tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23483223890164644962024-02-19T10:34:58.212-05:00Weekend Warrior Workouts and Other NonsenseOne man's journey to get fit while sitting at a desk for 10 hrs a day.JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-9272018449366999952016-03-27T20:19:00.002-04:002016-03-27T20:19:43.487-04:00Ashland 1/2 Marathon Race Recap <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Some days you wake up and you feel great and think you can conquer the world. March 19, the day of the Ashland Half Marathon was not one of those days for me. I woke and felt lousy. The Boss had to work because it was a Saturday and tax season doesn't take days off for races so I had to head to the race solo. The night before I had a 3 mile shakeout run to keep the legs loose <br />
and didn't feel too great. Everything was sore and stiff, my back, my legs, pretty much my entire body. I pretty much chalked it up to pre race jitters as I Frankenstein'd my way around the neighborhood. I got out of bed about a half hour earlier than planned thanks to this guy.<br />
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I made myself my usual smoothie for breakfast and headed out, really feeling kind of BLAH.<br />
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I got to the race, grabbed my number and chatted with a couple folks in line to use the porta potty. I headed back to my car and told myself over and over again that once I got moving, I would relax, find my stride and it would be all good. At the same time I had a lot of doubt that I would get close to my half marathon PR of just over 1:50. I have run this course maybe 4 or 5 times now and it is a hilly course. I had run the same course last October and ran about a 1:55.</div>
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I got out of the car and ran about a mile for a warmup. I have definitely found that running warmups before races has helped me get my head right. ***Please keep in mind that when I talk races, I am not fast enough to win(at least not right now ;), I am really racing against myself.***</div>
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We lined up at the start and off we went. At the mile 1 marker I looked at my watch and saw that the pace I had run was much slower than I wanted it to be and it was then that I decided to not look at my watch again and just run base on feel. It took me about 4miles to finally get into a groove that felt like I had run before. At mile 5 I grabbed a drink of water. At mile 6 I ran into a guy I had run with back in the October race. Nice guy. I think he recognized my beard. I didn't recognize him because he had a mohawk back in October(his kids idea) and now his hair had grown back in. We chatted a bit and I took off to the next water stop and had a Gu and some water.</div>
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At mile 10, there is a short, steep hill that everyone hates. I had decided that if I started running up it felt my self slowing down too much I'd just walk it. I knew the last 3 miles were a couple rolling hills and a nice slow downhill at the end that would allow me to pick up my pace a bit. I figured the energy I would expend trying to run up the hill wasn't worth the small difference in time I would have saved since I would have blown out my legs and might not have had anything left for the remainder of the race. I might have been wrong but it felt right at the time.</div>
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I felt like I cruised through the last couple miles, passing some folks along the way, exchanging words of encouragement. Since I am a little heavier(180lbs) and shorter (5'7) than a lot of runners, I always try to push hard on the down hills. I consider it my gravitational advantage over some of the lighter runners out there, and this race ends with a low slow decline so I feel like it's right up my alley. (Skip to the 1:40 mark in this video)</div>
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I got to the finish and was shocked to look at the clock and see a time of 1:46:08! A new PR! I couldn't believe it. For a day that started out a little rough, it finished better than I expected. I guess at some point I need to just get out of my own head, and let all the training I have done take over. Some days you are gonna have it, and some days you aren't and apparently some days you are going to feel like you don't have it and if you push through things will turn in your favor! </div>
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I want to give a shoutout to the organizers of the race. The course is always well marked and the food at the after party(no beer, but that's ok) is always really good. The atmosphere is great and all the volunteers and racers are super friendly and that's really what it's all about! Kudos to all the other runners out there crushing it! Happy running! Next post will be a little different as I will talk a little bit about why I run. </div>
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Yikes! It's been about four weeks since my last post. Falling behind already.<br />
I guess I'll get right to it to get caught up. The last post I wrote was right before a 10 mile race I was running. I was hoping for a PR. My previous best time at the 10 mile distance was 1:31:00 from 2015. Granted that was my only previous race at the distance, I wasn't exactly sure how it was going to go. As luck would have it, it turned out to be a nice day and I was able to push hard consistently throughout the race. I finished with a new PR of 1:19:21, about 12 minutes off of last year's time. My goal was to run a 1:20:00 so I was very pleased with the results!<br />
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Here is a pic from the finish. One of the better pics of me running, since I usually look like I am taking the last breath I'll ever take.<br />
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Here is a pic from the 5 miler a couple weeks earlier. Looking a little rough in this one!</div>
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Shortly after the 10 miler, my buddy Mac and I headed to Vegas to see Iron Maiden play. I'll leave you with some pics from that awesome weekend(that I am still recovering from)!</div>
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Last week I wrote that in 2016 I wanted to set some new PR's and listed my current PR's. My first opportunity to take care of business came on Sunday, 2/7/2016. The Boss and I headed in town for the Super Sunday 5 Miler in Cambridge.<br />
