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A couple of notes from Monday's practice before flying to Montreal for Tuesday's game against the Canadiens.
It looks like Jim Slater, Freddy Meyer and Patrice Cormier won't play again this season. With only seven games remaining, Thrashers coach Craig Ramsay said he doubted they would be able to return from various injuries.
"I don't expect that, even if they were suddenly cleared, they could mount any kind of comeback," Ramsay said. "I wouldn't think so. It just wouldn't make any sense."
Slater has missed 38 games with a concussion. Meyer has missed 21 games with an upper body injury. Cormier has missed 16 games with an upper body injury.
Message sent
I asked Ramsay if by starting Chris Mason in goal the past three games he was trying to send a message to Ondrej Pavelec. The coach said the message was not just for Pavelec but for the entire team.
"Everything we do at this time of year has a purpose," Ramsay said. "It doesn't matter what happens. Chris Mason is a professional. He went through long stretches without playing. He's been a great practice player, a great teammate and he shows up with his battle and puts his game face on. I think it was important that everybody sees that.
"It's not just for Pavs to see, but for everybody to see what an old professional guy does, how he shows up. Three games in three and a half days and he played in all of them. When we needed him in the shootout [Sunday vs. Ottawa] he was ready and raring to go. This is just a good message for everybody."
Line combinations
All healthy Thrashers skated Monday prior to the team departing for Montreal. The line combinations remained the same.
I will report from Montreal Tuesday. Also look for a story on Bryan Little on the website later today.
March 28th, 2011
2:12 pm
I like Schremp on a line with Kane but not Antropov. Nothing against Nic but honestly I think Antropov and Burmistrov should play on a line together. When they have they created things. They seem to work well together and are on the same page in the offensive zone. Thorburn should be on the 4th line. Move Dvorak up to Kane and Schremp. Put Antropov down with Boulton and Burmistrov.
March 28th, 2011
3:10 pm
Is Slater's career over?
March 28th, 2011
3:59 pm
So finally it has been said by the team that this season is over as far as playoffs, nice to see that the coach is looking toward the next season. I think there has been many lessons for both the players and coaches this season. Hope that fire burns in the belly of the players all summer and motivates them to come in the best shape ever for training camp!
March 28th, 2011
4:03 pm
I hope Slater's career is not over. He never became a great scorer (or skater) but there never was any question about his heart or dedication.
March 28th, 2011
4:15 pm
Hope to see Slater back to next year.
March 28th, 2011
4:34 pm
I wasn't aware that Slater started the season.
March 28th, 2011
5:05 pm
I understand that the playoffs are realistically out of reach, but does Chris Mason represent Atlanta's "best chance to win" in any given game? If not, then there's no reason to start him 3 games in-a-row. Pavelec is the # 1 goalie in Atlanta. What is Ramsay trying to do, prevent him from reaching certain milestones for the season, like wins, starts, etc.? If the Coach intends to play Mason for the rest of the season to 'punish' Pavelec, it'll be a long offseason, with him stewing about it. If I'm Pavelec, I man up and realize there's still a few weeks left in the season, finish up strong, then … I can party all summer long. Just don't show up to training camp 35 pounds overweight, Kari Lehtonen-style.
I understand the situation. Pavelec is 23/24 years of age, still very young, perhaps he likes the 'nightlife.' Etc. Ramsay sees that and thinks, 'unprofessional.' If Pavelec DARES loaf it a bit in practice, during a season that's over, the consequences are … 'no starts' for a while? Where was thisssss, when the team won six times in thirty (6/30) games? Ramsay gets tough on the players, NOWWWWW? The time for this action was Januaury, not the end of March. Sheesh.
March 28th, 2011
6:00 pm
I'm sure Slater will be back and ready to go next season. We're not talking about a Marc Savard situation here as he dealt with multiple concussions and tried to come back from the initial one too soon. The Thrashers in my mind have dealt with Slater very smartly and operated on the side of caution. With the team going nowhere just shut him down for the season. Hopefully a complete summers rest and he'll be fully symptom free. We really need him on our fourth line next year and beyond.
March 28th, 2011
11:09 pm
So playing a guy 3 games in a row who has had a terrible season, and let in several weak goals over the 3 game stretch, is Ramsay sending a message?
