Name that RELAY!!

Help us pick an Ultra Ragnar Relay name.  Me and 5 crazy friends are running the Del Sol Ragnar as a Masters Ultra Team. 

I did not make up all these names.  Some were ideas I found on the internet and some were the other team members ideas.  Hint.  The dirtier the name the older the person who's idea it was.  That's what getting old is about.   Oh...I love memes.

Give me your top FIVE!!!  

Because this dog is badass  PBR!

The aches and pains ultra

Older Slower and Lower

Naptime at the Finish line

The Ice Pack Ultra

Master Minds

Fruit Loops

Six Senior Suckers

Masters of Cowbell

Master Ultra Disaster  (MUD)

What’s the number for 911?

The Pace Makers

May the course be with GU

Not dead yet (monty python reference)

Six Pack Mismatch

Old enough to know better

The longer we go the harder it gets

It will get hard tonight

12 Runners, we don’t need no stinkin 12 runners

We may are old, but we sure are slow

What’s the hurry, Mesa will still be there

6 runners don’t smell as bad as 12

Maybe I'll blog more.......BAHAHAHA

The young and the rest of us

Off like a prom dress

Your pace or mine

Easier said then run

Lost in pace
How the west was run

My inner runner.  This race scares me.

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These hips are not swinging.

The aftermath of the half marathon was a whole lot of sore!  I waited 5 days and until the soreness was gone and decided to go for a slow run.  Two steps in and my hip was screaming.  Really?  It had to wait to scream until I changed into my running clothes and drove to my favorite park?  I couldn't just take a few steps and walk away.  I stretched it out and then ran for 2 miles, stopping to stretch it every 5 minutes or so.  
Big mistake.  It's almost a week later and it's just starting to feel better.  I know exactly what it is.

Piriformis Syndrome!

All things Runners World:

Piriformis Syndrome

Piriformis syndrome is caused by a compression of the sciatic nerve and tightening of the piriformis muscle, which lies deep behind the gluteals and is responsible for the external rotation of the hip joint. When the muscle becomes too tight, it can impinge on the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the body, which supplies the lower extremities with motor and sensory function. The resulting pain often radiates from the buttocks, down the thigh, and up into the spine. This is what makes it tricky to diagnose: Piriformis syndrome is often confused for a herniated disc, sciatica, or another back issue. Sufferers don't always feel discomfort while running, but they usually find sitting, climbing stairs, and squatting painful.

I can't hardly even stretch it!  I've been rolling and stretching and it is still so tight.  My friend Jen Q. and I decided to do a Bikram (hot) Yoga class to help loosen us up from the race.  

The aftermath

There really isn't a picture good enough or enough filters to really describe what it feels like after completely sweating your "balls" off - as my socially appropriate friend Jen would say.

We went again on Tuesday AM.  

I felt like a total doofus.  My arms, neck, back and hips are so tight.  Don't even talk about my hammies, they deserve no attention whatsoever.  Uptight..that's what they are.  So again with the Bikram to try and loosen things up.  I also looked up a bunch of exercises.

From Runners World, of course

Hoping for loose hips soon! :0

What cross training do you do to stay strong and loose?

Do you like Bikram Yoga?

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Abs Week One

It has definitely been a challenge this week.  I thought it would be easy, breezy but with travel and trying to put my bedroom back together it would just slip my mind.....at first.  

Up at the cabin I did planks and crunches before we headed out to sled.  Kelly joined me when I was holding a plank, stating, "I can do that, it looks easy".  A minute later, not so much.  



Credit

Haha....so true.

I've pretty much kept my ab workouts to planks, side planks, crunches and a push ups.  Actually my favorite ab workout is to hold a  1 minute plank, do 5 push ups  a 30 second side plank, 5 push ups, 1 minute plank and then a 30 second plank on the other side.  I follow it with about 100 crunches. 

With my slightly sore back I've kept it pretty low key.  Of course I challenge myself to a month of ab work right after body slam on the ice.  

I'm sure you remember this picture:



I posted it everywhere.  I was going to try and get a picture with my leg up in the air, but alas, my lower back was too sore.  My mom has had almost an entire lifetime of orthopedic issues (She fell out of a tree when she was 11).  She told me she avoided pain and pain medication by exercising but also listening to her body and if something hurt, she would stop. 

I'm surrounded by geniuses.  

