Henry Rono training for masters mile record. PART II

Henry,

Do not get discouraged by a few on this board. I have been following this thread since day one and want to see you succeed in your dream of the Mile Record. Just keep doing what you're doing but please be serious about the weight loss part. When is the last time you have have had a check up? Have you ever had your Thyroid tested. A co-worker of mine started gaining weight fairly rapidly. It turned out that his Thyroid had shut down leaving him with very little metabolism.

Henry Rono wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

Sounds like a good deal for the race directors. In other sports, you'd pay a lot more for a legend to show up, and he probably wouldn't be willing to do anything more than sign some autographs and wave to the crowd.

But I think that Henry is perfectly sincere in his "comeback" effort.

Why there are some doubts on my comeback?

Can you give me some reasonable answers?

Do they want me to get in shape by the next day?

Can they wait? I told you it is coming,please don't close doors on me, I'm out there coming home.

Henry

Henry

Henry the first rule of the internet is: DO NOt FEED THE TROLLS.

Here is Kreepy Karl the stalker. Ignore him.

No troll here. Facts are facts.

I'm just laughing at the lemmings ;)

Kreepy Karl Kaufman. Walnut Hills HS, Cincinnati, OH.

Look at his myspace account. All you need to know.

Kreepy Karl Kaufman. Walnut Hills HS, Cincinnati, OH.

Look at his myspace account. All you need to know.

Legends amoung us wrote:

Kreepy Karl Kaufman. Walnut Hills HS, Cincinnati, OH.

Look at his myspace account. All you need to know.

Hmm. Ok, lets look at it.

Successful business owner.

Successful coaching record.

Impressive girlfriend.

All you need to know.

You're looking a bit green Legends ;)

Henry Rono wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

Sounds like a good deal for the race directors. In other sports, you'd pay a lot more for a legend to show up, and he probably wouldn't be willing to do anything more than sign some autographs and wave to the crowd.

But I think that Henry is perfectly sincere in his "comeback" effort.

Why there are some doubts on my comeback?

Can you give me some reasonable answers?

Do they want me to get in shape by the next day?

Can they wait? I told you it is coming,please don't close doors on me, I'm out there coming home.

Henry

Henry

Henry, the first rule of the internet. Don not feed the trolls.

Laughing at Lemmings is Karl Kaufman, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinatti OH.

I'm not sure what my identity has to with subject at hand. But if it makes you feel better ok. Regardless, the facts are what they are, and people on here are starting to realize that.

It's good to know you read the T&FN board also Legends, and gives me a pretty good idea who you are, which explains a lot ;).

I understand that Karl Kaufman ("Laughing at Lemmings") was also "sprintguru," the guy who falsely accused Henry of being a fraud last month. What a dope.

Henry, just ignore that guy.

Avocado's Number wrote:

I understand that Karl Kaufman ("Laughing at Lemmings") was also "sprintguru," the guy who falsely accused Henry of being a fraud last month. What a dope.

Henry, just ignore that guy.

That, of course, was due to a misunderstanding by me caused by a misstatement of Rono's. He apologized and we moved on.

Regardless, that has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.

"Sprintguru" he calls himself? LOL

Karl Kauffman wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

I understand that Karl Kaufman ("Laughing at Lemmings") was also "sprintguru," the guy who falsely accused Henry of being a fraud last month. What a dope.

Henry, just ignore that guy.

That, of course, was due to a misunderstanding by me caused by a misstatement of Rono's. He apologized and we moved on.

Regardless, that has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.

Let's just let the next 2-3 months progess, it will play itself out, one way or the other.

let time tell the 'story' wrote:

Let's just let the next 2-3 months progess, it will play itself out, one way or the other.

Agreed.

Karl Kauffman wrote:

That, of course, was due to a misunderstanding by me caused by a misstatement of Rono's. He apologized and we moved on.

Regardless, that has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.

You had no reasonable grounds to accuse Henry of being a fraud. It speaks volumes that Henry was the one who apologized, and you never did.