I think the real message Ramsay is trying to send is FIRE ME, I have no idea what I am doing.
March 29th, 2011
12:49 am
The real message Ramsay is trying to send is only 7 games left in this season:))
March 29th, 2011
10:59 am
There are ways to help Slater that the team is unwilling to do. They defer to the trainers. Yes the great trainers who have our boys in such fine condition that they lead pro hockey in blown 3rd period leads. They get to make the decisions, apparently. Everyone is so afraid they might lose a job they paralyze themselves with archaic ideas and treatments. Very sad.


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Just a quick check in... 3.25 this morning. It was promising, I am keeping my fingers crossed!
Shamrock Marathon March 22, 2015
Good afternoon all.
I agree with Mark-it was mugggggggy this morning. This was quite the surreal experience for me. No, not because I had Pink Floyd going (although hearing "Pigs" during the last 12 minutes was mellowing). I went out too quick in the first mile (9:30) and starting feeling out of breath, which I shouldn't be. here's the catch-doctor looked at my rash and decided to put me on prednisone and also gave me a steroid injection. side effect of medicine-sore muscles-both calves were TIGHT this morning when I woke up. Didn't hurt when i ran though. Even with the breathing issues, I still did 4 miles in 37:45. Go figure. I was breathing very heavy when i got back to the Y. I can tell the meds are working, rash isn't spreading and the itching is much less than yesterday.
jill and RF-the dangers of Sunburst. and we think predicting weather the month of May down here is tough. Be careful. PLEASE.
and to all others-thanks for the kind notes about my son's rugby team. I don't it's really sunk in on him yet. And that's not a bad thing either.
Venom-I'm up your way, in Merrillville tomorrow and Friday morning. might need to map out a safe route near the Star Plaza (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) for a short 3-4 mile run, weather permitting! and how many complimentary adult beverages I might get served thursday night
Half marathon best times:
Indianapolis Mini Marathon: 2:10:04 (2008) 2:13:09 (2013)
Sunburst 2:13:53 (2007)
Purdue Half Marathon 2:28:50 (2012)
Upcoming race: Indianapolis Festival 500 Mini Marathon, May 3, 2014
Follow me on Twitter: @Humphreycpa
10+ @ 8:53 with 2mi of :30 hill sprints/1:00 rest-25min recovery then 4x200 sprints
xfit in pm
Back squated 315. This is equal to my pr. Considering the mileage I have been putting in, I am happy with that.
I will catch up tomorrow got wash to do.
HOLY MOSES IT'S HOT...............that is all.........
Don't hassle me...I'm STILL slow....
5k - cant remember 27 ish minutes
10k - cant remember and want to forget anyway....54ish minutes
Half Marathon -want to forget but forever burned in my memory 2:00:31 (Indy mini 2012)
Full Marathon - Disney 2014 5:08 (told you it would be sloowwww)
Mark O.
Upcoming Races:
Oct. 26, 2014 - That Dam(n) Run- Half Marathon
Feb. 7, 2015 - American Canyon 50k
(I got your back, rf)
2014 Schedule:
500 Festival Training Series - 5K (Feb. 1), 10K (March 1), 15K (April 5)
Carmel Half Marathon - April 12
500 Festival Mini Marathon - May 3
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (Goal: don't kill Clint) - Nov. 1
3.74mi @ 8:07avg There is a fun story behind this run, and I'll keep it as short and sweet as possible!
Many times when I run I go on the country roads behind the gym. There is an elementary school about a mile from the gym. I can get a nice 5+ mile loop back there and I go past the school coming and going. Here in recent weeks when I've run, I've managed to go past the school while some kids are at recess. A few times a kid or 2 will holler or shout at me to get my attention; one time it was "hey, runner!" over and over until I acknowledged the boy! Then the kids will cheer that I waved at them. Very fun little game we play, and I pretend they are my cheer block.
One of my clients is a teaching assistant and also does recess duty. She and I coordinated about today and told me if I ran past the school today she would get all the kids to cheer and shout. So I let her know when I was getting close and sure enough, as I came into sight, a mob of kids rushed the fence and were cheering and shouting. They ran along the fence as far as they could. It was so neat! I took a crude video on my phone of it, but I was running, so the quality isn't that great (think "Cloverfield" or "blair witch project"). I messaged that video to my client and she thought it was great!