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I looked at my list and saw that my 5 mile PR was 37:30 and thought to myself, "Crap, that seems kind of fast." I have been running a lot lately, following my coaches training plans mixing up long runs and speed work and hitting the gym. I've dropped some weight lately, cleaned up my diet a little in the hopes that helps me pick up a little speed. I figure if I'm dragging 177lbs around instead of 187lbs, I should move a little faster :)</div>
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We got to the race and it was pretty chilly out. Not a surprise for an early February race but we have been getting unseasonably warm weather around here. My coach Chris Vargo (<a href="http://www.vargorunning.com/">www.vargorunning.com</a>) had set my day up for me. When I first signed up to run I had asked him if I should run it as a training run or go out and run it hard. He told me to run it hard so here we are. I had a 2 mile warm up with a couple strides prior to the race, then the 5 miler, and then a real easy 2 mile cool down after. I saw the mileage and thought "2 mile warm up?! I never ran warm ups at all until I had a coach." Coach knows best. That's why he is a coach. Off to warm up I went. Finally race time came up, and we were off. I knew I would have to really push my pace and thanks to the warm up I was able to start of quick right off the line. The course was a pretty flat straight course and that helped me keep a consistent. </div>
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Around 2 miles I passed a guy who was nice enough to say nice job to me which was followed by "but more importantly, great beard!" That made me laugh a little as I huffed and puffed and kept moving. Around mile 3and 1/2 I started to feel the pace wearing me down I felt like I was starting to slow down but I decided to just try to run through it. Only a little over a mile to go.</div>
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I figured there was no way I was going to make it. I made it to the finish and didn't see the clock. I stopped my watch, grabbed 2 bottles of water and took off for my 2 mile cool down. It was a bit of a walk/run since my legs felt like junk. It wasn't until I caught up with The Boss that I finally looked at my watch and realized I had PR's the race! 37:23 is my new PR. The old was 37:30. I was pretty surprised considering I felt like I had slowed down considerably near the end. After that, I figured it was time to celebrate.</div>
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Up next is the Old Fashioned Ten Miler. My current PR for the 10 mile distance is 1:31:37.</div>
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Oh yeah, on a side note, last Tuesday I got to meet this guy. WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan!</div>
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JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-1545549376032532202016-02-06T21:49:00.000-05:002016-02-06T21:49:24.073-05:00Where Have I Been and Where Will I Go In 2016 -- The Year of the Goal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I came out to this site a few weeks and was shocked to see that I hadn't posted anything since 2013. I was talking to a friend when I first tried this Blog thing and he had told me, "Keep them short or you will burn yourself out" and he was right. One of my goals for 2016 is to start this back up and make it a weekly thing. Read if you want, let me know if you enjoy the posts and comment if you don't. I am all for constructive criticism.<br />
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*Since this is the first post in a couple years it will be long winded. The next post will be shorter. I promise!<br />
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I have to imagine there are plenty of people out there that I am friends with on Facebook and Twitter that are sick of seeing posts about my runs and that's fine. I get it. The reason I post is because I find other people's inspirational, and if a post of mine inspires one person to go out and try something new and get physically active, then that makes me happy.<br />
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2015 was an interesting year for me. In January my dad passed away. I feel like he had been struggling with his health forever. From a heart attack in his early 40's to a bypass in his 50's to dialysis and a kidney transplant and his eventual passing in his 60's. I saw my dad go through all of this and at some point I decided that I would not fall into the trap that so many of us 9 to 5(really more like 8 to 5) folks do and sit on my ass all day and then go home from work and sit on my ass some more. It all seems kind of standard for people that work in an office job. After 20 years of sitting at a desk, your body changes shape, you gain weight, some of us become follically challenged. Some things you can control and some you can't. I decided to control what I could. That's a big part of why I run and why I workout.<br />
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In March I lost a friend of mine named Norman. Norman was an awesome guy who had a profoundly positive impact on the people he met through his work and his everyday life. I don't think there is a day that goes by that he doesn't pop into my head because we had so many conversations about so many different things. I miss him a ton and it hurt so much to lose him and my dad last year.<br />
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In April I ran my first ultra. An ultra is any running race longer than a marathon. The Boss and I ran our first marathon in November of 2014 so I figured I would piggyback the ultra. I ran the TARC Spring 50K(roughly 31 miles). I use the term ran loosely since it took me almost 7 hours to complete. Throughout the race, when I felt tired and sore and wanted to stop, I could almost hear my dad and Norman urging me on, and busting my balls about why someone would ever run for that long. I also had my wife(The Boss), my sister and my buddy BJ at the race to cheer me on which helped keep me going.<br />
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After the ultra I kind of lost a little something. I was not sure what it was. A lack of focus, a lack of motivation, maybe an overload of sadness once the training was done? Whatever it was really sucked. The Boss and I ran the Mayflower Brewery 1/2 Marathon in July and that race just sucked the life out of me. I had still been running a lot but I just felt like I had nothing left in the tank and really felt awful after the race. I felt like I needed a change.<br />
