Anyone here tried this new thing called "jogging" ?

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,865
    GlowGirl said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Dude, I just spent a bit of time on their site.  That is friggin' awesome.  I'm not a trail runner but that makes me want to be.  Would love to hear about this after you complete.
    Who knows, perhaps something to aim for. 

    Went back to check the virtual logs for how people finished up this weekend.
    104/748
    67/283 M
    25/95 M 40-49

    I was in top hundred until last night - which I thought was cool.  Never been in the top 100 of a race that lots of people participated in. 
    Still haven't!  :lol:       
    25/95 for my age/gender bracket isn't awful.  I know I am not fast but the competitor in me does kind of struggle with seeing that I could have been 15/95 if I just had been a minute faster.   (Of course, if I finished there, I would bitch that I could have been 9/95 if I had just been a minute faster than that.  :lol:)   

    How these things go, I suppose.

    One thing I question, however, is the honesty of the people submitting the results.  I have been in races pre-Covid where the top times were much faster, it was a "slow" field, so it is not that....it is 2 listings, in particular.
    Both with the same last name, finishers # 2 and #4 out of 748.

    #2 is 12 years old, #4 is 10 years old.

    I would expect most teenagers who run to whip my ass, I know my teen self would have, but a 10 year old?  Seems suspect.

    They do have a spot for you to upload your GPS tracker but I don't think it was mandatory and it does not show on the results page. 
    I'm sure nobody gives 2 shits (I certainly don't, it was fun to time myself and post a result) but it made me question the results when a 10 year old is supposedly 7 minutes faster over 3.1 miles. 

    Great job!! Just keep reminding yourself that you had a pretty serious injury just a few months ago. I agree that the 10 year old sounds a bit suspect. But you never know. Once actual races come back and they give everyone the chip, you will get more honest times. But, for now having fun is the main point. 

    I am heading back to NYC in a few hours so I saw the last of the hills yesterday - until I come back in a few months. I am actually sore from those damn inclines. 

    Being sore is good, right?  Got in a great workout.

    And, thank you.
    This is just me being me -- I know my times are slow and I am not killing myself to be a fast runner.  Cannot escape the competitive nature of who I am, so I can embrace it and still be reasonable by just working to run fast-ER.  :lol:

    Yesterday, our 6 year old brought out this rubix cube type of 2 player game where you slide the pieces around.  The same type of thing as the cube, only way easier since there are so many fewer options.  We played it some and I was easily beating him (he is 6, of course) and so I started setting a stopwatch on my phone and trying to do it faster.
    My wife comes down later and starts messing around with it while little guy was watching TV - as she started solving a puzzle by herself I popped the stopwatch down next to her.  She asked what I was doing.
    "If you are not timing yourself and trying to improve, I think it is pointless."
    She called me a fool.
    This, of course, is true. 

    Doesn't change how I feel about things.  ;)


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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,865
    (And....we did play against one another.  I won't say who won.)
    :innocent: 
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  • beano.79
    beano.79 Posts: 785
    GlowGirl said:
    beano.79 said:
    Happy Monday 🥴 sounds like you all had productive weekends! 

    I did a last long run on Friday, I'm going to reduce the miles a little through April to make sure I'm fresh when the 100 miler training begins in may.

    Also found this promo of the postponed event I am now doing next April... Very excited for this.. 100km over 2 days.

    https://youtu.be/6mL6RT7vNbc
    I watched the video. Wow. I wish I could do something like that. It looks amazing. I would probably spend most of it walking. Those rock climbs look pretty serious. What kinds of times to people post in those types of events. What are you aiming for?
    The pace will vary so much over the course I really have no time goals in this one. Running with a close friend and just looking forward To a great weekend running and camping. It's around 30 miles each day and I believe there is a 9hr cut off for both days.

    We have already trained for it 1.5 times so will be great to finally do it next spring 😂
  • beano.79
    beano.79 Posts: 785
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Dude, I just spent a bit of time on their site.  That is friggin' awesome.  I'm not a trail runner but that makes me want to be.  Would love to hear about this after you complete.
    Who knows, perhaps something to aim for. 

    Went back to check the virtual logs for how people finished up this weekend.
    104/748
    67/283 M
    25/95 M 40-49

    I was in top hundred until last night - which I thought was cool.  Never been in the top 100 of a race that lots of people participated in. 
    Still haven't!  :lol:       
    25/95 for my age/gender bracket isn't awful.  I know I am not fast but the competitor in me does kind of struggle with seeing that I could have been 15/95 if I just had been a minute faster.   (Of course, if I finished there, I would bitch that I could have been 9/95 if I had just been a minute faster than that.  :lol:)   

    How these things go, I suppose.

    One thing I question, however, is the honesty of the people submitting the results.  I have been in races pre-Covid where the top times were much faster, it was a "slow" field, so it is not that....it is 2 listings, in particular.
    Both with the same last name, finishers # 2 and #4 out of 748.

    #2 is 12 years old, #4 is 10 years old.

    I would expect most teenagers who run to whip my ass, I know my teen self would have, but a 10 year old?  Seems suspect.

    They do have a spot for you to upload your GPS tracker but I don't think it was mandatory and it does not show on the results page. 
    I'm sure nobody gives 2 shits (I certainly don't, it was fun to time myself and post a result) but it made me question the results when a 10 year old is supposedly 7 minutes faster over 3.1 miles. 

    7 mins over 5k is a big gap and I doubt this is honest/accurately recorded. I would say you can quite comfortably, and with no guilt... Bump your placing up 2 spaces 😁👍


  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,865
    beano.79 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Dude, I just spent a bit of time on their site.  That is friggin' awesome.  I'm not a trail runner but that makes me want to be.  Would love to hear about this after you complete.
    Who knows, perhaps something to aim for. 