It's going to be lonely running that route this summer with no kids on the playground having a good time, and the occasional kid trying to get my attention.
Mark, ^^^ Funny! ....
RF, .... but I agree!
Clint, nice running workout today! Aren't hills fun?! Awesome job on the back squat too!
Rod, nice 4 in the thick air! Glad you're meds are working. Hopefully things clear up soon. I also hope the weather holds down for the race saturday. Last year was chilly, but the previous year was also hot. I guess we'll all make the best of it.
Steph, nice 3+. Keep those fingers crossed and the running easy.
Mark, nice outdoor 5! I don't mind the wind so much when the temp and humidity level are so high. I've heard of that trail race. The whole Winona Lake area is just exploding with activity and commerce. It's really great to see such a small community thrive like that.
RF, nice 5 tuesday night, and I'm sure you got some more miles tonight. Great job suffering through the soup! Yes, I'm glad I picked one of the shorter races at sunburst. I should be able to finish in time unless the temp just soars as soon as the sun rises. And yes, I'm ready, I think I can hold it together for 6.2 miles, but most of my faster runs have been shorter. I'm going to wear my new-ish mizuno evo cursoris. Amazing cushion for such a light, zero-drop shoe! I could wear those shoes all day and night and not have any complaints!
Ted, good job on the 5.2 this morning! Wish I had the desire to rise early to run. I'm such a night owl and then I love sleeping in! I'm guessing Orange Leaf is your frozen yogurt joint? Ours is called Zoyo. Their toppings bar is amazing!
Venom, good to hear from you! Do you do stretches and strengthening exercises for your lower leg? Might help. Talk to ANT about what he does.
Sandy, nice canal 3! I liked the book, so I thought I'd give the movie a chance. It's interesting. The thing that gets me most is that they took the flapper era and mixed it with some modern music. Then they took a modern song and gave it a "flapper music" twist.
Hey, hey to everyone else! I'm gonna try to enjoy the dusk on my deck before it turns to dark.
I wogged at the gym tonight. 1 mile alternating laps with walking and jogging. I could feel like the tendon pulling that comes around the back side of the ankle bone protrusion on the inside of the ankle. A bit sore still but I wogged a mile tonight.
On a quest for Iridium level
Off work today, so I got in 4 miles early. Oh how I envy you early morning runners. 599.75 miles for the year....argh.
Stuff to do. Catch up later....
Mark - I'll start by saying at least I ran OUTSIDE when it was over 80 degrees unlike someone here we all know.......
Okay, now that's out of the way I obviously posted my observations on the temp last night after finishing my 4 miles OUTSIDE; was hoping for 5 but after 1 mile I quickly decided 4 would be plenty in the 85 degree temps/humidity. Even on a 4 mile run I stopped for water twice....it's going to take forever to get used to this...ugh....I will admit the closer it gets to 90 I'll be on the TM at home in the AC with a fan so I'm kind of a heat weenie, just not as much as someone else....
My sauconys came last night but not in time to run in them....in fact the UPS guy was really late...I was making dinner about 6:45 when he showed up so I'm going to try them out tonight....they sure look cool DH finally got some new shoes last night, he got addidas clima cool aerate 2....I had never heard of them so I looked them up in the store; he loves them! I gave up lecturing him on how you shouldn't run in new shoes, etc. but considering he's pretty much not trained for this, whatever.......we did agree I would run with him on Saturday (although he may change his mind by sat.) I told him no matter how much he tells me to only worry about myself I won't and since I could care less about time I don't care if I have to walk some with him.
Oh, on the topic of shoes, I don't know where I've been on any Nike Free discussions that have gone on here, but since DH tried some on last night and we were talking to the sales guy I guess I didn't realize there were different "levels" of the frees from 2.0-5.0.....I'm intrigued to say the least....I really think I want a pair of the 5.0s to wear for really short or TM runs....I've tried them on before and wow are they comfy! Just something else to consider throwing in at some point.