Feb. 1st - 1 minute plank, 30 seconds each side plank, 50 crunches
Feb 2nd - 50 crunches
Feb 3rd - 100's X 1
Feb 4th - The moonshine regret.  (No ab work, dang you moonshine!)
Feb 5th - 100 crunches
Feb 6th - TRX/Suspension training.  It included suspended planks, crunches and mountain climber.

Tonight I'll be taking a Pilates class. 


The best workout ever!  Laughter!

Last nights TRX class gave me a peak into the muscles I pulled while sledding.  You would think I would be in good enough shape, but for some reason I come home with a couple of pulled muscles and lots of bruises.  My right tricep and my right adductor are making it awkward at the TRX class.  Luckily it won't affect my ab commitment.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a mess, but then I realize I'm a sweaty mess. 

I was driving my son and his friend to work the other day when I mentioned it was Ab Month.  My son said something smart and his friend said, "Dude, I do abs every morning.  A couple of yoga moves and some ab work wakes you up and makes you feel refreshed".  Such wise words so unexpectedly.  

How is your ab work going??

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Vanapalooza. Tales of a dirty mind.

I've done 6 Ragnar Relays.  Florida Keys is by FAR the most outlandish!  Themes didn't seem to have any limits and unless a Van was corporate sponsored then there was at least one naughty "could be taken either way" statement.  Plenty that were outright naughty and just hilarious.

****If you are easily offended then pass on this post*******

This is just Utah.  Boom.  Done.  Simmer Down.  Yeah, Utah

Help with pregnancy....while flashing your rooster....

 I like the way this rolls off the tongue.   Cincinnati Skidmark.  Awesome.

Honey Badgers..always funny.

Not sure whats going on here - but she doesn't look happy.

Classic.

At least it's smiling.

Our team van.  Name was in honor of Paul and Angela's dog Corn dog.  Get your mind out of the gutter!!

My very favorite.  I have no idea why, it's just awful and very ballsy.  (giggle)

Check out Urban Dictionary if you don't know what it means.  So wrong.  So wrong.

I'm going to sum it up by showing you one of our last exchanges.  A perfectly good adult superstore with a large parking lot.

So, in a way, the race was just asking for it!

I'm just sad I didn't think of taking Van pics until toward the end.  

This post was only for your enjoyment and held no value and probably decreased your moral boundaries just a smidgen.

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Oh the Mockery

Maybe it wouldn't bug me so much being injured if my life wasn't saturated with running stuff.
Blogs, friends, magazines, everything!  
I noticed every runner today.  It was beautiful and the weather perfect this morning. 

I think they are mocking me.

So I Google'd pictures of hurt runners.  











I actually have this cast from a stress fracture a few years ago.



It would be unbearable if I had a treadmill.  Although it is gym day tomorrow.  I wonder if I could call ahead to have them cover them up for an hour.

Of course I couldn't resist checking out how all my blogger "friends" are.  Well, mostly I just stalk people.  

Shut up and Run had this picture.



I won't bite though.  Kick some ass, but not bite.  I don't put random shit in my mouth...period.  

It could be worse.  I could spend my birthday at a certain steak restaurant that has you sit on a saddle while they sing to you.

I was unsuccessfully trying to be sneaky.

A 16 year old and an 80 year old.

I went to lunch with my great friend Chris and his son Hunter.   They are in town for the weekend.  We were amazed that we hadn't thought of a rolling saddle in our party days!

Plankapalooza was a great success and my sides/back and abdomen are all sore.  So I hung out with this gem:

Zoe really doesn't have anything to do with planks.  I can imagine that she would be sore if she did them - she is older then me, in dog years that is.

We drove across the valley to get an all natural/fresh turkey.  Zoe was cold so I put a towel over her and turned on my seat heater.  Spoiled old hag.

Love her to death!

How do you explain running and injuries to non-runners?

More then anything, people have laughed and wondered why I ran on my foot for so long.  It's almost impossible to explain.  THEN the shock that I am downright depressed about not running.  It's only been ONE week.  Lord have mercy....

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Overheard in the Rag Van

This reminds me of my gals from the van.  Although we are all happily married our conversations twist and turn all over the place.  Plus, the older the woman the more shameless.  1-800-sosueme


OVERHEARD

I'm going to have to ask you to shut the hell up

Brown chicken!  Brown Cow!