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So... I hired a coach! I figured why not. I love to run, I wanted to get faster and at the time I was slowing down. I messaged Chris Vargo on FB, exchanged some emails and the next thing you know, he is writing up training plans for me and giving me tips about racing and training. I ran three 1/2 marathons at the end of the year and I had picked up enough speed to set a new PR. I felt like having someone helping me out with training and setting race goals reinvigorated me.<br />
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2016 Running Goals<br />
My goal is pretty simple I guess. Set some new PR's.<br />
Here is a list of my current PR's pulled off of www.athlinks.com<br />
I am running the TARC Spring 50K again this April so I am confident I will be able to finish faster than last year. I am also running another marathon in May and I am hoping to knock a good chunk of time off of my first one. The Boss and I are running a 5 miler this Sunday and the course is flat and fast so it will be my first shot at that one. We'll see how that goes. The PR is from 2008 when I was "young" and "fast".<br />
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Thanks for reading! I'll talk to you next week!<br />
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JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-69527015640085653692013-09-17T23:23:00.000-04:002013-09-17T23:23:04.274-04:00Back on the Race Circuit Over the past couple of months, due to my recent injury/surgery, I have missed a lot of races that I had already signed up for. Missed the Finish on the Fifty 10k in Foxboro on July 3rd. Love that race because you get to finish on the fifty yard line where the Patriots play. Missed the Hingham 4 miler on July 4th. This is a really fun race because there are so many people that I know that run it. Then we all get together afterwards for a cookout and some drinks, a perk of all the running! I missed some triathlons and got relegated to photographer for the boss.<br />
This Sunday, after a week of short runs to get back in the groove of running, I ran in the Cochrane 5k in Quincy. Another race the boss and I have done several times. I originally going to do he 10k but since the longest run I had done the week before was 3 miles, I decided the smart move was to just do the 5k instead of overdoing it and risking injury. I know I know, that's not very runnery of me but I'm getting old and injury recovery time can be a killer. I decided, run the shorty, pace myself, and just enjoy the run. <br />
I have a couple tricks I use to pace myself. 1. Starting position. Normally, if I were healthy, I'd start close to the front. Instead, knowing I need to take it easy, I started in the middle/back of the pack. It's a good way to slow yourself down if you have the patience for it. I mixed in with the 10minute per mile runners. Jog at the start, first 1/2 mile was uphill so it thinned the crowd out a bit. Ran passed the usual group of kids that started too far to the front and are now running 5 wide up the street. Runners will know the kids I'm talking about. They are at every race ;) around mile 1 I ran into my buddy John whom I've known for around 15 years and recently reconnected with through work. Jogged easy with him and chatted for a bit. Took off from John to pass his wife Vera a little further up the road running a a quick and steady pace. This leads to trick 2. Wear my Garmin. I always know my pace. Sometimes when running, I just feel so good that the pace escapes me and when coming back from an injury, that's not necessarily a good thing. Knowing my pace helps me reign myself in. 3. Head games. I feel like I have been running long enough that I can adjust my mentality. I mentally told myself that I needed to run my race, my pace and kept repeating that in my head. These three tricks worked for me and I had a great time running and enjoying the race as I went.<br />
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1/2 marathon on a nice 90degree day!</div>
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More Bling!</div>
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Biofuel Dusty Bowl Championship Cup!</div>
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Post race crew in Quincy, Mike B, Jackye C, Robo Cop, Kauren Q, the Boss, and me </div>
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Batman and Minnie Mouse, the Snuggies!</div>
JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-4776572037148312412013-09-02T22:33:00.001-04:002013-09-02T22:33:41.242-04:00Back in the saddle I figured it's been about a year since the last time I posted and now would be a good time to start my weekend Warrior blog back up.<br />
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You see, it was about a year ago I ended up with another foot injury that put me on the shelf for a couple months. I had a pain in my foot that was pretty painful. Painful to the point that when I ran the Providence Rock N Roll 1/2 marathon, I thought maybe that'd be my last race. Headed to the doctors and found out I have a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton's_neuroma" target="_blank">Morton's neuroma</a>. This was 8/19 of 2012. Luckily, 3 cortisone shots, a good pair of orthotics, a bunch of tape, constant use of my ultrasound machine, and taking time off from running until January allowed me to get back at it in 2013. I had a pretty good 2013. Got my weight down from 200+ to 185 and got my race pace close to where it was back in 2008 when I first discovered what plantar fasciitis felt like. <br />
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Below is a list of races and results from most of what the 'Boss' and I have done this year. I just pulled this off <a href="http://athlinks.com/" target="_blank">Athlinks.com</a> Some are missing Like the Cape Cod Ragnar and the Wasatch Back Ragnar(overnight relays), which BTW are a ton of fun. Unfortunately along the way I managed to run into another injury requiring some time off. On 8/5 I had hernia surgery to take care of something that had been bothering me for a while and needed to recover. Whelp last week I finally made it back to the gym after about a 2 month layoff and it felt great to be back, despite the fact that it's like starting over from the beginning. This Saturday, I made it out onto my mountain bike for the first time in over a month. An easy 6 miles on the vanilla triangle in the blue hills. Today I actually got out for a short 2 mile run and felt pretty good. I really didn't know what to expect but all in all I'd say it went well.<br />
