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Adventure Racing includes: Sprint races - 2 to 6 hours; Middle distance races - 12 to 48 hours; Expedition races - 5 to 10 days. trail running (2 -7 miles), mountain biking (6 - 18 miles), and paddling (1 - 5 miles).

August 13

Heather! commented on Tyra's blog post 'Favorite thing to wear, say, chant, eat, drink, have, do..to HYPE yourself up before or during a Race....'

hmmmm that sounds like it's quite the sight! but you're right, at least he's doing it.

June 6

Tyra commented on Tyra's blog post 'Favorite thing to wear, say, chant, eat, drink, have, do..to HYPE yourself up before or during a Race....'

No, Actually he isn't homeless, I think he has a thing for papers, like a kid with and their blanket... he has to be in his late 60's, that's whats so bizzare about it. I wish you could see this man running...he's SERIOUSLY running HARD. but hey.....

June 4

Heather! commented on Tyra's blog post 'Favorite thing to wear, say, chant, eat, drink, have, do..to HYPE yourself up before or during a Race....'

i don't really have a mantra or anything but when i'm on a long run there are two things that keep my mind occupied. 1) what i will purchase when i win the lottery and 2) how i'll look and feel when i win some major race (i just replay the image o...

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Favorite thing to wear, say, chant, eat, drink, have, do..to HYPE yourself up before or during a Race....

Hi Running buddies, I want to know if you all had any intresting things you did before a race. I need to be alone to chant "you can do this..go hard or go home" ove & over again, and it works. I see this guy out running everyday with a HUGE STACK ...

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April 30

Tyra commented on Andrea's blog post 'Not as planned'

Hey, Thats ok..you did better than a lot of other folks! aren't you glad you weren't one of those folks getting an IV in your arm? you'll make the time you want next time..until next time, Fight on tiger!!

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At 12:41pm on April 30, 2009, Heather! said…: hey i'm not sure... i haven't seen it. i think holly actually posted about it though.

At 5:51pm on April 17, 2009, Jim Krueger said…: Thanks for your words of encouragement, Tyra. Congratulations back to you as well on completing that 1/2 marathon! I agree with a lot of the others in that your time doesn't matter as much as your participating and finishing does! All of us on this site are better than 99% of the world, because we are active, and being active keeps you healthy. And that's the best. Keep me updated on your next race, I don't have anything until May 9th, a 1/2 marathon trail race.
Cheers,

Jim

At 5:21pm on March 24, 2009, AL said…: So you can only drive 7 miles?

At 5:05pm on March 24, 2009, AL said…: Is there a specific area that you want run at? There's races everywhere. At the moment, I run races in VA. There is a race I want to do in NC in November. Well, let me know what you're looking for and I'll be happy to help.

At 8:41pm on March 23, 2009, AL said…: My run went pretty well. I was running with over 5000 other people. The course was flat and scenic. I'm thinkin of doin this one again next year. Oh, there's alot of people that line the streets to cheer everyone on.

At 9:26pm on March 18, 2009, AL said…: It's a flat course so I'm happy about that. I didn't train for it as well as I should have but I'm sure I'll do ok.

At 4:24pm on March 18, 2009, Heather! said…: that sounds like such a blast! i'm so jealous! i celebrated a bit myself with some girl scout cookies.

At 2:17pm on March 18, 2009, Heather! said…: mardi gras? fun! what awesome pictures!

At 1:56pm on February 15, 2009, Eric said…: Well first off CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! No matter what the time feel proud that you finished.

OK, here is my two cents.......
If your legs are up to the task but your breathing is all out of sorts it sounds like you have lost your cardio fitness. Have no worries this will come back. It takes between one and two weeks of no or low cardio training to happen. So I would start by staying the course with your training and add some speed, track and hill work. If you don't have hills just stick with speed and track work. All you need is once a week to work on speed intervals, fartlek training. You also should do some cross training two or three time a week (bike, elliptical and plyometrics). Let me know what your training week looks like, I'll let you know if there tweaks you can help you get back to where you where. Don't forget you don't want to push too hard too soon and re-injure yourself.

At 11:44am on February 15, 2009, bundy said…: Hi Tyra glad to be your friend. I have completed one marathon the Marine Corp Marathon in DC @ 35 took me 5 hours and 29 minutes and was very hard but so worth it finishing was a proud moment for me. The last two years i have stuck to ten milers. The Cherry Blossom 10 miler and Army 10 miler are my favorite races both are in DC. Good luck and keep running!!!

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About Me:: I have been running about 5 years and have been doing 5K and 10K in my city (New Orleans). I am 35 years old and want to attempt a half and full marathon, but am scared to death. I would love to travel to different cities and run there races, sometimes doing only home races get a bit old and boring. But I'm a Runner for Life and I'm Running for my Life! REMIX: I did my first half Marathon Feb 1, 2009! I'm hooked bring it on baby!

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Favorite thing to wear, say, chant, eat, drink, have, do..to HYPE yourself up before or during a Race....

Hi Running buddies, I want to know if you all had any intresting things you did before a race or run. I need to be alone to chant "you can do this..go hard or go home" over & over again, and it works. I see this guy out running everyday with a HUGE STACK of partially balled up papers running (NO KIDDING), I often wonder if this is the thing that keeps him going or if there are more problems there. I'm interested to find out your running/race rituals.

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1st half marathon

I am running my VERY FIRST half and I am SO EXCITED. I'm going to sign up to run it with pacers to finish at my goal time. Does any one have any good advise on me running my first half or any experience on running with pacers, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks

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