C_Q: RUN AWAY!!!

[Jarric]

I love this challenge already! Following along again.

 

 

[Charlie_Quinn]

20 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

Glutton for punishment I like this idea but at 5:30am when I'm out running it always seems like a terrible idea and I skip it.

 

It didn't seem like a good idea when I was half way through the set either! Man, Eric is a hard task-master! I just keep telling myself it's all worth it. 

 

8 hours ago, Maigahane said:

Yours too? Mine reminded me that we didn't feel him right before bed by continuously jumping on the bed, standing one me or just walking across me, then jumping off. Repeatedly. Over and over again. At 3am. No meowing but he's a fat bugger so walking on you hurts when you're not expecting it

 

They really know how to irritate the hell out of you, yet remain completely adorable while doing it. 

 

5 hours ago, EricMN said:

God I love this thread.

 

 

4 hours ago, EmeraldEagle said:

Because that's no ordinary rabbit  LOVE the challenge theme!

 

I soiled my armour, I was so scared.

 

1 hour ago, Jarric said:

I love this challenge already! Following along again.

 

 

 

I was going to use this gif this morning. You beat me to it. I don't know if it's true, but apparently there was a really long and complicated name for Cleese's character but he couldn't remember it, so just said Tim. Which is why he phrases it like a question. Tim?

 

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Thursday 16th March

Lunch run was done, with added ass-kicking WoW in the middle. I really need to work on high intensity training more often. It really kills me. 

 

When I got home in the evening, hubs was doing some stuff in the gym so I thought, what the hell, and went in after him and did some chin ups, squats, OHP and deadlift. My volume was low on everything except for the deadlifts because of the WoW at lunch. @jonfirestar is right, I am a glutton for punishment.

 

There's no coding class tonight so we've planned to go climbing. Then this weekend is going to a busy but fun one. Tomorrow I'm going to try to get up on time to go to parkrun, then I've got to go round a friends house to help plan my future Sister-in-law B's hen weekend. I've been put in charge of selecting an OCR for everyone to do so I'll be showing the girls the ones I think are good and convincing them all that they won't die and they'll have fun. I've lined up a couple of inflatable ones as they will be easier for the mums and aunties, but I know B will have more fun if we are all getting a little muddy.

 

 

Then Sunday I need to see if I can squeeze in an 8 mile run before we head off to Wild Forest Gym for some OCR training. I'm seriously looking forward to blowing off the cobwebs and getting on some obstacles again.

[jonfirestar]

33 minutes ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Then Sunday I need to see if I can squeeze in an 8 mile run before we head off to Wild Forest Gym for some OCR training.

 

Soo you want to run 8 miles and then go do OCR training. Yep you most certainly are a glutton for punishment

[Charlie_Quinn]

43 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

 

Soo you want to run 8 miles and then go do OCR training. Yep you most certainly are a glutton for punishment

 

Or just plain stupid! It'll be a very slow 8 miles so I don't wear myself out too much before all the fun begins.

[DarK_RaideR]

On 15/3/2017 at 11:41 PM, Miw_Sher said:

Now I have the song stuck in my head. I'll bring the coconuts.

Good, I've heard C_Q likes pina coladas

[Big_Show]

That sounds a great fun idea for the hen do!

 

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[Jarric]

6 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

I was going to use this gif this morning. You beat me to it. I don't know if it's true, but apparently there was a really long and complicated name for Cleese's character but he couldn't remember it, so just said Tim. Which is why he phrases it like a question. Tim?

 

If you look at his face, even just the gif without the audio, I'm pretty convinced that this is true.

 

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

8 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

I soiled my armour, I was so scared.

Oh go and clean your armor.

 

but then

[EricMN]

9 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

It didn't seem like a good idea when I was half way through the set either! Man, Eric is a hard task-master! I just keep telling myself it's all worth it. 

 

Thursday 16th March

Lunch run was done, with added ass-kicking WoW in the middle. I really need to work on high intensity training more often. It really kills me.

 

 

9 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

 

Then Sunday I need to see if I can squeeze in an 8 mile run before we head off to Wild Forest Gym for some OCR training. I'm seriously looking forward to blowing off the cobwebs and getting on some obstacles again.

 

8 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

 

Soo you want to run 8 miles and then go do OCR training. Yep you most certainly are a glutton for punishment

 

Best way to train is to train how you're going to do the thing.

