If a torrential thunderstorm downpour starts once you finish stretching, do not take that opportunity to ingest half a canister of dry roasted peanuts. The storm may pass in 15 minutes laving you a good 30-45 minute window to get in your run and stay relatively dry. But you'll feel like hell with a stomach full of nuts.
To summarize :
Pre run mocha's or iced mochas = good. borderline reccomended.
Pre run half canister of dry roasted peanuts = bad. not reccomended.
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As I write this we are only 27 hours and 23 minutes away from the Women's 10k Final. Shalene Flannegan has come down with food poisoning, which is really discouraging to me. She has the best womens 10k time in the world this season. Though a medal for her may be a reach, she probably is the USA's best bet. I love Kara Goucher, and Kara has shown well in the trials, and in last years championships in Osaka. She's a helluva runner. I am just more partial to Shalene and truthfully to Kim Smith also. That said, if Kara is to medal, I may run into the streets with my flag screaming. And let's not forget Amy Yoder Begley, who is one of the people you'd least expect in the world to be a kick ass runner. But, she repeated the phrase in her mind, "I am a Kung Fu Panda." as she hit the Olympic A standard and qualified for the team in Eugene this summer. It's impossible not to like her.
A few minutes passed as I wrote that paragraph, and now we are also only 2 days, 2 hours, and 2 minutes from the Women's Marathon. Holy crap does that excite me. And who should you cheer for? Deena kastor may be our best chance at a medal. But let's be honest, Magdalena Lewy Boulet, aka Chewy is the shit. Not only is she a Saucony runner. She also put in a frontrunning performance at the Marathon Trials that was inspiring as hell. She's the one.
Check out a good Magda interview, here
I'm excited outta my mind about these here 'lympics, in case you can't tell
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so what's the word on watching the women's marathon? are you watching it in real time? are there any websites i can watch this shit?
nbcolympics.com should be streaming it. supposedly they are broadcasting it live that night as well on nbc, but i am sure it will be constantly interrupted with swimming, diving, ribbons, and other crap.
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