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Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine...

JimMoss

Jul 24, 08 10:19

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Turning 38 on the 30th of July. Due to some work stuff I might only have a few hours to do it but I'd like to do something different and fun.

What have you done with your friends (or alone) for your birthday workout?

thenicetwin

Jul 24, 08 10:38

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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [IRONMOSS] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Always best to share a fun or challenging workout with close training friends. Think of a challenging course/workout that you otherwise would never do. Agree that whoever's b'day it is gets to change or create the workout.

We often just run the number of minutes the person is turning(minutes not miles!)

I have "celebrated" my recent birthdays(9/11 BTW) by climbing the nearby 1500' hill both on my bike and by foot.

slammer

Jul 24, 08 10:40

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double fisting a few beers is my favourite.

I really feel the burn in my guns

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DawnT

Jul 24, 08 10:56

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I much prefer (tequila shots x number of years). Things start to go a little fuzzy after a bit and you get to see all those pretty colors. Wink

swift

Jul 24, 08 10:59

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I did some 12 oz curls on my birthday last week. but then again i'm 24 and still a partier

-Jason

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DaveV

Jul 24, 08 11:01

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Birthday sex is a great AM or post-dinner workout!!!

Then at night, walk 2 miles from my house to downtown Ann Arbor, close down the bars at 2AM, stumble home.
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pito00

Jul 24, 08 11:13

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My sister and I made a tradition of racing on, or as close as possible to our birthdays as a way to celebrate life by hurting ourselves. Two years ago at a local 5k, my sister won for the women, won a raffle for a free massage, and had the entire race of 500+ people sing her happy birthday. It was pretty fun.
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StephanM

Jul 24, 08 11:18

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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [pito00] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

a nice long bike ride on your favorite route follow by a long warm shower with the wife or girlfriend(sorry but im a perv!) good Quizno sub with few cold beers a a dq blizzard follow by a 3 hours nap.
Formely stef32

StephanM

Jul 24, 08 11:20

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I mean your girlfriend if you dont have a wife and not your girlfriend or your wife!!
Formely stef32

tigerchik

Jul 24, 08 11:29

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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [IRONMOSS] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

For my 21st birthday this year, I ran for an hour, then went to the pool:

300 + 6 x 50 on :50 w.u.
21 x 100 on 1:21 (I held 1:11s on this)
6 x 50 on :50
2 x [300 pull + 300 kick + 300 swim]
12 x 25 kick alt dolphin/whip
4 x 1m dive
2 x 3m dive
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StephanM

Jul 24, 08 11:32

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hey tigerchik, wait until your are in your mid 30' the hour bike ride with the sub and beer will sound better;)
Formely stef32

tigerchik

Jul 24, 08 11:36

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In Reply To:

hey tigerchik, wait until your are in your mid 30' the hour bike ride with the sub and beer will sound better;)[/quote] nah, the problem with getting older is I'll have ridiculously slow intervals for birthday sets. Can you imagine 30 x 100 on 1:30? I'd be spending half the workout on the wall...
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Locke

Jul 24, 08 11:43

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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [IRONMOSS] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

High intensity cardio with the wife or girlfriend! If you are young enough, maybe even some repeats.

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Brian in MA

Jul 24, 08 11:49

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A few years ago when I turned 40 I came up with FortyMan: one set of 40 laps in the pool, followed by a 40-mile ride, followed by 40 laps around the local high school track. Too long for an Oly distance and too short for a half-IM, but a good workout nonetheless.

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Rolldown

Jul 24, 08 12:04

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I turned 44 in January and did a 4x44 workout. I started with 44 minutes of biking (indoors on my trainer), ran to and from our local speedskating oval (44 minutes of running), skated 44 minutes at the oval, then drove to a nearby park and cross-country skied for 44 minutes. I invited a bunch of friends to do this with me and coincidentally there were 4 of us who did the entire workout. When I got home I drank 4 beers!

monty

Jul 24, 08 12:08

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You will need to get some bowling shoes, here you go, from deep in the ST vault.....

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Raygir

Jul 24, 08 12:21

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Well options are if you are working that day, I would say morning "workout" with wife/ girlfriend/ palmala, then an easy 5 k run shower work , home steak dinner cold beer repeat morning workout skipping the run..
if no work then repeat morning workout with run, big breakfast repeat morning workout, then nap, easy bike ride, steak dinner cold beer nap evening workout,, go out with friends re hydrate( read beer) then go home and have another workout. NO driving .. well at least not anything with a motor..
just finish

xraycharlie

Jul 24, 08 17:08

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Last birthday (36th) - first brick after six weeks on crutches and a whole bunch of physical therapy. Short and slow, but good to feel like I was finally making headway again.

Broken Leg Guy

Jul 24, 08 17:16

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I'm doing a sprint tri Aug 9th on my 38th. Doing some mtn biking/hiking/camping with a couple buddies for another friend's 40th the week before.

