RunningAHEAD - Topic: Chasing down the Bunny.

RunFree7

Run like a kid again!

posted: 3/3/2008 at 7:55 AM
modified: 3/3/2008 at 3:29 PM

Stupid Bunny goes down after 21 mile Sunday run. Now I am only 2 miles away from page 2. That hairball will only see the back of my shirt and it says "Bunnies suck!" I have only a recovery run today (4 miles) and will take tuesday off. As long as the furry hairball does not run more then 7 miles a day he will never be in front of me again. Uh-oh am I asking for an injury or sickness with that. I take that back "Will most likely never catch me again" Reason I put this out on the main forum: Why do I suddenly have a hatred for Bunnies? Why couldn't it have been the pace rat or pace pigeon? Why the bunny? It doesn't make sense. In the tortoise and the hare the bunny runs out to a fast start and then takes a nap right. Then along comes the slow and steady tortoise who passes the bunny before it wakes up too late to make up the distance. Well it seems as though the pace bunny should be more of a pace turtle because the turtle was the slow and steady one not the bunny. If anything we are the bunnies.

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#2867

posted: 3/3/2008 at 9:26 AM

I rabbited a race once, but I didn't get paid. A teammate of mine was supposed to rabbit a marathon last year for a couple of Africans coming into town, his running through the half marathon at a certain pace meaning that he would get paid. Since there wasn't anybody there when he got to it, his coach told him to just take it in easy and win the extra $500 for winning. It's like that guy in LA a decade or a decade and a half ago that did the same thing, except 2nd place thought he'd won because he expected the rabbit to drop out and not keep going.

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rvelich

Another Passion

posted: 3/3/2008 at 10:17 AM

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Rick
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jdmcgregor

All business

posted: 3/3/2008 at 11:37 AM

Good point about the turtle, I hadn't thought of that. Come to think of it, maybe it's more like dog racing. We're the dogs chasing after a mechanical hare. BearcatRunner: If you don't mind me asking, how is your calf? You're running a lot, did it get healed up ok?

"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." J. Handy

JohnnyDx

Into the wild

posted: 3/3/2008 at 12:04 PM
modified: 3/3/2008 at 12:15 PM

Let's make it a dragon to really give us something to chase Evil grin

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RunFree7

Run like a kid again!

posted: 3/3/2008 at 3:28 PM

Hey Chris: I'm amazed you even remember about my 1 inch larger calf. I will have to have my wife measure that thing tonight. So far it has not really been a problem. I can feel it a little now and then but even after my 21 mile run that was not one of my issues. How is your body holding up?

RunFree7

Run like a kid again!

posted: 3/3/2008 at 3:34 PM

Do you really want to chase a dragon without a suit of armor and a really cool magical sword? How about a cheetah?

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 3/3/2008 at 3:41 PM

Quote from RunFree7 on 3/3/2008 at 3:34 PM:

Do you really want to chase a dragon without a suit of armor and a really cool magical sword? How about a cheetah?

A cheetah would be cool! My son has a pet cheetah - well, at least he adopted one. He has loved cheetahs since he was two years old for some reason. http://www.dewildt.org.za/adoptacheetah.htm Here is a CNN story about a South African guy racing a cheetah - there's a video, too. The guy was given a 30-meter head start in a 100-meter race, lol. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/13/cheetah.race/index.html

jdmcgregor

All business

posted: 3/3/2008 at 5:19 PM

Quote from RunFree7 on 3/3/2008 at 3:28 PM:

How is your body holding up?

I can't complain. I was a little tired this last weekend and my long run showed it. I didn't eat right on Sat. Hopefully my 20 next week will go smoothly.

Quote from RunFree7 on 3/3/2008 at 3:34 PM:

How about a cheetah?

Maybe Chester Cheetah?

"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." J. Handy

eliz4015

posted: 3/3/2008 at 6:42 PM

I'm all for turtle-power, especially since my typical pace is Turtle-speed. Eliz

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#2867

posted: 3/4/2008 at 3:01 PM

Quote from jdmcgregor on 3/3/2008 at 5:19 PM:

I can't complain. I was a little tired this last weekend and my long run showed it. I didn't eat right on Sat. Hopefully my 20 next week will go smoothly.

Best way to find out what is going to work and what isn't come race day, without actually ruining your race in the process...

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marathonmanleto

Marathonmanleto

posted: 3/4/2008 at 3:37 PM

Hey Rick, Good job on your mileage this year. Keep it up. Is the Freep in your future?

BadDawg

posted: 3/7/2008 at 10:35 AM
modified: 3/7/2008 at 10:36 AM

Mrs. Cottontail, may I come in? You might want to sit down. There's been an accident, I'm afraid your husband won't be coming home. We got a partial license plate, and we're working to track down the perpetrator. It was an Ohio vanity plate, and a witness said it started with BEARC...

E.J.
Greater Lowell Road Runners
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