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  1. Stretch, I watched S1 of WD and... I think that was my last. It's been coming for some time now, but it's really now getting more human-human and the walkers are becoming a part of the decor. BTW, that ep is not for the squeamish... But - obviously there are people who would prefer it that way. If I wanted to watch human drama and piffing contests I'd have watched Grey's Anatomy.
  2. SeaBee

    MotoGP

    First thing I giggled about was that the factory team must now feel a bit sheepish having opted for a semi-retired guy instead of promoting... oh, the race winner on a non-works bike! To add to that - I was watching the first couple of laps of MotoGP and had to TEAR myself away from the screen shortly after the MM crash to leave in time for training and be back for another engagement... the evening I watched F1 and mercifully fell asleep, only to wake up on the last laps.
  3. That's not the "only way". You can also go for the endurance athlete option. Then you can get more per workout for longer workouts, should you want to. But then the target is also higher.
  4. Haaahaha, I just by sheer coincidence had a look at my stats this morning... Longest ride (for the year!) 109km! Wonder what that was... Haven't touched the road bike since, hardly touched the MTB.
  5. I'm easy - I used my initials as my username. Even easier to identify since I ran bugger-all the entire week - my agitation levels is skyrocketing. Bit sore after the weekend and had a hectic week. Tomorrow we roll again! Cape Leopard trailrun...
  6. Heard good things about Tailwind, esp from some guys in the States. And apparently it does not stuff up your hydration pack (trail running, sorry) like most other things do. I have been seriously tempted to try ordering online... But then, esp when trail running I hardly ever use much but water. The odd time a gel (or if a casual but longish group run, a bar) or some of those 32GI tabs - sticking to the nutrition separation. So I simply never got around to ordering. Maybe worth a shot.
  7. On racefood - I use some of that before races and eat some bars (mainly 32GI bars) early in some trail runs. On road I eat a bar beforehand and gels during. Ja, like Scott also eluded - it is highly individual. So what works for one person may not for the other.
  8. Hacc, I have had a sad history of late with nausea - and not only when running or riding. I will get back to my own stuff shortly. As for some suggestions/questions above. Perpetuim may be a viable solution - a lot of people swear by it. And for running, those gel flasks works a treat and you can mix it like a batter consistency and drink your water separately. (A thing I started believing in of late is to separate hydration and nutrition...) Sachets - I tend to use a bit at a time. I utilise the gel in 2 or 3 sessions, just before a water table. Roll the open end and put it back in my pocket. First off, my issue was diagnosed after all kinds of probing - and it was due to my gall bladder removal. Now, years later, it sometimes happens that the gall pushes back (esp overnight) into the stomach. I now drink something for that and 90% (maybe more!) of my problems are sorted. Things to also consider: a lot of the times nausea is caused by not enough water relative to nutrients, so your gut wall cannot transport it quickly enough, esp in low blood supply times. This is greatly why I started separating hydration and nutrition, to keep better tabs of what I actually put in. That is also why I like gels and easily digestible things - the less stress I can put on my stomach, the better. That's my 2c. Having shot my mouth off, I'll most likely loose my breakfast on my next run...
  9. Goodness Ferret... Sorry, that's all I could manage without adding colourful language - it took some restraint! I was nearly taken out exactly the same way quite a while ago - seems people crossing to the right just look for a gap in traffic and goes... So truth be told, very easy to miss a bike, because that's not what the guy is focused on. And no, I'm not making excuses here! My guy at least came to a screeching halt when he eventually DID see me. (I was already cursing and bracing myself for impact... nowhere to go.) All the best, hope you heal up well. That is the most important! This is exactly why my wife mentioned the other day that she's so glad I'm actually running more than MTBing now. A sad reality.
  10. I'm cheapskate... and furthest I've gone is marathon distance. I simply use a bit of that 3M(?) white porous tape.
  11. Sorry to hear about that Andrew. All the best with the recovery. I went to a lyno specialist and got sorted pretty well. My problems with my calf was related to them being overly stretched, plus some other weaknesses/imbalances. So I had to stretch my glutes, esp one as well as my hip flexors. Further to that, exercises to strengthen the calf. Touch wood, I am still feeling it at times, but it is much much better. Seem to also have settled into a road shoe (make) which fits my feet quite well, so maybe that consistency helps. Oh, and I no longer run in high drop shoes. Max 8mm, mostly 4. (One trail shoe is at 6 and one at 0 drop.) Anything higher just seems to mess with me. But that is a very personal thing.
  12. Haha, so much for automatic point allocation events... My Cape Town Marathon was allocated to Saturday (instead of Sunday) - and with the wrong distance category! Maybe they thought we all did the trail run...? No biggy at this time, next year whilst building actual Vitality points still, it makes a bit of a difference. Anybody else in the same boat?
  13. Who cares? It doesn't matter what the list says. Those are just automatically claimed events. You can now again (since Aug, I think?) claim for any event. Of course just with proof of completion and time. Already did so successfully - think I got my points the very next day.
  14. Well done Tubehunter! That first one is special... Have to agree with what has been said - that 30k mark is where it all tends to turn tough. And on this route - that section going back through the drab buildings was just... well, it played with my mind! It was there where I was sure I'm settling for 4:15 and so be it. Also, weather could not have been much better. I really enjoyed the run - will come back for this one next year! What was great was having that one previous marathon "experience" - and could directly translate to say that I'm feeling much better than Winelands at 30k's and also much faster, so... and likewise with other time checks. Really weird for me was how I felt good (may not have looked so!) and fresh most of the way, but my legs were absolutely dead all the way. Initially dead and listless and later they were sore - yet I was still feeling like I'm fresh and can breathe through my nose at most times, etc. Anybody know what that can be? Highlight for sure was running with/around the Gugs crowd for a good 10-15 k's in middle. Awesome bunch, lots of banter. And everybody knows them and cheers for them!
  15. Wow! Well done Ferret! Made the sub-4! Super excited... And at a stage I was really off target and in my mind sort-of just settled for sub 4:15. Then a couple of kays later I saw...hmmm... this may still be on. 3:59:17... pleeeenty of time to spare!
  16. In my mind your fitness points and your vitality rewards points have always been two separate entities. The fact that there's a 900 or 1200 cap on reaching your rewards points goal should not impede your points for the fitness segment. Therefore (and this is all in my mind which is a weird and wonderful place) if you do 5 300 point sessions a week, you'd hit your 900/1200 rewards but continue to claim points in the fitness category... surely. I mean, the fact that we've all hit our 30 000 fitness points does not stop us from earning rewards points. Just my guess...
  17. SeaBee

