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[trysail]

I'll be racing ten kilometers (6.214 miles) in the morning.

Last year, I ran this race in 58 minutes, 31 seconds (58:31).

It will be run over the same, relatively flat course.

I think I'm in slightly better shape this year.



What will my time be this year?

Place your bets (poll to follow).

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[Fala]

Good luck to you Trysail! I love to run too!

Remember to hydrate well and carb up the night before.

Get your breathing down pat with your pace early on.

I am sure you will break last years record! yeehaw!

Go celebrate later on with a nice dinner out with good company.

 

[pointless]

where's the option for you'll sprain your ankle stepping on a rock ten yards into it and completely fail to finish? no jinxes, motherfucker.

 

[Fala]

where's the option for you'll sprain your ankle stepping on a rock ten yards into it and completely fail to finish? no jinxes, motherfucker.

Hah! There's the spirit, Pointless! btw, you didn't vote. Yer 'sposed to in this thread, yano.

Bet I beat you.

 

[pointless]

i can't vote. the anti-hubris option is unavailable.

 

[BotanyBoy]

If you're not running the razors edge of shitting yourself, you're fuckin' sandbagging.

BETTER MOTIVATE!!!
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[Fala]

i can't vote. the anti-hubris option is unavailable.

Do three sit-ups and join the hubris! "Movement" is not always accomplished on the toilet, yano.

 

[Fala]

If you're not running the razors edge of shitting yourself, you're fuckin' sandbagging.

BETTER MOTIVATE!!!
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Hey, you didn't vote either! Let's cheer Trysail on!


Here's to blood, sweat and tears!

 

[Disgustipated]

I bet you'll still be a pomp-ass, climate denying, NPR listening fuckwad whether you crack a hubris, finish last or win the stupid race in Olympian time.

 

[neci]

$20!!

 

[pollynova]

I voted for 57-58. I hope you improve from last year.

 

[Fala]

Hit the winds right and sail on, Trysail. Best of luck to you!

I'll be thinking of you!

Let us know how it went as soon as you can. Do celebrate tho, after the event.

Sail On......

 

[trysail]

I voted for 57-58. I hope you improve from last year.

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Hit the winds right and sail on, Trysail. Best of luck to you!

I'll be thinking of you!

Let us know how it went as soon as you can. Do celebrate tho, after the event.

Sail On......

Thank you for the good wishes.

I've got to hustle to get on a sailboat at 10:30 and won't have the official time 'til I get back late this afternoon.

It went well (above all else, that means I finished— and that's always the primary objective).

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[Leigh81]

56:32

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[butters]

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Thank you for the good wishes.

I've got to hustle to get on a sailboat at 10:30 and won't have the official time 'til I get back late this afternoon.

It went well (above all else, that means I finished— and that's always the primary objective).

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i put you down for a little slower this year since i hadn't a clue about the weather conditions and taking age into account. i hope i was wrong and you did yourself proud. damn, i can't run at all... even when i was a gymnast, swimmer and badminton player for the school i was always shit at running. 10 metres was my limit.

 

[trysail]

Well I'll be damned.

56:20

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I took more than 2 minutes off last year's time. I'm delighted.

Part of the reason, I think, is that last year it had been many decades since I'd raced that far. In the intervening years, I'd run that far (and further) but I'd never raced it. I wanted to be sure of finishing so I ran at a conservative pace. This year, I was quite confident of my ability to cover the distance so I was more willing to run at a faster pace.




Some of these folk are simply amazing.

There was a 59-year old guy who ran the thing in 37:05 (the first three places went to 20-somethings who ran it in 34+ minutes). There was a 67-year old who did it in 48:32 and a 76-year old who did it in 54:46.

Wow!




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[bluebell]

There would need to be an endless supply of white cheddar bacon mac & cheese and a platter of the most deliciously decadent brownies at the finish line for me to even think about stepping up to start!

Great job, friend.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

15.3

That's not an estimated time. It's the max number of yards I'd probably make before falling over if I tried to run anywhere. I don't walk that great these days, much less run.

 

[trysail]

There would need to be an endless supply of white cheddar bacon mac & cheese and a platter of the most deliciously decadent brownies at the finish line for me to even think about stepping up to start!

Great job, friend.

You better believe that I view this stuff as a form of penance performed in advance of the commission of very major dietary sins.


Visions of popcorn, dripping and slathered in melted butter, adorned with a thick coat of celery salt dance in my head. I think of gigantic cheeseburgers awaiting me.


I'm living proof of Skinner and Pavlovian conditioning.

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[trysail]

15.3

That's not an estimated time. It's the max number of yards I'd probably make before falling over if I tried to run anywhere. I don't walk that great these days, much less run.

I admire the way you exercise your mind.



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[trysail]

56:32

L

You damn near nailed it.


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[trysail]

i put you down for a little slower this year since i hadn't a clue about the weather conditions and taking age into account. i hope i was wrong and you did yourself proud. damn, i can't run at all... even when i was a gymnast, swimmer and badminton player for the school i was always shit at running. 10 metres was my limit.

I had a very wise uncle who once observed, "Everybody is good at something."

The day I attempt any gymnastics will be a day the emergency room will be fully occupied.

You won't catch me dead trying that stuff.




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[pollynova]

Well I'll be damned.

56:20

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I took more than 2 minutes off last year's time. I'm delighted.

Part of the reason, I think, is that last year it had been many decades since I'd raced that far. In the intervening years, I'd run that far (and further) but I'd never raced it. I wanted to be sure of finishing so I ran at a conservative pace. This year, I was quite confident of my ability to cover the distance so I was more willing to run at a faster pace.




Some of these folk are simply amazing.

There was a 59-year old guy who ran the thing in 37:05 (the first three places went to 20-somethings who ran it in 34+ minutes). There was a 67-year old who did it in 48:32 and a 76-year old who did it in 54:46.

Wow!




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Congratulations!

 

[thør]

You better believe that I view this stuff as a form of penance performed in advance of the commission of very major dietary sins.


Visions of popcorn, dripping and slathered in melted butter, adorned with a thick coat of celery salt dance in my head. I think of gigantic cheeseburgers awaiting me.


I'm living proof of Skinner and Pavlovian conditioning.


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Damn, that's a lot of food.

 

[trysail]

Damn, that's a lot of food.

I'm a two-legged rat. All you have to do is put food at the end of the maze. What happens after that is hard-wired biology.


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