The Running Thread - 2018

[LdyStormy76]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

ATTQOTD: This may seem like a halfway type of goal thing, but I would like to hike to base camp 1 of Mt. Everest. Being from a place with zero mountains I think it would be foolish to attempt a summit. Now if I win the lotto and own a mountain home to train, then summit it is.

ATTQOTD: Spend 6 months exploring Australia and New Zealand. Exploring includes, but is not limited to, scuba diving, hiking, and walking and traveling by train across the interior and possibly the cruise around Australia.

 

[JeffW]

ATTQOTD: I really want to run the Patagonia International Marathon to cover South America on my 7 continents goal. I want to spend two weeks there around the race just exploring.

https://www.patagonianinternationalmarathon.com/en/

 

[Keels]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

ATTQOTD: Medoc Marathon.

 

[AFwifelife]

ATTQOTD: I have a lot that I want to do but I’ll say hike the Great Wall of China.

In April, DH and I are taking a cruise and hiking Mt Liamuinga, an inactive volcano on St Kitts. Probably the only exercise I’ll be doing that week lol.

 

[FFigawi]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

If I can only choose one, I want to climb Kilimanjaro. If I can make a short list, it would be:

1. Kilimanjaro
2. Everest base camp
3. Diving on the Andrea Doria and the Lusitania
4. Antarctica marathon to help complete all seven continents
5. The Volvo Ocean Race

ATTQOTD: Medoc Marathon.

A group of my friends and I are registering for 2019. Want in?

 

[Keels]

A group of my friends and I are registering for 2019. Want in?

I wish, but the date doesn't work for me in 2019. Maybe in 2020.

 

[DustyWA]

ATTQOTD: The most realistic answer for me would be various places I'd love to do races, but my true bucket list item would be to dive the Great Barrier Reef. One of my regrets of my time in the Navy is that I went to several places that are supposed to have great diving and I never availed myself of any of them. I still occasionally consider getting PADI certified.

Another would be to hike the full Appalachian Trail. My college roommate talked about doing it after we graduated, but it fell to the wayside. At this point in my life, it would be nearly impossible with family commitments.

 

[FFigawi]

I wish, but the date doesn't work for me in 2019. Maybe in 2020.

Womp womp

 

[Keels]

Womp womp

Yeah, I know. But if I'm gonna do a 70.3, it's gonna be 2019 or never so I have to leave my schedule kinda clear for that.

Womp.

Also, I don't want to train for a marathon in Louisiana in the summer. I'm dumb, but I'm no masochist.

 

[michigandergirl]

ATTQOTD:

1) Run a marathon in another country
2) Kilimanjaro
3) Ski vacation out west
4) One of the RnR races in China

DH & I hiked a portion of the Great Wall of China when we traveled there to adopt our daughter. It was truly an amazing experience. We very much enjoyed our time in China - such rich culture and some of the most beautiful parks I have ever seen. We hope to take our daughter/family back for a homeland tour sometime in the next 5 years.

 

[michigandergirl]

I know that it is too early to talk about 2019 races but... Today is RnR specials and I registered for my first full marathon. I decided against my first being Dopey 2020 just so I can have a real feel for the distance without wondering if my judgement is clouded by exhaustion.

It's not to early to talk about 2019 races!! Which marathon are you doing?

 

[Waiting2goback]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

ATTQOTD: This may seem like a halfway type of goal thing, but I would like to hike to base camp 1 of Mt. Everest. Being from a place with zero mountains I think it would be foolish to attempt a summit. Now if I win the lotto and own a mountain home to train, then summit it is.

I want to go to Aulani. I am sure I could find some kind of race down there if that was the requirement.

I need an opinion. It may be pretty obvious but I figured I would ask anyway.

So, I have an appointment with my ankle surgeon on 1/3/19 for my right ankle. But, I was doing more research and found some doctors that specialize in this surgery that are at Mass General (widely considered one of the best hospitals in the world). Do I go with the doctor who did my first ankle, that may or may not have done a decent job (hard to know considering it has hurt since, but I have been able to run on it) or try one of these new doctors?

One of the guys is the team doctor for the US Ski team and Boston College sports. One guy did his under grad at Yale and med school at Harvard, so he might be smart.

And what if they can't get me in for a while. Do I wait for them or take my guy because he will be quicker?

I am leaning toward the Mass General guys. But my ankles hurt, I am currently done running for a while, and I want to get the ball rolling soon.

 

[Professor_Cookie]

I want to go to Aulani. I am sure I could find some kind of race down there if that was the requirement.

I need an opinion. It may be pretty obvious but I figured I would ask anyway.

So, I have an appointment with my ankle surgeon on 1/3/19 for my right ankle. But, I was doing more research and found some doctors that specialize in this surgery that are at Mass General (widely considered one of the best hospitals in the world). Do I go with the doctor who did my first ankle, that may or may not have done a decent job (hard to know considering it has hurt since, but I have been able to run on it) or try one of these new doctors?

One of the guys is the team doctor for the US Ski team and Boston College sports. One guy did his under grad at Yale and med school at Harvard, so he might be smart.

And what if they can't get me in for a while. Do I wait for them or take my guy because he will be quicker?

I am leaning toward the Mass General guys. But my ankles hurt, I am currently done running for a while, and I want to get the ball rolling soon.

If you trust your guy I would just go there.

 

[Professor_Cookie]

ATTQOTD:

1) Run a marathon in another country
2) Kilimanjaro
3) Ski vacation out west
4) One of the RnR races in China

DH & I hiked a portion of the Great Wall of China when we traveled there to adopt our daughter. It was truly an amazing experience. We very much enjoyed our time in China - such rich culture and some of the most beautiful parks I have ever seen. We hope to take our daughter/family back for a homeland tour sometime in the next 5 years.

Funny. So many Michiganders here in Park City.

 

[FFigawi]

Also, I don't want to train for a marathon in Louisiana in the summer. I'm dumb, but I'm no masochist.

It's Medoc. All you really need to train is your liver.

 

[Keels]

It's Medoc. All you really need to train is your liver.

We all know that's always in peak performance shape year-round.

 

[rteetz]

I’d like to run “The Marathon” too in Athens. Anything in Europe would be fun since that would for sure be a bucket list type thing for me.

 

[GreatLakes]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

I have a lot but I'll go top 3:

Cycle Provance, France and then see how fast I can get up Alpe d'Huez.
Run the Rome marathon
Bike, run, and Kayak the fjords of western Norway.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

ATTQOTD: This may seem like a halfway type of goal thing, but I would like to hike to base camp 1 of Mt. Everest. Being from a place with zero mountains I think it would be foolish to attempt a summit. Now if I win the lotto and own a mountain home to train, then summit it is.

This is the only trip that I have ever considered that was based around physical activity, and I am too old for it now. If you really want to do it, do it soon. I have climbed Mt McKinley, but will always regret not doing Everest.

I have thought about running Comrades or Pike's Peak - may do either some day. But the reality - other than WDW, my vacations are not geared around these types of things.

 

[derekleigh]

QOTD: Staying in the theoretical world of questions today. What is a bucket list type trip you would like to take? Catch here is the trip has to involve some sort of physical activity. That could be hiking, running, golfing, skiing, ect.

Trip to England/UK/London involving running the London Marathon. Family friends and my family are planning a trip to England in 2020. I doubt I'll do the London Marathon, but we are looking at races. So that is a nice consolation prize.