Don't you think he ought to slap my ass if he's going to pass me?

How does my hair look?

No Mas Pantalones

Have you seen my boyfriend?

What would it be like to run with no arms?

Let's count deuces!!

Is blood in your poop bad?

There is an accident behind us!

Yeah, because honking at me is going to make me go faster.

Just bust it! (around a corner in the van.....)

Oh he is delicious!

Isn't he fine!

I won't recognize him with a shirt on.

Stop humping the inflatables!

Can I get some WHheat thins?

Boom

Boom boom boom

Your stomach hurts?  Do you need to poop?

I thought I was going to die.

I am not here to judge you.

We need to........(translates into KATHEE/JEN needs to)

Is that a midget?

Like a SAUUNA

OMG - crotch shot!

I'm taking my shorts off

I'm getting dressed back here

Can you hand me the ibuprofen?
Can you hand me the ibuprofen?
Can you hand me the ibuprofen?

What is the maximum dose of ibuprofen?

Where is the foam roller?

Is that coconut water good?

Those are awesome BALLS!

Look, that car is on fire!

Look that car just blew up!

Which way do I turn......PAY ATTENTION!!

Honk the boat horn!

Did you get the runner a cold water?

Is that her?  Is that her?  Is that her?

Firestation??  Fireman??

Shit just got real!

I have prunes!  Do you need prunes?  Drink more water.

Can you get me a water?

That was awesome!

I did it!

I didn't die!

Take the flag!

Where is my phone?  Where is my phone?  WHERE is my phone?

I need to pee.

If my toenail falls off I'm giving it to you, as a friend.

You know you wanna look!

Do you have hair on those balls?

Did you just say that?

I have zip ties.

The mango ate your baby.

Call Nike, tell them what we did.

Shameless hussy!


I'm sure there were many more that I have forgot.  I know I spend more time laughing then running. Thanks to my team for making it yet another awesome experience!


Do you get punchy when you get tired?
Very much so and my language goes down the toilet.  I'm more of a sailor then usual and if something upsetting happens I cry a lot easier!

If you have done a relay, what sort of things were said in the van?


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Rock day 4

So far this day of work has been somewhat uneventful.  Once we were sure we had all the meds and equipment we needed then it's been pretty much football, crocheting (I'm crocheting baby stuff for gifts) and eating.  I don't have any cashews or dark chocolate so I am feeling a little neglected.  

I was browsing running blogs and if you haven't stopped by this blog you should do it and pretty quick:

Shut up & Run

She has the most excellent sense of humor.  I've only been reading her for about a month and I love it! I have gathered some great ideas from her blog and enjoy her posts about running and life.  Plus she is closer to my age, which I have found is rare in the running blog world.  The "in my 40's but still a sexy bitch" time of life.  Today's post was about her trail run, classy paperboy and FWP..which are First World Problems.  

I actually found a website that has a bunch of FWP's listed and I couldn't stop browsing.  I'm sure this is some trend that has been going on that I have totally missed, I seem to always be a day late and a dollar short these last few years.  

This is from Pinterest and is a great example of real problems!  It is also the same example that I read this morning on Shut up and Run.



My favorite is the "trying to text at a red light" one.  I do that all the time.  I think I'm awesome for not texting while driving, but I figure if I'm stopped.......

Yeah.  That is the way my mind works.  That and I know I'm an awesome driver.    

Here is the best explanation found at this website:


Although I can't imagine there is such a thing as too much cheese?!?

I don't really have any FWP's today besides the fact I have no cashews or chocolate.   It's been a pretty easy going day.  Hopefully I will have a flight before too long.  Those always make me appreciate the day to day life.  Usually if I'm transporting or working then someone is having a very crappy day.  

After having made this blog a more running, frequently posted, hopefully informational at times place to share my stories, I have spent a lot of time reading blogs.  Blogs that are posting for a purpose besides just life can be pretty entertaining.  I know that a lot of blogs ask questions at the end of their post.  I've been considering doing that.  

What do you think??  <-----see?

Countdown to the Napa Ragnar!!  Next Thursday we leave for San Francisco and a visit to Trader Joes!  Here is our shirts, on the back we each have the name of a Zinfandel that has a funny name.  Mine is Beuhler.  Beuhler.  Beuhler.  

Have you ever ran a relay?

What is your favorite football watching snack?

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