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04/20/2007 12:18:25 PM · #151 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Originally posted by oOWonderBreadOo:
ok, well it's about time I got around to this but here are a few from our night of fun :0)
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Isn't this the same setup you used for those pictures from the men's bathroom that you posted in one of those alt. newsgroup sites? |
Shhhh!!!! :0P
Wow Fritz, awesome images! I love the vertical looking into the canyon |
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04/20/2007 12:36:14 PM · #152 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
What Pano software you using these days? I'm into Hugin. |
I'm still using PTGUI. It started out as a GUI for PanoTools, but has evolved into a stand-alone program. I still tell it to stitch using the PanoTools engine, which seems to give me results that I can hang my hat on. |
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04/23/2007 11:04:50 AM · #153 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
I've run several marathons(so has DrAchoo) and have an idea what you are up against and full well understand how that can occupy all your time in PHX. |
Steve, you have RUN them. I have sorta jogged them... |
I'm just hoping I wont be crawling this one. |
Well I didn't crawl. Even managed to finish still running too. Long day. Marathon makes for a nice cool down. Longer race report
Message edited by author 2007-04-23 11:05:35. |
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04/23/2007 12:24:51 PM · #154 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
What Pano software you using these days? I\'m into Hugin. |
I\'m still using PTGUI. It started out as a GUI for PanoTools, but has evolved into a stand-alone program. I still tell it to stitch using the PanoTools engine, which seems to give me results that I can hang my hat on. |
I like the freebie app Hugin. It is a hodgpepodge of several components from several sources, is hard to setup and has far more parameter controls than you\'d ever care to think about, but does a good job and requires minimal merge and color/contrast \'cleanup\' when used properly.
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Originally posted by gordon:
Well I didn't crawl. Even managed to finish still running too. Long day. Marathon makes for a nice cool down. Longer race report
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I read your full report and all I got to say is...
WOW!!!
What an incredible accomplishment and a great insider's account of what you go through swimming, biking and running an Ironman. The AZ Ironman is a big time event and you placed very well. And, btw, you are right... Nobody negative splits the last third of a marathon... Nobody!
Congratulations... IRONMAN!
Message edited by author 2007-04-23 12:28:11.
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04/23/2007 12:48:50 PM · #155 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Well I didn't crawl. Even managed to finish still running too. Long day. Marathon makes for a nice cool down. Longer race report |
Great report Gordon. I don't know if it has happened to you, but in 3 of the 4 marathons I've run the finish line or the face of a loved one at the end suddenly causes me to burst into uncontrolled tears. Not very manly, but a really interesting snapshot as to how hard our bodies are being pushed. "Higher function control" over such basic emotions is stretched wire thin.
You may be interested in this article in the New England Journal of Medicine from 2002 which looked at overhydration in the Boston Marathon. It turns out this may be a larger problem than dehydration. Anyway, it recommends weighing yourself before and after long training runs to judge how your water intake regimen is working. If you are gaining weight during a run, you are drinking too much. We are so paranoid about dehydration that we can overdo it. I caught a whiff of that when you reported peeing at every stop.
Anyway, a big congrats. I'm not sure I'm an Ironman kind of guy. I've done the marathon and I've done a 200-mile bike, but I swim like a lead weight. After 50 yards the only things above the water are my wrists...
Message edited by author 2007-04-23 12:50:27.
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04/23/2007 01:33:33 PM · #156 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Great report Gordon. I don't know if it has happened to you, but in 3 of the 4 marathons I've run the finish line or the face of a loved one at the end suddenly causes me to burst into uncontrolled tears. Not very manly, but a really interesting snapshot as to how hard our bodies are being pushed. "Higher function control" over such basic emotions is stretched wire thin.
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I was more exhausted than too emotional this time, though it does come back to you. I watch the video of the swim start and feel the emotions coming back.
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
You may be interested in this article in the New England Journal of Medicine from 2002 which looked at overhydration in the Boston Marathon. It turns out this may be a larger problem than dehydration. Anyway, it recommends weighing yourself before and after long training runs to judge how your water intake regimen is working. If you are gaining weight during a run, you are drinking too much. We are so paranoid about dehydration that we can overdo it. I caught a whiff of that when you reported peeing at every stop.
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Yup, hyponutrimia is a concern in this sort of event. But the stomach bloating and loss of performance I suffered is typical of dehydration (particularly when it's in the 80s and the humidity is in the low teens). I was constantly taking salt replacements to maintain electrolyte balance, particularly when I started really catching up on the hydration. That's another advantage of the chicken broth too. The problem with too much hydration is if you wash out the electrolytes along the way and get into an imbalance. I think I got it right on the day - my stomach didn't shut down, I was able to start picking it up towards the end (it takes a while to recover from even mild dehydration)
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Anyway, a big congrats. I'm not sure I'm an Ironman kind of guy. I've done the marathon and I've done a 200-mile bike, but I swim like a lead weight. After 50 yards the only things above the water are my wrists... |
It was an interesting day, almost all more mental than physical. Starting the marathon in such a run-down state was odd to say the least. I'm used to much more of a planned preparation for running that sort of distance! |
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