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Anyway, since it feels like I am starting over again, I figured I'd knock the dust off this little blog thing I started a couple years ago. Hopefully I'll get back in the groove and have consistent updates with pics and posts about different races, mountain biking, working out and the people and places that make it all work. Thanks for reading and stay active!<br />
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JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-49648636147346110922012-05-09T21:45:00.001-04:002012-05-09T21:45:26.712-04:00More Weekend Races... Oh yeah and there was Zombies!!<div class="quote-text">
You know what a cubicle basically says? It basically says, like, 'You know what? We don't think you're smart enough for an office, but we don't want you to look at anybody.' -- Bill Burr</div>
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Hello hello. Lets get right into it. I have been trying to get out and do some running/training over the last couple of weeks now that race season is here, or as i call it... season of survival. Due to my current lack of physical fitness and my state of physical fatness, running has been a bit of a chore. The extra pounds have started to take their toll on my legs as I run. Regardless, the best way for me to drop the weigth is to suck it up and get out there and pound the pavement, which is apprpriate since I run with the old foot stomp technique! Mixed in over the past couple weeks have been some great workouts with my buddy Demacishaw(thanks pal) as well as some good solo workouts.</div>
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3 weeks ago, Saturday 4/22 we ran Doyle's Run. It's a nice up and down 5 mile race in Jamaica Plain that starts in the park near the hospital and ends at Doyle's Bar. I felt ok, slow but ran the whole thing, no stopping, minimal foot pain. Overall good times! Met up with my buddy Paul g. for a couple free beers after the race and celebrated!</div>
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The week after we ran a marathon relay. Don't get too excited. this was just a 26.2 mile race split into 6 legs. It was a great time with great folks. I was the anchor, not the last leg, just the slowpoke of the group!</div>
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Here are some pics from the race.</div>
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Here is most of the crew. Jowderballs, D. Walsh, Scavdawg, ShawnoMac, and the Italian Smooth Criminal!</div>
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Same crew, just a little stupider :)</div>
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This one includes The Boss, Mrs. Jowderballs.</div>
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D Walsh, finishing her leg, looking strong to start us off.</div>
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The Smooth Criminal taking off at a blistering pace(the pic doesn't do it credit)!</div>
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Jowderballs rumblin' bumblin' and stumblin out of the gate... </div>
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And just happy to be almost done as i show a slow mving truuck who owns this effing road!</div>
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Off is Joe, hauling ass...</div>
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And flying across the finish line!</div>
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Yup, the great white monkey!</div>
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The Boss giving the thumbs up as she motors in.</div>
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ShawnoMac cruising in to finish th race for us with a strong last leg.</div>
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Final time 3:20:26. Good enough for 10th place out of 48!</div>
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A great time was had by all and we finished it off with some free beers(and some not so free) and some good food!</div>
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Finally, this weekend we did the Run For Your Life race in Amesbury MA.http://runforyourlives.com/</div>
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This race was so much fun! Me, a couple buddies from work and one of those guys friend ran it and enjoyed everything about it. They stuck us all in corrals before we took off. The corrals were labeled "Appetizer" for the fast people, "Entree" for the medium paced runners, and "Dessert" for the slowbies.</div>
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The military had us locked in the dark until it was go time and then we were off!!</div>
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Off to the left in the do-rag and flannel is my buddy J. Keating. Behind him to the left is yours truly, Jowderballs. </div>
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To the right, half out of the picture is JaySil, Jowderballs, the fat guy trucking up the hill in the middle, and Jeffery, all of us exhausted straight out of the gate, running up... </div>
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this giant effing hill!!! The Pic doesn't really do it justice. It was basically a hill, covered with lots of small hills, made of deep ass mud. Unfortunately, the bystanders which consisted of The Boss, JaySil's girl, Jeffery's wife and a couple of their frioends were only able to see the beginning and the end(pics below) of the race. In between there was a ton of mud, lots of zombies, some slow, some fast, some willing to chase you for a mile and some that just let you run on by. We saw them all. We all took some pretty good spills, surprisingly, I might have been the least injured of the 4 of us, and if you have seen previous posts, that's saying something!</div>
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Last challenge was to crawl under this fence thing. Yeah, by the way, it's electrified. I didn't know that until I felt someone punch me in the back. that feeling was me getting zapped! Good times! </div>
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Jeffery crawling along...</div>
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Jay just about to cross the finish line!</div>
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The RFYL medal we all got!</div>
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Here's a couple "before" pics, nice clean crew.</div>
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NIce post race pic. We had 2 survivors and 2 that didn't make it, but dammit, we had FUN!!! Below are some of the sights and scenery at the race!</div>
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The Boss is not impressed with this clowning around!</div>
