AFR's 'quick and dirty' Army run report.

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AFR's 'quick and dirty' Army run report.

Postby AirForceRunner » Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:45 pm

Last year, I PB'ed in this race a week after running Haliburton.
This year, I started at PB pace, and quickly discovered that the pains of Haliburton, combined with the overly cushy shoes I chose (Kinvara's), were going to make for a long day.

I kept the shoes on as long as I could take them, but they hurt too much. Fekt like I'd broken something. Took them off at around the 8 km point (guessing). This took nearly 5 mins dur to the Fort Knox-like knots I had tied in them. Finished the rest of the race barefoot, which reduced the pain a bit, and certainly generated a lot of conversation around me. Limped it in around 2:07 and change (chip). Lesson learned.

Highlight of the race? DGrant and his teleportation device. That dude was everywhere!! Ottawa River Pkwy, Hull, and the finishing stretch. And I swear, dude got better looking each time too. :lol:

Had to bail on the M&G as Mrs. AFR woke up with a case of vertigo this morning.

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Re: AFR's 'quick and dirty' Army run report.

Postby scrumhalfgirl » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:06 pm

Sorry to hear you had a rough day - take care of yourself!

And I agree about dgrant - he was a super fan today!
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Postby MikeM » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:20 pm

scrumhalfgirl wrote:Sorry to hear you had a rough day - take care of yourself!

And I agree about dgrant - he was a super fan today!


He was the Polkaroo. He kept popping up everywhere!

Good work fighting through on a rough day, AFR.
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Postby PinkLady » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:56 pm

Wow, huge props for gutting out the race! And, literally barefoot! :shock:

Sorry it wasn't the run you wanted though. Hope you figure out the shoes.
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Postby ceileigh » Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:47 pm

I kept hearing about someone who was running barefoot ... now I know why! Way to tough it out!

Guess a foot massage and pedicure are out of the question for tomorrow (with orange nail polish of course) to pamper your feet? :roll:
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Postby AirForceRunner » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:23 pm

ceileigh wrote:I kept hearing about someone who was running barefoot ... now I know why! Way to tough it out!



Does this make me famous or infamous? :lol:
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Postby PinkLady » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:28 pm

AirForceRunner wrote:
ceileigh wrote:I kept hearing about someone who was running barefoot ... now I know why! Way to tough it out!



Does this make me famous or infamous? :lol:


Hey, it's better than being 'the girl who tripped and fell on her face at the 10k marker' like I was last year....... :oops: :shifty:
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Postby HCcD » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:37 pm

PinkLady wrote:
AirForceRunner wrote:
ceileigh wrote:I kept hearing about someone who was running barefoot ... now I know why! Way to tough it out!



Does this make me famous or infamous? :lol:


Hey, it's better than being 'the girl who tripped and fell on her face at the 10k marker' like I was last year....... :oops: :shifty:


Or, some dude on the 5K course this morning, at around the 1K mark, was running on the center line and clipped himself on one of the pilons and ended up doing a face plant / shoulder roll, just missuing taking out 2-3 other runners, and just got back up and continued running, as if nothing happened .. :shock: :lol: :wink:

Now, that's one way to get in the the barefoot running niche, Airforcey .. :lol: :wink:
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Postby Miss*Smiles » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:54 pm

Amazing job mr. barefoot runner!

Sorry we didn't get to see you at the M&G, I hope your wife is feeling better.
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Postby purdy65 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:43 am

OK, so I totally saw you on the course. In front of me - barefoot carrying shoes. Now I've seen barefoot on a half course before, but not the carrying shoes thing! :lol: :lol: This report explains it!

Yep - lesson learned, but another race complete! :)
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Postby Robinandamelia » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:26 am

Sorry about your tough race!!
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Postby RA. » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:42 am

You'll have to post a link to your finish line pic with shoes in hand once it is up! Good job finishing a tough one!
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Postby Kelodie » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:02 am

Now that is hardcore! :o :o

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Postby eme » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:04 am

You know that you are slightly nuts, right?

Congrats on finishing :D
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Postby abirdd » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:06 pm

I passed you somewhere along the canal (I want to say in the last 2kms), and wondered what happened. The fact you were carrying shoes threw me off. To see your status when I got home, it all made sense.

The kilted barefoot runner was out in full force yesterday. Therefore, I think you'll have to share the spotlight with him... which could be a good thing, right?! :wink:
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Postby AirForceRunner » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:18 pm

RA. wrote:You'll have to post a link to your finish line pic with shoes in hand once it is up! Good job finishing a tough one!


Absolutely....I just hope there aren't any of me walking. :lol:
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Postby Robbie-T » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:05 pm

Yeah it must be the shoes!
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Postby erinmcd » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:07 pm

Robbie-T wrote:Yeah it must be the shoes!

Gotta be the shoes!

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Postby Sandra » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:43 pm

Way to tough it out, especially without shoes!
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Postby kpoire » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:29 am

Tough day. Hard core - like it!
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Postby AirForceRunner » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:48 pm

Just HAD to add this photo...sums up the race perfectly. Can you guess what I was about to say? :lol:

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Dirty Girls 12 hr night run
Haliburton 100 miler (gulp!)

"Try the meditation of the trail, just walk along looking at the trail at your feet and don't look about and just fall into a trance as the ground zips by..."
-Jack Kerouac

"I am no longer a runner, I am now a father who runs. I will let the running come to me and I will make the most of every km I am fortunate enough to receive."
-Smack
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Postby HCcD » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:31 pm

AirForceRunner wrote:Just HAD to add this photo...sums up the race perfectly. Can you guess what I was about to say? :lol:

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