Sandy - thanks...glad somebody is lookin' out for me.....that deserves an exploding snausage and a banana.....
Jill - I actually don't think we'll have sun to contend w/ on Saturday from the forecast....just really muggy and warm and actually from what I see on the noaa chart very likely thunderstorms which will suck if they end up cancelling the race or postponing. It shows occasional rain/thunder and 70% likely rain. I'm going to have to rethink my attire in that case; I'm not wearing new shoes if they're going to get rained on....probably dig out my oldest ones and wear compression shorts and tank.
Hi to everyone else...gotta actually work now
Quick check in. I am going to see how my foot handles a run Saturday. I did the boot camp class today and used kettlebells for the first time. Jill, I wish you were closer. I think I need some better instruction! Otherwise elliptical, elliptical, elliptical. My DH however has been able to start running again.
Harry and I are headed for an hour or so at the pool!
Jill/RF--good luck at the Sunburst. Hope the weather is better than you expect!
Stephanie--good news!
Rod--congratulations to your son. What a neat experience!
Venom--hope that injury heals up quick!
Sandy--nice run. Yeah I want to get up early too. My countdown is on with the kiddos off school soon.
Mark--Your signature has levels. It is like you are defeating levels in candy crush but with running.
Ted--we like orange leaf. They have been very generous to our school too.
Clint--that is about 30 times what I used for squats today!
I am reading, hopefully post some runs again soon! Hi to those I missed!
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (November 1)
PR: Half 1:53:10 (Carmel Half Marathon April 2013)
30 mins. s/t plus 30 mins. elliptical today.
Glad everyone got a kick out of my photo for RF... I thought it was both funny and the pot calling the kettle black
Steph, great news on the good run!
Rod, good warm Pig'ish run. Roll those calves with The Stick! It's a live saver!
Clint, nice 10+ plus hills and 200's. Then xfit on top of that is just insane,,,, but you know that already, lol!
RF, I did my 5 outside yesterday also... although, I did it in the a.m. when it was around 75/sunny/humid. I need to re-up my Ft. Ben pass 'cus I ain't doing that again unless there's no other choice! Also, I think I had to take 3-4 walk breaks, it was just plain old hot even running at my turtle pace. At Ft. Ben, at least I'd be running the trails in the shade. And, there is NO bigger heat weenie than me!
Re: shoes. Hope you like the new ones. I have some new Altra's coming today. As for the Free's, yes, your correct one would be the 5.0 judging by what you like to wear. I had been using the 3.0's for TM runs for most of 2011/2012. I think you'd like them a lot on the TM. Shocking how firm they are on pavement vs. the TM though.
Sandy, sure, traitor. Nice 4 I guess...
Jill, nice 3.74 past the school... sounds cool to run past a group of people/kids cheering JUST for you! About the wind: yeah, normally I hate the wind... but, yesterday it saved me big time! I never saw Cloverfield, but I love me some Blair Witch Project!! Scary SHiznIT right there!!
Michelle, good BC and elliptical. LOL on the candy crush analogy
V, nice wog.
Hot Thursday everyone! Last night I did my first "real" bike ride on the new bike w/ 4 half ironmen/women in training. 17.8 miles. I sorta kept up and sort figured out how to shift the gears. Fortunately I was not wearing clips yet bc I'm not quite ready for that yet. It was tough. The good news is my knees didn't hurt today when I woke up like before and I felt okay until I ran at lunch. 4m in the hot and muggy was also tough. SRD for me tomorrow.
Mark - Elliptical? Has anyone called you Heat Weenie lately?? I took a friend/avid golfer to the LR store yesterday to get him fitted for some running shoes. I was talking to one of the guys about lower profile shoes. He told me a lot about the Ong's but they are really funky looking on the soles. He also told me all sauconys are now 8mm instead of 12. Since you are our resident shoe expert, what's your take on these?
msol - good luck testing the foot out this weekend. I was thinking the same about Jill being closer.
RF - I think it's nice of you to stick with DH in the race BUT you leave him in the dust near the end! Have fun and good luck. I think about 7 members of our informal running group are running the full - I hope the weather is okay for all of you.
Sandy - see, you can get up and run early every day. It's a great way to start the day.