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Don't ask, I didn't take her picture and I don't know who she is, all I know is she has a necklace made of zombie ears, and that makes her pretty cool in my book!</div>
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Oh, and here's a video another buddy filmed of the race. If it doesn't just pop up with a click, cut and paste into your browser. And have the volume on... its a real thriller!</div>
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That's all I have for now. This weekend we are running the Ragnar relay down the Cape. Check out their link and I'll see you next time, hopefully with some cool pics! <a href="http://www.ragnarrelay.com/">http://www.ragnarrelay.com/</a></div>
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Hello hello! It has been forever so I will not bore you with my usual long winded rants. Below is a pictoral review of the end of 2011 and the begining of 2012.<br />
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December 2011 - Ran a couple holiday races<br />
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OK, I'll start off with a big hello to everyone and an apology for taking a month to get a post out here. So what's been going on? I had a pretty kickass mountain bike ride with my boy Demacishaw, out by his place. Took us forever to get through the trails because of all the trees that were downed in a storm about a wek before the ride. It was prime conditions for slipping and sliding since it was cold, wet, and everything was covered by leaves. I had a nice crash riding up a steep hill. Funny how my worst crashes are always uphill. Anyways, back tire slipped out and I basically started to go backwards then fell over and bashed my right knee. That was fantastic! Got up and shook it off then finished the ride but that hurt like hell!<br />
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I've also done a couple of "holiday" runs with some friends. There are a couple pics below. These kinds of races are the best because you get a goup together, go out early on a Sunday morning and run a race (so you feel like you did some kind of workout) and then just hang around a local bar and have a couple drinks. And I have to tell you, there is no better buzz than the one you get after running a race and having 3 beers immediately after! good times. Anyway, here are the pics:<br />
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</div> Last thing I want to mention is New Year's resolutions. All right, now I know a lot of people think resolutions are dumb so instead of resolutions, I came up with some goals for myself. Here are a couple of my goals(not resolutions). <br />
Drop about 25 - 30 lbs. I was between 170 and 175 a couple years ago and injury, poor eating habits and just plain old lazines let it get away from me. weighing it at 200lbs today strats me off at a nice round number, no pun intended!<br />
Get some more consistency with my workouts. Lately it's been 2 days a week and 1 run, usually a race. I'd like to getb back to 3 days a week and waaaay more cardio.<br />
Eat better. If I am going to drop the weight I want, and get the exercising in that I want, I need to clean up my diet so I don't feel so blah in the morning. At least I hope that helps since I struggle to get my ass out of bed at 4:45 to go to the gym.<br />
Oh yeah, and go to bed early, again, so I can actually get out of bed in the morning.<br />
I will be getting a helmet cam soon for my bike so I want to post some vids of my rides to this blog.<br />
A few bigger goals, are to recover from my plantar fasciatis(and learn how to spell plantar fasciatis),<br />
complete a couple half marathons, get my running speeds back to when I used to run 7 minute miles, maybe do a couple sprint triathlons, and other assorted races and events.<br />
Well that's all for now, have a great and happy new year, talk to you soon!<br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> I know it has been a while since my last post. my apologies to those of you kind enoough to check out my little blog. It has been busy lately, not just my lazy tendencies, that have kept me from posting. I have ridden several times since the last post, today I was down in Taunton at Massasoit State Park with Little T and a couple friends of hers. It was a good time as usual, unseasonably warm as it was 65 degrees out(pretty sure it's November 20th- just saying). Yesterday I ran a Best Budies 5k and it was 40 degress out, cool and windy. Great race, great cause(<a href="http://www.bestbuddiesmassachusetts.org/site/c.mwL1KkN4LvH/b.1379317/k.3F6F/WE_ARE_BEST_BUDDIES8482.htm">http://www.bestbuddiesmassachusetts.org/site/c.mwL1KkN4LvH/b.1379317/k.3F6F/WE_ARE_BEST_BUDDIES8482.htm</a>)</span></span><br />
<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">glad to take part in it. </span></span><br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Last weekend was one of my best friends birthday. My wife managed to get a couple great tix to the Bruins-Sabres game on Saturday night. We headed in town early, grabbed a few beers and a small bite to eat and enjoyed the hell out of ourselves at the B's game in celebration of DeMacishaw's big day, or as he calls it, "the most important day of the year!" Great times with great company, pretty sure we have never gone out and not had a good time!</span></span><br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Like I said, been riding and running. The runs are killing me with mypantar fasciatis continuosly acting up after every run. Maybe someday I will be able to just replace my left foot all together!</span></span><br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The riding has also been great fun. Just had the bottom bracket on my bike replaced by my buddy Jeffery G. What a difference, pedaling was nice and smooth! BTW -- My buddy Jimmy who went into cardiac arrest a couple weeks ago and was saved by my riding partner Little t is home from the hospital after his triple bypass and recovering nicely! Chhers to you Jimmy! </span></span><br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Below are some pics from the last couple of weeks.</span></span><br />
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And now I leave you with a little ditty I love from one of my favorite all time bands Anthrax! Take a second to check it out!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7iNHw8QoQ&ob=av2e">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7iNHw8QoQ&ob=av2e</a><br />
