Same here. Steady pace. At least until my wife notices.

Just sippin' on some Makers' waiting for school to be over.

However, I have no freakin' idea why I'm running so much (for me). I'm perpetually sore and chaffed, and yet planning on 13.1 before work tomorrow? First race is 6 months away, and I'm not racing over a 10k until next fall at the earliest.

Have a great trip aidanlynch. Hope to get the kids out on the slopes on Saturday, followed by some Warren Miller and adult beverages in the PM.

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mmm... Maker's Mark... mmmm...

AP

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

I've gone from vodka tonic to just vodka cause the tonic is making my stomach sour :p Every time I drink bourbon - wife says I stink... not good.

A few folks at work who saw me suffer thru last year's challenge are shaking their head's at me. They're just jealous ;-)

Tomorrow's plan is a double (6-7 ez with the dog in the am and mystery amount approx 12? at lunchtime), but Sat is a ride, so not sure if I'll get even close to my mileage from last week.

AP

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

i finally passed my drinking with my running! woohoo

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Rattlesnake Blake
With the "Venom Enom"

While my drinking is outpacing my running, I have two upgrades:

1) (prob just for me) add Running / Drinking / Eating Holiday Candy Can Joe Joe's (from Trader Joes) Challenge. The drinking makes me eat these things like a junkie on crack.

2) Running / Drinking / Having Sex Challenge. Drinking and Sex naturally go together.

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LOL #1's upgrade will go straight to your hips! #2's, well, depends on how flexible you are!

AP

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

In Reply To:

I've gone from vodka tonic to just vodka cause the tonic is making my stomach sour :p Every time I drink bourbon - wife says I stink... not good.

Try some 7-up or Diet 7-up with the Vodka, and add just a splash of a juice (such as OJ, Cranberry, V-8 Spash, etc).

Just ran off approximately 2,600 calories this morning - plan to recoup some of them this PM!

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Thanks for the tip. As it is, I'm moving out of the top spots soon. Knee is starting to act up and I need to rest it for a 50K on the 18th. So shorter runs, some bike and real sleep. Need to weigh my priorities :)

Vodka & Club Soda with a splash of juice. Works every time.

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

200 in 9 days? Am I doing the math right? Not sure whether to be impressed or depressed, but I'm currently in the top 5 in running so I'll take the former.

Guess I need a new challenge - I'll shoot for 200 running. Don't think I've ever done that one. Have done a few marathons, but can't remember running 50mpw 4 weeks in a row (training logs aren't my strong suit).

As for smack talk, Ha ha! You fools! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go against a Clydesdale when drinking is involved!" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...[QuadsofFury stops suddenly,his smile frozen on his face and falls to the right out of camera dead]

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Inconceivable! ;-)

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

Pretty sure your liver is just going to fall out on one of these runs.

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

Those in glass houses...

Jus sayin'...

AP

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

I'm drinking right now, but not swimming. Just sayin'.

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Team ZOOT
ZOOT, QR, Garmin, HED Wheels, Zealios, FormSwim, Precision Hydration, Rudy Project

I'm running home to my drinks shortly! I got this figgered out!

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

Well, I'm drinkin NOW... so get on it

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS

Yeah, but just looking at the numbers on the "Drinking" side, you have some catching up to do anyway!

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

Yahoo!! Done with teaching for 6 weeks! Time to go get 7 fun miles in (4 on the treadmill, 3 drinking beer at the LBS while I start putting together my new ride for next season).

Now that classes are done, I can also stop competing in the drinking portion of this event - boy, was that a bad idea for a competitive, stressed out individual to join. Yikes. Max 3/day until Rev3 Knoxville.

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Good! Will give the rest of us a chance to catch up. That said, I'm not so sure I believe the 3/day.....

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

Besides, Rev3 Knoxville isn't until May 15th. You have tonnes of time! Whereas, we have a this whole IMNZ thingy coming up on March 5th. Shiiiiiiiiiittttt!!!!

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

In Reply To:

Besides, Rev3 Knoxville isn't until May 15th.

Yeah, but I have some serious work to do if I want to win the CD division (would like to go sub-2:20) and I start working with a nutritionist Jan 1. The end of the semester is always a good time to get into the swing of things.

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You have tonnes of time! Whereas, we have a this whole IMNZ thingy coming up on March 5th. Shiiiiiiiiiittttt!!!!

I don't envy you (well, NZ would be kinda cool....)

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Our tri clubs' christmas party was last night. Christmas party number two tonight!

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Rattlesnake Blake
With the "Venom Enom"

A tri-club Christmas party? That must have been just full of drinkers. :P Was it over by 9pm? Everyone in bed, because they are training for an Ironman?

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"The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, led after the second transition and had a chance to win but ran out of water on the marathon course; his support crew resorted to giving him beer instead." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon