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Ha, ha...point well taken. I guess there's no perfect mouse trap, huh.

Something can be said for using this approach to screen for reasonably intelligent forum discussions. You could argue that If someone doesn't know Washington's first name then that that person might ...

Yes. I've been very satisfied with my Garmin. I've been especially pleased with its accuracy. Or maybe I should say consistency. It's clear that it's not 100% accurate but it is very consistent in ...

I'm not hip to what the spammers are truly capable of but would it be of any help to create a captch that rather than displaying text that you have to re-input instead displayed a simple equation to w ...

The second Half Marathon in the Grand Prix series was run this past Sunday (2-11-07). Though I had intended to run the first race of the series (Manhattan Half Marathon in Central Park) back in Janua ...

Nice job Rickshaw. You're daughter IS adorable. She looks like a future 16:00 5K PR. Now isn't that an interesting way to describe a child's potential.

Not only did you do a great job on that half marathon but you obviously did an excellent job of picking your parents. You appear to have the genetics for running. On the type of training you had I ...

I've got "Running on the Sun" and I agree it's a facinating look at what the Badwater race is all about. If you liked that then you'll definitely enjoy "A Race for the Sole."

Yes, running at night ...

Job well done Rustyboy! That's a nice finishing time on very challenging terrain. I envy you. I can't wait to do my next ultra. After my first 50 (JFK) I was pretty stoked and ready to do another ...

Nice mrbill! So that's how you raise money to pay for your race registration? It's awfully nice of you to pose for pics with some of the customers.

Great job Rustyboy, great RR. Sounds like you had a great "training run." Having done several loong training runs myself I must say that the fact you felt so good throughout the race and were able t ...

Having never done a 100 miler I can't say if 6 weeks is long enough to recover before doing a 50 mile race, but I have read about plenty of people who have done more in even less time so it "seems" hu ...

I'm definitely doing the JFK 50 again next year. It was very well organized and supported and I'm eager to improve my time. I think if I can eliminate the problem I had with the ball of my foot I ca ...

Thanks Rustyboy. I'm not sure about a 100 miler. I plan to do at least one sometime but I think I want to get a few more shorter races in before then. I've read that 50 milers require more physical ...

Well I did it...The JFK 50 Mile race (or jog in my case) is history.

Let me warn you, this is a long race report. I have a penchant for long race reports and since this race was twice as long as a ...

Okay so today was the first of my two rest days before Saturday's race. It was nice to sleep a little later this morning but at work I kept thinking I had to squeeze a run in as soon as I got home. ...

One of my pet peeves is people who run on the wrong side of the road; Right Hand side with vehicular traffic coming up behind them. Most runners "in the know" know that it's safest to run on the Left ...

Way to go!

Sounds like you're doing Yasso 800's (except they're suppose to be closer to 5K pace I think). With the exception of this past season I usually do Yasso 800s on the track in the last s ...

I did what I think will be my last run this morning before Saturday's race. I did an easy 5 mile run and experiemented with the analgesic cream again on my hips. Since it was such a short run it's ...

Okay, so now my sights are clearly set on the JFK 50 Mile next Saturday (11/18). After completing the NYC Marathon on 11/5 I took two days off. Despite the recent rain which always causes lots of st ...

I've taken to using a FuelBelt this year and have a Gel Flask attached to it also. I put about 5 GUs in it and then mix it with water to thin it so that it's easier to get out while I'm running...and ...

This is a bit late but I thought it might be worthwhile to share some of my experience and observations during the 2006 NYC Marathon on November 5th.

I always look forward to the week leading up to ...

I think I'm feeling pretty good. I keep waffling between "why the hell did I sign up for this" and "this is going to be a great adventure." I'm hoping to get two things out of this; one is to hopefu ...

Nice job mrbill! I'm curious to know what you did about nutrition during your race. Did you just rely on the water/gatorade at the aid stations or did you carry any carb/electrolyte supplements wit ...

I'm feeling great for JFK. I felt pretty at the finish line of the the NYC marathon last weekend (3:57, race report to come). I took two days off and then went for an easy 5 miler on Wednesday. On ...

I'm surprised Lance didn't do better. He was quoted as saying that his longest run was 16 miles and that he had troubling putting in the necessary training. All pretty lame excuses from an athlete o ...