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</div>JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-21230223829813439532011-11-07T21:54:00.000-05:002011-11-07T21:54:52.558-05:00"I couldn't wait for success.......so I went ahead without it." -- Jonathan Winters<br />
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I have been neglecting my duties as a blogger. I wish I could blame the circumstances of this past week, but I can't. It is more a matter of laziness on my part. So I will try to keep the next couple entries short and sweet. I would like to dedicate this entry to my buddy Jimmy who had a heart attack this week. He is recovering now after a scary couple of days but he is surrounded by folks that love and support him so I want to wish him a speedy recovery.<br />
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Sunday, October 30th, 8:30am Falmouth MA -- Cape Cod marathon relay. I know what your thinking, "Holy shit, who would run a relay race made up of marathons???". My response to that, also in quotes "Who has 2 thumbs and can't run a marathon?? This guy!" Sorry to disappoint but the marathon portion of this is the total distance run by all 5 members of our team. We basically decided the only fair way to break up the legs of the race was to just bump everyone up by one leg from last year when we ran it. I was lucky enough to fall into the first leg which is definitely the shortest and flatest leg.. ***SIDENOTE -- The Bruins just scored in the opening minute and McQuaid just got in a fight with a guy on the Islanders team that looks like the redheaded kid from Children of the Corn and Can't Buy Me Love<br />
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Back to the run. The Cape Cod Marathon is a legit tough marathon, helped by the fact that this was the day after our first snowfall(luckily none down the Cape) and there was 40 mph winds as we ran by the water. It was one of those really cold out days but very sunny so most people over dressed. Luckily for us we had planned to wear costumes! Below are some pics and comments from the race!<br />
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The run was a blast. We are team Pacemakers because my buddy Bruce has had a pacemaker since before they were cool! Amanda is his daughter and they run together 5 days a week. So lucky! Jason is a friend of Amanda's who was nice enough to fill in for another buddy who couldn't make it this year. We got tons of comments about the hats and the Tu Tu's, mostly good and it seemed that the actual marathoners appreciated the costumes and the humor involved. Hopefully we helped a few of them get past some of their walls that they may have hit. We did finish about a minute faster than last year so that was good, even though we all felt that we had run much better. Next year should be even faster! This Weekend Warrior Marches on. Hopefully another entry tomorrow about the race the wife and I ran this Sunday! Good Night, God Bless, and Go B's!(6-2 victory!) JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-41076044261160051622011-10-31T22:04:00.000-04:002011-10-31T22:04:47.998-04:00"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling...... but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi<br />
October 29th, 8:30am Wompatuck State Park --It's mountain bike time!!! Saturday morning, planned a ride with Little T, Markie M. from work and a gang of his riding buds. We had 8 total riders: myself(Jowderballs), Little T, Markie M, Mark #2, Crazy Chris and his open toed biking sandals, Big George, Patrick the kind of Newbie, and one last guy whose name escapes me, my bad.<br />
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So we meet up at 8:30am and it was a balmy 40degrees. Most people over dressed, I tend to under dress, knowing how hot I get once I start exerting myself. I figure 10 minutes of cold is way better than 2 hrs of hot and uncomfortable. So off we head into the woods, Chris and Little T in the lead. They took off like two wheeled rockets and like a dumb ass, I took off after them. I stuck with them for about 5 minutes and then thought to myself "what the hell am I doing? If I keep this up, my ride will be 1/2 an hour and hardly worth the trouble of getting up at 7am on a Saturday. Once we all caught up with each other, we kind of drifted into 3 groups. Mark #2, Chris and Little T leading the way. Myself, Mark from work, a guy to be named later at a medium pace, and george and Patrick pulling up the rear.<br />
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It was a great ride as we blasted through a section that has a lot of small rolling hills and sharp turns. Pretty kick ass. We banged out about 13.5 miles in roughly 2 hours. Splashed through puddles and took some trails in the reverse direction of what I am used to. I made it down the short steep that my buddy Jeff took a header down last week. Shortly after that I went down pretty hard though. I went down a short, steep, narrow downhill and when I got to the bottom I tried to pedal out. As I tried to pedal, my chain fall off so my feet were just spinning. I knew I was in trouble so I tried to unclip my right foot and of course I couldn't. I basically went straight down but luckily, I had turned my handle bars so I landed chest first right on the end of one. I had a similar incident last year that left the mark below. Now I have one on the other side!<br />
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The ride was great! Filled with everything you could want. Thrills, spills, and literal chills! Little T had a good time during her first ride with this crew. The rest of the day was a halloween party for the Tukka Bear at her doggy daycare place. Need to get some pics of her in her butterfly costume downloaded and then out for some drinks with Mac the knife, Jackaay and some other folks who were on a nice little pub crawl that day! Tomorrow I'll finish off the weekend with the Cape Cod Marathon relay and a dissappointing Pats game. I will leave you with this nice little video from my ride in Rutland a coouple weeks ago. The was a long rock bed I made it about halfway across before I lost my momentum. I think it pops up sideways and I'm not sure how to rotate it. See you next time.<br />
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Stayed up late Thursday night playing Black Ops online with a couple buddies. <br />
