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Postby seuss » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:05 pm

rest day today. i can almost walk like a normal person so my tendon must be easing up a bit.

Maniac dinner tonight.
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Postby JacSprat » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:21 pm

5.5k done at lunch today. I was a wee bit over-dressed for +4.
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Postby Strider » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:40 pm

Gorgeous outside. Slushy but well worth it. Schedule called for 5k recovery run, but seeing I cut yesterdays short, and the weather is perfect, stretched it out to 8.5k.
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Postby Jogger Barbie » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:10 pm

Good day. I've been running but not posting and reached a milestone on Saturday :) 21.6 km in total, the first 12 on the TM followed by the remainder on the indoor track. No 10s and 1s, just a couple of walk/water breaks and the transition from TM to track, and no IT band strap. And no issues afterwards. What a great feeling!

Treadmill hill workout this morning, with slightly harder hills than last week (highest was 4.5%). Baby steps. If I end up having to do some walking at ATB and Boston because I was too cautious on the hill training, so be it. Beats getting re-injured by about a milion miles!

BJH - scary stuff about the fire :(

Hope everyone has a Better than Mundane Monday. The sun is shining here in the GTA and it's 0 C. That means some snow is melting :)
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Postby lisaannr » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:42 pm

Torture session..oops I mean personal trainer session this afternoon. The legs are feeling yesterday's 19k so hopefully she goes easy on me, haha..yeah right. :roll:

Expect a difficult work week this week. I think I need to pick up a bottle of wine. :roll:
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Postby Magoo » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:53 pm

Took advantage of a new childminding service at the Ymca. Pascal was breaking his heart, but he settled down eventually. Felt really good to disconnect for two hours and get in a good workout. So far so good for a Monday.
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Postby dgrant » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:54 pm

fe.sweetpea wrote:
BJH wrote:Treadmill run a the gym at lunch.

Not so mundane Monday for me. There was another fire in my neighbourhood last night. There has been an arsonist setting fires in the general area for the past 18 months. The fires are getting more frequent and the last two were very, very close to my home.


I can't believe they haven't caught this person yet.


http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/580902

Looks like they just did.

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Postby fe.RMT » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:29 pm

dgrant wrote:
fe.sweetpea wrote:
BJH wrote:Treadmill run a the gym at lunch.

Not so mundane Monday for me. There was another fire in my neighbourhood last night. There has been an arsonist setting fires in the general area for the past 18 months. The fires are getting more frequent and the last two were very, very close to my home.


I can't believe they haven't caught this person yet.


http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/580902

Looks like they just did.


Well, he's only been charged with the two most recent fires. I'm hoping this isn't just some kind of scapegoat
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Postby BJH » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:32 pm

fe.sweetpea wrote:
dgrant wrote:
fe.sweetpea wrote:
BJH wrote:Treadmill run a the gym at lunch.

Not so mundane Monday for me. There was another fire in my neighbourhood last night. There has been an arsonist setting fires in the general area for the past 18 months. The fires are getting more frequent and the last two were very, very close to my home.


I can't believe they haven't caught this person yet.


http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/580902

Looks like they just did.


Well, he's only been charged with the two most recent fires. I'm hoping this isn't just some kind of scapegoat


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Postby abhainn » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:34 pm

-20 in the 'peg right now. -33 with the windchill. :roll:

No run today, just up at 5am to get in a strength workout. Jari Love's Get Ripped! Not bad. I like that it's really just about the weights, no added cardio. Also feels more like a class than just me on my own, which is sooooo boring there aren't even words. I don't think I'll be sore tomorrow though (is that good or bad :think:).
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Postby seuss » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:39 pm

fe.sweetpea wrote:
dgrant wrote:
fe.sweetpea wrote:
BJH wrote:Treadmill run a the gym at lunch.

Not so mundane Monday for me. There was another fire in my neighbourhood last night. There has been an arsonist setting fires in the general area for the past 18 months. The fires are getting more frequent and the last two were very, very close to my home.


I can't believe they haven't caught this person yet.


http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/580902

Looks like they just did.


