tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211106223703143702025-11-13T06:08:17.169-06:00RagingLoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16830516768806230239noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821110622370314370.post-37088641434952701742010-11-07T19:58:00.001-06:002010-11-07T23:55:41.481-06:00

Decided to run the “Half Barrel” (13.10938 miles) again this year. The “Half Barrel” is a half-marathon in brewery terms. And although it’s a “beer run,” I don’t recommend getting drunk the night before, but oh well; it was still a fun run! Additionally, when you’re fully hydrated from the night before you can skip all the water stations while running backwards.

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No good deed goes unpunished. Nevertheless, I ran into an older gentleman on a bicycle picking up trash as he rode down a long country road. I pulled my left headphone out as I approached him and slowed to a jog. I then said: "Picking up trash?" He replied with sort of a mumble, and an empty pack of Marlboros at the end of his trash grabber: "Yeah, mostly

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Well, at least without the spears being thrust at me, that is. These straight-line winds drew tears from my eyes and even blew me right off the sidewalk a few times! I had to dig really deep, just to stay under 8mm's!!! And that's with the wind to my back for half the run! Powerful Windstorm Hits Wisconsin Gotta run, Chris

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The old adage that “It's always darkest before the dawn.” was true last night. Took my run this morning just before dawn and could barely see the road. I’m quite good at adapting my eyes to the darkness, so it’s no bull____ that it was dark as hell. I could’ve really used a pair of NVGs and seriously would’ve worn  them! (Yes, I know what it’s like to wear them, I’ve

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So anyhow, tonight’s run was surprisingly painful, which doesn’t make any sense since it was short and slow? However, this week hasn’t been much for running in comparison to my 20 mile per week quota. Actually, this week hasn’t been anything for running. Until tonight, all I’ve done since my 19 Sept run w/Frank The Tank, I must add, is run around the online multiplayer maps

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Until now I’ve always maintained 20 miles per week, well usually. Whenever I’d hit 20 in a week I’d shut it down and not run again till the following Monday, starting my 20 all over again. But I’ve decided to try steppin’ my game up, so as of now I’m sitting at 30 miles for this week, with a day left! It’s been hot as hell and I've focused on maintaining a mid 8mm or faster

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Today’s run sucked it was hot as hell, so I sweat like a dog and that made it feel way too long! Especially when compared to this run, which is about the same distance from two days ago. The only difference is today’s dew point was almost 70° and Tuesday's run had a dew point of 52° which makes a huge difference! I have three separate running trips from today, but I’m only

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As  depicted in this photo, I was able to see Tiger Woods golf and had an awesome time at Whistling Straits yesterday. We had VIP tickets so we could go to and hang-out in the Champions Club (at $1200 per ticket, but I didn’t spend a dime) whenever we wanted to. Which with the air conditioning cranked, 45 large 50” tv’s (just a quick count by the way) hung everywhere,

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It’s possible that I just spent to much time playing MW2 in the AC yesterday and this morning? Never mind, this run was hot as hell, my hat had to come off for the last few blocks! At about mile three I almost drank water from some dogs swimming pool in a front yard! Thankfully, I made it back home without drinking the dogs pool water. What probably got to me,

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Both runs ended up leaving me like a drenched rat in a backpack! But the   second felt much cooler without the sun beating down on me, that’s for sure! My first run tonight was a killer and it was only 2-miles, 2-miles of hot and humid! The second run was awesome, but still a workout with such a high dew point at just 1-mile in you’re soaked! I ran with a friend

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Well, if you like to sweat like a pig, that is! For just a 2-mile run I looked like I ran through a car wash along the way.  Whatever, I was sweating like a horse then! Regardless of pigs and sweat, tonight's run felt damn good, as if I was running my target pace (for a short run w/out a backpack). But with the dew point at 75.5° the humidity at 89° and the temp at 77.1° I'm quite content

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Since sometime in May I've been running running with a backpack that when full of water weighs in at 30 lb's. I would've thought this would get my "run as fast as I can" pace back down to 6mm's, but much to my surprise, I'm not any faster than I usually run without a 'case of beer' strapped to my back! Tonight's run was in fact slower for what I intended to be a fast short run! Last year I was

