holy crap. it's going to be tough!

We were eating Honey Stingers. It's a packet of honey with a mix of B vitimins for an energy boost. When you run any serious distance, you're delpleting your body of glycogen (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogen#Glycogen_debt_and_endurance_exercise ), which is a short term energy store. By eating stuff like honey, you're restoring the energy your body needs to keep moving.

I would have loved to kick some biker ass today. Some of them are totally obnoxious. They ride up your ass, then slam the brakes to scare you to death. When your'e running, the last thing you need is some ass scaring the shit out of you. It's hard enough out there! :-)

Sorry about that... the bike thing.

that's ok. we'll let you slide this time, but next time we might get midevil on your ass.

;-)

Thanks Peika! :-D

thanks jchap! we pushed ourselves pretty hard. :-D

started in aurora, turned around in elgin. :-)

Wow, I know you wouldn't want to go any further, but that seems further than 20 miles. When I bike to St. Charles it is 14.8 each way, and Elgin is further. Do you have some crazy shortcut?

we hit the beginning of the elgin branch past lincoln marsh.

we ran ten out, and ten back.

i don't think it's any further than ten because we run with GPS systems strapped to our bodies which gives us a pretty accurate reading.

where do you start from? we're starting from aurora off of diehl road. (by the factory card outlet)

Oh, right... I start on the river path at Illinois St., so you are further east and north from there. Plus, you're on the Prairie Path, so it's altogether different. I like the GPS approach. I'm sure you get pretty good data from it.

ah.

yeah. the gps gives me my time, pace, distance, hear rate and my route. when i'm finished a run, i can upload the data to my computer and do an analysis if i wanted to, but i'm running for fun, so all that data is a bit much for me. i focus more on distance than anything else.

we're trying, charlie!

I need a walking/running friend

me too! Come to england and we'll run together! (I get lonely when I run *sniff*)

awwwww!

I don't get lonely, but I need someone to keep me motivated.

Run you gorgeous bastard! RUN! (did that do the job? lol)

Hahaha!

so awesome

Exactly! :D