    Went back to check the virtual logs for how people finished up this weekend.
    104/748
    67/283 M
    25/95 M 40-49

    I was in top hundred until last night - which I thought was cool.  Never been in the top 100 of a race that lots of people participated in. 
    Still haven't!  :lol:       
    25/95 for my age/gender bracket isn't awful.  I know I am not fast but the competitor in me does kind of struggle with seeing that I could have been 15/95 if I just had been a minute faster.   (Of course, if I finished there, I would bitch that I could have been 9/95 if I had just been a minute faster than that.  :lol:)   

    How these things go, I suppose.

    One thing I question, however, is the honesty of the people submitting the results.  I have been in races pre-Covid where the top times were much faster, it was a "slow" field, so it is not that....it is 2 listings, in particular.
    Both with the same last name, finishers # 2 and #4 out of 748.

    #2 is 12 years old, #4 is 10 years old.

    I would expect most teenagers who run to whip my ass, I know my teen self would have, but a 10 year old?  Seems suspect.

    They do have a spot for you to upload your GPS tracker but I don't think it was mandatory and it does not show on the results page. 
    I'm sure nobody gives 2 shits (I certainly don't, it was fun to time myself and post a result) but it made me question the results when a 10 year old is supposedly 7 minutes faster over 3.1 miles. 

    7 mins over 5k is a big gap and I doubt this is honest/accurately recorded. I would say you can quite comfortably, and with no guilt... Bump your placing up 2 spaces 😁👍



    :lol:   

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  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Right Near Da Beach, Boiii Posts: 1,547
    beano.79 said:
    Happy Monday 🥴 sounds like you all had productive weekends! 

    I did a last long run on Friday, I'm going to reduce the miles a little through April to make sure I'm fresh when the 100 miler training begins in may.

    Also found this promo of the postponed event I am now doing next April... Very excited for this.. 100km over 2 days.

    https://youtu.be/6mL6RT7vNbc
    Holy shit. That looks like tons of fun.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856


    Pics from my run this morning. I am so lucky to live in this beautiful city. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,865
    Wow, that is pretty great.  What a way to start the day!
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,160
    oftenreading said:


    Pics from my run this morning. I am so lucky to live in this beautiful city. 
    Beautiful. Must be very motivating.

  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,337
    In about 40 minutes I will be running a 5k for a local charity that provides clothes and school supplies for kids each Fall. After I am done running I am going to scoot over and become a course worker for the half marathon. It will be a little chilly and I haven’t been running as much as I should the last couple of months, so let the fun commence! 😀
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,865
    Good luck and great going helping out!
    Let us know how it goes 
    No in person races here, yet.  Can't wait to have them again.
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  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,337
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Good luck and great going helping out!
    Let us know how it goes 
    No in person races here, yet.  Can't wait to have them again.
    It was slow!🤣 Not too bad, it felt good to get back on the horse so to speak. 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,160
    JeBurkhardt said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Good luck and great going helping out!
    Let us know how it goes 
    No in person races here, yet.  Can't wait to have them again.
    It was slow!🤣 Not too bad, it felt good to get back on the horse so to speak. 
    Nice. Slow is ok. At least you got back out there. As long as you had fun. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,865
    JeBurkhardt said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Good luck and great going helping out!
    Let us know how it goes 
    No in person races here, yet.  Can't wait to have them again.
    It was slow!🤣 Not too bad, it felt good to get back on the horse so to speak. 
    Great!

    What was the top time, do you know?

    I was steady today but it was nice and hot by the end.  9.31 average but never out of 9s.  
    Still not beyond 5 miles but will get there soon in my next bump up.
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  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,337
    F Me In The Brain said:
    JeBurkhardt said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Good luck and great going helping out!
    Let us know how it goes 
    No in person races here, yet.  Can't wait to have them again.
    It was slow!🤣 Not too bad, it felt good to get back on the horse so to speak. 
    Great!

    What was the top time, do you know?

    I was steady today but it was nice and hot by the end.  9.31 average but never out of 9s.  
    Still not beyond 5 miles but will get there soon in my next bump up.
    Not sure about the top time for the 5k because I left to go work on the half course as soon as I finished.  I think the top time in the half was somewhere around 1:20. My pace on the 5k was right around 10. My goal is to back down below 9. At one point before I had a couple of hernia surgeries and got lazy, I was consistently in the lower 8’s. 
  • F Me In The Brain
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    That is almost an hour faster than my half times.  :lol:

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  • F Me In The Brain
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    Lower 8s are when I am busting my nuts.  No way I could sustain that, at least not yet.  
    I was fast as a kid but I never ran any distances.  
    Old and slow, now.

    Interviewed a young lady last week for a marketing position with us and she told me she ran a 6 flat as her PR. 
    I laughed.  

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  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,337
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Lower 8s are when I am busting my nuts.  No way I could sustain that, at least not yet.  
    I was fast as a kid but I never ran any distances.  
    Old and slow, now.

    Interviewed a young lady last week for a marketing position with us and she told me she ran a 6 flat as her PR. 
    I laughed.  

    I have run one half and my time was 2:02. I would have to do some work to do that again. I couldn’t even imagine a 6 minute mile pace.
  • beano.79
    beano.79 Posts: 785
    Interesting fact. Zach Bitter from Arizona holds the 100 mile world record. THAT'S AN AVG PACE OF 6.48!!! 😅 for 100 miles!! 😂😂 wtf
  • F Me In The Brain
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    100 miles at 648?
    That is fucking ridiculous!
    The guy must be an animal.
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