A Helpful Guide!

Thanks, J-La, and to www.marriedtothesea.com for finding this valuable information and bringing it to our attention. There's a lesson here to be learned - don't question science. Shut up and run, then shut up and drink.

I ran a very hilly six at just about that pace last night. Clearly, I could have had 36 beers.

I think the converse of this is also true, that five bong hits or four glasses of gin of any size at all will translate into a one-hour 10K. I've been made obsolete...

All that and a bag of Pirate Booty?

I came across this site yesterday. It has running. It has pirates. It has a Steve Prefontaine legacy. What more could a girl ask for? Did I mention pirates and a quasi-excuse to track your mileage?

Apparently Nike's revisiting of the original Pirate's 2,000 mile club shirt was the inspiration for this little online collective. I have to say, I tend to agree with the founder's premise that it seems a little hokey that anyone could buy and wear one of these shirts without actually putting in the miles.

Why?

Because everybody knows that putting in the miles and the redistribution of maritime wealth is what is really important ... well, that, and maybe beer.

Saturday morning run?

I plan on running 5-6 tomorrow morning... anyone down for some of that? Maybe some swimming afterwards?

Spiridon Mascot?

OK, I don't want to obscure Mango's quest for swimming buddies (see post below), and this has nothing to do with anything, but, um, I think it's really cool...

swimming buddies?

rob banished me to "no impact" for a while until my ankle heals up, so looks like i'll be swimming a lot to try and not get behind.

anybody interested in meeting me at big stacy pool on live oak around 10am several mornings coming up? it'd be way more fun if we're not doing it alone!!

anybody? bueller...bueller...

Use this Space!

OK, everyone currently with Team Spiridon should have gotten an invite enabling them to post on this page.

It's a free space, as you can definitely see from previous posts, but I do hope you'll use it to communicate with each other about, you know, running. Want to make sure you get your butt up Saturday morning to run? Put a post up, see if anyone else is interested in meeting you to run.

Yes, running takes discipline, and you have to take responsibility for getting your runs in, but it's really nice to have someone out there to help you.

I'll start off - I plan to run five to six miles on Saturday morning. I could put together a route that would allow for a shorter three mile segment, if anyone's interested... drop a comment, if so.

Trail run Saturday morning

A few of us are planning to do a short run on the Barton Creek Greenbelt tomorrow morning.

We'll meet at 7am at the Barton Skyway access to the Greenbelt. Here's a map for the taco-deficient.

Be warned - this is just a lark, an experimental run. It's been so long since I've been down there, I'm not sure of the distances. I plan to run down to Barton Springs, where we can get water, then back, perhaps adding some distance on the other side. I'm looking for us to run for about 40 minutes - the trail is a good deal of extra work from running on the road, but it's excellent training, and just fun.

Let me know if you have any questions...