Here's another long race report. I hope it's helpful.

I ran the Marine Corps Marathon on 10/29/06. This was to be another “long training” run in preparation for the JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon ...

I apologize for taking so long to post this but I've been pretty busy these past several weeks. Hang in there...this is a long one.

I ran the Mount Desert Island Marathon on 10/1/06 and I have to ...

Thanks Rustyboy, those are some good tips. I'm hoping that the three marathons that I've run this past month (and one more next weekend) will have strengthened me. I ran them all at an easy training ...

Nice job Rustyboy. What sort of pace were you guys doing? I'll be doing the JFK 50 Mile run on 11/18 in Boonsboro, MD. I'm curious to know what sort of training you plan to do for the San Diego End ...

My bib number was 662. You'll notice from the photos that I changed out of my long sleeve shirt and into a short sleeve shirt (around the 15 mile mark) after the sun came out and it started to warm u ...

I gather that the JFK is 'relatively" easy in that the terrain isn't as challenging as most ultras I've read about. A good portion of it goes a long a flat canal path. I've done a lot of long traini ...

Wow, that sounds very exciting Rustyboy. I've never run trails at night but I imagine its a pretty strange experience. I've read reports from some ultrarunners who say the affect of the light from a ...

I too ran the Wineglass Marathon. I managed to meet and get acquainted with Rickshaw and Oldmanrunner during the packet pickup the day before (Saturday). It was a pleasure to meet you guys and put a ...

Nice Job! Based on your split times, especially that last split, and the fact you say you had gas left in the last mile I'd say you have an extremely likely chance of hitting your goal time for the ma ...

Sounds like we could run as a group called "The Pathetic Strider's Club." It'll be great to see you two at the marathon. I'm looking forward to it.

Actually, I don't really have a goal race this ...

Hello everybody. Long time no write.

Sorry I haven't checked-in for a long time but my running suffered this past summer and I didn't have much to chat or brag about. I've found it interesting th ...

Glad to hear your fitting went well. Of the many tips I've heard/read, the one major tip for the bike has been to get fitted by a qualified professional. It can be the best money you'll ever spend o ...

I also bought Mavec wheels last week for my bike, and all I can say is, WOOOOOOW, what a difference. I'm getting fitted tomorrow night at my LBS, so I'm sure I'll be even more efficient for the bike. ...

I was AMAZED at how bouyant I was in my wetsuit - I barely had to kick at all!

Funny you should mention that. During my two open water lake swims (no waves to bounch me around) I felt that my wets ...

Hey it's great to see there is another Tri-geek in the crowd here. Hang in there, if you can get some more practice in the ocean you'll figure out how to work with the waves instead of against them. ...

I agree Rickshaw. Too many variables. I rarely race for PRs. I guess I should say that I "run" most of my races as workouts and don't feel I'm ready to race until the fall. That is, I don't taper ...

Good job Rickshaw and another nice race report I'm very impressed at how well you ran without any visual pacing feedback. My guess is that having the three people out front to reel in helped you pus ...

Once again I headed into Central Park this weekend to run a qualifying race to get my nine required races for guarenteed entry into the 2007 NYC Marathon. And so this time it was the "WABC Father's Da ...

Happy Father's Day back at ya, Terrysquier. Glad to hear you're getting back into training for half marathons. Sounds like you need to do a bit of downhill training. I've found that running down hi ...

Your warm-up sounded pretty good. Sure, you can wear youself out before a 5K if you run really hard for a couple miles. But instead you should be running easy to get the blood flowing and then do s ...

Sorry you didn't hit your ultimate goal, but great job none the less. The season is still early so I'm sure you'll get your sub 20:00 5K shortly.

We've kind of mentioned this before but never di ...

If your one mile PR of 6:26 was in another race than I'll bet your best mile time is closer to (and probably below) 6:00.

The only time I ran a 1 mile race (5th Ave. mile in NYC, Sept. 2001) I ra ...

On the downhill I was flying, bounding over roots and rocks, until wham! I tripped on a root and came down hard, tearing up both hands, my shoulder, and elbow. I was right next to a stream, so I stopp ...