    MotoGP

    Maybe he couldn't back it up because it's been a while since Lorenzo's overtaken somebody?! Sorry, couldn't resist... had to grind some JL fans. To me - of late it seems as if he rules when he's out front and can be smooth, but the moment he's in traffic he's suddenly lost. At least (for his sake) he did not go all that far backward this past weekend. He actually looked quite sharp for a change in recent form. But personally did not see anything wrong with ANY of Pedrosa's moves. In fact, some of the best overtakes in recent history. (And no, not a DP fan...) He rode an absolutely brilliant race.
  18. SeaBee

    MotoGP

    You obviously have not read the bit about this thread and what happens when any predictions are made or opinions are voiced...? Let's not jynx a good thing!
  19. Ja, at last year's Winelands I did that walking thing. Works well enough for me just to change the rhythm and mentally take a break and regroup for the next 3k's. I also tend to drink gels only half at a time whilst running. So pop it before a water point, then return it to the pocket (or bin the sachet, depending on which half it was) and grab some water and walk through on some of the stations. At the later tables I took coke and that forces me to walk. They need to add something strong to the coke for me not to spill it whilst running! My biggest worry is that I haven't been on the road as much as I have been in the build-up for Winelands. Much more trails...
  20. Sub 3... hmmm... You'll be back home sleeping by the time I trundle in, Ferret! I am doing only my 2nd marathon next week. So still very new to all this and learning as I go along. Aiming for sun 4:15. I don't think I have the pace over distance to scrape in sub-4... which I think is pretty much 5:30's all the way. Don't think I can realistically do that for 42k's. Will start off slow and see what transpires. Don't want to start off at 5:30's and end up running out of steam completely and then not even making 4:15. Planning on getting some last runs in this weekend, nothing too long or hard. Hilly 14 tomorrow and a flat 15 on road Sunday should do the trick. A leg stretcher Wed/Thurs and then it's play-time. Should be over 50 k's on new shoes, so they should have settled come the big day. Unfortunately haven't had an actual long run in them. Fake it till you make it... Between this and Winelands I should qualify for Oceans in something other than the last group. I hope...
  21. Jaaa, but common sense is not all that common... And some evenings it's a bit raap en skraap when it comes to food, esp veggies. From there some supplementation is common sensical. I must admit, I haven't been ill (touch wood!) in a long time whilst I am surrounded by colds, flu's, sniffles and coughs in an air-conned to death building. Vit C (which I may be overdoing!), Betavit every now and then and only during hard blocks some zinc (ZMA sport they sell at the expo's). Further supplementation is in the form of coffee, red wine, beer and whiskey...
  22. Lexx, that is interesting... I also get these red patches every now and again. Ithes like a mother... and it is in times of stress and sick people around me, when I typically also up my Vit C. Haven't had a vit B shot in aaaages. So maybe I'm also at times overdoing the Vit C... who'd have thought?! And to worsen it, I go big with those 1000mg bombs of dischem. And when I feel I need to up it due to everybody in office being ill and during a hard (for me!) training block, I do those in the evening as well. BTW, also in combination with Betavit AFR.
  23. I have one set of new shoes that fit absolutely lovely. But if I exceed about 13k's in them, they kill my forefoot - and I subsequently sit with this stiffness in my foot. Have now gotten other shoes which I hope to have broken in by time CT Marathon rolls around. Will use those feet-killers for the short weekday runs (once CT is done). To alleviate this, I rolled with that blue b4play ball. Just take off the red band - it irritates me, at least. For me it helps a lot. Try your physio/bio before buying it at much greater cost at an expo... But maybe I was fortunate in that I picked it up early, put aside my "push through and get this to work" feelings squealing budget and realised that long runs in these shoes are going to cause long-term damage. Only soreness in my foot is having bruised it a bit on a rock during the downhill run yesterday. Though I still suspect it will help if you've done it properly. I now have it as part of my routine - simply sit and roll my feet whilst having breakfast.
  24. I entered for the 2015 Oceans Half, my first "race". I was in the queue less than 10 mins after the entries opened and when I got to the front of the queue, I got one of the very last entries... Still remember refreshing the counter seeing 15993 entries sold and refused to refresh again, then got in! #TrueStory
  25. Oh... bugger. I blame you lot. Oceans here I come.
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