Formerly DrD

LazyEP

Jul 24, 08 17:28

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100 yards/meters of swimming for every year.
For a true test make it all butterfly.
God! I do not look forward to my 60s!
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JenSw

Jul 24, 08 17:31

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I did a stair climb up a high rise in Seattle on my 31st birthday. Something like 72 flights. Hurt like hell. Great fun though!
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Giant Steps

Jul 24, 08 17:53

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Go surfing! Catch one wave for every year. At my age (53) it takes a little longer every year but I love surfing so it's great!

"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real." - Pete Townshend

TrackDZ

Jul 24, 08 18:00

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Eat a 150oz steak or at least try to. Makes for a good (or very sick) birthday.

Scot

Jul 24, 08 18:20

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1 mile swim,30 mile ride, 7 mile run for 38years eat and drink what you want.

For my 53 rd birthday this year it was 1.5 miles swimming, 43.5 mile ride, 8 mile run. You can also do something over a couple of days to celebrate. Monty's 40th birthday is a masterpiece.I would have substituted 40 holes of golf instead of the bowling but brilliant.

drewface05

Jul 24, 08 21:02

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we share a birthday! I'll be 25...

Muleta4

Jul 24, 08 22:06

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Drink your age in beers...
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TRIWI~08

Jul 24, 08 22:32

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Great thread!!

I LOVE birthdays....and I love to do something AWESOME on my day which has in the past included something active!! My 32nd I went sky diving....my 33rd I swam across the lake in my town (back when I couldn't swim!!) 2 miles....34th ....hmmmm, don't remember....longer bike ride than before.....and last year I did my first Olympic tri that I had been training for. This year, in a couple of weeks, I am going on a weekend get away with my Ironman team to do a full training weekend (some of our last long workouts!)

Do what you love....and what you don't love...after all; you can....you made it another year!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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Kaka

Jul 24, 08 22:44

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Birthdays are lame and I mark mine privately, but I like this idea. In my case it will be 35 minutes of each discipline as I age into a new age group.
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TRIWI~08

Jul 24, 08 22:46

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Hey....you never know...it may make your birthday even something you look forward to!!
"Fall down 7 times....get up 8!!"

IRONwolf

Jul 24, 08 23:55

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run your age in miles.....in the middle of the night if you can't get the time off from work.

Printer86

Jun 27, 12 18:45

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Ok, so today was my 48th birthday and I attempted a lunchtime double with a "48" theme.

At 12:30pm, I jumped in the pool swam 4 sets of 800m (1 x 800, 2 x 400, 4 x 200, 8 x 100). After the swim, I changed into running clothes and attempted an hour run with 48 minutes at marathon pace.

My first mistake was not eating any lunch before my workout. I compounded my mistake by not taking any water on the run.

Everything was going well on the run until about mile 6, when I took a wrong turn and ended up getting lost on a golf course. (I'm new to the area). My run ended up being 2 miles longer than planned and an additional 20 minutes of bonked suffering.

When I finally got home from work, my wife took one look at me and cancelled our dinner reservations. I'm now going to sleep at 9:45pm on my birthday.
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crolson24

Jun 27, 12 18:46

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My birthday today. Rode hills for 1.5 hours on my bike. Pretty simple but fun!

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Freelancer

Jun 27, 12 19:12

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I turned 45 Tuesday and swam 45 x 100y on 1:45.

I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.

AnthonyS

Jun 27, 12 20:39

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Get a 6 pack of beer and a basketball.... after every 3 or 4 points scored (count by ones or 3's if you like I don't care) chug a beer. If running and drinking at the same time don't get you buzzed fast you didn't do it right.
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SPROSCIA

Jun 27, 12 20:47

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WR marathon pace is 4:43
26 x Hold 4:43 pace for as long as you can with 1 minute 26 second recovery when you start to get tired :)... all out a minimum of 262meters regardless of where you lose the pace)
> > > > > > As you know a marathon is 26.2 not 26 so for good luck and to get the .2
> > > > > > 2 laps of Burpee Broad Jumps ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCLxD3BI98 )

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cdw

Jun 27, 12 20:59

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I try to ride up a really big mountain. Two years ago I did Highway 330 to Bear for the first time. Or maybe that was last year. This year I think I am going to try Mt. Baldy.
Chad

115InTheShade

Jun 27, 12 21:58

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I know someone here whose favorite "special ocassion" workout is 100x100the in the pool. Special ocassions include her birthday, friends birthday, new husbands birthday, her bachlerete party, her wedding...

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G-man

Jun 27, 12 23:01

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Man up, swim a 100yard fly for each of your years. Then drink a beer for each year starting on a Friday night go until you finish. See ya in a week or so.

Snap!

Jun 28, 12 4:47

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this is what I do too- swim my age in distance and time by 100's, but then I bike my age in distance and run my age in time! I try to get people to join me as well-makes it fun

PJG

Jun 28, 12 4:55

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My birthday was yesterday and I thought I was good running a 13.1mi PR before work. You guys make me feel like a slacker... Thanks!

masterslacker

Jun 28, 12 6:22

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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [JimMoss] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

JimMoss wrote:

My birthday is also July 30th and for my 40th last year I did a homegrown triathlon with a 40 theme:
Swam all out for 40 minutes, biked 80 miles(2x40 miles) and ran 10 miles(40 laps)...it was a lot of fun for the big milestone to see that you can still go fast.