Venom - that doesn't sound particularly good. Take care of it.
Stephanie - are you ever planning to do the MCM? That's a close one for you that everyone seems to love.
Jill - yep, Orange Leaf is frozen yogurt. I've probably only eaten f. yogurt twice in my life, but man it's good stuff. No wonder you're running so well right now - you've got your own fan club cheering for you!
Clint - damm! Nice. I do good to do squats with no weights, and with about 50 pounds if I'm being really adventurous.
Rod - glad you are improving. Strong run!
Have a good one all.
Upcoming Marathons
St. George - October 4, 2014; Grand Rapids Marathon - October 19, 2014; Louisville Urban Bourbon (Half) Marathon - October 26, 2014; Philadelphia Marathon - November 23, 2014; Houston Chevron Marathon - January 18, 2015; Surf City (CA) Marathon - Feb 01, 2015; Boston Marathon - April 20, 2015
Post 50 PRs: Full: 3:27 HM: 1:37 15k: 1:07:04 10k: 43:59 5k: 20:40
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I'm trying to finish up my training for my first half without over training; I'm having fun with it though! I do think I'm finishing getting over a cold, so hopefully that helps to explain how tired I've been lately.
This morning I managed to get in 2.5 miles trying for race pace during the second mile. Turns out I ran at 9:05 rather than the intended 9:15; no wonder if felt harder than I expected! I'd hoped to get more miles in this morning, but was running late so that was all I had time for. At least I got a run in! Boy was it muggy out though; short as it was I was still drenched in sweat by the end. I think the layer of sweat was thicker than my skin.... but it felt great!
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5k - 29:23
10k - 55:25
Half - 2:07:17
Full - 4:52:10
9+ @ 9:02 with 8x striders
This run started off craptastic and finished a little less craptastic. xfit in the afternoon was terrible. I dropped out of a workout 2/3 of the way through. I was light headed and the lights were slowly closing in on me. I made the right call by dropping out, just a little disappointed in myself. Trying to lose some weight so calories are a little low.
psalms-Welcome! Where are you from? This is a great running community. I am from southern IN, but love the Indianapolis races/town. I hope you get some good luck with the weather in Chicago. That could be dicey.
Mark/Ted-I think sauconys are now labeling there shoes with the heal drop, which I love. I still think they have 12 mm drops though. I maybe wrong. I tried on the Kinvara 4s and LOVED them except that they are just a tiny bit narrow.
Ted-My body type is definetly more suited for lifting vs endurance. I like to do both. My legs have always been pretty strong. I used to be able to barely dunk(5'9" ht) in my young and dumber days.
msol-good luck with the injury. On kettlebells, drive with your hips and legs. Not your back.
RF-I think that is a "HOT EXPLODING WEENIE"
Sandy-Nice 4
Venom-Hope the ankle feels better.
Jill-Nice FAST run! I dont know if hills are fun, but I think they are a good way to build strength in the early stages of training. And they do break up the miles. Where I live, hills are just part of running. I start every run with a .25 hill with 5%+ grade.
psalms, welcome. Whereabouts do you live? I'm guessing N/NW Indiana judging by your signature. Good tempo work this morning... I think this heat makes most of our runs feel harder than expected, lol!
BTW, we will stop posting in this specific thread after tomorrow because it is/was our Spring thread and, well, Spring is pretty much over for us... not sure we ever really had a Spring?? anyways... we will be starting up a new one called something like: Indiana 2013 Summer Dailies. I will make sure to post a reminder in this thread along with a clickable link to the Summer thread.
Ted, good bike ride. One thing to note is that, if you have a similar experience to me, it's likely you will have some knee discomfort after you move to clipless pedals at 1st because your feet are locked in to 1 position. But, you will adapt... And it's WAY more efficient than using normal pedals. I was an avid mtn biker when I was younger and it was a huge improvement moving to clipless. About the shoes: ANT is my mentor, he's the real expert! . I personally can't tell a difference between 12mm and 8mm while running. It's possible you may get a little more calf fatigue, but only for a week or two tops. Once you get to 0mm-4mm is where a break in period may be needed to protect your Achilles. Oh yeah, I've never heard of Ong shoes, sorry.
