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Home of the legendary Great Floridian Tribe. Our motto is "More Stones!"
January 26-
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Welcome Run329 about 2 weeks ago
January 23-
 | KAR To all: anyone catch the Olympic Marathon Trials? A great race for the men and women. I didn't watch the whole thing, it was tape delayed and I already knew the results(don't you hate that?), but when I watched, I tried tracking running cadence. Meb was around 100, give or take, everybody else was around 90, give or take. Ryan Halls strides look like they're 20 feet long. Women were also around 90. I noticed that Kara sometimes runs with her head back. Hey, if it ain't broke...Anyway, Go USA! Good luck to all of them!
Knees started hurting a few weeks ago. I thought OK, this is where it starts, and this is how it ends. After 35.5 years of abuse, it's finally setting in. Then just like that, the pain went away. Lucky. Yesterday was a 16 mile run. One of those few trips into rarified air that come around once in awhile. Everything went real well, held a great pace, finished in 2:18. Now if I can only duplicate it on race day!
about 2 weeks ago | |  KARAlmost forgot: Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me...
 EnduradadHappy Birthday KAR. I go the ciropractor today to get an adjustment. I have a spot out in my back and it's causing nerve pinch in my knee. When and where is the A1A Marathon?
KARA1A Marathon is Feb. 19th, along Ft. Lauderdale Beach. I registered for the full, but have dropped down to the half. I wussed out. How's the knee?
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January 08-
| KAR Run329, welcome to the forum! Stick with the forum and enjoy the ride, as EDad says, this is one the best indy IM's around. You'll earn your finishers medal.E-Dad, about the comment on IM training slowing you down: boy is that true! But why? I've been doing IM training since '99, and watched my times head straight to the bottom. Because of my weird work hours, every stroke, spin and stride has been solo. Almost everything I've done has been long and slow. The result? Slow times.That's why it's true! So...I'm using the off season to work on faster cadense in all three discplines. I know there are hundreds of miles between now and then, it's a LONG day and anything can happen, but hey, just maybe there's a podium with my name on it this year at GFT! Saturday ride was a 25 miler in the bcr, cadence of 90-95. Sunday was 15 mile run. Good luck training, everybody.
a month ago | | EnduradadI made it outside today for fun run. We have had some real nice weather this weekend. So nice to not run on the treadmill.
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January 02-
| KAR EnduraDad, I tried to post yesterday, the site wouldn't let me. You've made a hotel reservation already? I'm not entered yet, maybe I can pick up a slot from someone dumping theirs. I'm still a little stung from last years letdown.
New Years morning, I ran a 14 miler. Amazing how quiet the roads were.Nice easy pace, all I could hear were the my breathing and my foot steps.
I've given alot of thought to your comment about IM training slowing you down. I'd heard it alot more than once, but it went in one ear and right out the other, without even slowing down. I've given ALOT of thought lately. More on that in another post.
about 2 months ago | | EnduradadHappy New Year!
I have had a good start with family time and some training already.
I hope you make it there this year. I would like to team up with a few people to enjoy some race prep like we use to do. Also it's always easier to work out all year when you are sharing the pain.
My daughter signed us up to do a half marathon in April
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December 20-
December 01-
 | Enduradad Kerry,
I plan on doing a marathon early spring. Don't know which one yet because I want to see how things go during the winter. I think either Athens Ohio, or Knoxville TN. with my brother Cliff. I also think I need to do some sprints. I've spent the last couple years only doing full IM and that's made me really slow.
I may be able to find a training partner for next years GFT. There are a coule guys locally that are interested in doing their first.
Anyone out there who can give a report on the Bike and run course? They look great compaired to 2009. Still wondering what the timing problem was?
about 3 months ago | | KARDid a half marathon this morning. I did excactly what I set out to do: keep the heart rate down to 125-135 and treat it as a training run. High humidity, upper 70's. Saw some real neat gadgets. I was running next to a woman who had a device that audibly calling out splits and distances. But with her ear buds on, I don't know if she heard it, but it was really cool. A fellow next to me was also chatting away, calling out splits from his gps watch. Maybe I don't get out much. Anyway, all of the chatter from everybody seemed to fade past the halfway mark. Had a good time, ran into a few triathles, good conversation. Good way to start the day.
KARSorry for all the typos. Maybe I should put my glasses on while talking!
KARMaybe the "tming thing" is about the people that did the sprint race and getting their splits mixed in with the GFT.
I tried to tape the Hawaii IM yesterday. I do it every year. Couldn't wait to pull the tape and watch it. When I pulled the cassette out of the recorder, the tape came out with it. Guess I'll have to buy the dvd on-line. Or wait til next May and tri again.
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November 23-
| Enduradad I hope you have a great Thanksgiving. Next Monday will be the start of my core training. I ahve a P90X set my family gave me and I think it will be a great winter workout. Looks like we have good numbers for next year. See you soon!
about 3 months ago | | KARI hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving.
Do we start off-season base now that we've had a month since GFT? And Tri season is over for most of us? I know that we're not supposed to be doing marathons as part of the off-season. Maybe that is true for an elite, but for a back-of-the-packer like me, I don't think it's going to matter. Next up: a half marathon in Weston in two weeks, a Parkland Five Miler, a 5 or 10K in Miramar in January, the A1A Marathon in Feb. Looking farther ahead, may be doing the SouthBeachTri in April, to start things off. Way too early to start thinking GFT. I've eaten two race entries in the past-Hurricane Wilma and plantar fasciitis- and the last one was pretty hard to swallow.
But GFT 2012 is still the "A" race goal next year.
Mike, good luck with the P90X. Keep us posted.
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| Enduradad I hope some of you that raced this year can share what race was like this year? My plans are to be at GFT 2012.
about 4 months ago | | KAREDad,
I missed the race this year. Over a week before the big dance, I came down with chills and aches. Turned into a wicked bad cold. I canceled hotel and notified the staff that I would not be there. I almost cried. Almost. I didn't want to announce it on the forum, I wanted everyone to stay focused on the positive. (Sigh) Another year before the next one. I guess I can stare at the countdown clock. I have a few races coming up for the running season, so I can refocus on them, and not dwell on what was lost. See you here next year? Let's hope so...
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