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The wife did get something cool in the mail though. A couple weeks ago she received and email from ActiveShwaggle and they were selling Timex GPS watches for 50% off so she ordered one. For those of you who don't know, the GPS watches will basically tell you your time and distance while you run. Since they are tied into GPS they can get pretty exact with the distances as well as give you the pace at which you are currently running and most act as heart rate monitors. they are really cool and I recommend getting one if you run or bike with any frequency. The wife and I currently use Garmin 405s and love them. you can download the data after a run and all kinds of cool crap. Anyways, her new watch showed up yesterday and my first thought was that I thought she ordered a satellite watch, not the whole friggin satellite! And then I thought, well maybe she just ordered the special Flavor Flav watch. Here are a couple pics so you can see what I mean. Keep in mind that the Garmin watch is already a pretty good sized watch.<br />
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I'll assume you get the picture. We had a couple good laughs about it. It really looks huge on her skinny little wrist(BTW the hairy wrist in the pic is mine, not hers).<br />
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Today, Friday, was a much better day as far as the weather goes. I got up this morning and the wife had sent the dog to daycare so I had a free day. I made myself a nice big breakfast and logged onto my work email while my food settled. After about an hour I got dressed for a run. The weather was perfect. 40 degrees, no wind and plenty of sun. Off I went on my 4.5 mile loop. I am pretty sure this was my first run since Sunday two weeks ago. I really felt great for the first 2 miles and then it was a struggle. First of all, my foot started hurting. Chronic plantar fasciatis = good times(please note the sarcasm). Then my will to run began to wane. I wish I could figure that out but lately it seems as though my mind has decided that I will not be pushing myself through any "running walls". I spent the next 20 minutes yelling at myself inside my own head. Really strange. Put me in a race and I can't quit, go out for a training run and it's like my head just shuts it down. As a result, I basically slogged my way through the rest of my run. It took me about 42 minutes. By no means a fast pace but I was happy to get through it. Funny that I just ran the BAA Half Marathon about a month ago. That was also a struggle but not until mile 9 ;0).<br />
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After the run it was lunch and more work. Then met up with the wife and a few of her coworkers for some drinks, picked up the puppy, and came home to ice my foot, hence the title of this entry. I hoped you enjoyed this short tale and will come back again. I am mountain biking at 8:30 Saturday at Wompatuck State Park if anyone is interested, feel free to join us. I am also running a marathon relay down in Falmouth on Sunday so I should have some good pics.<br />
Hope to see you again soon! JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-76949549098994783612011-10-24T22:11:00.000-04:002011-10-24T22:11:56.671-04:00Sunday Dog Walk and Monday WorkoutSo after a great mtn bike ride on Saturday, Sunday was the day of the Cause 4 Paws charirty run/walk. The wife and I raised some cash at our work places over the last few weeks and headed to Marina Bay for the event. It was a really great time and a good cause. The money raised goes towards the Quincy Animal Shelter. We voted(wife decided) that she would run the 5k and I would walk Tukka(the dog) on the 1 mile walk. Needless to say the wife kicked ass and banged out the run in 23 minutes while I moseyed along talking to one of my old profs from college. Lots of dogs in costumes and I'm pretty sure we saw one of the cutest puppies ever. I'll throw some pics on here if I can figure out how. The rest of the day was pretty much spent watching football and doing nothing!<br />
some good news on the Weekend Warrior front, I actually made it to the gym this morning. Dragged my ass out of bed at 4:45, got dressed if my finest bright orange wind pants and navy blue sweatshirt, and drove semiconscious to the the gym. Felt week since it has really been a while since I got in there but I banged out a decent chest workout. I am hoping this was the first step to starting a trend. The plan is to get back in there on Wednesday morning and keep it going. I have to tell you, once I am up, I'm good to go but getting out of bed, knowing I have to go to work, just makes me want to stay in bed. Tell me I can go for a ride or run a race and I need to get up at 6am on a Saturday or Sunday and I get up with no problem. Funny how that works! Anyways, I need to wrap this up but I am off on Thursday and Friday this week and I am running a marathon relay with some friends on Sunday so I should have some interesting shtuff to write about.<br />
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I get to Wompatuck State Park right at 8:00 and my friends are there. Little T(she got me onto mtn biking), Crazy Mike C(visiting from PA and riding his brothers 29er singlespeed) and Early American Jeff(a little older than the rest of us but crazy fit and fairly new to mtn biking). We hung around and caught up for a little bit and then off we went. The ride was a blast. We went at a pretty good pace and banged out 13.5 miles in about 1hr and 45 mins of actual ride time.<br />
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Right off the bat, we hit a rooty incline and EAJ crashes. One of those crashes that doesn't look too bad but probably hurt like hell. Blood on his knee and elbow, EAJ shakes it off and continues on only to realize he broke his rear break lever. He decides to keep on with the ride and we hit it again. With the recent rains and the fact that Wompatuck never dries(it's aptly called Swampatuck by most riders) we hit a couple fantastic puddles. These aren't just 2 feet long and 6 inches deep puddles, I'm talking about the type of puddle you roll up on, stop to try to gauge the depth and when you can't you just say eff it and try to make your way across only to realize the puddle is 2 feet deep and there's a ton of rocks under the surface, just waiting to knock you on your ass! The first was uneventful but at the second puddle I think Little T made it half way then stopped, got it together and finished it out. CMC and EAJ cranked through, riding high on their 29ers, and I jammed through it on my 26 with cold water up to my friggin knees!<br />