I thought I'd post my official race resuts and race statistics. Any time I can finish in the top 10 percentile overall of a NYRR race (always highly competative) I'm happy.

Sex/ Overall Gender Ag ...

Though the start of a race like that can be a little frustrating I often realize how the slow start probably has a lot to do with how well I do later in the race. I'm almost always able to put in a g ...

Well, it was a great day for racing today; overcast, 62F, no wind. I ran this race last year (47th anniversary) and they made it a 4.7K race (2.9 miles). I was a bit less fit at this time last year ...

I had a great 10K workout last week. After a easy mile warm-up covered the last 5.2 miles with a 7:10 pace and it felt comfortably hard. I've run this pace in a workout before but I've never felt th ...

I'm running in the NYRR Anniversary Run in Central Park. This year's race is 4.8 miles (48 year anniversary of the New York Road Runners club).

I had several hard workouts this week (20 mile bike ...

Great job Richshaw! Way to tough it out. Ahhh...nothing like the pain of success! So what's next on your schedule of events?

I bought the shoes online at Road Runner Sports

Are you a member of RAC or VIP? If so, you are allowed to return your shoes for any reason up to 45 days after you receive them (they used to allow ...

Twice I've pulled tacks out of the bottom of my running shoes (two different pair) and never did it cause a hissing sound.

I agree with OldManRunner. I think you should be able to take them back ...

Yeah, I didn't think it would be an issue, especially since the total drop is spread out over most of the course rather than in the first half or just a few places. Hmmm...I'm leaning...I'm leaning.. ...

I've checked out Marathonguide.com (I always check out Marathonguide.com) and the reviews are what have influenced me to consider this marathon. I haven't read all the review but haven't found any in ...

Sounds like you've already got an insanely full marathon schedule for the fall, though. Why so many so close together? Just because they're all so good and you don't want to miss them even though th ...

Cool. It's nice put a face to the name. I agree with Rickshaw, your form looks great. You've got good knee lift, hands and shoulders look relaxed and "square; your upper body isn't over-rotated (an ...

00Rickshaw and I will be running the Wineglass Marathon in Corning, NY together 10/1, and as always I'll be trying to BQ for the 1st time. But because I'll be 45 next April I've now got a primary goa ...

Way to go OldManRunner! Nice report. Which Apple Blossom 10K was this; apparently there are several around the country.

How did you feel at the finish line? Did you leave anything on the course? ...

Maybe there's not actually that much difference between a plan like Pfitzinger and the kind of training I'm doing now. I'm still doing similar workouts, it's just that I'm not scheduling or tracking t ...

My pre-race warm-up is very inconsistent. The longer the race the less of a warm-up I do...when I do it. My problem is that I tend to get carried away with the crowd excitement and enjoy people watc ...

So are you thinking that by upping the milage can make up for less speed and interval work? You obviously proved you can reach your BQ goal with less mileage. I keep reading comments from the exper ...

I think running trails definitely provides a good training stimulus. Though I wouldn't suggest you do more than half of your weekly runs on trails (unless that's the only surface you'll be racing on) ...

Do you think the change in your bike's saddle height could have really thrown you off so much on the bike? I don't know much about biking. I could imagine it would make a noticeable difference, but no ...

mfox, you're a regularly pharmacy on the run! :-) It's amazing that runners in the "old days" even survived, when you hear about early Boston Marathon runners taking brandy and strychnine during the r ...

This isn't actually a real race, more of a practice duathlon. But I haven't done any race reports in a while so I thought I'd share my experience. I've done seveeral triathlons but this was my first ...

I tried the Clif blocks at the Expo before the Philadelphia Marathon and thought they tasted nasty. So I've never considered tyring them while running.

I use gels during any race of a half maratho ...

I checked around, and there's a fitness club near me that offers adult swim lessons for non-members. There's a basic class that might be right: "This class is geared toward adults who know how to swim ...

I just checked out Virturace.com and it dosn't have a record of a single race for me. That's kind of odd since I've done over 70 (at last count).

How do they get the results? Most of my races h ...

You triathlon guys... I've always thought it would be cool, but I'm such a non-swimmer that it would be tough. In school, I used to get these terrible panic attacks every year when swimming class woul ...

