turning 42.2?!

[Irongirl]

Ha!

This was in the Zone3 newsletter....

Mark Sutcliffe is turning 42.2 years old on Saturday, Sept 25th. He is inviting people to
join him for some or all of the morning as he runs 42.2km back and forth along the
Rideau Canal between Dows Lake and Lewis St.

More details to follow, but start time will be around 8 AM. You can join in from either end
of his route at any point within the run. Goal pace has yet to be determined.

What did YOU do for your 42.2nd birthday?

[turd ferguson]

Ran 5.5k easy, had 6 conference calls, billed 6.75 hours

[La]

My 42.2 birthday fell on my sister's 33rd BD. I was training for IMC that year, so likely I did something active (though being a Monday, it was likely a rest day). Quick, someone find the daily thread from February 20, 2006...

ETA: Apparently, I didn't take a rest day...

Dragged my a$$ out bed to go to the gym this morning. Did 30 minutes on the elliptical (in my new skirt - review to follow in the Gearing Up section) then some pushups & hamstring curls (all I had time for this morning).

Jwolf, I counted 42 years and 73 days.

[Jwolf]

Are people talking about 42 yrs + 2 months or 42 yrs + 73 days?

[Tred Miller]

Are people talking about 42 yrs + 2 months or 42 yrs + 73 days?

42 yrs + 73 days

[Jwolf]

That's what I would say too- but I've heard weird things in the US childcare industry where they say 2.9 years when they mean 2 yrs 9 months.

So when I turned 42.2 I was in the middle of marathon training and ran a 14.2k tempo run.

[CdnMarathonGirl]

I ran my first marathon!

[Joe Dwarf]

Don't think I was running much back then. It was a Friday night so odds are my wife and I were enjoying a couple of quiet drinks together.

[Marg]

According to my work calendar (so daily thread may differ) I did 10x400m and watched the Sens play Pittsburgh, on TV.
(April 9, 2008)

[Jo-Jo]

You expect me to remember that far back

Hmmm...year...1995...I had recently done a career change. I was probably drinking a single malt scotch and celebrating the fact that I wasn't just finishing up working 16 hour days during tax season at a major CA firm.

[a-slow-5]

Wow, that's a few years back at this point. I'm fairly certain I wasn't even running then, in fact, I do believe I would have been recovering from a broken ankle at the time.
That broken ankle truly a turning point in my life though.

[JSmitty]

Training for my first half marathon (Scotiabank), 7.335 years ago!

[RA.]

I'll let you know when it happens in 9 years.

[Habs4ever]

That would have been around Dec 14, 2004. I have no idea what I ran that day, but it was probably something.

[BJH]

8k of the run commute to work this morning. It was a tad chillier than it has been.

But I ran a marathon on my 42nd birthday. In NYC. Wearing a tiara.

[Irongirl]

I put a note in my calendar to look for a marathon for February 3, 2021.

[deerdree]

I'll let you know when it happens in 9 years.

we could be the cool kids who use 26.2!

i doubt i was doing anything exciting on my 26.2 birthday, though.

[Doonst]

I was camping on the Bruce Peninsula, again. 11 years and 30 pounds ago. Fashion sense already developed even at that young age. Bud got sprayed by a skunk that trip, the only time in his life! (thank goodness for the time stamp on digital pictures!)

[Irongirl]

I'll let you know when it happens in 9 years.

we could be the cool kids who use 26.2!

i doubt i was doing anything exciting on my 26.2 birthday, though.

found it! 26.2 - February 3, 2006 (only 17 days before La's 42.2!)

I get to run with Sheamus and Jacc today after work! 45 minute "pick it up" type of run ......hope the rain stops!!

JUST registered for ATB!

Erin - sure hope the puppy is okay.....it's so hard to take care of sick puppies!!

Cheryl - love the new avatar!!

I was training for IMLP!

[ultraslacker]

for my 26.2 I was still just running 30-40 minutes at a time on the treadmill... didn't track it back then because I wasn't a runner!

[turd ferguson]

26.2: April 29, 1998. I was still a year away from going on my first-ever run.

[scrumhalfgirl]

26.2 - September 25, 2008. I was recovering from Muskoka 70.3

Morning - 2000m swim

4 x 200 SKPS

6 x 75 drill - odds = 6 kick / double breath / fist; events = L arm / R arm / 2,2,full

12 x 25 on : 40 - 1 easy, 1 build, 1 easy, 1 fast
3 x 100 pull on 2:20 descending 1-3
300 swim - negative split

Afternoon - 6km from work

[jgore]

42.2

That was 4.8 years prior to when I took up running, so I can say I did NOT run. Probably was at the curling rink that evening. Other than that ... looking into a new job.

There is a very good chance that butter tarts were eaten.

[Jo-Jo]

I was camping on the Bruce Peninsula, again. 11 years and 30 pounds ago. Fashion sense already developed even at that young age. Bud got sprayed by a skunk that trip, the only time in his life! (thank goodness for the time stamp on digital pictures!)

So cool to see a pic of Buddy in his prime...awesome

[La]

26.2: February 20, 1990. I have no clue what I would have been doing (was working as a supervisor at Canada Trust), but I know for a fact that it likely would have involved cigarettes, alcohol and food. I didn't even know what running WAS in 1990! It was something people did in the Olympics.