Clint, way to get the miles in despite not feeling it. This heat can make anyone struggle on a run... especially considering the calorie drop and all the xfit w/o's you do. Shoes: Saucony has 8mm and 12mm shoes. Just gotta pay attention to the specs when buying nowadays I guess. I got my Altra's in today and they fit the foot incredibly well. I have the same thoughts about the Kinvara 3's as you mentioned with the 4's... love 'em, just a bit narrow... the Altra's fit my foot perfectly. If you think you want to go with zero drop, think about picking up a pair of the clearance Altra's from RWarehouse... with the discount code, they're only $46 shipped. Hell, for the price, if they don't work out for running, you can wear them to xfit!
Did crap-loads of yardwork after my run this morning. Hanging out waiting for some basketball game to start...
psalms - Hi and welcome! Which half are you running?
clint - better to drop out than pass out. Smart. I think we are all trying to lose weight right now.
Mark - Yo Buster, don't mess with anyone in the rf/Jill/Steph Triumvirate (plus Michelle) on my watch. However, please feel free to poke as much as possible at the ANT/clint Duumvirate with me .
Ted - I would like to run in the mornings (weekday), but I have to be at work at 7:00, leaving my house at 6:30. I'd have to do a lot of running in the dark most of the year. That's more dangerous than running in 90 degree heat.
Michelle - I think Jill should make a trip and give us all a kettlebell lesson
rf - good luck with your race!!!!!!!!! Remember it is SUNburst, not RFburst. Be safe.
Venom - wogged...love it.
Jill - haha, cute cheering section story! Good luck to you too with the Sunburst.
3 for me this morning. It felt pretty good. I wanted to see how it would feel back to back running days. No running for me until Sunday now Also did some strength as well. I really appreciated Mark's picture today... here on the east coast it is hot and humid. I was out for less than 30 minutes and looked like I jumped in a pool when I got back!
psalms- Welcome! I am the East Coast representative in this forum. I used to live just outside of Indy- they let me stay even though I moved
Ted- MCM is just too big for me. One day I might do it though if I can get it. I hear it is a great race.
Michelle- Hope the foot is done hurting!
Time to pick up kiddos from swim team. Everyone else I missed, happy running
Greetings from Da Region.
My string of good luck with my teams fell with a thud last night. Darn Pacers. Not even enough margaritas could ease that pain. (Mark-I was thinking of your cal limited diet, so I indulged for you)
Up and at em early this morning doing a nice easy 4 miler in the area around the Star Plaza. 41 and change. Felt good to take it easy. A little muggy here, but expected especially since it rained all last night. Prediction for Chicago temps next week are mid 60's (sorry RF-I'm just the messenger). A day or two late for the Sunburst runners. Touch the 50 yd line for me tomorrow.
Welcome psalms. Best of luck with your training. We're a fun bunch here, but if you read through our threads, there is always good advice.
Steph-you'll be back to your 20 milers in due time.
Sandy-I got my mowing done just before sunset (literally) on Wednesday night. Nothing like a cross training workout after a run, right? Did you really mean Duumvirate, or Duomvirate. Um, I might be offended by the Duum spelling. Looks like I'll be back on the canal a day or two next week.
Hey-speaking of ANT, hope he's doing well on his trip to Russia.....
msol-you'll be out again soon....my son's last unofficial day is next Friday. He goes off to the first of three summer camps a week from Sunday, and gets to miss his last two days of school. That means I COULD run earlier if I want. He will literally be at some sort of camp almost every other week all summer.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Got in 2 miles this morning. It was an easy run day, so I didn't pay any attention to my pace, just ran for enjoyment, especially enjoyment of the beautiful sunrise this morning! And apparently beautiful sunrises make me run faster... got home to find I ran an average pace of 9:10.... ha!
*DING* SIT DOWN, RHUMPER. Your spelling bee is over.
It is duumvirate - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/duumvirate
The spelling makes it even funnier.
psalms - Michelle (msol) started a race calendar thread for those of us who post in this forum. Here it is if you want to add your races: http://community.runnersworld....ana-racers-roll-call
Nice 2.
