the point could be wrote:
skuj,
i am amazed that, after all this time, you are not able to let this go thread-wise. Still, i am impressed that you are posting.
What you see on this thread is the tip of an iceberg. I must monitor it from time to time, to see what lies are being told about me this week, and to report to letsrun.com when required. If only you knew, tpcb. Do you think I enjoy this?
"No Way Out" was a good movie.There must be a way out of this one.WE live in the third millenium.
Skuj wrote:
What you see on this thread is the tip of an iceberg. I must monitor it from time to time, to see what lies are being told about me this week, and to report to letsrun.com when required. If only you knew, tpcb. Do you think I enjoy this?
Whew, here goes.
Gonzo,we miss yah dude- come in please.
Skuj. No questions. He's out there, on the line for all to see. Pics. Kids. Wife. The whole family, names and all. Actually runs, and can think, and talk about it.
RD,?? I was lost once, I know what this looks like.
tpcb, mopak, spO2, You guys are rock solid. The buds waiting somewhere to share a coffee , in a place I've yet to visit.
John , Chris and I got in our 4th long run of the fledgling season. Timm's Hill trail; The glacial roller coaster for 2:30, 14 miles. Post run breakfast of oatmeal, raisins, and cinnamon drenched in maple syrup.
Weatherman called for rain. There was not a cloud to be seen. Temps. in the 60's.
Skuj, I know who you are but I know nothing of the Dogg, but I hope perhaps, he can let us into his life a little more.
If we all can connect in a positive way this thread can remain healthy and strong.
I had better not linger as there is gardening to do and a fartlek session on the golf course before dark.
mopak wrote:
Skuj, I know who you are but I know nothing of the Dogg, but I hope perhaps, he can let us into his life a little more.
If we all can connect in a positive way this thread can remain healthy and strong.
I'm sorry to spoil the good feelings here Bud, but RD has proven time and time again that a) he is obssessed with me for some reason and b) he is only interested in discrediting me in some way.
Those are the cold hard facts.
I went from being the instigator of DYRT and being a positive contributor, to checking it every week just to see what RD (and his various aliases) have done to my person, (and reporting a lot of it to letsrun.com.)
I'm sure that he;ll have an alternate explanation to all this, at about 8-9am EST, but, I know what I know. From this thread, and countless other threads, as well as at least 2 other sites. (And I know a lot more than he thinks I know.)
Anyway......enjoy YOUR DYRTing.
From home along the creek trail to the golf course (19mins).
The fartlek session was delayed slightly as the 14th, where I normally start was being grazed by 200-300 roos. Knocked out 30mins of good mixed pace running off short recoveries then jogged 20mins home in the moonlight.
a rock solid 42' on the roads and along the utility lines to report....ls t-shirt and shorts......nice.....meet today = day off.....will be working the stopwatch......i guess i see things differently here.....rd steps back when the attacks come to presumably quiet things.....admirable i think.....he's done a lot for this thread......it's understandable why he wants to remain anonymous......veiled threats and all.....i could be wrong, but until skuj offers more evidence than i-know-what-i-know i'll remain unconvinced....
I'm a lurker who has enjoyed reading about day to day running of you dedicated posters. This is strictly from left field and I assure you I am neither skuj or runningdogg.
I recommend to those two to stick to talking about running and quit trolling about each other. You both seem to want to one up each other and if you both quit editorializing it might lead to civility.
special O2 wrote:
i guess i see things differently here.....rd steps back when the attacks come to presumably quiet things.....admirable i think.....he's done a lot for this thread......it's understandable why he wants to remain anonymous.........
Quite frankly, you have no clue special o2. A lot for this thread? Lying about workouts, attacking me for saying the "wrong prediction", and since then, never ceasing. Relentless!
You are blind.
Damn, Skuj. Shut up and go sit in the corner. You too, Running Dogg. Do not post until you can talk running and nothing else.
left field wrote:
Damn, Skuj. Shut up and go sit in the corner. You too, Running Dogg. Do not post until you can talk running and nothing else.
IF you are RD, I do appreciate this modest positivity, or whatever the term is.
I'm tired.
Skuj, mopak asked a question to running dogg and then you quote and answer it with stuff about yourself, bringing up for the 5 millionth time all of this. You are the one who is obsessed! If you look back through this thread you see it is you bringing it up over and over again.
today: Villa Pamphili, Sunny to be greatful for...easy 25 minutes to start, then went to the pinewood and slalomed uphill and downhill.
Total: 1hr
"Running between the pines,
pining for the fjords,
i was running between the pines,
and pining: pining for the fjords..."
It's amazing how much you can space out slaloming between trees. Floating on terrain really unpredictable, high grass, some holes, except for right at the base of the trees...like skiing without touching the poles though..., sure enough observational proof that when it rains, it doesn't get wet right under big, mediterranean, pine tree.
