davemunger Member

Unless your spin instructor was hitting you there was no reason to hit her. If she turned your resistance dial and you didn't like it, the proper response would be to turn it back and ask her not to do that again.

According to my Garmin Connect, the fastest I've gone recently (since I've had GPS) is 41 mph on a big hill near my house in Davidson, NC. I'm mostly a runner though, don't ride very often.

Everyone looks to be doing great this month. Just 11 days left, keep it up! For me, the marathon went pretty well, especially the ascent. It was an awesome experience! I'm finding that I have recovered pretty quickly as well; I'm hoping to do a reasonably long run on Saturday, maybe 12 miles or so. If you're interested,…

Seriously, though, if you want to consume water during a race without stopping, it's doable, it just takes a little practice. You could set up a table outside your house with paper cups about 2/3 full of water. Then practice running by and picking them up. Also practice drinking from a cup while running! You'll find the…

This is why I waited til my kids were teenagers before I really got serious about running, lol! Great job for finishing your first 20er; you'll be in great shape for that marathon!

Join in the fun! I've updated the spreadsheet. Personally this taper is really taking its toll on my mileage. On the other hand if all goes well I'll get 26.2 on Sunday which should help get things back on track!

It definitely gets easier. You are bold for doing your first 20-miler on a work day! If you have a typical marathon training plan you'll back off for a week or two, then the next time you try a 20-miler you will see that it is much easier!

I have -- not to me, but parents of friends who were competitive runners in HS / college often seem to question why their sons and daughters continue to compete when they "can't possibly win." In my case, I am better as a master than I ever was in HS or college. But even if that wasn't the case I say "keep on running!"

Ditto this. Sign up for a small local 5k in September, then run your 10k in October; you'll have a much better sense of what to expect for the main event.

Updated the spreadsheet for August. Looks like folks are making great progress! I'm currently tapering for the Pike's Peak Marathon on August 17 so my mileage will take a bit of a dip this week. Not sure I'll make my goal this month because I'm doing a lot of traveling but I'll give it a shot!

Doing some of your training on treadmills is fine, but you will not be happy come race day if you haven't logged significant miles on the road. One possibility might be to start on the treadmill, then do your last 5 or 6 outside. Also, make sure you run some base miles during the week. You should be getting up to 30+ miles…

Your weight can vary a lot day to day due to water content. I would imagine that you caught yourself at some hight points the last couple weeks and this week you caught your weight at a low point. Scales are notoriously inaccurate at measuring body fat so as others have said, I wouldn't put a lot of faith in that measure…

Crazy month with a lot of travel and a huge race. I really have no idea what I will end up doing but I'm throwing out 200 as a goal. The real goal is finishing the Pike's Peak Marathon August 17. Everything else is gravy!

Great job in July, everyone! Now it's time to sign up for August -- here's the new thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1378605-attempt-the-august-2014-challenge And here are the results for July; lots of folks met their goals! If you haven't had a chance to input all your runs, go ahead and do so now, then let…

...and so I can eat more!

Pikes Peak Marathon August 17. They say you should take your flatland PR, multiply by 1.6 and add 30 minutes, so that would be about 5 hours and 45 minutes. I would be VERY happy with that, but definitely want to be sub-7 hours. Last year's overall winner was 3:43.

Apparently he is. July 24 is "Pioneer Day" in Utah, and that is the day of the race. Sounds cool!

Wow, talk about crushing the 30-minute barrier! Awesome! Good luck on your 50k this weekend!

I like all sizes, but I agree, the huge key is to have some people running close to your pace. I'm relatively fast, but I've been in races where I've been alone in front and alone in back, and neither one is very much fun. Winning is fun, but it's a lot more fun when it's a close race. Huge races are a big thrill, but I…

Updated the spreadsheet. Again, most folks look to be on track. Keep on entering your miles -- we're almost there!

I just ran the main downhill portion of Peak to Creek. I'd say it's a pretty nice one to try if you are a solid downhill runner; the gravel road is very forgiving on your legs and it is not too steep. Because all of Steamboat is on pavement I'd say the downhill was tougher, plus it has more uphills at the end. Here is a…

Yep, that is why we started our timing company; our running group was constantly getting inquiries about timing companies; we'd refer them on and the companies were already booked up. So we figured there was a decent market for those services.

The timing system will often pick up your chip from the "sidelines." That is what I'm talking about. Happens all the time, you just don't know about it because your race timer took care of it.

Yeah, probably not a good idea to use volunteers to run a timing system. That is why most races hire professional timing companies.

Yes, it takes your first time across. But if you are not registered for the event it doesn't matter because you are not registered; you're not going to be listed in the results. Then it resets for the next event.

Then unless the timer is doing something very unusual (aka stupid), it still wouldn't override the 8k. Generally a timing system works by populating the race database with the names of runners and matching them to their pre-registered numbers. He's not registered for the 2k, so therefore the number would not match up to…

Beast of Burden along the Erie canal is about as flat as it gets, short of running on a track.

To answer the original poster's question without making a moral judgment, I am a race timer and unless the timer is an idiot, the number will not wipe out the time from the previous event. Timing systems are built to handle the runner crossing the line more than once. They understand that the first time the runner crosses…

Didn't work for me, lol. But if you are acclimatized to the elevation it might work. I think flat and sea level is a better bet.

Myrtle Beach. Flat as a pancake, February, generally has nice cool weather (except the one year that it was cancelled due to a freak snowstorm). I set my HM PR there and the second half is more of the same.