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Postby waynerdog » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:25 am

:shock: 21 minutes off your previous PB?? :shock:

Way to go, Dave!!!!!!! :clap: :D 8)
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Postby Jwolf » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:33 am

Dave, I already wished you congratulations, but I wanted to repeat that I was so happy to see this result yesterday. It made my day.

I loved your description of the race, fighting through the pain. It's the only way to do a marathon, I think.

You do have even better times ahead, I'm sure. Something you're doing is working now.
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Outstanding

Postby clocker » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:42 am

What a trip! Nicely done Dave. I'm hoping there's a shot of the game face you had on before this one. What a huge dent into your marathon time! You'll be grooving on this pb for a bit and rightly so. Superb!
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Postby Portentous » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:02 am

Wow, what a turnaround from struggling to break 4 hours. Those times will continue to plummet with your natural speed. Well done.
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Postby a-slow-5 » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:05 am

Wow! What a nice way to prove to yourself you do have it in you! That's incredible! Congrats!
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Postby Stella » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:23 am

Simply put Dave, Fantastic!

Congratulations! Relish the PB. You have plenty more of those in you...
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Postby runcherylrun » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:21 pm

Now that you've got that "monkey" off your back I've no doubt there's bigger & better things ahead !! :wink:

And I love how you "Asked it to hurt more" - only you would think of turning it around that way !!! :shock:

Congrats, congrats, congrats !!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
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Postby Ironmike » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:21 pm

Awesome race Dave!!
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Postby seuss » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:23 pm

holy crap that's nice! congrats Dave. way to focus.
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Postby Tori » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:34 pm

Yay Dave :clap: :dance: that is a huge PB and I am sure a huge motivator with your speedy marathon!!!
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Postby rundmc » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:38 pm

Congratulations, you definitely earned it. It's been a long time coming, hasn't it? There's a BQ in your future.
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Postby Jo-Jo » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:46 pm

rundmc wrote:Congratulations, you definitely earned it. It's been a long time coming, hasn't it? There's a BQ in your future.


You heard it here first...that's what I was thinking yesterday on the drive home from PEC Adeel :D :D
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Postby Hermes » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:11 pm

Happiness is a 21-minute PB! :D :D :D

It was great hanging out with you before, during and after your amazing race. I loved your reaction coming over the finish line. I bet the photo is fabulous. Then, you were just so cool about it afterwards.... because you knew you could do it. And you delivered - 8)
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Postby dwayne_runs_far » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:19 pm

Great run Dave!!!! ... Still going for sub 3:20 ?

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Postby Run26.2 » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:33 pm

Big man you are an animal!!! Congrats!! John Elway would be proud of you! 8)
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Postby CinC » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:45 pm

Congratulations Dave! That's an awesome result!

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Postby Sanders » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:38 pm

So glad that you have flung that monkey off your back!

Now you can explore your true capability.
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Postby RayMan » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:20 pm

About time! You clearly focused on what you wanted and hit it bang on.

Impressive, impressive, impressive!
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Postby jes » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:23 pm

Very nice Dave, very nice :D
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Postby babysteps » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:00 pm

:dance: :clap:

Very, very impressive indeed.

I've been thinking about your "welcoming the pain" approach since I read your report. I'm going to try to remember that in the future. Thanks!
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Postby getfit » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:03 pm

babysteps wrote:I've been thinking about your "welcoming the pain" approach since I read your report. I'm going to try to remember that in the future. Thanks!


I was thinking about that on my run today too. Whenever it started feeling tough, I thought, what would dgrant say? :wink:
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Postby Dr. S » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:09 pm

Smokin result!! Congrats! I'm happy for you
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Postby bicycle.boy » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:35 pm

dgrant wrote:Today, when my body started hurting I ASKED IT TO HURT MORE. I armed myself with dozens of curse words, and I used them.


Awesome report, awesome PB! Have I said awesome yet? Seriously, that's an incredible achievement! Way to kick ass!
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Postby MoeMan » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:33 pm

Congrats dave!


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Postby dgrant1 » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:27 am

Massive job, Dave! I knew you had it in ya... Guess I gotta start lookin' over my shoulder for the other Grant again!! :shock: :wink:
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