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1. NAME: Rus (only 1 "s" please... full name is Ruskin, not Russell, thus only 1)
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Running... that wouldn't have even made my top 10 list just a year ago, but I started running last May and it is in my blood now. I also enjoy lifting weights at the gym... and of course, always look forward to Clarice's dance videos for the challenges.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: I live in the Kansas City metro area (USA), but many moons ago I grew up in a small town in Minnesota.
4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE: I live on the eastern part of Kansas that is more hilly that the flat prairies of western Kansas. I live in the suburbs of KC and the county where I live has a population of over a half million, so there is plenty of entertainment choices and foods of many different cultures here. KC is known for their BBQ and fountains and we love our sports teams! Some may have heard that our young Ace pitcher, Yordono Ventura was killed in a car accident yesterday
5. OPTIONAL Fur BABIES: Sorry, I missed this when I first posted. I have an almost 9 year old Pug/Cockapoo. Although, technically he is my daughter's dog, she is in college and he is my walking buddy/lap dog/cuddler. At the time we brought him home, we had 2 other dogs whose names started with SHA, so we wanted a name for him that was similar and since he was the runt of the litter and we also felt he needed a "big" name... so we decided on SHAQ.
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CHALLENGE #1: "MEET AND GREET!"
1. NAME: b3achy
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is my absolute favorite way to get a full body workout. Here's some folks paddling on the Thames in London.
However, you'll often see me log my 'glider' which is an old Tony Little Gazelle - it is my go-to exercise when I can't get outside or just want to get some minutes/miles while watching AR videos or TV. Yea, this guy (apparently he's from Tampa also)...
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE): Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, but have lived in the Tampa Bay area of FL for the last 14 years or so.
4. DESCRIBE WHERE YOU LIVE:
Tampa Bay has two bays that connect to the Gulf of Mexico, so water is our life around here...no surprise we have to deal with pirates at times. Tampa is currently hosting their annual Gasparilla Pirate Invasion celebration which lasts nearly two months.
It kicked off last weekend with the Children's parade (my favorite) and fireworks. And yes, all the kids look like Mr. T by the end of the parade.
This week (typically on Tuesday), the pirates will invade downtown and have a faceoff with the mayor, demanding he surrender the city...he initially refuses to give them the key.
This coming Saturday, the full invasion ensues with a boat invasion where they take the key to the city from the mayor; followed by the Adult parade where the pirates share their plunder (beads, coins, etc).
This is the third largest parade in the nation (about 300,000 attending ~ and why I stay away).
The celebration continues with an arts weekend, a running race weekend, a Night/Knight illuminated parade, and a film weekend. We used to have a SUP invasion in March, but our race has been moved to coincide with the Dragon Boat races in late April. So, we have a full schedule of festivities in January, February and into March. We also have our State Fair and a Strawberry Festival in Feb/Mar. So, it's a fun time to be living in Tampa.
OPTIONAL: I have three fur beasts (cats) now. Two I got from the Humane Society about 5 years ago.
One (Seminole) was 5yo when I got him and had been at the shelter for about 4 months (his previous owner had died). He was skin and bones when I got him, but now he's the largest cat in the house.
The other (Holly) was still pretty young (6 months), but had been at the shelter for over 30 days (she was found behind a Panera Bread dumpster, and continues to have odd eating habits for a cat).
The third (Sheldon, named after the BBT character, and often acts as neurotic) I got from a friend who's husband was allergic about a year ago, and I didn't want her taking him back to the shelter since adult cats often stay the longest before being adopted. He's my friendliest cat and the greeter of the house.
(Will have to dig up some pictures to share which are on my other computer).5 -
The spreadsheets are now working! There two links in the top right hand corner for questions. Please use them to contact @hawkins410 about the challenges, and I can be reached through the "Spreadsheet and Technical Questions Link".1 -
Hey hey hey! Fab 5 is back!!!
Welcome back everyone from the Fall race and double welcome to the newbies! Just to let you all know - we are a VERY competitive team so put your tenny runners on and get ready to rumble!
