We were in a cowboy bar in Springfield, Oregon after one night during the Olympic Trials, when two cowboys approached them and asked if the twins could come out.
My girlfriend and her sister said they weren't interested and the cowboys got loud and vulgar.
The OP is in Portland.
If you really exist and aren't a troll (I'm an idential twin too) we definitely have to meet up. I will not be vulgar and will buy everyone a beer. I can even give you a free LetsRun.com tshirt.
Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:
We were in a cowboy bar in Springfield, Oregon..
There's your problem. And I think wejo is interested in your GF's sister? :)
3:15 pace is a ~15:58-16:00 5km training pace, which is like 5:07ish per a mile pace...Let's say you go out and run 8 miles, that's quite fast. I suspect you are trolling because most people on letsrun are slow pokes. you'll hit the 5 mile in 25:35, which is a good collegiate time. and then keep going for another 4-5 miles? that's a 51 minute 10 miler, and a 1:06 half marathon....isn't that Weldon's pr in the half marathon? and this guy is doing it in training runs, while weldon has run 28:04 for 10km? this guy must be a 27:15 10km runner, and the best runner in all of Norway, perhaps a top competitor, if he ran in the US. Shouldn't he be running in the Norway trials or something like that, instead of watching the US olympic trials when he lives in Norway?
I'm pretty confused, but i'm pretty sure you're a troll anyways. If you train at 1:06'ish half marathon pace, and you don't do p_ussy runs of 4-6 miles, then I suspect you're lying.
You give me way too much credit. Like I said, I am pretty good in my area. I am trying to break 31 minutes for 10 kilometers but have not raced much this year.
My girlfriend and I are looking to get engaged, so I have been working more than training.
My 3:15-3:45 pace is only on hard days. My usual hard day is 8-10 km @ 3:15-3:45.
Sorry for any confusion.
Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:
You give me way too much credit. Like I said, I am pretty good in my area. I am trying to break 31 minutes for 10 kilometers but have not raced much this year.
My girlfriend and I are looking to get engaged, so I have been working more than training.
My 3:15-3:45 pace is only on hard days. My usual hard day is 8-10 km @ 3:15-3:45.
Sorry for any confusion.
You train at 32 minute 10km pace, then race at 31 min 10 km pace? Jesus...There's your problem right there. Are these threshhold runs, or fartleks, or what. You might be due for some training advice. paging Malmo
Still trying to get there. That's my goal.My training has not been as consistent as I'd like.
I really appreciate all the concern so many have shown about my training. I wish I had this support back home.
I am a cowboy from Lubbock, Texas, and would like to apologize for the rude treatment you got from the other cowboys, Peter. I am a bull rider in rodeos and would like to do some practice riding with you.
Cowboy Thurgood,
Thank you for the apology; it is so unnecessary though. Your name is so funny; you can learn a lot from a person's name.
Random thought:
Grindr for runners, define area, time, pace and distance for your run and hook up with other runners aiming for a similar session
Jorgen,
Great idea. Meeting people on-line makes it so less likely that you will meet someone so Gruff that you wouldn't want to be around them to begin with.
Probably a troll, but here's a few points:
- My daughter says "No, I'm good." when she has to turn down a guy. That avoids implying some sort of shortcoming on the part of the guy.
- The USA runs on FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. The two major candidates for president are running on FUD platforms. Here's a test for when someone tells you to be worried: Is their story based on personal experience or is it something they heard or read?
Just get out and run. Most people are pretty nice once you start talking to them, especially runners.
And if you aren't a troll (but didn't trolls originate in Scandinavian lore?), welcome to the United States. Talk to people while you are here. I hope you enjoy your stay.
1) some of the running shoe stores have group runs in the evening:
http://portlandrunningcompany.com/group-runsevents/
the group runs that originate at the Beaverton store are usually up and down the Fanno Creek trail.
2) portland marathon clinic does long runs on Saturdays at a variety of places around town--this weekend is at Vancouver Lake in Vancouver, Washington
http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc/training/
3) or you could run a race
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:We were in a cowboy bar in Springfield, Oregon..
