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egrd
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 posted Apr-19-2007 10:47 AM
  
Holy Hillage Batman.
Yep, you da man you Crazy Horse.Egret
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perchcreek
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posted Apr-19-2007 10:48 AM
DH.. Those hills make Heartbreak Hill look like a speed bump  Great pictures and again congratulations on your marathon! Thanks,
Steve
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Karl Rysted
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posted Apr-19-2007 10:53 AM
Oregon, schmoregon. Seriously, like everyone has already said, thanks for the photos and they really show the hills. How are your quads recovering? I bet they really took a beating.------------------
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arf 1
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posted Apr-19-2007 11:03 AM
DH, you have great quads....nice photo's, thanks for posting. I agree with Choovie about it looking just like Montana country......the road and hills remind me of the Grizzly Marathon.arf
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tnally
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posted Apr-19-2007 02:19 PM
Holy carp Tim,That is a serious hill. On the 4th time up that thing I think I'd have had a heart attack. It makes you success all the more impressive. GO ARMY! Tom
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tomwhite
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posted Apr-19-2007 02:22 PM
.......tough looking course, was it hot??................congratulations on Your Marathon...........
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rochrunner
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posted Apr-19-2007 02:24 PM
Great pic, DH. But, all else being equal, I think I'd prefer to do my running in Boston! ------------------
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Sans Souci
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posted Apr-19-2007 02:26 PM
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Originally posted by Dark Horse:
Screw the Man, no one's the boss of me.
{{{Sigh}}} It's been far too long since you've written this.  Dark Horse, I used to do that flippy wrist thing too. If you quit doing that, 5 minutes off your time, guaranteed. I like the hills. Not sure about hoofing up that slippy gravelly surface, though. Tough Horse.
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ptbrown
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posted Apr-19-2007 02:47 PM
DH,I'm not surprised because you had sent a picture previously and I noticed the hills then. You ran a very impressive race. That type of terrain destroys your legs and erodes your will.
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Dark Horse
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posted Apr-19-2007 02:59 PM
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Dark Horse, I used to do that flippy wrist thing too. If you quit doing that, 5 minutes off your time, guaranteed.
Yeah, and my wrist hurt a little afterward. So what do you suggest? How did you break the habit? What's the alternative? I would never want a coach, but I like to get advice from people I respect. Even people I don't respect have good ideas sometimes, so you gotta respect 'em. I think Yogi Berra said that. Or Gandhi. Dark Horse ------------------
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Dark Horse
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posted Apr-19-2007 03:09 PM
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That type of terrain destroys your legs and erodes your will.
It does destroy your legs, but I can't say it affected my will. I was locked in on a goal, so I focused on what I needed to do and how best to do it. I became detached, to the extent that's possible when you're suffering like a b*st*rd. Dark Horse ------------------
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johnmaas
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posted Apr-19-2007 03:18 PM
Holy carp Dark Horse!
That hill in the second photo looks like about 5 Heartbreak Hills in there.
And then you had to tackle it 4 times???
My quads are screaming at me just looking at the photo!!!
Great run in Kosovo.
Thank you for serving our country!
John
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Coastwalker
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posted Apr-19-2007 03:19 PM
Fabulous fotos, DH!Bob said it - the worst thing about that hill must have been having to deal with it 4 times! And, unlike most of us, I'll bet it didn't shrink with age... I used to do the flippy thing with my hands too - probably still do, but not nearly as much. I started sticking out my index finger and coiling the rest of my fingers, sort of like a pointer. Then I'd always try to point the pointer in the direction I want to go (meaning forward!). It lets me keep my hands relaxed and helps them stay unflippy (or would that be flippiless?). Jay
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Sans Souci
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posted Apr-19-2007 03:42 PM
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Originally posted by Dark Horse:
So what do you suggest? How did you break the habit?
I was being a titch flippant with the remark, and I can't be sure I've rid myself of the habit, but I suspect as you work on speed and are using your arms to propel your body forward, you won't have time to wrist-flip. Do you think about form while you're running? If you do, add that to the list of what to check.Edited to ask: Why would you not want a coach? [This message has been edited by Sans Souci (edited Apr-19-2007).]
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Aamos
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posted Apr-19-2007 03:54 PM
Sayhey! Great photos, and man, it looks hot. Makes your time all the more impressive. I'll have to get you a photo of a relay team I'm running with later this year--we're doing a 189 miler the last weekend in July. We too, have yellow and green shirts because our team name is PostFontaine.
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Dark Horse
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:00 PM
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Originally posted by Sans Souci:
I suspect as you work on speed and are using your arms to propel your body forward, you won't have time to wrist-flip. Do you think about form while you're running? If you do, add that to the list of what to check.
Your Insouciance, I do think about form, but hadn't thought about that aspect. As you know, I didn't run this race very fast. I averaged a little slower than nine-minute-mile pace, and even slower on uphills. At that pace, I'm not breathing hard or sweating much. For me, this race was mostly about managing the pain in my legs. Right now, I'm wondering when my trashed right knee will come around and let me resume serious running. quote:
Why would you not want a coach?
Because no one's the boss of me. (Said because it's true, and because I like to make you {{{Sigh}}}. ) Dark Horse ------------------
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morefoolyou
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:02 PM
what no action photos of going up radar!?------------------
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Dark Horse
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:10 PM
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Originally posted by Aamos:
man, it looks hot.
Aamos, Not really. If you're looking at the photo of Sgt. Fortuna, he sweats like a pig in any weather. At start time of 4 p.m., it was sunny but not hot, and very windy. As the sun went down, the air quickly cooled off, and before long my hands were numb from the cold wind. We are at elevation--a thousand or two thousand feet; I'm not sure exactly how much, but some runners said they were affected by it. Anyway, the elevation is a factor in how fast the temperature drops at sunset. After the race, I found my roommate Sgt. Pellegrini very kindly waiting for me at the finish, because he figured I might need help getting back to our barracks a mile away, up a couple of steep hills. He carried my backpack for me, which I wasn't able to open because my fingers were numb from cold. Dark Horse ------------------
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TammyM
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:15 PM
you're hawt. 'nuff said.  ------------------
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Spareribs
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:17 PM
If you keep your thumbs up, your hands won't flip, but SS is probably right that at speed this goes away on its own. When I jog, my left hand looks like I am stirring a cake. But at speed it disappears. Spareribs
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Dark Horse
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:25 PM
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Originally posted by TammyM:
you're hawt.
When are we going for our bus ride? Dark Horse ------------------
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Tetsujin30
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:41 PM
The photos of you bounding up the big hill without feet even touching the ground and the smart-looking flourescent waistband you somehow figured out to use just like some other vastly more experienced marathoners use for clip-on gel pouches/pedometers/garmins, etc. make your inaugural 26.2 miles (or was it 42.195K over there?) all that more unbelievable, . . . . . I mean impressive.Our high school ski coach had us using Jay's point-the-finger method too.
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Sans Souci
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:45 PM
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Originally posted by Spareribs:
When I jog, my left hand looks like I am stirring a cake.
{Chortle} Let's go for a jog, 'Ribs. I simply must see this.
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TammyM
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:50 PM
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When are we going for our bus ride?Dark Horse
are you acting immature again? 
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Dark Horse
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posted Apr-19-2007 04:55 PM
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the smart-looking flourescent waistband you somehow figured out to use just like some other vastly more experienced marathoners use
Tetsujin, Thanks, but I didn't figure out anything. They made us wear reflective belts. It made sense, because we finished in the dark. This being a military base, they couldn't close the roads for our race. Dark Horse ------------------
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