I'm off to the pool this morning to rack up some minutes, but I'll be back later to check in and do the intro thing and whatever other nonsense I can come up with!6 -
1. NAME: Jeanette
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Walking with friends. I also enjoy dancing, but haven't been doing that as much lately.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: I live in North Carolina, but grew up in Niagara Falls, NY
4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE: The south is pretty sunny and lovely. After growing up with all that snow and cold, I like being able to get outside to workout more often year round.2 -
@milesaway61 - I just went back and read the food challenge again, I don't think it has to be citrus, it says Orange/golden and round. The suggestions are all citrus, but it says "may include". So, what about cantelope?2
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@rusgolden - sorry to hear about Ventura! What a shame. I had not heard that news so looked it up and told my husband the news. We are big baseball fans!
@b3achy - The Gasparilla half marathon is on my "bucket list" of race to do someday. Mostly because the medal is AWESOME.
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Hopped on the bike (stationary) for an hour and then did some upper body and ab workouts, plus two of the videos. Total of 102 minutes today.
1. NAME: Diane
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Running - "hated" running until just a few years ago when I decided to give it a try. I've now run 18 half marathons and 1 full marathon. I also LOVE to bike and kayak - but it's just easier to put on a pair of shoes and head out the door. That said, I currently am dealing with plantar fasciitis but it's healing nicely and I hope to be running again in a week or two.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: Grew up in western Michigan, lived 11 years in Oklahoma, been in NW Indiana for 26 years.
4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE: I'm in Indiana, but in a very pretty area - rolling, forests, lakes (as opposed to the corn and soybean fields everyone thinks of). We can be downtown Chicago in an hour (or 3 depending on traffic) - or we go the other direction and go to a hockey or soccer game at Notre Dame. Lake Michigan Beaches are close by - and BEAUTIFUL.
I know I'm over my two sentences - but have loved seeing others photos so here goes:
Typical Lake Michigan beach
Chicago skyline
Lighthouse near me
Supposedly this is the same lighthouse in winter - but the shape tells me it's a lighthouse about 20 miles north.
@rusgolden - just for you
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biketheworld wrote: »
Awesome! Was happy Zobrist went to the Cubs and able to win back-to-back titles! Now they have Davis as well... looks like the Royals might be known as the farm club for the big market teams once again... 1 -
Hey, there weren't many videos today with the Race Location announcement (other than the exercise ones), but here's two that I watched while exercising on my glider/Gazelle after watching the ones Hawkins provided. Thought some of you might like to check them out, if you are wanting some additional Harbin themed videos to watch while working out:
Very Nice Video Blog of the Harbin Snow and Ice Sculptures - a bit more in depth (13:47 minutes) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OywUqZHS5fk
Lost in China: Ice City - Harbin by National Geographic (Hutchins Brothers in Harbin, China; 46:59 minutes) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqCGjgxu_Y
(The first 40 minutes are a lot of other cool stuff about Harbin to include ice swimming, ice bars, the old part of town, and two guys memories from when they grew up in Harbin over 20 years prior.)1 -
There are also two YouTube Videos about the Ice Festival included in the Week One Harbin Race Announcement Write-Up.
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Hi fabulous ones! I'm back - thanks @deconstructeddancer for the heads up. Last I checked, I was wait-listed, but so glad to be back. Did nada this weekend and didn't realize everyone was packed and leaving! GLAD I MADE IT, whew!
I soooo need to be back with the crew! Best wishes for an awesome race! I'll take care of my intro and begin working through the challenges tomorrow. Good night!
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1- Name : Sue
2- Favourite way to exercise: I love being outdoors walking - no matter what the weather conditions.
3-Where are you from: I lived all of my life in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
4-I live on the Niagara escarpment and am about 40 minutes away from Toronto to the north and about 40 minutes away from Niagara falls and the USA border.
