HawgGoneIt Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Fred said: Nothing wrong with a run/jog/walk pattern as long as you keep moving forward. I did the structured Jeff Galloway thing where I ran a timed 5 mins then walked a timed 1 minute. Rinse and repeat until the end. I had splits set up on my heart rate monitor that would alert. Even during the walk phase, I was walking at 4mph or slightly under. I was averaging a 10 min mile or a little under so I was happy about it. The run/walk sets up an active recovery period for your heart and is excellent for heart health. Congratulations on the finish and it sounds as though the bug may be biting you! 😁 The running community is actually a pretty awesome group of ppl. This was our team. In the front was our two spectators who kept hopping every couple miles to cheer us on... Left to right in the front... Jackie from Ft. Walton Beach Florida. Esteban from New York City, New York. Back left to right .. Me, Moultrie, Georgia, Mikaela from Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Joy from New York City, New York, Lewis from Camp Lejeune,North Carolina via Pasadena California, Nathalie, from Albany Georgia, via Miami Florida, and Amelia from Albany Georgia via Virginia. Quite a diverse group of friends from all the hell over. Also met a guy from Bainbridge who immediately came to me as I finished and congratulated me and said he and I were doing it for the "big guys" that ppl say cant run distance. He and I will hook up to do some community stuff in the future for sure. A lot of great people doing these runs for different reasons. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus69 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 23 hours ago, HawgGoneIt said: The running community is actually a pretty awesome group of ppl. This was our team. In the front was our two spectators who kept hopping every couple miles to cheer us on... Left to right in the front... Jackie from Ft. Walton Beach Florida. Esteban from New York City, New York. Back left to right .. Me, Moultrie, Georgia, Mikaela from Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Joy from New York City, New York, Lewis from Camp Lejeune,North Carolina via Pasadena California, Nathalie, from Albany Georgia, via Miami Florida, and Amelia from Albany Georgia via Virginia. Quite a diverse group of friends from all the hell over. Also met a guy from Bainbridge who immediately came to me as I finished and congratulated me and said he and I were doing it for the "big guys" that ppl say cant run distance. He and I will hook up to do some community stuff in the future for sure. A lot of great people doing these runs for different reasons. Hawg...and all this time I thought you were photoshopped in...(Big Smile). Congrats Hoss. Well Done.... Rufus>> 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgGoneIt Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2023 at 10:46 AM, Rufus69 said: Hawg...and all this time I thought you were photoshopped in...(Big Smile). Congrats Hoss. Well Done.... Rufus>> Thanks man! Idk what's next on the bucket list, but, I do know end of April I get to hang out with Jessie Graf (American Ninja Warrior) and compete against myself on the Savage Rig again, down in Jacksonville. That's the next big fitness event I'm doing anyway. My body is still fatigued from the run on Saturday. Haha. All the soreness is mostly gone, but just general fatigue and laziness is hanging on. I guess that's pretty normal. I'm looking at teaming up with Harold Allen Jr. He was the guy that I mentioned before from the run. He has literally logged 1000 miles running this year and its early March. Quite a story. Did 10 years in prison when he was young and could have went the other way, but, he's up at 3 am every day training others. While I'm asleep, they're out there grinding. We are trying to find a way to get inner city youth from the southwest Georgia area involved in training/running/lifting as something to keep them off the streets and away from the gangs etc. We are gonna organize something springboarding off of what he already has going and using my radio gig etc. 💪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus69 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 14 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said: Thanks man! Idk what's next on the bucket list, but, I do know end of April I get to hang out with Jessie Graf (American Ninja Warrior) and compete against myself on the Savage Rig again, down in Jacksonville. That's the next big fitness event I'm doing anyway. My body is still fatigued from the run on Saturday. Haha. All the soreness is mostly gone, but just general fatigue and laziness is hanging on. I guess that's pretty normal. I'm looking at teaming up with Harold Davis Jr. He was the guy that I mentioned before from the run. He has literally logged 1000 miles running this year and its early March. Quite a story. Did 10 years in prison when he was young and could have went the other way, but, he's up at 3 am every day training others. While I'm asleep, they're out there grinding. We are trying to find a way to get inner city youth from the southwest Georgia area involved in training/running/lifting as something to keep them off the streets and away from the gangs etc. We are gonna organize something springboarding off of what he already has going and using my radio gig etc. 