Well, he's only been charged with the two most recent fires. I'm hoping this isn't just some kind of scapegoat


could be that it is just too early in the investigation to put together the evidence that he may have been involved in all of them.
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Postby Darth Tater » Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:09 pm

No running for me today...rest day. I had lab work done on me this morning (took a few vials of blood), followed by donating blood at lunch. So far I haven't passed out! :D
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Postby starting_over » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:08 pm

Rest day and maniac dinner for me today!

I had planned to get to the gym for a strength workout but since my meeting that normally ends at 1:30pm JUST finished (it's 3pm here) and I need to get downtown for dinner it won't be happening! Not that I'm all that disappointed...the rest day is needed:)

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Postby Dani » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:16 pm

Finally did something other than work today...
I walked to work. It was grand.

5k whether I walked or ran, it was 5 km.
I used to run. All the time.
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Postby ian » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:33 pm

13K recovery run, legs felt better than expected and the ice wasn't too much of a nuisance.

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Postby braveheart » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:20 pm

60min spin class..I forgot just how tough they are!
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Postby ratherBrunning » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:21 pm

a-slow-5 wrote:Boot camp tonight. Yay! I'm liking this WAY more than I ever thought I would!

Enjoy the sunshine everyone!


Go Nancy--This sounds awesome!! :D
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Postby ChrisL » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:40 pm

10km done. Nice night to run.
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Postby Stephan » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:54 pm

13.2 km easy pace run. Legs felt tired, still down with a bit of a flu. 198lbs and 23lbs to go.

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Postby ROW » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:07 pm

I am still not sure exactly what was a tempo run but this was my tempo run tonight.

7km tempo run
1 7:21 p/km ( ran 1st km with mom for warmup)
2 5:09 p/km
3 4:49 p/km
4 4:27 p/km
5 4:48 p/km
6 5:04 p/km
7 5:19 p/km
7km in 37:00

This run was very easy, if I did this tempo run right :S.

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Postby Lonerunner » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:15 pm

35 minute spin this morning before work.

Tonight, my first time back to the pool since my half ironman, 6 months ago. Just jumped in the water and swam (slowly), did 1000m continuous. I didn't think I'd be able to do that much.
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Postby ian » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:33 pm

Blanken wrote:I am still not sure exactly what was a tempo run but this was my tempo run tonight.

7km tempo run
1 7:21 p/km ( ran 1st km with mom for warmup)
2 5:09 p/km
3 4:49 p/km
4 4:27 p/km
5 4:48 p/km
6 5:04 p/km
7 5:19 p/km
7km in 37:00

This run was very easy, if I did this tempo run right :S.


Good idea to warm up and to err on the side of caution. A tempo run is just quick enough that you have to work a bit but just slow enough that you could keep it up for more than half an hour if you really had to. If you have good running conditions, I would estimate that a good tempo pace for you might be in the 4:20 to 4:40 per km range. These runs will really help you stay strong at ATB.

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Postby ROW » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:35 pm

ian wrote:
Blanken wrote:I am still not sure exactly what was a tempo run but this was my tempo run tonight.

7km tempo run
1 7:21 p/km ( ran 1st km with mom for warmup)
2 5:09 p/km
3 4:49 p/km
4 4:27 p/km
5 4:48 p/km
6 5:04 p/km
7 5:19 p/km
7km in 37:00

This run was very easy, if I did this tempo run right :S.


Good idea to warm up and to err on the side of caution. A tempo run is just quick enough that you have to work a bit but just slow enough that you could keep it up for more than half an hour if you really had to. If you have good running conditions, I would estimate that a good tempo pace for you might be in the 4:20 to 4:40 per km range. These runs will really help you stay strong at ATB.
So the fastest kilometer is a little bit slower than race pace, my hoping race pace is about 4:10 p/km

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Postby Nicholas » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:41 pm

Easy run to get the blood flowing. 4K at 5:18 pace, 1K at 5:00 pace. My teeth still hurt but I did get some antibiotics in case it is infected. Maybe I should try some dark rum as well....
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Postby a-slow-5 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:37 am

Nick wrote:My teeth still hurt but I did get some antibiotics in case it is infected. Maybe I should try some dark rum as well....


One or the other might be best!

Hope you're feeling better soon Nick. Sounded painful to start with, can't believe it's still giving you this much grief!
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