The Joe Nation 2007 NYC Marathon Log

I thought we named it the Three Mile Problem!!!!!

anyhow, sounds like a good run. One day I'll run through the Central Park, too.

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It IS ''the three mile'' crisis. I did everything I could think of to avoid having to add a tour of the tennis court facilities to our run. I mean, how rude to leave George stretching his Achilles while I (hey, I just spent two and a half days eating and drinking at my niece's wedding.)
restored my equillibrium. Luckily, I have mapped out in my mind the exact location and hours of operation (also the levels of cleanliness) of all emergency stopping places.

When Dag comes back to NYC I'll make sure I have no weddings scheduled.

George: did you go back to see Strawberry Fields?

Joe(Soon to be opening Joe's Jogs)Nation

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Joe Nation wrote:

It IS ''the three mile'' crisis. I did everything I could think of to avoid having to add a tour of the tennis court facilities to our run. I mean, how rude to leave George stretching his Achilles while I (hey, I just spent two and a half days eating and drinking at my niece's wedding.)
restored my equillibrium. Luckily, I have mapped out in my mind the exact location and hours of operation (also the levels of cleanliness) of all emergency stopping places.

When Dag comes back to NYC I'll make sure I have no weddings scheduled.

George: did you go back to see Strawberry Fields?

Joe(Soon to be opening Joe's Jogs)Nation

The stop was useful for me as well. At my age I have learned never to
pass a urinal.

Strawberry Fields is left for next time.

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Here's a little preview for you.

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I learned a few things from that morning run with George.

1) I've been too easy on myself: being content with just moseying along for hours on end is not the same as building on a training program. I'm going to learn to do more intensity and less breezing along.

2)I need to find someone to run with, I've been doing this on my own for too long. Luckily, I start classes in about two weeks with people who are supposedly on my level.

3) Apparently, part of my brain does not realize that I am 60, the part that orders the third martini before the fast dancing starts. I have ordered it to grow up or shut up or both.

Joe(or maybe I am just allergic to olives??)Nation

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Apollo Creed?

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Joe Nation wrote:

3) Apparently, part of my brain does not realize that I am 60, the part that orders the third martini before the fast dancing starts. I have ordered it to grow up or shut up or both.

Joe(or maybe I am just allergic to olives??)Nation

I just snorted out a yum yum pickle.

Joe, I love you, but my nose hurts.

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Joe Nation wrote:

3) Apparently, part of my brain does not realize that I am 60, the part that orders the third martini before the fast dancing starts.
I have ordered it to grow up or shut up or both.

Joe(or maybe I am just allergic to olives??)Nation

When you work out how to do this, Joe, please paste v-e-r-y detailed instructions. I'm struggling!

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i'll join you in the martini trainings should you need a partner there. i have years of experience, and can produce references upon request.

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ehBeth wrote:

Joe Nation wrote:
3) Apparently, part of my brain does not realize that I am 60, the part that orders the third martini before the fast dancing starts. I have ordered it to grow up or shut up or both.

Joe(or maybe I am just allergic to olives??)Nation

I just snorted out a yum yum pickle.

Joe, I love you, but my nose hurts.

This reminds me of Hamish Imlach, folk singer, who said he was allergic to leather.

Because, every time he woke up with his shoes on, he had a terrible headache.

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Well, this week, with the exception of the run with George on Monday, was a washout. Tuesday was a scheduled rest day and then, because I was going to the Blue Jays/Yankees game Wednesday night I skipped Wednesday morning (which would have been in the middle of a monsoon anyway) Thursday morning I was dead after getting to bed after midnight. (what a wuss) and Friday, perfect day, I just felt like crap and stayed in bed.

It's true what they say.

Joe(I'm fat and sixty)Nation

Next week the world!!!

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I'm back. Got in a 15k this afternoon. Topknot 15k

It's a great run because you get to go over Great Hill twice, once in each direction and the finish is mostly downhill which, I admit, I needed today.

Gorgeous day in the park. Pics to follow.

Joe(holding in there)Nation

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15K! Awright, Joe.
Yeah, nothing says "comin' home" like a downhill finish.

I have got to get off my duff and find a local race.

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I still can't walk. My right achilles tendon is v v sore, and swollen. Getting fed up.

Good morning from soggy Britain

Crying or Very sad

McT

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McTag: off to the physician's with you. You need something more than anti-imflammatories and rest.

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There were just a few more people in the park on a Sunday afternoon than I am used to in the early AM.

There to play baseball on the greenest grass anywhere.

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Or just lay out on the back lawn of the city.

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I tried to take a picture of this couple with the baby carriage but this couple kept getting in the way.

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Joe(off, he's off. He's way off.)Nation

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Mind you don't run into a post.

Poor girl must get backache.

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This has been a much better week. 26 miles with really good runs spread out over the days. ( tomorrow is a rest day,)

Yesterday marked the 100 days until the Nov Marathon.
I am bearing down.
I am bearing up.
Some of my bearings are worn.

I got a new pair of shoes. Brooks. I used to run in that brand a long time ago. These are Adrenaline GTS 7s Embarrassed

Isn't that the silliest name for a shoe anyone could think of.

What was that creative meeting like?

Phil, we need a name for the 989th style of shoe.
Hmmmm, how about MethAmphetamine 100?
Er, I like the drug theme, what else you got?
Uh,,,,crack, no, uh, Ritalin ,,,,, .
Sylvia, can you help Phil out here?
Epinephrine 2007. All the kids know that one from CSI.
Yeah.... listen, why don't you two get back to me on this later?

Joe(my right foot doesn't hurt. That's good.)Nation

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I jogged at lunchtime.
Some of my coworkers cast serious doubts on my sanity.
"It's in the nineties! Are you out of your mind?"
But I was well-hydrated, I took it easy, and I used every bit of shade along the way.
Nevertheless, I was drenched when I got back.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
And joggers.

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SO, I am trying to speed things up while running a bit further. I got two fifteen minutes pieces of "music" that plays at 163 beats per minute. (Running at that speed should provide a 9:40 mile) and yesterday morning I headed out to the park, started at the North end, went around once and a half and actually enjoying listening to the electronic blather chirping away in my ears.

I did the first loop about four minutes faster than my usual for that 6.2 miles, but I must have slowed again somewhere because at the end of the complete run 9.69 miles I was still at 10:30 min per mile.

I figured it out (I think) the 'music' doesn't beat at 163 the whole time. It starts slower and increases then slows again.

Joe(or...I am pulling something behind me.)Nation

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Elite marathon runners run 26+ miles at a pace of five minutes per mile.

Jeez.

Mc(and they do them all on the same day)Tag

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It's much tougher to be a schlub like me. Those skinny guys only have to drag about 140 lbs over the distance whereas I have to haul nearly sixty pounds more.

Alright, seventy.

And because they are done with it in two hours, they have far less chance of sunburn, heat stroke and other general maladies and mishaps than I do by being out on the road for over four hours.

Al-RIGHT, five hours!

I have to drink three times as much fluid, drench my clothes in sweat, my shoes and feet are punished by thousands more steps because my stride is probably less than half of that of an elite runner.
And I have to constantly be on guard so that I don't step on the slower runners in front of me.

Okay, so there are plenty of runners watching out that they don't step on me, but I still have to watch out.

Those rabbits......

......They only do it faster.

Joe(we in the back do it with far more style and grace.)Nation

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