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So after a few months of what looked like no running on my part? I'm here to say, I have been running and I've been running with a damn backpack. I just lost interest in blogging about each and every run, hell I did that for almost a year straight and although it is a motivator to keep running, as I don't want to let down the five people that follow this blog (Hi Grama). Well, much to my

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I'm really expecting for my running to go like prestige mode in Call of Duty? Most of all, I just need to maintain my weekly mileage and the speed will come back! Yesterdays run felt good, it was about 6 miles and I thought I was really cruising along! Well, until I looked at AllSport GPS on my BlackBerry. I was pretty bummed to see that what I thought was haulin' ass, was barely 8mm's. I can't

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Okay, I've been slacking, but not as bad as it looks! I have been running, just haven't been blogging about every run. And for good reason, my last few runs have been nothing to write home about! For example this run today is the exact same run from about a month ago. Accept the run from a month ago was done in f'ing boots and they are the same pace. I ran faster in snow with YakTrax strapped to

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They say if you don't use it you lose it? I'm talking about running, come on, what are you thinking? Well the last time I ran was 17 March and I swore I'd never take more than a week off again. Turns out I didn't lose it and was able to make a few medium range runs. Although, not as fast as I should be running in April, but I made the hauls (like a slow movin' train). After recovering from some

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Okay, the blisters from my 5-mile run in boots are almost gone! But after 11-days off my pace today wasn't much faster than running in boots! Ran with Kara today, we hit a few trails so it wasn't all road running, which was a good change of pace. Speaking of pace, it felt good for the first few miles and would've been more than manageable. However, the first big hill we hit at a touch over

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The blisters from Wednesday's run in boots, didn't bother me much at all. With the exception of charging up hills, as my heels would dig into my shoes quite a bit. But besides that they were okay, can't say for sure how I would've fared on a longer run? All in all, I think the blisters are healing up just great and now my next run in boots should be a pleasant experience. Just like today, at

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First and foremost, I haven't run in these boots for at least a year. And amazingly after this 5-mile run, my feet don't hurt a bit. With the exception of the massive blisters on my heels. So I have concluded, I need new footbeds for my running shoes! (Referring to yesterdays run). Today I had to do my best at saying NO, whenever my dogs barked. In all honesty, the boots were actually quite

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Their was no horse to carry a sleigh, but to grandmothers house for lunch, I ran today. An 8-mile run for lunch at 3 in the afternoon. I was starving and my dogs were barking, the whole way. My feet should not hurt this bad; especially, running at such a relaxed pace.  It felt as if I were wearing lightweight boots, such as the SI 6" Assault Boot. Maybe it's time for new insoles? After

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First and foremost, my thoughts and prayers go to the people of Hawaii, as I used to live there. When I lived there  at first I was stuck at Schofield Baracks, but then I was lucky enough to move to a golf resort just off the beach.  While running today, I was brought back to my fondest memories in life! Memories such as enjoying a good cigar at a resort  or running on the beach

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Started out a very hectic and stressful day. Around lunch time Kara asked me to run later and of course, I said...hell yeah! We decided on 5 o'clock and it was not exactly my happy hour! Just before she got to my house, I realized I hadn't eaten all day. But did have a pot of coffee. So I whipped up 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, half can of Pringles and 2 yogurts. Figured I'd eat

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It was just a wet and dim day, but it was a good run for a lunch break! We started out with a few hills to warm up and then quickly realized that drivers really didn't give a hoot about runners today! We felt like the kids in this video... Moreover, we never asked to be splashed today! That's it and Kara says she will run some hill repeats with me next time! Gotta run, Chris Activity

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Managed to get in 30-miles for the week and for a Sunday run these last 7-miles were the worst! Spent most of the first and part of the second mile responding to an email. Have you ever tried typing on a BlackBerry while running? Right from the start I had a "I don't want to run" attitude. Must be all the pizzas, beer, soda, and ice cream I woofed down while playing Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox

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This run would've been a quick 'n easy 3-miler; however, I decided to throw this hill at myself. If you look at the elevation chart below, at about 3/4 of a mile I ascended up the hill. Then at almost exactly 1-mile I made my descent and it seems a TON steeper running down! Before I knew it, I was zig-zagging down the hill like a skier! When I made it down, I stretched my legs out by running a

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