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jbvk
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 posted Nov-03-2007 06:34 AM
   
is anyone else frustrated not to be able to watch the nbc streaming video of the US marathon trials this morning ... i was all set for it, and then read the fine print that it was only available in the USi've really enjoyed watching the videos on the nyrr.com website ("chasing glory") the series is called, and also chasingkimbia.com website -- has anyone checked these out, great motivation before heading out the door, whether you're running 4 or 8 minute kilometres what a shame the canadian olympic committee sets such an unreachable standard for our elite marathoners, it would do so much for our juniors to be able to see where they can go with this sport (while wearing the canadian flag ... presumably if they're good they'll go to US universities to run competitively, but then what happens to them when they mature and turn their attention to the marathon ?) ah well, we have to live vicariously through the americans ... until the Canadian Brooks team gets traction
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DawnT
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posted Nov-03-2007 08:37 AM
I watched it by using Citrix to connect into a US server that I have access to. Amazing race. There's a recap of it on NBC at 2:00 today. Make sure you watch. Hall is absolutely incredible.
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backstretch
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posted Nov-03-2007 05:09 PM
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Originally posted by DawnT:
I watched it by using Citrix to connect into a US server that I have access to. Amazing race. There's a recap of it on NBC at 2:00 today. Make sure you watch. Hall is absolutely incredible.
You also have the option of using a "proxy server" the internet is full of them. I think technically it would be illegal though......hmmm forget I mentioned it 
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laurie150
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posted Nov-03-2007 06:58 PM
Hello!I am new to this forum and just wanted to say hello to everyone - for now!
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aurang
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posted Nov-03-2007 07:59 PM
jbvk, I was pretty ticked off too at missing the race. I followed online, which wasn't too bad, but I would've loved to have seen Hall's run.For tomorrow, though they claim that the race will be available to everyone, I'll be sure to keep using a proxy in mind.
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DawnT
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posted Nov-04-2007 09:09 AM
Hi Laurie! Welcome to the thread.
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RioG
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posted Nov-05-2007 11:40 AM
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Originally posted by aurang:
Rio, no one took candy on a porch? Where on earth do you live?
Apparently in "ethics-are-us" Ontario.  Small town... but I think that by that time (8:15) the kids were just done on my street... it's an old part of town and I'm sure all the kids flock to the subdivisions to get more bank for their buck. I also live in a hilly freaking town. My 40 min. route last night was a new one to me and it had hills (big long ones!) coming and going. I suppose they'll prepare me for ATB.
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tigger
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posted Nov-06-2007 08:27 AM
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Originally posted by jcumming:
I bailed at Niagara because I haven't been running since Toronto due to the fact I ran there untrained and with a cold.
My really minor case of asthma tends to lead to bronchial congestion if I do dumb things.I'm hoping to get out tomorrow or Monday though and take it easy, but run more than once a week. I have run Niagara 8 times and it has rained 8 times. I told everyone to sign up last year as I wasn't running and it was bound to be good weather...Nope!! ...wouldn't count on tomorrow either.
Hey JC! Hope the asthma is better! I have several fond memories of dinners at the spaghetti house. Remember walking down main street and having some stranger in a half ton yell out my name? I thought I was famous! And then there is the Flamingo Hotel....with their cute little wedding chapel. Arrgghh! Don't get me started!! Anywy, I'm into a new tradition with the Vancouver HM. I PR's it last spring and DD managed to win her AG. We are going for a two peat next spring. But first I have to get through a little sushi!
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JimR
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posted Nov-06-2007 09:46 AM
My Niagara memories are going head down into the wind up that stupid parkway muttering swear words and vowing to never do this again. The first year we did the relay, me, Lisa, Chantel and Russell. Poor Chantel, it absolutely pi$$ed rain on the opening leg. I hadn't brought a jacket or anything so had nothing to give her for warmth cuz I was nice and warm on the bus the whole time...she's coming up to the 10k relay station, had no idea what I looked like. She looked like a drowned rat shouting "Jim! Jim! Where are you!!!?!".
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RioG
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posted Nov-06-2007 12:12 PM
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Originally posted by JimR:
She looked like a drowned rat shouting "Jim! Jim! Where are you!!!?!".
Oh my god... this is freaking funny.
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JimR
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posted Nov-06-2007 04:57 PM
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Originally posted by RioG:
Oh my god... this is freaking funny.
Russell had the final leg, which was 12.2k. So we're all slow as heck getting the stations and Russell gets to run the final leg. So he blasts through it in about 50 minutes, and he's doing it through a bunch of 4 hour marathoners struggling their way through the finishing death march.