Sunny-wise, here's some interesting musical crescendo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUl_E-R91Q
And yes driske, that coffee or alternative brew, will come at some point. At one point when i lived in Canada i used to drink hot water with maples syrup!
Health to all!
More thoughts on the rd/skuj dilemma next post. Left Field seems pretty darned authentic and wise... Agree with most that RD could gain from being a little bit less anonymous.
track chick, don't make me come across the pond and put you in a corner too :-)
:)
On paper, my run today was very modest: 30min slooooow ass jog + a few gentle strides + a gentle 15sec "surge" + 10min slooooow ass jog.
But, behind the scenes, it was a very big day:
***Drumroll please***
I ran without my arch supports in my shoes.
I strongly believe that, if you can, you should strive to shed yourself of band-aids and supports. I had to wear moonboots in the winter, due to my pf issues. (These issues began primarily because I overdid a session in early October.)
Lately, I have been able to wear Zoots (with supports in), and so, today, the next step was big bouncy trainers, with supports out. Zoots with supports out is the next step. And hopefully, spikes will soon feel great.
It felt a bit strange today, initially, but very good later on. My foot was "free" to have some movement. It's very liberating.
I want to push a 400m on Saturday, starting at precisely 4pm. I don't want to race it, but I want to give 90-95%, and hopefully be well under 69sec, which is what I did last Sunday, without much difficulty, but with a burn near the end.
Also, soon, I want to do 800m in well under 2:30....again, not a race, but a brisk effort.....maybe on Wednesday pm.
If all goes well, I'll race BC Masters 800m on May 24th.
6 miles through the nice local park route. Nice to see everything greening over.
Also got another deep tissue massage at the sports clinic and hot-and-cold soaking and other fun stuff. Doing lots of biking to try to maintain fitness. Racing a half on Sunday at the marathon I was training to do as a full. :( Not sure I should do my backup as a full on May 24, gonna see what shape I'm still in on Sunday.
Seems a good plan to me HR. You were well on target for a sub 3hr marathon prior to your setback.
Skuj, I'm with you on the idea of reducing dependence on supportive footwear. Motion control shoes with orthotics etc is the extreme end of footwear. TPCB's Vibrams are the conservative end (barefoot even more conservative)IMHO. As natural as we can get away with seems most sensible to me.
No run or ride today for me. I felt in need of a day off.
Our pool table was delivered this arvo so we have all been in the shed playing pool. I did take the old dog for a nice walk into the forest.
I have just the spot for a DYRT post run morning drinks.
My favourite place on the planet when I was an 80s backpacker. Walter's Mittaghorn Hotel in the heavenly Swiss alpine village of Gimmelwald. I know a few very interesting runs in the area.
Sorry left field!
OK, my running - it looks like my running days are over. The cartilage damage in my knee appears to be different than first thought and the surgeon is not sure surgery will make any difference. My goal for now is to get back to normal life pain free. Particularly as I love walking, I would hate to lose being able to go for walks and do all the normal stuff with my friends, I'm not willing to jeopardise this by trying to go back to competition. As you can imagine, I didn't take all this very well for a few days (I won't get into that story) but I have decided I can either mope about it and feel worse or be positive and try to get the most pleasure out of life outside of running.
Weirdly, reading stories of people in much worse scenarios than me helped with it.
Anyway, out of all of this, yesterday I walked for 20 mins and without pain - this is the first time since October I've been able to do this, so some positives come even amongst bad.
TC,
from the nooks and crannies of moderated freedom, there seem to be 2 issues to work on.
1) Securing the pain-free walking. Walking 20 minutes can be absolute bliss on a beautiful day. In fact a beautiful day can be absolute bliss. Walking can be absolute bliss. And alternatively healing in mindful repetition.
2) The surgeon "not being sure" about surgery. Implicitly there are investigative margins. Sometimes narrow margins are all we have to work with. And in acknowledgement of mopak, if there's something i've learned in my "10000 hours" of barefoot running, it is to work with a very narrow margin represented by a very thin yet durable rubber sole under my feet.
Sometimes a narrow margin is all we have. And maybe it's better than no margin at all.
today: Villa Pamphili, lunchtime in bloom, everybody just taking it easy before upcoming sunday various races. 5K jog, then a light grassy progression around the "campone" big field, step-by-step with buddy TS... looking forward to diminishing chemo treatments...
mopak, gents, ladies,lets do it. Lets meet up at Walter's.Dates?
mopak wrote:
Walter's Mittaghorn Hotel in the heavenly Swiss alpine village of Gimmelwald. I know a few very interesting runs in the area.