Henry demonstrated character and grace. You demonstrated a propensity to defame Henry without evidence. That's entirely relevant to your latest accusations against Henry. You really should just leave this thread.

Explain to me how I have defamed him? I have simply stated FACT. Everything, from his weight status, to his financial gains due to his "record chase", are facts. Now, people will draw their own conclusions about whether or not Rono is serious about this pursuit. I personally, looking at his self-stated training and weight, am dubious. But as stated above let's see where he's at in a few months. If he's running a 4:39 mile in 6 months I'll be the first to congratulate him, and applaud the effort.

But as mentioned, he has a lot of work to do. The last month he's pretty much just been treading water, even after his self-proclaimed awakening to his weight issue. I'm still astounded the man can run 2 hours a day and lose just 2 pounds in a month.

Anyway, I know some of you guys will seek to distract from the point by attacking me. That's fine. I'm a big boy ;)

laughing at the lemmings wrote:

Are you guys really falling for this? Rono's supposedly running at least 2 hours a day, just about every day, along with a bit of cross-training, and has lost a grand total of 2 pounds in the last month since the Cincinnati race. That's not to mention his training load over the last six months that has yielded a total weight loss of 20-25 pounds, and yet still hasn't gotten him injured. Man oh man.

Slow progress is still progress. He's lost closer to about 30 lbs (around or just under 210 to 177 lbs) in, what, half a year? That's sounds pretty good to me. Think about running into friends you might not have seen in half a year. If they are 30 lbs lighter the next time you see them, that would seem like a pretty drastic change in a relatively short time frame. In that same time frame I went from about 159 to 154 and back to about 159, or about 10 lbs over my last OK race weight (and 15-20 lbs over my PR race weight). How much do I suck in comparison?

I see that having this thread around is a great motivator for Henry. But for (some) readers of this thread, seeing this thread every day is a little like waiting for the movie or main event to start... you want to see some action, NOW. Progress is rarely so direct and fast in the real world for any of us in any of our endeavors. As long as Henry is consistantly losing weight and not yo-yo-ing, he is making progress. Stop being so impatient (to the point of being an @ss about it, at least)... that's Henry's job. Keep it going, Henry!

Karl Kauffman wrote:

I'm still astounded the man can run 2 hours a day and lose just 2 pounds in a month.

I've probably averaged 2 hours a day of running, skiing, or cycling, or other training since high school and I've gone from about 145 lbs "normal" weight from 1993 to 2000 to 150 lbs from about 2000 to 2003, to high 150s lbs this year while still doing about 2 hours a day. What can I say, I like to eat.

yes, losing weight can be a tough thing to do, mentally, no doubt about it; however; once you set your mind to it and have it 'locked in', the pounds start melting off. I dropped 20 lbs 2 years ago in a little less than a month; and I sure wasn't running an hour and a 1/2 a day. (i was riding an exercycle for 30 minutes a day). I stuck to eating only chicken, fish, salad and some vegetables daily, with lots of water and tea and .... NO cheating. I am 52 years old.

no, it shouldn't be taking Henry this long to lose any appreciable weight over the last few months if he was 'truly committed'. Let's hope with the turn of the new year, 2007, he realizes that it's time to truly commit to this piece of the puzzle, if he is to realize his goals 4-6 months from now.

We all wish him the best and want to see it happen!

Karl Kauffman wrote:

That, of course, was due to a misunderstanding by me caused by a misstatement of Rono's. He apologized and we moved on.

Regardless, that has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.

So it's Henry Rono who needs to apologize? No. You're the one making false accusations that Henry is fraud.

You're a jerk.

Avocado's Number wrote:You had no reasonable grounds to accuse Henry of being a fraud. It speaks volumes that Henry was the one who apologized, and you never did.

Henry demonstrated character and grace. You demonstrated a propensity to defame Henry without evidence. That's entirely relevant to your latest accusations against Henry. You really should just leave this thread.