<p>I loved the feeling today of going for a ride and feeling really chilly but being pretty sweaty an hour later!</p>
<p>I think it was in your local paper, but here is some coverage.</p>
<p><a href=“http://running.competitor.com/2014/12/news/dallas-marathon-winner-upstaged-relay-runner_119870”>http://running.competitor.com/2014/12/news/dallas-marathon-winner-upstaged-relay-runner_119870</a></p>
<p>Thanks, BB. DH wants the elliptical. I find them boring and woruld prefer a running achine, but he calls it a clothes hanger 
The person we know who has the Octane says the company was started by people from Precor.</p>
<p>@MomofWildChild:</p>
<p>I feel so bad for the female winner not getting her moment:</p>
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<p>Do you know if there was any rule, written or otherwise, for her changing into “the full marathon area”? Is this something she should have realized or a fault of the way the race was organized?</p>
<p>Right - it seemed that she fully knew she was going over to the marathon area - she made that choice. </p>
<p>Moderate temperature and I found a new path I like. Yes!</p>
<p>I don’t think there is any real rule. I’m sure she had no idea someone was about to come along and win the women’s division! There isn’t a big concentration of runners with marathon times that fast at the Dallas race.</p>
<p>^^^Thanks. Maybe it would be a good idea to have the various participants wear different color bibs as someone else in the thread mentioned.</p>
<p>First winter hike of the season. Just a little one, three miles up and over a little hill at Pawtuckaway State Park. Just the right amount, actually. Real mixed bag of conditions: mud, snow, frozen leaves, wet leaves, glare ice on rocks, bare rocks. Wore MicroSpikes and they were fine. Temps in the upper 30s. Just wore a long sleeve base layer shirt and hiking pants for the uphill. Put on a super light windbreaker for the down hill.</p>
<p>Felt awesome to get some fresh air in the outdoors. Holidays and foul weather have kept me of the trails for about six weeks.</p>
<p>Need to get snow for full blown winter hiking/snow shoeing at this point. The mixed bag was fine today, but burying the sheets of ice on the exposed rock would be a plus…</p>
<p>Pilates reformer today. Finished up with 25 minutes on a new machine in the gym–Jacobs Ladder. It was a staircase type thing. Not easy.</p>
<p>Another day in the 50’s. Another fun run! Thank YOU December!!!</p>
<p>They always have different colored bibs- but who’s looking at the end of a race? </p>
<p>Glad you got a good hike in, iDad. </p>
<p>Bromfield: 25 minutes on Jacob’s Ladder! Wow. The most I’ve done is 15 minutes. It’s hard. </p>
<p>Cardio + weights this morning. For cardio I was on an Expresso Bike – anyone use these? There are lots of virtual bike rides to choose from, and a pace rider. You can “change gears” depending on the grade (uphill or downhill) of the course. Yeah, my leg muscles were feeling it when I finished. Now off to walk the puppy. </p>
<p>4.2 outside this morning. I thought it would be light enough at 6:15 to go without the headlamp and I was wrong. I could see well enough, but I didn’t feel reflective or visible enough. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>In defense of the half marathoner who broke the tape, this may have been a herculean effort for him. His thinking may have been hazy at the end. </p>
<p>Yes, I would think that seeing a tape would have been a big clue, but still. </p>
<p>The first half I finished, way way back in the Stone Age, I finished in 2:2x. We ended in a stadium. Right when I entered the stadium there was a huge cheer. I thought “wow, how nice. People support even the ordinary runners like me.” Then I realized that the winner of the full marathon had reached the stadium right before me. </p>
<p>CBBB, I have not tried a treadmill or stationary bike with virtual scenery. I always loved cycling outside and was kind of surprised I found it pretty boring using an exercise bike at the gym. It would be fun to try and see if I felt the virtual ride did help make it a better experience.</p>
<p>I worry about runners that run on the roadside when dark. Just too risky. I try to avoid roads even when it is light outside.</p>
<p>The “good” news re: the dark. 5 more days and the days start getting longer! </p>
<p>The half marathoner was actually part of a marathon relay, and maybe she ran great, but still…she was in a relay.</p>