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09-25-2007, 09:51 AM
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Has Pretty Lips
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wouldn't that be 3 more laps?
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09-25-2007, 09:53 AM
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Payload Specialist
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Originally Posted by gobbla
wouldn't that be 3 more laps?
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Isn't 5k around 3.3 miles?
It's laps around the lake. 1.1 mile each lap. Maybe that's the confusion.
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09-25-2007, 10:48 AM
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OMG Its a workout!
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I should know better than to read Roland's journal with any kind of beverage in hand. I learned of words I didn't even know existed today..... and just about damaged the keyboard in the process.
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09-25-2007, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member
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I could have written your first post (well, probably not as eloquently).
But I understand the ab thing. And as the first poster in said, the abs might come if you stop focusing on them. That is what is currently happening to me. I stopped thinking about them as a primary goal (I don't know how I stopped since they ARE an obsession of mine) and they are more defined than ever!! So I'm sure that will happen to you as well one day.
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09-25-2007, 11:05 AM
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Payload Specialist
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Originally Posted by ljk
I could have written your first post (well, probably not as eloquently).
But I understand the ab thing. And as the first poster in said, the abs might come if you stop focusing on them. That is what is currently happening to me. I stopped thinking about them as a primary goal (I don't know how I stopped since they ARE an obsession of mine) and they are more defined than ever!! So I'm sure that will happen to you as well one day.
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Wow. That's great! I'm very happy for you!
I hope I get mine someday. But, in the meantime, I feel mentally healthier. That's more important, I think.
If somewhere down the road, I need some short term focus on them to get there, then that's okay, too. But, months/years of that focus was draining...
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Superman never made any money
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-Crash Test Dummies. "Superman's Song"
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09-25-2007, 11:29 AM
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Has Pretty Lips
Join Date: Aug 2004
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ah, I was thinking a 1/4mi track
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09-25-2007, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Ran 5k. I only planned to run about 2.2 miles, but figured I had another lap, easy.
It was weird at the end. I was able to sprint to the finish and things felt so smooth and easy. Like it was suddenly effortless.
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I've caught myself doing that sometimes. I think mentally I try to leave some in the tank to make sure I can finish the immediate goal but then find there's some extra effort left over. Same thing happens with weights. Tell me 5x5 and I'll get 5x5. Tell me to do them until I drop the bar and I'll get 7 or 8 and/or up the weight the next set.
Nice run regardless. I believe 3.1miles is 5k. |
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09-25-2007, 12:57 PM
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I didn't realize how much I WAS draining myself.
You sound pretty level-headed and focused and goal-driven so things can only improve for you in all respects.
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09-26-2007, 06:35 AM
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Porthon Tox Earfeg
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Isn't 5k around 3.3 miles?
It's laps around the lake. 1.1 mile each lap. Maybe that's the confusion.
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5k = 3.1 miles
Sounds like you may be actually have found that run enjoyable -- don't fight your feeling even though all those experts tell you running isn't where it's at. It can be fun, really.  |
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09-26-2007, 07:11 AM
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Nice run Roland ... as a non-runner, I occasionally have those days too where I feel like I could run forever and it is effortless ... they are just VERY few and far between!!
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09-26-2007, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by UConnJulie
Nice run Roland ... as a non-runner, I occasionally have those days too where I feel like I could run forever and it is effortless ... they are just VERY few and far between!!
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I never have those days!  I am such a non-runner. |
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09-26-2007, 08:25 AM
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Prime Motivator
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Ran 5k. I only planned to run about 2.2 miles, but figured I had another lap, easy.
It was weird at the end. I was able to sprint to the finish and things felt so smooth and easy. Like it was suddenly effortless.
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Great run, Roland.
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Originally Posted by RedLefty
That's a sprintgasm. Lucky you!
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Can you say that on a public forum? 
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09-26-2007, 10:28 PM
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Payload Specialist
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I had a snatchtastic workout, tonight!
A: DB Snatch, 8x1, 95lbs (right hand), 8x1, 85lbs (left hand)
B: DB Snatch, 50lbs, 3x10 x each hand
C: DB Swings, two 50lbs DBs, 4x6
D: DB Pull & Catch. 65lbs, 50 reps for time. 2:50!
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Superman never made any money
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-Crash Test Dummies. "Superman's Song"
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09-27-2007, 04:20 AM
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Has Pretty Lips
Join Date: Aug 2004
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right hand = buisness hand
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09-27-2007, 10:55 AM
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Hiro Protagonist
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Definitely. He needs to employ "the stranger" once in a while to balance things out.
We'll make this thread R-rated, yet.
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09-27-2007, 11:11 AM
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On the manga bandwagon
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The "stranger"? I always figured most guys master ambidextrosity by the time they're 15.
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09-27-2007, 11:26 AM
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OMG Its a workout!
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Its a good thing I didn't have any thing in my mouth at the time I read your journal. I would have spit it all over my computer.
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