Wow, I can't wait until later when I have a chance to read through all of the reports and updates, you guys are awesome & will really keep me on my toes!

 

Jerry...I'm not very good at gadgets and will probably ask the group for Garmin advice. I'm thinking the Forerunner 110, I believe that's the most basic. Which one are you considering? Are you buying it on-line or in-store, I'm not sure which is best...

 

Hey Doc...I posted a long rambling  introduction a few days ago. I'd been lurking for months and followed you guys here when you moved from the other place (and I'm glad I did) 

 

I'm not sure how to connect a link so I did a copy & paste. Run completed so off to do some Christmas shopping! Enjoy the rest of the day!

 

Brenda

 

Here goes nothing! Hi...

Tweaky63

11/28/2012 at 12:07 PM

Brenda:  Thinking of the Forerunner 10.  Dave had a link to a review.  I'll try to find it and send it to you.

Liz, to answer your question to your reply to my race report:

My all time high was 73 races done last year.  However, if I am able to do all the races I registered for through the end of this year, I will finish this year with 75 races done.

I did it!  I did 6 total miles today, including 2.6 @8:27!  I've never run that fast before on purpose, except for maybe during a 5K race in Sept. that I don't know my splits for.

The pace felt good, not all all like the crushing misery that I felt when I tried to do tempo runs last summer (at slower than my easy pace now, haha!).  But I was sweating buckets!

You might remember the plan was for two mile repeats at that pace.  TMI alert (sorry), but I had to make an emergency pit stop 0.6 into the second one.  So when I came back it seemed like a cop out to just run 0.4 more since the point was to maintain the pace.  So I went ahead and did another mile at that pace.  So things are looking good for the 5K I want to do in 2 weeks!  Except now I have GI issues to add to the things I guess I need to worry about, boo.

Traci- So sorry for your friend.  That is such a terrible loss.

Jerry- I decided to go with the 610.  There was a Black Friday weekend sale on it and I figure if I went with a nice one then hopefully I won't end up wanting yet another one in a few months or a year.

Steph- I know exactly the feeling.  When I'm running slowly and feeling great, I don't worry at all   But there are the runs that seem to take so much effort and I still have a crummy pace, and I hate those.  That's when I really doubt myself as a runner.  Luckily that doesn't happen too often!  And I do think form has a lot to do with it.

Awood- Glad you had a good run with the dog and are still feeling good on the streak!  I'm still scared to do one, even if some days can just be 1 mile.

Lauren- Sounds like a great run today!  I know that the air is dryer in the winter so we probably all should drink more.  And if we're running of course that's even more of an issue.

Dave- Congratulations!!!!  You are one fast penguin!  You made sure to tell second place in your AG that you'd only been running for 8 months, right?

Liz- I bet you're closer than you know to that pace!  You've added a lot of distance lately and I've stuck to shorter runs.

Dan- Cute penguin prize!  Though maybe not the image you were hoping for after placing in a 2 miler?

Mickey- Congrats on the first one-hour run!  I think my first one was barely 5 miles.

Jack- Holy cow that is a fast mile!  And I love the socks!

Mitch- Nice run!

Scotty- Congrats on race #69  I'm surprised you avoided the opportunity to point that one out!

Robert- Congrats on the run!  Sorry about the equipment malfunction, though.

I will have to check out the RRs later- see if I can still get a few errands done today.

Brenda:  Thinking of the Forerunner 10.  Dave had a link to a review.  I'll try to find it and send it to you.

www.dcrainmaker.com I spoke with three runners at the race today who had the FR10, and they all gave it rave reviews.  I tried to talk Santa into giving me mine early, but my request was denied. lol

Zel, I did tell them that I've only been running since April, and one lady said incredulously, "April of this year?!?" LOL They all agreed that I should be able to see some good improvements with more training.

I'm on the iPad at the moment and have already passed my sanity threshold for typing, so I'll do personals when I get on my pc.

Terrific job, Robert!!  I can't help you with the Garmin but that's a terrific time for that race!

I'm pretty sure it was the dummy mashing the buttons...

Full results posted, 19th overall out of 565 runners, 18th male.


Ok, on my pc, with coffee, here we go.

Jack, saw your rr, great job, I hate hills!

Bin, hope the lil guy is feeling better.

Gustav, hope you had a good workout, sorry to hear about the funeral.

Awood, outstanding job on the mileage PR!!

PAD, good job on keeping the streak going!

Tweaky, nice run today.

Liz, good run, hope you can get your double in.

Kristi, congrats on the PR!!!  

Steph, yay snow!!! I love snow and I can't wait to run in it.  Sad thing is, we don't get much here, few inches maybe twice all winter.  Oh well, I'll take what I can get.  I'm hoping for snow at the inlaws when we go there for Christmas, then I'll get to run in the snow out in the country!

Zel, outstanding job on those tempo miles!  You're gonna rock that 5k!

Traci, that is so sad, I don't think there's anything harder than losing a child, I can't even imagine, sending good thoughts to your friend.

Lauren, good run!  I'm jealous of you guys getting to run in the snow!

Mickey, great job on the distance PR today!!

Mitch, awesome impromptu HM!

Scotty, you're a machine!  Great job!

Robert, awesome job on your 5k!  Hills kick my butt big time.

Dan, you did too!  That penguin award rocks!!