http://www.mtectracking.com:8080/Mtrack/Mtrack?raceid=6&pid=2800
It was brutal. Just wanted to share!
It was brutal. Just wanted to share!
Look what I went and done...
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 ManOWar |
Look what I went and done... |
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Posts: 555 (Tue, Jun 23, 2009 11:02 PM)
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dandreiberg |
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Posts: 1711 (Wed, Jun 24, 2009 3:49 AM) |
I feel your pain. My wife used to do 10K races.. before we moved to hilly terrain. She's spend 2 months preparing for a 1½ hour race.
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ManOWar |
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Posts: 555 (Thu, Jun 25, 2009 12:18 AM)
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No kidding! I made the 10K mark in pretty good time (if memory serves, guess I should check that link again). Even up to the half-way mark in a little over 2
hours. Everything after that is a blurry hot mess. There are preliminary candid pics of me that look like I'm on death's door, save for this one:
I knew that the end was nigh at that point. Less than a mile to go. "Let's put a smile on that face...!" |
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CB15 II |
Broken Finger Lickin' Good! | ||||
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Posts: 1599 (Thu, Jun 25, 2009 7:29 AM)
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No extravagantly flamboyant headwear? Tsk.
Well done, that Marathon ManOWar. Is it safe? |
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ManOWar |
My mind is going...I can feel it... | ||||
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Posts: 555 (Thu, Jun 25, 2009 10:19 PM)
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Thanks Blocky! Rumour had it that the of the 8000 or so participants 500 had either dropped out or received some form of medical attention. I think
that's a bit high of an estimate, but I did see folks en route having a pretty rough time. One woman was sitting in a med-tent about half-way with an O2
mask on. Ugh. I had thought of dropping, but just broke down the run into little bits at a time. By the time 3 miles were left, I figured I'd plod along
and finish.
Next time (and there probably will be one), I'll hopefully break the 5 hour barrier under cooler conditions. |
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Will |
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Posts: 1549 (Fri, Jun 26, 2009 10:56 PM)
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I ran a 5K one time and thought I would die before I could finish. My first inkling that I was in trouble was when a seventy-year-old with a hunchback passed
me.
Congratulations, Manny. That's an impressive accomplishment. |
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ManOWar |
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Posts: 555 (Sat, Jun 27, 2009 7:15 PM)
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Thanks Will! Yeah, some of those oldsters were kicking ass most of the way. One man had a sign on his back: "50th state/ 100th marathon". He
definitely looked the part, too, as he sauntered along the course. Slow and steady. Hardcore. Greatest Generation, or something.
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CB15 II |
Run Forest | ||||
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Posts: 1599 (Sat, Jun 27, 2009 10:04 PM)
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For sure. I remember this one time I was taking part in some woodland cross country endurance competition and this old geezer dressed head to toe in a
voluptuous lady gorilla suit of all things just lolloped past me without a care in the world and disappeared off ahead outta sight. Cheeky fecker even had the
audacity to turn round, laugh, and call me a no-hope loser from under his mask as he passed on by. True story. Couple o' spectators on the sidelines caught
the whole thing on their trusty Super 8, so they did.
Hang on a minute... |
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CB15 II |
Silver Haired Surfer | ||||
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Posts: 1599 (Sat, Jun 27, 2009 10:41 PM)
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And as for this other time some doddery old fart flew past me riding aloft a bizarre jet powered lap steel guitar contraption while dressed (I shit you not) in
a bloody tin foil muscle suit, well...
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Posts: 906 (Sun, Jun 28, 2009 11:12 AM) |
I remember running. Those were the fucking days, eh?
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Posts: 1599 (Sun, Jun 28, 2009 11:26 AM)
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No, they were the running days which, in my case, always alternated with the fucking days.
I never had the energy to run and fuck inside the same 24 hour period. Phew. |
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Will |
Those Days | ||||
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Posts: 1549 (Sun, Jun 28, 2009 4:24 PM)
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With any luck at all, the septegenarian huchback and the dude in the gorilla suit can keep the two separate; otherwise, we might all be fucked...quite
literally!
(cue spontaneous laughter) |
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Hump in The Boonies | ||||
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Posts: 1599 (Sun, Jun 28, 2009 8:41 PM)
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If you go down in the woods today...
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ManOWar |
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Posts: 555 (Mon, Jun 29, 2009 10:52 PM)
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I think I saw a few Yetis on the course.
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