Competitive Jerks Racing and Training - 2023 (Read 574 times)

 

lol i saw that tour too! at sun devil stadium with about 100,000 screaming fans. John Cougar opened and i saw a flying, twirling whiskey bottle hit him in the head. he fell off a huge stack, there was a 30 minute or so break and he came back out, excoriated the thrower of the bottle and played hurts so good. those Who albums from the early 80's are great. face dances and it's hard, google not even showing the latter in their discog

For me I think it was at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. What sticks in my head was seeing 3 different people puking at various points, so it was a real Who crowd. I'll disagree with you though - I think their post-Keith Moon work was not so great. Their best was Who's Next, Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who By Numbers. I enjoyed some of Pete's solo work too - I wore out the Empty Glass album.

Yeah opening acts often do not get treated so well. I saw the Ramones in the late '80s, and the opening act was practically booed off the stage, the crowd was pretty merciless. That band was actually Jane's Addiction, before anyone had ever heard of them.

 

Steve i wouldnt worry too much over a 5k. They are easy to jump in on and recover from. I always remember the Christchurch one as very cold. I think I ran it in gloves and beanie one time.

Yep, first day of July at 8am, anything above freezing is a bonus.  My first Lactate Threshold workout last night in a long time was absolutely brutal.  To be expected I guess but it adjusts my thinking for the Park Run.  It wasn't a huge workout but my HR was in the 190s at slower than 5km pace.  I spoke to my coach about it and he agrees that I'm better off starting towards the bottom of Zone 5 (currently set at 3:40-4:08/km) and lifting from there.  That makes a PR unlikely but gives me a chance to finish somewhere in the 19s, not have a big blow up and still get the threshold data we're looking for.  A PR is unlikely with any approach really, 4 weeks post-marathon with one speed workout.

 

Did you know that Keith Moon and Mama Cass died in the same apartment room?  

Yes it was an apartment in London they had both rented from Harry Nilsson.

 

Yes it was an apartment in London they had both rented from Harry Nilsson.

i wont disagree about the greatness of Quadrophenia and the others. also Harry Nilsson was awesome too! when i am around kids i always make them watch The Point 

Western states is a hard race to get in to unless you are super elite. I got luck and ran in back in 2019. Amazing course and volunteers on the course. I would say it is harder to get in than Boston. You may qualify but not get in. Right now it takes about 4-7 years to get drawn in the lottery. A few wait wait longer like 8 years. Every year you have run a 100 miler to keep your tickets and every year if you don't get in our tickets double. I am still trying to get in again.

 

You can volunteer with some groups on the west coast to increase your chances. Some of them have their own lottery for entry. Similar to the 9 + 1 the New York Road Runners have for NYC Marathon. Maybe WSER will offer a virtual one soon. I'd rather do Leadville because I hate hills.

longboat keep getting after it. Strength training might have benefits running doesn't, and it has flaws/drwabacks running doesn't. Mostly gravity.

Flavio back in my "bodybuilding" days my goal was 97.5 kg (15.35 stones). I finally did it for two reps, told my workout buddy "High school me is satisfied. My high school ego is happy now." I probably did a few more pounds later on (so many units of mass) then eventually walked away from weight lifting. I'll never forget the guy who lifted so much he was told he had to LOSE weight to enter the military. I once asked how he scratched his back. "I have a chain link fence at work I lean up against."

 

You are all monsters in terms of strength. I should probably retire from this group cause I don't meet the minimum strength requirements.

It's no wonder you guys can run for like 18 days non stop and never get tired.

 

 

If there were any strength requirement, I'd be among the first to go. But I can assure you it has no relationship to ability to build long consecutive-day run streaks. The only time I ever take days off are (1) when I'm injured, (2) for a few days after marathons, (3) special cases of extra-crazy travel schedules, (4) AQI >150. My streaks never get too long because of #2 - I try to do two a year. My longest streak of 250 days came in 2020 when there were no marathons, and I managed to avoid #1. It was ultimately stopped by #4. I once had a streak stopped by #3, on a trip to Japan - I did not miss a day based on my body clock, but the International Date Line got me.

I think as light weight runners it's hard to have impressive lifting figures. Top runners have arms like Tyrannosaurus mostly .

I seem to be able to bench 65kg which is basically my body weight but I haven't tried for about a year.

Flavio my kayakfishing fishing buddy is 43 and fully into power lifting. Funny thing was last time we carried his kayak down the beach he had to stop for cramp 

His Instagram gives these stats bench 180kg

Squat 270 kg and deadlift 270 kgs. He's quite short and wide with short arms and legs but weighs over 100 kgs now.