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All through out the ride there was a ton of mud, wet roots and slick rocks. This led to a few spots where if you got stuck or were in a bad gear, you were screwed and you were walking past the obstacle. Later on in the ride there was a drop off a rock followed by a sharp right hand turn and EAJ went cruising over it and went ass over tea kettle taking another pretty spill. Again, bleeding now from his wrist and a little from his chin, he got right up and kept on going God bless him. After this we ran into some old guy with his dog off leash who didn't seem to care that there were riders coming through and that an offleash dog is a risk to the safety of both the riders and the dog. He was a miserable dink and got into it a bit with Little T when she said he should hold the dog while we ride by. After that we headed back to the lot.<br />
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I was super impressed with EAJ's ability to bounce back from a couple spills and keep on riding. I'm sure he'll be feeling it Sunday. Also, CMC cruised through the whole ride on a singlespeed and I'm pretty sure he didn't even break a sweat! And Little T, as always, cranked up every hill and over every root and led the whole ride. It was such a great ride and a great time!<br />
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Funny what a difference it makes when I don't do anything during the week. After riding this morning, I can already feel my legs tightening up and my plantar fasciatis flaring up. It's not easy being a weekend warrior. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-61948289118715777902011-10-19T21:58:00.000-04:002011-10-19T21:58:53.637-04:00Sunday October 16thOctober 16th 7:00am... God forbid I sleep late on a weekend. So after the ride on Saturday, I had a run on Sunday morning. The wife and I ran the Fireman's 10k in Dorchester. Race starts at 10am, I set my alarm for 8am, wife decides to set hers for 7am so by default, rise and shine buddy! Got up early enough to eat a good breakfast and take the dog out for a walk. Also, had enough time to realize how sore my legs, shoulders and neck were from the ride on Saturday. It sucks to get old ;o). <br />
Made it to the race with low expectations. Hoping to run it under an hour. Let me take you back to a couple years ago when I would run all the time and I'd run a 10K in about 47 minutes and I weighed about 25 lbs less. Running was easy back then. These days not so much. My running has has dwindled to ... ummmmm once a weekish, typically only if I am signed up for a race of some sort, like this one.<br />
Anyways, as my lovely wife, who is much faster than I am and in better shape, headed up to the start line, I stayed right around the middle of the pack and turned on my headphones. Start gun goes off, and we're off. I won't bore you with the details of the run but I will tel you I felt surprising good at the finish. I will tell you, it made a huge difference for me to look just a few steps ahead of me rather than off into the distance, looking for the finish line and getting overwhelmed by how many miles were left. 55 minutes. Not too bad for a WEEKEND WARRIOR(sorry I needed to work that in there). <br />
we met up with another friend of ours and had a couple beers after the run. Nothing says fitness like a couple cold ones! Good times! After that we went home and watch the Patriots easily hand the Cowboys another loss. Ok not so easy but still, it was entertaining!JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348322389016464496.post-79569732144070464202011-10-18T16:56:00.000-04:002011-10-18T16:56:06.069-04:00Weekend of October 16th<u><strong>Some time in the middle of last week...</strong></u> I was talking to a close friend and mountain bike riding partner of mine and we were trying to figure out when we could get together for a ride. While we were talking, we both mentioned how much we would like to try some new trails just for something different. She mentioned there was a race on Sunday, 10/16, in Rutland MA and we should do it. My response was that I already had a road race on Sunday so I couldn't make it and she said what about Saturday? The trail was already marked and they were allowing folks to preride the race course. To this I responded "Let me check with my wife." Once I did that, I responded "I'm in... where the hell is Rutland??"<br />
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<u><strong>Saturday 10/15 7:00am...</strong></u> I got picked up by my friend bright and early. We made the hour and a half - 2 hour trek to Rutland and came to what was actually a boy scout camp??? Odd but whatever. It was probably about 50 degrees out and windy as hell. Chilly to say the least and we parked right next to a pond so it was wide open and beezey. After talking to a few folks to try to figure out where the start of the race was we got dressed for the ride and took off. Probably just a mile and a half into the ride, we came to a stream to cross. Around where we usually ride, if there is a stream like this, probably 20 feet across and 1.5 feet deep, there is usually a bridge across it but not here. My friend went across first. Pedal pedal pedal. She made it fairly easily across. As I stood on the other side, trying to pick the line I wanted to take to get across, a couple other riders came along and blasted through the water. I followed them and really had no problem getting across. Of course now the rest of the ride would be with cold, wet feet and this would not be the last body of water we had to cross. <br />
The rest of the ride was a lot of fun. I wish the place was closer to here since I found the ride extremely fun and pretty challenging. A couple extended rock gardens and a lot of fun single track. Steep uphills(this is where I would click the "dislike" button if I had one) and some really fun downhills. We met another rider named Tom. A very talented rider, former downhill racer and trials rider. He rode with us for about 80% of the ride and was fun to have along. <br />
We got done the 9.5 mile loop after about an hour and 45 minutes of actual riding. The ride was a real workout and so much fun! I felt tired but refreshed after being outside for so long. This is the part wher i get into the weekend warrior thing. I wish I could do this sort of thing way more ofeen than my schedule allows but for now it will have to do. My friend took some video on her phone of me crossing the stream and attempting to ride across a lengthy stretch of rocks but the file was too big to send. Once I get that I'll attach it so you can check it out crack jokes at my expense! Luckily there is no video of me struggling up the climbs!<br />
That's all for now but I did run a 10k the next day (10/16) that I will post about shortly. Please bear with me as I try to get the hang of this blogging thing and feel free to leave comments about how I can improve the site and the entries. Thanks for reading!JowderBallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406752400283116105noreply@blogger.com0