The "Official" Runners thread...

All you have to do is run... And keep running... And keep running..

 

Nice work man. I have 4 Spartans coming this year. Two Sprints, one Super, and a Beast to wrap things up. I did one Sprint Spartan last Summer, and had a total blast!!

 

Very nice. What locations are yours at?

The only other one that will be close to me is in Dallas but its in December and Im not a fan of being frozen...

 

Haha....Dallas in December. What is it, like 'light jacket' weather there that time of year. j/k

I live in Canadark - the first Sprint is Edmonton, Ab in June - Next Sprint is Calgary, Ab in Aug - then the Super is here where I live in Red Deer, Ab in Sept - Lastly, the Beast is in Sun Peaks, B.C. also in Sept.

And I just looked at your screen name. My best friend is organizing his 2nd annual Zombie Run again this Fall. That was fun as hell last year - and I was the first to register for this Year. It's in Sylvan Lake, Ab (just outside of Red Deer).

 

What're your guys pr's? Would anyone like to share?

 

I started running on a regular basis in January, been doing mostly 5K events although I try to do a 7 mile run at least once a week. I just took two weeks off after a vasectomy and laid around eating "comfort" food while I recovered. When back out to run for the first time this morning and struggled to do a 5K, ended up taking me like 33 minutes. But for motivation I signed up for a 4 mile run this coming thursday night. I might be slow but I am going to finish it.

 

Very nice yea Im sure a texas winter is nothing for you!
Good luck on your runs


Thats awesome about the zombie run. My wife and I started one here in our hometown as well, this october will be our 4th year.

 

No clue. I dont really track my times, just distances...and those arent anything to write home about compared to most people in this thread

I am about to really step up my training though and get more strict on the nutrition part of it.

 

I guess prs font realy matter Haha well about how many miles a week are you guys running then?

 

no prs to report for me, I've only run two events- both 20 mile trails races over very technical ground w/ lots (lots) of elevation gain and loss

I've never run a 5k or 10k event, as I don't like to run on roads (nor am I very fast )- probably will stay that way

I'm running between 30-40 miles/week, occasionally over or under that, but that's pretty average

 

Not much for me, maybe 7-8 miles a week currently but I am also trying to gain weight so I dont want to do much more than that at this point. If I end up doing a trail run after work one day then it will be more than that

 

pretty good week, 35 miles- had a good (tough) 15 mile long run on Saturday

the highlight of the week wasn't totally run related, I did the crossfit "Murph" workout- for time- 1 mile run, 300 body weight squats, 200 pushups, 100 pullups (partitioned any way you see fit- I did 20 sets of 15 squats/10 pushups/5 pullups) followed by another mile run

last time I did the workout was ~ 6 months ago at 41:30, shaved about 2 minutes off and finished under 40- I'll probably wait another 6 months before I try that fun workout again

 

Hey did you say you were doing the Run for your lives this weekend?

 

Any of you guys have an issue of getting reeeaaaallllyyyy itchy legs and feet every once in a while? To te point where it's almost unbearable?

 

Cant say that I have. Dry skin maybe?

 

I've been using virgin coconut oil since 2006, on my skin. As an added benefit it works as a natural insect repellant/sun screen. Never had any "chaffing" since I've been using it.


Been averagin 28+ for the past two weeks.


Yesterday I ran the "Bolder-Boulder 10K". It was my first high elevation race. On mile 1, while waiting for a lady friend of mine, I ran into an old acquaintance from back home in Tampa. The poor soul came to town to visit his uncle and "run" the race. I paced him to a 57 min finish, while I score a 55.40.

It felt good to know that I can actually run in high altitude!

 

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Dude, is bad enough that as a good Floridian, I bitch and moan when we run below 30 degrees. What you are asking me is to get kicked out of every running group I belong too!

 

Here are a few shots of me from the Texas Spartan