Another steamy one last night but actually not as bad as Wed....I got "lucky" as the storms were building out over the lake that some cloud cover came in for miles 1-3.5 which helped a LOT....still really windy though - I swear a couple times I was going backwards.....anyhoo, got to run in my new Sauconys and I can always tell within the first .25 if I "hate" a shoe or if it has possibilities and this one has loads of possibilities!! I'm not going to proclaim everlasting love for it yet but I "easily" (in humidity and wind) ran 5 miles in them last night and were it not for the fact the sun came back out I would have gone ahead and run 7 or 8 they were that comfortable!! Not really that far off from my adrenalines but definitely more cushiony which I could tell my legs really appreceiated!! They didn't make my feet feel cramped at all either . I actually can't wait to do a LR in them; I think they'll feel awesome. I spent about 40 min. lifting weights last night afterwards; even threw in a couple sets of push ups between upper body machines.
Now, about tomorrow.....if you want a good laugh look at the noaa weather chart for SB for about 6am..........I can tell you now considering how "undertrained" my DH and my friend's DH are for this race if that forecast holds up they will no way want to even do it....in fact if the thunderstorm part holds up I really think they'll call it off. The marathon starts at 6am so I'm hoping if they call it off they will send out a mass email or something early enough so I can go back to bed. SB is on Indy time and since I'm on central time I already have to get up at 4am my time and I'll not be too happy if we drive all the way over there in the rain to find out it's not going. My friend and I are going to go over to packet pick up after lunch today so I'll ask about how early and if they will notify participants of cancellation. DH said he doesn't care, he just wants his shirt...hahahahahaha..... Other thing that sucks about tomorrow's forecast is I was going to run another 5 or 6 miles back here later after the race to make up my LR this week. Ugh...tomorrow may end up being a dreaded TM day.
Psalms - welcome to our group!! We are a fun little group if I do say so myself....I'm from NW IN so I'm fairly close to Chicago (about 50 miles away)....good luck with your race!! I have to say I don't envy you running a half in June!! Wowza.....I'm still amazed they hold races of any distance longer than 10k in the summer around here....I'm a huge heat weenie though so maybe it's just me......but Mark is the king of heat weenies...just had to add that
Sandy - aren't you the wordsmith?! I love big fancy words, even if I don't know what they mean...
Rhumper - enjoy your time up here! Eeks, not sure I'd venture out too far in that area where you are though...be careful!! Yeah, next week looks really nice running temp wise!! Figures. Tomorrow will either be really comical or the worst day ever....hopefully it will be cancelled and we can all just sleep!
Clint - whoa, be careful! Do you have a snack before tough workouts like that? Maybe it would help; handful of almonds or something simple wouldn't be too detrimental to your weight loss plan.
HT - haha....not my style really to leave him in the dust unless he acts like he wants to leave me first...hahaha!!!! Actually, if he gets a notion to take off on me I have no hope of catching him as running pace is much much faster than mine and his legs are about twice as long!
REMINDER: Today is the last day of the Spring thread. I will start the Summer thread super late tonight and we'll start using it tomorrow morning. It will be located in the same forum as this thread (the Midwest forum) and I'll place a link to the new thread as the last post in this thread. This Spring thread has been a real success, the total number of posts is HUGE compared to what we normally get over the 3 months life of our threads. So, thanks to all the fairly new members for the participation, it really does make this a more lively/fun place to "hang out" each day.
Today: Ran 4 miles OUTSIDE today just before lunch.
Heat weenie,,,, yeah, right...
Ran in my new Altra Instincts. They are zero drop and my calves could tell during the run. They're not sore now, so I doubt they'll be anything but a tad fatigued, nothing The Stick can't handle! No achilles tenderness. The shoes themselves feel fairly light, comfortable on the foot (fairly wide compared to most running shoes), and provide ample protection for your foot (you don't feel road debris). Think I'm gonna like them for run of less than 60 minutes.
---edit/add: Forgot to mention, it's my son's first day of Summer break... so, if I happen to run on the TM here and there, it's solely because I'm the only parent home... it, of course, would have NOTHING to due with being a "heat weenie" like my friend RF!
Sandy, you're so smart... and mean... in a good way though!
Steph, glad the 3 miler went well! You've got a good trend started, you're on the road back to glory!