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RioG
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posted Nov-06-2007 09:03 PM
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Originally posted by JimR:
Russell had the final leg, which was 12.2k. So we're all slow as heck getting the stations and Russell gets to run the final leg. So he blasts through it in about 50 minutes, and he's doing it through a bunch of 4 hour marathoners struggling their way through the finishing death march.
Okay, this is just cruel... but funny! I might have spit on him.
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jcumming
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posted Nov-06-2007 10:34 PM
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Originally posted by JimR:
The first year we did the relay, me, Lisa, Chantel and Russell. ...she's coming up to the 10k relay station, had no idea what I looked like. She looked like a drowned rat shouting "Jim! Jim! Where are you!!!?!".
I was glad to get a fourth to do the relay so I could run the half with tigger and trip his a$$ all over the Parkway. We even had shirts that florie got and Russell designed...I think I might still have it. It was a well trained and highly co-ordinated team...since some runners had never met.
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tigger
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posted Nov-07-2007 06:55 AM
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Originally posted by jcumming:
I was glad to get a fourth to do the relay so I could run the half with tigger and trip his a$$ all over the Parkway.We even had shirts that florie got and Russell designed...I think I might still have it. It was a well trained and highly co-ordinated team...since some runners had never met.
JC has this thing "I never met a porta pottie I didn't like" for race courses. As a matter of fact, in one HM he even made his own porta pottie in the bushes. But at this particular Niagara HM he stopped to check out the scene around mile 8, did his thang (or was it diddled?) and still managed to catch up to me by mile 9 or so. Them were the days when he were a runner! So he catches up to me and passes me and then lurks around the finish line to trip me up as I am thundering down the final stretch in front of the hydro building. He even took a picture I think!
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DawnT
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posted Nov-08-2007 08:46 AM
Not doing Philly this year, but I'm considering it for next year. I'm looking for a marathon next fall. I have a big duathlon on Oct 12/08, so I need a marathon either early September or November-ish. Looking at either Erie (early Sept) or Philly.
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backstretch
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posted Nov-08-2007 04:00 PM
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Originally posted by DawnT:
I have a big duathlon on Oct 12/08
So, I'm guessing the Zofingen lives for another year.
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RioG
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posted Nov-09-2007 08:31 AM
Ohhh... so excited!! Going "home" to run with flories group next Saturday... it's going to mean being on the road at the crack of dawn but it'll be worth it!And as luck would have it they're not training for anything right now so I'll be able to slip in with my old running buddies not doing too far a distance. Mostly I'm looking forward to the post-run breakfast. I'm telling you... the worst thing about Perth county is its lack of organized recreational activities... namely a running group. I see lots of solo runners, but it would appear that they prefer to keep it that way! If only I could transplant flories group here.
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DawnT
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posted Nov-09-2007 08:33 AM
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Originally posted by backstretch:
So, I'm guessing the Zofingen lives for another year.
YES!! I'm so excited! Kind of messes up my plans for a fall marathon next year, but so what.
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jcumming
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posted Nov-12-2007 11:37 AM
HiThat is all.
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RioG
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posted Nov-13-2007 07:58 PM
Hmph. Just came in from a crap, crap, crap run. Felt like crap the whole way and ended up walking the last monster hill.And I still feel bad now that it's done. Me no likey crappy runs.  How's everyone elses running going? Can't be worse!
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jcumming
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posted Nov-13-2007 09:54 PM
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Originally posted by RioG:
How's everyone elses running going? Can't be worse!
My last one on Oct 14th led to bronchial pneumonia...am I winning???
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aurang
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posted Nov-13-2007 11:10 PM
I have a pulled hamstring. That has to count for something.
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JimR
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posted Nov-14-2007 11:15 AM
Since my newest routine has me doing tempos on Saturday and longs on Sunday, my longs have been a lot tougher than usual. Last Sunday was especially tough and I capped the run at 10 miles. And there's a few groups that do their longer tempo runs on Sunday in my area, so they're blasting past me as I'm strolling along. Kinda sucks from that perspective.
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RioG
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posted Nov-14-2007 12:13 PM
JC - yeah, that's pretty close to the top of the list. JimR... yes, that would suck big time. I would not like that at all. In fact that would immediately cause me to change up my schedule so that I was either un-seen on the days the groups are doing their tempo-runs or conveniently taking a rest day. Even though I know I'm slow as molasses I like to keep up the illusion that I'm super-fast! It's kind of like when you see a car or another person out and about you get a bit taller and run a bit faster... even if it's killing you until they're out of sight.
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backstretch
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posted Nov-14-2007 07:42 PM
Well 9 weeks into my "second chance" I've ditched the 5ks. Running 10's, four to 5 times a week, no sign of injury yet. Maybe I'm healed......yeah!!
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