[skinNbones]

 

 

 

 

Hey guys, you have better memories than me . Sorry I've been a bit absent , things are beginning to calm down sort of , I might try and get back into things for the next challenge.

 

 

And of course I'll be following CQ now.

 

 

[Kestrel Grey]

Whenever I worry that I may be taking on too much, I just come to C_Q's thread for perspective.

[Mad Hatter]

Bwahaha love the challenge theme so much!!! 

[Charlie_Quinn]

How is it nearly Sunday afternoon already? I really want to do a proper catch up but I've not had five minutes spare I last updated. 

 

No run yesterday as I had way more errands to run in the morning than I thought. The hen party meeting also took longer than anticipated so that killed most of my day. At least we got a lot planned and a race picked. 

 

I got back from a 12km run about half an hour ago (a little shorter than planned, but I was a bit tight for time) and just getting ready to head over the Wild Forest for some obstacle fun. I'll let you know how it was later or tomorrow. 

 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

[Miw_Sher]

Wooo for having a race picked! Can I ask where?

 

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[honeybadger]

Monty Python and running...two of my favorite things! How could I not follow?

[jonfirestar]

8 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Hope you had a lot of fun out at Wild Forest!

[Charlie_Quinn]

On 3/17/2017 at 0:21 PM, DarK_RaideR said:

Good, I've heard C_Q likes pina coladas

 

Haha! I forgot I did that challenge.

 

On 3/17/2017 at 0:58 PM, Big_Show said:

That sounds a great fun idea for the hen do!

 

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It's going to be so much fun. I'm looking forward to it

 

On 3/17/2017 at 4:59 PM, Jarric said:

 

If you look at his face, even just the gif without the audio, I'm pretty convinced that this is true.

 

 

 

Yep, you can see the quizzical look on his face. It's priceless.

 

On 3/17/2017 at 8:21 PM, EricMN said:

 

Best way to train is to train how you're going to do the thing.

 

Absolutely. 

 

On 3/18/2017 at 5:31 AM, skinNbones said:

 

Hey guys, you have better memories than me . Sorry I've been a bit absent , things are beginning to calm down sort of , I might try and get back into things for the next challenge.

 

And of course I'll be following CQ now.

 

 

 

So good to see you Skin. Let us know if or when you have a challenge going.

 

On 3/18/2017 at 9:32 AM, Kestrel Grey said:

Whenever I worry that I may be taking on too much, I just come to C_Q's thread for perspective.

 

Guilty! I quite like being a looney. Normal is too boring

 

21 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Bwahaha love the challenge theme so much!!! 

 

Thanks!

 

2 hours ago, Miw_Sher said:

Wooo for having a race picked! Can I ask where?

 

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We ended up going for an inflatable race in the end. We're doing Gung-Ho in Derby. I've not done an inflatable one before so I'm looking forward to it

 

38 minutes ago, honeybadger said:

Monty Python and running...two of my favorite things! How could I not follow?

 

Hi honeybadger!

 

20 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

Hope you had a lot of fun out at Wild Forest!

 

I did! Had an amazing time and picked up a few new skills. Very hungry right now so I'll go into more details after I've eaten and watched Robot Wars!

[Charlie_Quinn]

Wild forest gym was great fun. We covered a lot of things that I knew already like rope and wall climbs, but the coach had some great tips for being more efficient, not only on the obstacles but also for transitioning from the obstacle to running. I also got to do some things I hadn't done before like the weaver; damn that's a deceptively hard obstacle!

 

The best part of the day? Completing the hang tough rings for the first time ever. I've always struggled to transition from the first ring to the next, yet today I did it perfectly multiple times. I was so excited. Of course, race conditions are different and wet and muddy rings are going to be harder, but at least I know I know the correct technique so I have a good chance of completing them in a race.

 

Got quite a few leg bruises from today but other than that I'm feeling great, so as long as the DOMS don't hit me too hard tomorrow, I'll be lifting.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

51 minutes ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Wild forest gym was great fun. We covered a lot of things that I knew already like rope and wall climbs, but the coach had some great tips for being more efficient, not only on the obstacles but also for transitioning from the obstacle to running. I also got to do some things I hadn't done before like the weaver; damn that's a deceptively hard obstacle!

