Newbie's Log 03/09/04

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set
out to do my first ever tempo run. My warmup jog accidentally slipped
into my regular training pace, so even before I started I was a little
more tired than I should have been. Then I picked it up to way too fast
a pace. I was forced to slow down after just a couple of minutes, but I
managed to keep running faster than training pace for the whole 5
minutes I planned. When I slowed down to jog home my heart was pounding
and my legs burning but I felt OK to jog slowly 7 minutes or so, until
I passed a friend's house.

She came to the door in her dressing gown and yelled to me did I want to
get my son's Playstation game? He'd left it there a couple of days
before and had been very upset to lose it, so I doubled back and waited
in her hallway whilst she fetched it. I thanked her and turned to leave,
but when my body stopped turning, the rest of the world didn't. I was
forced to sit on her step for a few minutes until everything stopped
spinning, and then I walked home. A couple of times I thought about
starting to jog, and immediately felt dizzy again just thinking about
it.

Actually, that's two valuable lessons. Don't lose concentration when
you're meant to be jogging slowly. Don't try to do tempo runs at pickup
pace. And don't stop suddenly when your heart rate is through the roof.
OK, three valuable lessons. No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Saturday: Disastrous tempo run. 17 minutes running and 12 minutes
walking.
Sunday: 15 minutes
Monday: 30 minutes
Tuesday: 40 minutes
Wednesday: 40 minutes
Thursday: 30 minutes
Friday: dnr

You ought to try a half marathon.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:31 -0400, FiveKBabe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set
out to do my first ever tempo run. My warmup jog accidentally slipped
into my regular training pace, so even before I started I was a little
more tired than I should have been. Then I picked it up to way too fast
a pace. I was forced to slow down after just a couple of minutes, but I
managed to keep running faster than training pace for the whole 5
minutes I planned. When I slowed down to jog home my heart was pounding
and my legs burning but I felt OK to jog slowly 7 minutes or so, until
I passed a friend's house.

She came to the door in her dressing gown and yelled to me did I want to
get my son's Playstation game? He'd left it there a couple of days
before and had been very upset to lose it, so I doubled back and waited
in her hallway whilst she fetched it. I thanked her and turned to leave,
but when my body stopped turning, the rest of the world didn't. I was
forced to sit on her step for a few minutes until everything stopped
spinning, and then I walked home. A couple of times I thought about
starting to jog, and immediately felt dizzy again just thinking about
it.

Actually, that's two valuable lessons. Don't lose concentration when
you're meant to be jogging slowly. Don't try to do tempo runs at pickup
pace. And don't stop suddenly when your heart rate is through the roof.
OK, three valuable lessons. No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Saturday: Disastrous tempo run. 17 minutes running and 12 minutes
walking.
Sunday: 15 minutes
Monday: 30 minutes
Tuesday: 40 minutes
Wednesday: 40 minutes
Thursday: 30 minutes
Friday: dnr

That's only half as good as a full one!

HalfMarathonBabe said:

You ought to try a half marathon.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:31 -0400, FiveKBabe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set
out to do my first ever tempo run. My warmup jog accidentally slipped
into my regular training pace, so even before I started I was a little
more tired than I should have been. Then I picked it up to way too fast
a pace. I was forced to slow down after just a couple of minutes, but I
managed to keep running faster than training pace for the whole 5
minutes I planned. When I slowed down to jog home my heart was pounding
and my legs burning but I felt OK to jog slowly 7 minutes or so, until
I passed a friend's house.

She came to the door in her dressing gown and yelled to me did I want to
get my son's Playstation game? He'd left it there a couple of days
before and had been very upset to lose it, so I doubled back and waited
in her hallway whilst she fetched it. I thanked her and turned to leave,
but when my body stopped turning, the rest of the world didn't. I was
forced to sit on her step for a few minutes until everything stopped
spinning, and then I walked home. A couple of times I thought about
starting to jog, and immediately felt dizzy again just thinking about
it.

Actually, that's two valuable lessons. Don't lose concentration when
you're meant to be jogging slowly. Don't try to do tempo runs at pickup
pace. And don't stop suddenly when your heart rate is through the roof.
OK, three valuable lessons. No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Saturday: Disastrous tempo run. 17 minutes running and 12 minutes
walking.
Sunday: 15 minutes
Monday: 30 minutes
Tuesday: 40 minutes
Wednesday: 40 minutes
Thursday: 30 minutes
Friday: dnr

The ultra is the only way to go.

FullMarathonBabe said:

That's only half as good as a full one!

HalfMarathonBabe said:

You ought to try a half marathon.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:31 -0400, FiveKBabe <[email hidden]>
wrote:

Nope - 10K is the best, you can have all the rest.

MWL

UltraMarathonBabe said:

The ultra is the only way to go.

FullMarathonBabe said:

That's only half as good as a full one!

