Hey Ed! Great to hear from you. I've been kinda MIA too, still healing from a ham injury. Same kinda thing, I was, admittedly, doing hill repeats, but had done 8 with no indication anything was amiss, when my ham locked solidly. I had, however, run a really great and fast race a few days prior to...

"John Hurley" wrote in message ... So if anyone is suffering from not so good training temps you might consider moving to Ohio. On the other hand the jobs situation is kind of shaky here. We...

I hope this wasn't where you have been living. -- Michelle NEW YORK (CNN) -- A four-story residential building collapsed Sunday in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, and at least four people suffered minor injuries, according to the New York City Fire Department. A firefighter surveys...

Awl -- Assuming footwear doesn't actively hamper, hinder, or hurt the feet, or weigh 15#, can one sneaker make a substantial difference in time or total distance, vs another? Lately I alternate between a 1/4 mi track (near my job, typical red rubber-like material) and a park (near my home,...

"John Hurley" wrote in message ... Last year and especially last summer it was unusually cool and also rainy in Ohio. Typically we do get a couple of spikes in the summer where the temperatures...

Ed Prochak wrote: Had a bout of bronchitis at end of May. That stop my runs for a bit, but the good side is I lost about 10pounds over 2weeks. Managed to keep it off and lose a little more since. Still have a ways to go to get back to marathon weight (200#), but at least I'm going in...

rick++ wrote: Original was a horse ride. But in 1970s some runners entered and beat the horses. Actually, one of the riders (Gordy Ansleigh) had his horse come up lame before the race, and someone suggested he run the race himself without a...

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On 2009-06-14, John Hurley wrote: That's to be seen ... planning on pushing mileage up to 80/90 miles a week ( my old theory of doing triple the distance or close to it that you are planning on racing ... What if you're a miler ? -- Elflord

"John Hurley" wrote in message ... I was waffling/waiting for registering for the Oil Creek 50k ( also has a 50 mile and 100 mile ... Pennsylvania Trail Championship event this year ( whatever...

"John Hurley" It should be a very interesting experiment in terms of personal destruction. I expect to make every rookie mistake in the book ... ( well except for being not prepared aka not having a healthy/ appropriate mileage base ). You'll do fine and have...

Joe DiMaggio's streak ended with 56 consecutive games with at least one hit. My streak ended with 14 consecutive personal records over nine months. I ran in the Arizona Road Racers Summer Series #2 5K race today, and not only did not set a personal record, but had my worst 5K out of my last...

wrote in message ... Let's see ... how about posting time after time about age group results with very slow times and when competition is almost non- existent? After the age of 50 the...

Iv e been eyeballing this new Sony player...see link http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Headphone-Style-Walkman-Player-Black/dp/B0020MM9XC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1244852417&sr=1-5 Just don't know abt the wisdom of having it built all in one what you think? What you use?

wrote in message ... snip 1:32 exactly, NYRR says 1:31:59. Reckon I lost a minute with that tenth-mile gamble, but that's a gamble I'd take ten times out of ten. I'm exceedingly happy...

In article , Charlie Pendejo wrote: I had tried several times to configure things so my name instead of email showed up. *Never had much luck. Now all of a sudden ... my last posting in...

wrote in message ... After feeling very down all week, I was on the brink of blowing off this race. I'd registered online but couldn't find my chip or regular bib - apparently lost in one of the...

I'm in contact with my once-homeless friends in Sarasota, Florida and Lawrence, Kansas ( one is from Las Vegas, Nevada ). The “meanness� goes both ways, neither side is innocent. Too much breeding, too many drugs, that's the problem there. These people are living very fast, short lives.

anders wrote: |Anders (who will not post his HM result unless it's an unexpected |sub-1:32) What's up with you guys with this sub 1:31 or 1:32? Does it have anything to do with the newbie (me) clocking 1:30:56 in the most recent HM on memorial day weekend? :) I am going to try sub 90 in 3 weeks @...

I've been a Asics 2NNN fan for many years. I had no problems with that line over years of changes with the exception of the 2090's which was a cluster %$^K. Luckily they fixed the design flaw in the 2100 and all was generally ok through the 2130's. I will admit I was getting less miles per...