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June 2016

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AL,USA

Member Since:

Jun 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I've finished a couple of races here and there...

Short-Term Running Goals:

Maybe one day I'll be enough of a runner to run a race.

maybe not...

Long-Term Running Goals:

My ultimate long term goal is to die young as late as possible...

Personal:

Rule #1:  Cardio - Zombies lead a very active lifestyle, so should you.

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105.501.0015.181.00122.68
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.470.000.000.007.47

"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly." - Corra Harris

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2.500.002.000.004.50

ran to and from 0515 ot workout... great way to start the day, but makes for a bit of an early morning...

(maybe should add that there were also around 1000m of rowing and lots of circuit dumbell/bodyweight exercises afterward...)

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8.000.000.000.008.00

...searchin for my lost shaker of salt...

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.230.000.000.008.23

what do you think an iguana wants for Christmas?

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

unfortunately, all good things usually come to an end...

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4.100.000.000.004.10

back to reality... from vacation to TDY...

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4.200.000.000.004.20

hotel gyms really should invest in better ventilation...

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5.000.000.000.005.00

a coworker apparently came into the hotel gym after i had left; when i met him downstairs later to go grab a bite to eat, he couldn't stop laughing about how i had made the little gym unbearably stuffy, and that whereas i had wiped down the treadmill, he could still see a puddle on the floor around it and a trail of sweat from me dripping as i left...

 

...not gonna lie... i'm kinda proud in a weird way...

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0.000.003.600.003.60

back to the orange theory grind...

(only took a 3am morning, a cancelled flight, and a rental car to drive back from ATL to get there... good times...)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

trying out new shoes
takes some miles to know their worth
promising start, though
 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

"Success usually comes to those who are too budy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau

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6.400.000.000.006.40

"There is no good lighting that is healthy and for our well being without proper darkness." - Roger van der Heide

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0.500.004.080.004.58

24 minute challenge at 1% grade in orange theory this morning... curious to see what the top mark of the day is...

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

having been running mostly in the mornings, this was a nice little re-introduction to running in the heat....
 

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6.210.000.000.006.21

"Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm.  When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower." - Jean Paul Richter

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0.601.000.601.003.20

"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent." - Isaac Newton

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4.000.000.000.004.00

running into an oncoming shower... one of the understated joys of summer running...

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3.000.000.000.003.00

"Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves." - Joseph P. Thompson

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8.000.003.000.0011.00

"I have found power in the mysteries of thought." - Euripides

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

"When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake." - Stephanie Barron

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0.600.001.900.002.50

as an old, out of shape ultrarunner who once got in semi-decent shape, i can attest to the truth of this:

"They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm." - Dorothy Parker

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7.690.000.000.007.69

Does anyone else get possessive of the roads early in the morning? 

I fully recognize the unabashed pretension and absurdity of the implied entitlement, but at 5am, alone on a dark neighborhood street, I can't be the only one that gets mildly annoyed at a car for intruding on MY road in MY world at MY time of day...

This possessiveness does not extend to other runners (or even bikers...); on the contrary, I'm glad to see fellow early morning road warriors...

It's just the traffic of the motorized variety that seems to impede upon our serene little world just before the day's first twilight...
 
Cars can have the roads for most of the day.  Once the sun is up and everyone else is awake, it's THEIR road in THEIR world for the rest of THEIR times of day.

But in those mystical predawn hours of the early runs, I just can't help but feel like we lucky few are running on holy ground.
 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
105.501.0015.181.00122.68
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