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1. NAME: Jessie
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: dancing! I absolutely love to dance, even though I don't dance well. But I'm one of those 'free spirits' that dance to the beat of their own drum, and it doesn't matter who is watching.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: I'm from canton, Ohio.
4. LIFE HERE: the best part about living near the center of Ohio, I can head north and enjoy the beaches by Erie, head west to get some fresh produce from the hundreds of farms all over, go down south to hike Hocking Hills, or I can travel East to see the old towns that haven't changed a bit.
There's so many things to see and do in Ohio that locals don't know about. My roommate and I use a site called Roadside America that lists silly things to see: giant outside chandelier in Cleveland, worlds former smallest book in the world at Cleveland public library, sword in stone in Columbus, a museum featuring things people had removed after swallowing them in Lima. Lighthouses and pirate ships up north.This is my clan of rescue kitties. Biggie is the only one not in the photo. The big orange kitty on my roommate lost his life to Kidney Disease earlier this month. Rest In Peace King Louis.
This was at Hocking Hills. We found stacked stones where the water was low and I wanted to add a stone.... that whole stack fell over because of me. Hehe
This was from December when we went to southern Ohio to see the HUGE light display. (3.5 million lights). There was also a creepy santa museum (no joke, that's what it was called).
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Hi all. I just got back from an out of town appointment and am chomping at the bit to get onto the treadmill but before I do, I'd like to introduce myself.
1. Name: Jackie
2. Favourite form of exercise: Walking. I really enjoy taking my dogs for walks on the trails near my place BUT in the winter, I do my walking on the treadmill. It gets pretty icy around here.
3. Where are you from? St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. St. Walburg is a VERY small town in North Central Saskatchewan. There are only about 800 people living here and most of them are related (except for me). There is lots of oil in the region so most people in the area work for the oil industry in some capacity. There is also farming and ranching. St. Walburg is surrounded by lakes so even though our population is small, it grows substantially over the summer. I moved here about 10 years ago from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with my 2 children and have never left. I have never added pictures from my iPad before so please forgive me if this doesn't work.
St. Walburg is rodeo and chuck wagon crazy. Lots of the big chuck wagon racers are from the area. I even got to ride it one once. That was quite a ride!
These are my fur babies Dini and Max. They are quite the characters!
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hawkins410 wrote: »
There are also two YouTube Videos about the Ice Festival included in the Week One Harbin Race Announcement Write-Up.
Oops, I missed the last two after the exercise videos...
My Monday race ritual is to jump on the glider/gazelle and watch all the non-exercise videos for the week.(and then do a little bit more) 1 -
1. NAME: June
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: I haven't really got a favorite exercise I do different exercises each week jogging. stationery bike. walking my dogs. stretches. wii fit. trampoline.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: I live in England Staffordshire.
4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE: I live on the outskirts of Cannock chase. i can walk around a lovely lake with swans and ducks to feed each morning.
5. OPTIONAL Fur BABIES: I have two dogs a westie who is 12yrs and a shih Tzu who is 6 yrs.4 -
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jackiep248 wrote: »Hi all. I just got back from an out of town appointment and am chomping at the bit to get onto the treadmill but before I do, I'd like to introduce myself.
1. Name: Jackie
2. Favourite form of exercise: Walking. I really enjoy taking my dogs for walks on the trails near my place BUT in the winter, I do my walking on the treadmill. It gets pretty icy around here.
3. Where are you from? St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. St. Walburg is a VERY small town in North Central Saskatchewan. There are only about 800 people living here and most of them are related (except for me). There is lots of oil in the region so most people in the area work for the oil industry in some capacity. There is also farming and ranching. St. Walburg is surrounded by lakes so even though our population is small, it grows substantially over the summer. I moved here about 10 years ago from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with my 2 children and have never left. I have never added pictures from my iPad before so please forgive me if this doesn't work.
St. Walburg is rodeo and chuck wagon crazy. Lots of the big chuck wagon racers are from the area. I even got to ride it one once. That was quite a ride!
These are my fur babies Dini and Max. They are quite the characters!
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