💪 For the record...I get up at 3 am a lot. But it's usually to pee.................... Rufus>> 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus69 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 3/6/2023 at 11:05 AM, HawgGoneIt said: The running community is actually a pretty awesome group of ppl. This was our team. In the front was our two spectators who kept hopping every couple miles to cheer us on... Left to right in the front... Jackie from Ft. Walton Beach Florida. Esteban from New York City, New York. Back left to right .. Me, Moultrie, Georgia, Mikaela from Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Joy from New York City, New York, Lewis from Camp Lejeune,North Carolina via Pasadena California, Nathalie, from Albany Georgia, via Miami Florida, and Amelia from Albany Georgia via Virginia. Quite a diverse group of friends from all the hell over. Also met a guy from Bainbridge who immediately came to me as I finished and congratulated me and said he and I were doing it for the "big guys" that ppl say cant run distance. He and I will hook up to do some community stuff in the future for sure. A lot of great people doing these runs for different reasons. Back when men were men.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeBird Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 25 minutes ago, Rufus69 said: Back when men were men.... Just had to see the shirt to know that’s Rufus 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus69 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 29 minutes ago, FreeBird said: Just had to see the shirt to know that’s Rufus 😂 LOL...yep...that 5K almost killed me. Mainly cause I was stupid. And by that...I mean MORE stupid than normal. I've done a couple more since then...but I mostly walked. My daughter wants me to do the Strawberry Festival 5K with her in late April...BUT...I'm thinking my 5K days are over. I walk with Dash about 2 miles each day...counting morning and evening. And he sniffs and pees about every 3 ft. I hafta admit...that tires me out these days. I don't know what I'm gonna do when I get old....(Smile). Rufus>> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 On 3/6/2023 at 11:05 AM, HawgGoneIt said: Also met a guy from Bainbridge who immediately came to me as I finished and congratulated me and said he and I were doing it for the "big guys" that ppl say cant run distance. I was between 210 and 230 when I was running. I did find that my weight coupled with my hard orthotics from the podiatrist tended to wear out my shoes much faster than most. While the outer sole looked good with minimal wear, the inner sole would go to pot after 125 to 150 miles or so. Others in our group were getting 6-700 miles. My shoes were in the $90-100 range most of the time so it didn't bother me if I bought 4-5 airs a year. After all, if I played golf I could have easily spent that much in a month or two. Once you get some running gear together, shoes are your only real expense other than entry fees. We did travel some so there was that expense but we enjoyed it. I ran the Mercedes Half in Birmingham 3 times. I took a team and ran the first leg and then continued with the half while they finished out the full. It was a lot of fun and we won our age group once. I ran the Rock n Roll Nashville half with a co-worker and the Disney half by myself. I ran several local ones sometimes by myself and sometimes with others. I wish I hadn't quit but the side business you know me through started taking too much of my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgGoneIt Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 On 3/16/2023 at 3:45 PM, Fred said: I was between 210 and 230 when I was running. I did find that my weight coupled with my hard orthotics from the podiatrist tended to wear out my shoes much faster than most. While the outer sole looked good with minimal wear, the inner sole would go to pot after 125 to 150 miles or so. Others in our group were getting 6-700 miles. My shoes were in the $90-100 range most of the time so it didn't bother me if I bought 4-5 airs a year. After all, if I played golf I could have easily spent that much in a month or two. Once you get some running gear together, shoes are your only real expense other than entry fees. We did travel some so there was that expense but we enjoyed it. I ran the Mercedes Half in Birmingham 3 times. I took a team and ran the first leg and then continued with the half while they finished out the full. It was a lot of fun and we won our age group once. I ran the Rock n Roll Nashville half with a co-worker and the Disney half by myself. I ran several local ones sometimes by myself and sometimes with others. I wish I hadn't quit but the side business you know me through started taking too much of my time. I was asked to run another on April 2nd. I was tempted but it literally costs too much. Haha. Its in Pensacola, costs 94 dollars entry fee. Gonna be over 100 in gas. Gotta spend the night Saturday night and eat. Probably cost 400 dollars to go run that one. Ive already got an airbnb for the next weekend in Pensacola for a pub crawl. Then a fitness festival last week in April. Yeah Gonna pass on the Gulf Coast Half I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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