                          WTF people, it's 60 degrees!  I wonder if they circle the parking lot trying to get 10 feet closer to the door too.

                           

                          I would go with your arch nemesis __________ (fill in the blank) trying to keep you from getting a workout in a diabolical scheme that forces you to miss workouts so he can defeat you at ________ race (fill in the blank).

                           

                          or they are just lazy and don't want to run outdoors.

                           

                          Your pick.


                          "He conquers who endures" - Persius
                          "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel


                          That's me in the back.

                            I ran outside this morning. I stripped off my shirt. It's 5:00am on a late January morning in Iowa when the temps should be in the teens at best and running shirtless wiping sweat off my brow.

                             

                            Yeah WTF ?

                             

                            Thursday morning it will be 0.

                            Cancer F'in Sucks


                            Old School

                               

                              I'm a from Washington state and can't believe it's warmer here in Pennsylvania than it is in Wa.It actually feels a lot like home (wa) right now (40's and rainy)

                               

                              RM, you're from the Wet side of the hills, I take it? My oldest daughter is living in E. Tennessee now and they seem to have snow one day, and then in the 60's F  the next. We've had some springs in recent years here in E. WA where we could count the days it got up to the 60's before June on the fingers of one hand...  I'm still pissed at missing my one and only scheduled outdoor 1 mile race on the track last June because of winter-like cold grey weather and high winds... WTF, indeed!

                               

                              If we do happen get a 60 degree day between now and my HM on March 2nd (highly unlikely)  I will officially take a vacation day off from work to go do a run-through on the race course. Of course, it's 20 miles away and 1700 feet lower altitude, so it does tend to run 10 degrees warmer than up here in the Palouse.


                              Prince of Fatness

                                It was raining when I got home from work yesterday but it was in the upper 60's so I had to go out and run.  Luckily the heavy rain waited until overnight.  It's still pretty warm here but it is supposed to be windy with temperatures dropping all day so I expect that I will need to bundle up for this evening's run.  Lots of places in my area set record high temps yesterday.

                                Semi-retired.

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