HalfMarathonBabe said:

You ought to try a half marathon.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:31 -0400, FiveKBabe <[email hidden]>
wrote:

Get a life loser and butt out - this is our catfight!

MWL

TheBillRodgerz said:

WTF? Multiple personality disorder - I told you [censored] that. You
can't fool us anymore Mr. Weightless

TBR

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:51:23 -0400, TenKBabe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Nope - 10K is the best, you can have all the rest.

MWL

UltraMarathonBabe said:

The ultra is the only way to go.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:49:37 -0400, FullMarathonBabe
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>That's only half as good as a full one!
>
>On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:48:58 -0400, HalfMarathonBabe
><[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>You ought to try a half marathon.
>>
>>On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:31 -0400, FiveKBabe <[email hidden]>
>>wrote:

Knock it off - Mister. Keep your gender dysphoria out of this
newsgroup. I know what you're doing.

Mrs. WL

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:54:46 -0400, TenKBabe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Get a life loser and butt out - this is our catfight!

MWL

TheBillRodgerz said:

WTF? Multiple personality disorder - I told you [censored] that. You
can't fool us anymore Mr. Weightless

TBR

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:51:23 -0400, TenKBabe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Nope - 10K is the best, you can have all the rest.

MWL

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:50:32 -0400, UltraMarathonBabe
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>The ultra is the only way to go.
>
>On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:49:37 -0400, FullMarathonBabe
><[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>That's only half as good as a full one!
>>
>>On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:48:58 -0400, HalfMarathonBabe
>><[email hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>>You ought to try a half marathon.
>>>
>>>On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:31 -0400, FiveKBabe <[email hidden]>
>>>wrote:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set

<snip>

Good on ya, mate. Keep it up.

On another note, I must say this is the first time I can remember plonking 6
people in response to a single thread. Only in r.r. would that happen.

Regards,
H.

In article <me3_c.1052$vI2.650@trnddc02>, HardwareLust
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set

<snip>

Good on ya, mate. Keep it up.

Thanks.

Quoted message said:

On another note, I must say this is the first time I can remember plonking 6
people in response to a single thread. Only in r.r. would that happen.

I suspect there were far fewer than 6 people plonked. One person, lots
of sock puppets.
--
Mel Rimmer

Will you plonk me, too?

Jack

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 19:03:46 GMT, "HardwareLust" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set

<snip>

Good on ya, mate. Keep it up.

On another note, I must say this is the first time I can remember plonking 6
people in response to a single thread. Only in r.r. would that happen.

Regards,
H.

Mel, I think it was TBR.

Jack

Mel Rimmer said:

In article <me3_c.1052$vI2.650@trnddc02>, HardwareLust
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I set

<snip>

Good on ya, mate. Keep it up.

Thanks.

Quoted message said:

On another note, I must say this is the first time I can remember plonking 6
people in response to a single thread. Only in r.r. would that happen.

I suspect there were far fewer than 6 people plonked. One person, lots
of sock puppets.

Mel Rimmer said:

In article <me3_c.1052$vI2.650@trnddc02>, HardwareLust
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Mel Rimmer said:

I learned a valuable lesson this week. Regular readers will remember
that I've been trying out various intensity runs. Last Saturday I
set <snip>

Good on ya, mate. Keep it up.

Thanks.

Quoted message said:

On another note, I must say this is the first time I can remember
plonking 6 people in response to a single thread. Only in r.r.
would that happen.

I suspect there were far fewer than 6 people plonked. One person, lots
of sock puppets.

OH, yeah. There's no doubt about that. 6 sock puppets plonked. Actually,
I'm up to 8 at the moment, and the day's not over yet.

Regards,
H.

Lumber Jack said:

Will you plonk me, too?

Jack

No way, Jack. Anyone who asks to be plonked can't possible deserve it. :-)

In article <[email hidden]>,

Mel Rimmer said:

I was
forced to sit on her step for a few minutes until everything stopped
spinning, and then I walked home. A couple of times I thought about
starting to jog, and immediately felt dizzy again just thinking about
it.

Actually, that's two valuable lessons. Don't lose concentration when
you're meant to be jogging slowly. Don't try to do tempo runs at pickup
pace. And don't stop suddenly when your heart rate is through the roof.
OK, three valuable lessons. No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

I'm wondering if you might have had an episode of low blood pressure -
possibly caused by being a bit dehydrated?

I had to try!

Jack

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 01:18:54 GMT, "HardwareLust" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Lumber Jack said:

Will you plonk me, too?

Jack

No way, Jack. Anyone who asks to be plonked can't possible deserve it. :-)

I had to try!

Jack

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 01:18:54 GMT, "HardwareLust" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Lumber Jack said:

Will you plonk me, too?

Jack

No way, Jack. Anyone who asks to be plonked can't possible deserve it. :-)