There's your problem. And I think wejo is interested in your GF's sister? :)
I haven't met her yet so how can I know?. The guy hasn't emailed me.
I'm in downtown Portland as I type. Doing the brewery thing so no running today as it is my birthday.
wejo wrote:
txRUNNERgirl wrote:There's your problem. And I think wejo is interested in your GF's sister? :)
I haven't met her yet so how can I know?. The guy hasn't emailed me.
I'm in downtown Portland as I type. Doing the brewery thing so no running today as it is my birthday.
I think it's a troll.
Enjoy the beer. We have lots of it. Happy Birthday!
If you're still in town Wednesday, nikeman and I are going to OMSI After Dark: Go For the Gold. It's a 21 and over museum event (beer involved) and the theme for this one is athletics and physiology.
https://www.omsi.edu/calendar?keywords%5B%5D=351That sounds so good. We might try to make that.
Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:
That sounds so good. We might try to make that.
You seem like a phony. Rojo or Wejo has made several entreaties to you offering to meet up and have a beer or go for a run. He has asked several times for you to email him but you never have. Get out you phony!
Hard Loper wrote:
Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:That sounds so good. We might try to make that.
You seem like a phony. Rojo or Wejo has made several entreaties to you offering to meet up and have a beer or go for a run. He has asked several times for you to email him but you never have. Get out you phony!
Yeah. Plus I was inviting wejo to the OMSI thing, but if I see twin Norwegian supermodels there, you'll prove me wrong.
Thank you all for your responses.
As some of you knew or figured out, I am a troll, and this was my first effort at trolling.
A few observations:
1. Trolling comes in two forms (just like the definition)
a. Just throwing a line in the water and let out the line slowly and see what you land.
b. The under the bridge kind of troll who is ugly and obvious.
2. When trying to decide if someone is a troll look for the clues. I honestly thought my name Peter Absjornsen should have been a quick giveaway. Congrats to Jorgen Moe who figured that one out.
3. LRC people are mostly good and helpful. I really felt bad catfishing good folks like Wejo and TxRunnerGirl. This is why I am offering this as my apology. Having never trolled before, I don't think that is of the typical troll protocol.
4. People on LRC love anything tinged with sex. I purposely tried to keep this thread as PG as possible. I liked how TXRG assumed my gf and her sister were beautiful. Sometimes a troll can let his readers add to the story w/o much help.
5. I loved how folks used my training pace as the determinant of my trolling, but were quickly back on the line by my humble apologies.
6. Anyway thanks for indulging; now go out and read The Billy Goats Gruff by my namesake.
Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:
Thank you all for your responses.
As some of you knew or figured out, I am a troll, and this was my first effort at trolling.
A few observations:
1. Trolling comes in two forms (just like the definition)
a. Just throwing a line in the water and let out the line slowly and see what you land.
b. The under the bridge kind of troll who is ugly and obvious.
2. When trying to decide if someone is a troll look for the clues. I honestly thought my name Peter Absjornsen should have been a quick giveaway. Congrats to Jorgen Moe who figured that one out.
3. LRC people are mostly good and helpful. I really felt bad catfishing good folks like Wejo and TxRunnerGirl. This is why I am offering this as my apology. Having never trolled before, I don't think that is of the typical troll protocol.
4. People on LRC love anything tinged with sex. I purposely tried to keep this thread as PG as possible. I liked how TXRG assumed my gf and her sister were beautiful. Sometimes a troll can let his readers add to the story w/o much help.
5. I loved how folks used my training pace as the determinant of my trolling, but were quickly back on the line by my humble apologies.
6. Anyway thanks for indulging; now go out and read The Billy Goats Gruff by my namesake.
As quite evident by this thread, LetsRun people are not the most well read despite what many claim here. Your name looked dutch to us (or another weird language) so we assumed it was legit. Give you a 8/10 on your first trolling attempt. Pretty well done. We are still waiting for pics on the two hotties.