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Muleta4

Jul 24, 08 22:06

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

Drink your age in beers...
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Greg

TRIWI~08

Jul 24, 08 22:32

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

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!!
"Fall down 7 times....get up 8!!"

Kaka

Jul 24, 08 22:44

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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [TRIWI~08] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

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

Post #29 of 41 (515 views)

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

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

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

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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I will be back for the 2014 Boston Marathon just to say FU to the bad guys.

crolson24

Jun 27, 12 18:46

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

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

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

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

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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Re: Your Favorite Birthday Workouts - Help Me Plan Mine... [115InTheShade] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

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

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

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:

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?

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.

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