I don't expect to be in peak shape until around October. That's when I'll do the Staten Island Half Marathon and try to improve on my PR. A couple weeks before that I'll try to improve my 5K PR at t ...

I've got a number of different goals for this year.

- Get down under 180lbs. This goal alone should go a long way to help me achieve my other goals.
- I will once again try to qualify for Bosto ...

That makes three of us. My 5K PR is 20:06 on a course with a sizable hill. I'm in no shape to run that fast now but I usually am by the time that race roles around in October.

There are only a ...

"You GO, McGarry!" No, really...YOU GO! Nice job Rustyboy. You ain't so Rusty, huh?

I've noticed that there aren't nearly as many 10K races around her as there are 5K, 5M, and Half Marathon's. ...

That kind of makes sense. Don't the experts say that you should expect to improve your time just by wearing lighter racing flats. And in that case it's only a loss of a few ounces. So I can believ ...

Regular running shorts are loose and flap in the wind. Tri shorts are made of spandex and hug your skin. I'm sure you've seen folks wearing them at races. They wick moisture away just as well as reg ...

Yeah, I've never liked the way I look in a singlet either. Maybe I'm not wearing the right kind. I wore an UnderAmor sleevless skin tight top during my last triathlon last summer and though it not o ...

Nice job RIckshaw! I agree with OldManRunner, you couldn't possibly be in your best 5K race shape after a Marathon only a week ago. I'm impressed you did as well as you did. You beat your VDOT pred ...

Way to go OldManRunner! That sounds like the type of race that sticks with you for a while; one where you replay it over in your mind as you're drifting off to sleep at night. Or am I the only one d ...

I heard about this on the RuncastWeekly podcast earlier in the week and checked it out. I managed to add on of my favorite routes and found it quite easy to do. But, now that I have the Garmin Forer ...

OldManRunner, there are four displays that can each be configured to display 1-4 different values. Of the four displays you can toggle between three of them while running or biking. THe four display ...

Hmmm. I'll have to check that out. I don't visit Runner's World anymore since I stopped subscribing to their rag. Though, I will admit I bought the May issue (and I did read Bricks article in the A ...

My new Garmin Forerunner 205 has become a staple of my running gear. I've found that it has really freed me to run my neighborhood more without worrying about planning my route out ahead of time or m ...

I've always said I admire those people who are in the back of the pack of a marathon and are out there on their feel (running or walking) for 5+ hours. Poor Steve was feeling rotten even before the r ...

Whoa! I think if I were ever closing in on someone at a 4:51 pace it would be as I was making for the side of the road to puke.

[quote="Rickshaw"]Even the running section of my local sports generic megastore is better than this. I won't be back.[/quote

That's really strange. You would think they would have just sent over a ...

Mfox, I wish I'd run a negative split race! First half was 1:38:46, second half was 1:44:07, so it was a 5:21 positive split. Considering the hills in the second half, that's pretty good for me. The ...

However, I had a GREAT run! I felt good the entire way and had a negative-split time of 4:17 (female, age 42). I don't think I would have done any better if I had included an 18 or 20 mile run in t ...

So now the question in my mind, is whether the success of their elites at Boston means anything about whether their beginner-intermediate marathon training plan is any good.

The Hanson's have alrea ...

Great report Richshaw.

You should submit this one to the editors at Marathon and Beyond as a suggestion for their "My Most Unforgettable Marathon (and what I learned from it)" section of their pe ...

If your happy with the group you have and you are able to train "smart" with them then keep it up. But it wouldn't hurt to check out the other local running group. In fact, I suggest your group joi ...

Another congratulations to you both! I monitored you both from teh BAA web site (which was very sluggish and delayed by about 5-10 minutes in reporting split times). It was interesting to see how yo ...

If your stomach flu was bad enough to force you to miss five days I'd be concerned about whether or not you might be dehydrated or malnurished. Taking five days off definitely can have an affect but ...

Hmmm...I don't know if they're as great as they once were. I need to compare more of their prices, but I just got their catalog and see their VIP pricing (10% discount) of the Garmin 205 is MORE than ...

Ahhh...what a charming "Brokeback" moment that would be.

Depending on your flight times, consider a run after you arrive. You'll both be spending a reasonable amount of time in flight (especially Rickshaw) and a run after you get settled in might help get ...