tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post2919005584975659301..comments2024-03-29T03:17:32.208-04:00Comments on Running Man Wannabe: The day after the night beforeAndrew Opalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840813324329773479noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-20276795423196439892010-07-17T11:23:42.551-04:002010-07-17T11:23:42.551-04:00No problem Chris - I'm used to seeing mi on ev...No problem Chris - I'm used to seeing mi on everyones blog - it was a natural conclusion that I would be in miles.<br /><br />I am one of the few left that was taught heavily how to convert between all of them. In machining and furniture making we always used Imperial, in flying we used nautical miles vs. statute miles. In science - only metric unless we were presenting to US science associations and then we needed to have converted numbers along side every metric number. When I was in ROTP-air force basic training there was a saying: measure by eye, mark it with a grease pencil, cut it with an axe, fit it with a hammer, sir! The distance is always the same ... just the measuring is different.Andrew Opalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840813324329773479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-43817209510161081862010-07-17T11:11:02.498-04:002010-07-17T11:11:02.498-04:00Andrew, yeah, I realized my mistake when I read yo...Andrew, yeah, I realized my mistake when I read your recent post. Buy why would any country want to use the metric system? Seems way too simple and reational to me.Chris Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670072457969152936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-51118262313583286432010-07-15T02:04:56.679-04:002010-07-15T02:04:56.679-04:00RE: Your comment to Wendy....I've honestly onl...RE: Your comment to Wendy....I've honestly only had the runners high once or maybe twice - tops.<br /><br />I can't think of a better thing to be in your left hand.The Boring Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073380265420100975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-46404154716236714652010-07-13T10:37:29.828-04:002010-07-13T10:37:29.828-04:00I am a new runner, and I appreciate the praise, bu...I am a new runner, and I appreciate the praise, but it's kilometers not miles. So 5k would take me about 39 minutes to run. That's great, but the slowest in my age group in the race I have chose ran 31 minutes ... so I need to step up my training if I want to join this group of runners.<br /><br />(Your 8:10 / mi in the Camp Pendleton is equivalent to a 5:06 / km ... so you are kicking ass buddy!)Andrew Opalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840813324329773479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-43600426422411925822010-07-13T00:51:45.078-04:002010-07-13T00:51:45.078-04:00I lived in Belgium for a year and visited The Neth...I lived in Belgium for a year and visited The Netherlands often. I was rooting for them big time. Aren't you a new runner? 7:40 pace for 3 3.32 is pretty darn impressive if you ask me.Chris Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670072457969152936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-66577668462018616262010-07-12T22:08:50.686-04:002010-07-12T22:08:50.686-04:00Captain: Training is great! I'll tryout for t...Captain: Training is great! I'll tryout for the Oranje once I post a good time! Superman? Not yet. When you run beside Wonder Woman you feel like the Thing from the Fantastic Four. But she's very positive ... Just have to keep the faith and stay with the program I'll be running at the tail of my age group for my first race - then I can get a good Clark Kent set of classes and a nice blue suit. :)<br /><br />Wendy: We work out too much. We waste time. A friend of mine runs marathons. He always talks about this "Runner's high". But he has to go twenty-six miles for it. That's why I smoke and drink. I get the same feeling from a flight of stairs.<br /><br />A runner asks his wife: "What do you love most about me? My tremendous athletic ability or my superior intellect?" <br />"What I love most about you," responded the man's wife, "is your enormous sense of humor."<br /><br />You know it is time to resume running when You step on a talking scale and it says, "Come back when you are alone"Andrew Opalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840813324329773479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-32321031392255294052010-07-12T17:33:36.000-04:002010-07-12T17:33:36.000-04:00Hmmm... never heard of the "Zaklies". lo...Hmmm... never heard of the "Zaklies". lol!wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727968871500471018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354270740210130211.post-55940244238946482762010-07-12T15:19:02.074-04:002010-07-12T15:19:02.074-04:00Yes, too bad Netherlands lost!! Sounds like you...Yes, too bad Netherlands lost!! Sounds like you're still doing well with the training, though. Did you feel like superman running in the rain? (from your last post). I love a good rain shower on a hot day!<br /><br />Keep having fun!<br /><br />Captain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com