 

The best part of the day? Completing the hang tough rings for the first time ever. I've always struggled to transition from the first ring to the next, yet today I did it perfectly multiple times. I was so excited. Of course, race conditions are different and wet and muddy rings are going to be harder, but at least I know I know the correct technique so I have a good chance of completing them in a race.

 

Got quite a few leg bruises from today but other than that I'm feeling great, so as long as the DOMS don't hit me too hard tomorrow, I'll be lifting.

This post is so RangerBrain! Well done on a good workout.

[EricMN]

14 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Wild forest gym was great fun. We covered a lot of things that I knew already like rope and wall climbs, but the coach had some great tips for being more efficient, not only on the obstacles but also for transitioning from the obstacle to running. I also got to do some things I hadn't done before like the weaver; damn that's a deceptively hard obstacle!

 

The best part of the day? Completing the hang tough rings for the first time ever. I've always struggled to transition from the first ring to the next, yet today I did it perfectly multiple times. I was so excited. Of course, race conditions are different and wet and muddy rings are going to be harder, but at least I know I know the correct technique so I have a good chance of completing them in a race.

 

Got quite a few leg bruises from today but other than that I'm feeling great, so as long as the DOMS don't hit me too hard tomorrow, I'll be lifting.

Weaver looks awesome. I've seen a couple techniques on it, interested to try it sometime.

 

Rings - now that you've done the technique, you've got it. The only thing that will trip you up is slippery, and you climb enough to build up your grip to overcome that.

 

Sounds like an awesome time.

[Xena]

From what you've written, I think the inflatable race was a really great decision. You and B do plenty of super hardcore things together and can do more. The inflatable race sounds like a great way to bring the other ladies into the fun.

[Miw_Sher]

Wild forest gym was great fun. We covered a lot of things that I knew already like rope and wall climbs, but the coach had some great tips for being more efficient, not only on the obstacles but also for transitioning from the obstacle to running. I also got to do some things I hadn't done before like the weaver; damn that's a deceptively hard obstacle!

 

The best part of the day? Completing the hang tough rings for the first time ever. I've always struggled to transition from the first ring to the next, yet today I did it perfectly multiple times. I was so excited. Of course, race conditions are different and wet and muddy rings are going to be harder, but at least I know I know the correct technique so I have a good chance of completing them in a race.

 

Got quite a few leg bruises from today but other than that I'm feeling great, so as long as the DOMS don't hit me too hard tomorrow, I'll be lifting.

 

That sounds so much like adult playground.

 

Also, I did not know inflatable races were a thing. I want to try that now.

[jonfirestar]

Glad to hear you had so much time with Wild Forest time for you to own the race season!

[Charlie_Quinn]

11 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

This post is so RangerBrain! Well done on a good workout.

 

The whole afternoon was very RangerBrain! The coach asked what skills we wanted to work on, to which my answer was, EVERYTHING! 

 

10 hours ago, EricMN said:

Weaver looks awesome. I've seen a couple techniques on it, interested to try it sometime.

 

Rings - now that you've done the technique, you've got it. The only thing that will trip you up is slippery, andarkfoxx you climb enough to build up your grip to overcome that.

 

Sounds like an awesome time.

 

The only thing that makes the weaver hard is remembering the technique as your doing it. It's a lot of 'arm here, leg there, move one arm, move one leg.....' and if you get mixed up, you end up wasting a lot of energy.

 

No one likes a slippery ring! Unfortunately, RD's love putting rings right after a muddy pond or swim, just to fuck you up.

 

9 hours ago, Xena said:

From what you've written, I think the inflatable race was a really great decision. You and B do plenty of super hardcore things together and can do more. The inflatable race sounds like a great way to bring the other ladies into the fun.

 

That's true. Everyone looked super excited when I showed them the video of the inflatable race and a few people have decided to do it when before they were just going to watch, so it was definitely the right call.

 

3 hours ago, Miw_Sher said:

 

That sounds so much like adult playground.

 

Also, I did not know inflatable races were a thing. I want to try that now.

 

It is a giant, intense adult playground! So many obstacles that I didn't get to try them all as we ran out of time. I really wanted to try the peg wall so I'm going to have to go back to give it a try.

 

48 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

Glad to hear you had so much time with Wild Forest time for you to own the race season!

 

I'm so excited for race season now. Just need these bruises to go down a bit! 

[Nymeria]

I'm here for the running away!