Rod, man that's fast for the weather conditions... hope you're running your Easy runs Easy enough,,, don't want to risk injury or burnout!! And, thanks for drinking one for me!
psalms, good 2 miler... I have recently taken to running my Easy/short runs without wearing my Garmin. It is more relaxing to not pay attention to pace when pace really doesn't matter as much as total time,,, but it still feels odd for an numbers oriented OCD person like me, lol.
RF, good steamy 5 last night. Glad you like the new kicks... Good luck with the weather tomorrow.
Just popping in to say welcome Psalms! I have received a lot of good advice here and it is always good to know others are running.
Jill/RF--have fun at your race! Looking forward to RRs if weather cooperates.
Mark--nice outside run. Totally understand the TM plight of parents.
RF--Eek! Hope it works out I would be irked to drive to a cancelled race too!
Sandy--I love words especially with quirks like double "u"s.
Rod--nice 4! My 9 yo will be doing classes this summer but otherwise we will be pool bums this summer!
Stephanie--back to back runs yay!
Clint--hope you are feeling better.
Ted--enjoy your rest day! Bike ride sounds fun!
Me--USRD (from the elliptical) stayed at school longer than I expected and my window closed but I am looking forward to tomorrow's trial run. I love my son's teacher. She shared something that really caught me off guard and made me teary. Have a good weekend everyone.
Rod, you are crazy running around Star Plaza unless you can find some quiet side roads. Traffic is nucking futs around there. But there is a rails to trails not too far away that would have been a good run for you.
And yeah the air is a bit thick today. More rain coming this afternoon as well.
I get no weekend this weekend. Working Saturday, job fair Sunday and Monday. Drinking bourbon Monday night. Still resting the leg/ankle. I seem to have narrowed it down to what I think is the tendon for the flexor digitorum where ti passed around the ankle bone protrusion. Rest, cross training, and time right now.
Ok, it's 11:30pm, so I'm gonna go ahead and declare this thread CLOSED.
Good-bye Spring, we barely knew you. Bring on the heat.
For the new Summer Dailies thread: CLICK HERE
Round 2! haha! We had to go into town this evening to a frozen yogurt joint because part of the total sales is going to a local homeless shelter. I'll eat to that!
Bo, nice 5.6, even if it was at that weird slowish-fast pace. My photos are mostly okay, with only a couple good ones. I don't like to post "ugly" pictures of myself either, but there is one near the finish where both my feet are off the ground; that's cool!
BirdDog, that's a good-looking bird! How much did it weigh? The local boy scouts are having a turkey shoot this weekend. And wow! Holy muscular legs, Batman! She's got that "I'm about to kick your a$$ in this race!" look on her face! No, I don't think it has anything to do with the SteepleChase. : )
Brad, this thread moves very quickly! I bet your weather was better there than it was here. 35 degrees, windy, cloudy, threatening rain this morning. Brrr! So fun you got to go to the game!
Rod, nice canal 5 earlier! If I'm not mistaken, you want to run ever so slightly leaning forward, with the chest leading. Yes, this is Indiana weather at its finest! Oh yes, when I looked through Sandy's pictures, I immediately recognized the 9/11 memorial and DH said he knows exactly where that is. I'm good to go then! Do they really want us in our corrals by 7? Race starts at 7:30, right? Perhaps we could begin gathering at 6:30; there will be a lot of us meeting together, I hope.
Clint, nice 6 earlier! Is that really your birthday that facebook says? We're the same age! Mine is 2 weeks, 1 day later.
Steph, good job on 5! Nice work taking that course! I imagine it's very insightful and ultimately helpful and useful.
RF, that's so funny I guessed it right! I was totally shooting into the dark! Sounds like it is a more precarious situation than any of us initially thought.
Ted, great 7 miles today!
Sandy, great photos! Thanks for sharing! That is a part of the canal we did not get to when we were in Indy last July. Very pretty there!
Okay, on the topic of race clothes, this will be mine:
I am just merely influenced by the this dress..It looks stunning and adorable too..I just fond of it's color and pattern made on it....
Looking for designer cloths like zimmermann ?


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Video Tutorial: How to Make an Image Background Transparent (Mac)
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