Know Your Shit

The most important thing to know is that TRY next Tuesday (the 15th) is going to be held at Green Lakes State Park.  Details will be forthcoming and I should be able to make a Facebook event to coordinate. The least you need to know is that the group run will start at 6 and you can also swim and enjoy the rest of the park before or after that.

This week, we are meeting at 5:30 next to the bike rental building.  For the group run, I suggest our first official visit to "Faith Hill".  That will get a little hill work in for those of us who have been slacking and also allows a very personalized effort level while keeping us grouped together.

On Thursday, Catherine is hosting the "See-Meet-Run-Dip-Learn Party" as our first TRY Fun Field trip of the season.  I think everyone that cares is already invited, but if not, you should be able to follow that link to see the details.  Drop me a line if you need an invite so you can RSVP yes.

Running the Boilermaker?  Read my past write-up about how to avoid traffic, where to meet before and after - it's from 2012 and the Boilermaker instruction part starts after the picture of the baby beaver.  Seriously.  And something I've linked to before, but is timely again and may be useful for new TRYers - some tips for running in the heat.

Want a new way to think about hydration?  Then you should know your shit.  This infographic from Malaysia's health organization will have you bursting at the seems just to check out what your shit looks like.  Turns out you can learn a lot about your health from a little shit head:




Want to read the rest of the article?  Here it is.  And here is another websites version that goes into your poop and your pee.  I expect a lot of extra bathroom time this week from everyone doing their homework.

Lastly, as a reward for those of you who read to the end, TRY has a new unit for measuring short periods of time.  It's called a "corey" and is in honor of our favorite quick-courter.  (Which I think is a great new nickname!  Quick-courting-Corey or QCC?!)  Anyway, since we are all impressed at the roughly 3 month courtship and the additional roughly 3 month period between engagement and marriage, it was decided last week that  a 3 month period of time should be called a corey.  (To keep it simple and because it is an approximation, it's 3 months, or 12 weeks, or 90 days as suits your needs, even though those three things can be quite different depending on what months you are referring to - like that dastardly "Febtober" that always messes up everything.)  Here are a few running themed examples to get you started with our new word concept:

"I looked at Hal Higdon's guides and it only should take a corey for me to get ready for my first half marathon."  "That's great, but please call it a Hyman, otherwise TRYers will look at you funny."

"Is a corey enough time to get ready for a marathon?"  "Well, only if you are already up to 10 mile long run.  Otherwise you'd want to give yourself a corey and half to get ready while minimizing your injury risk."

"I just met with a physical therapist and they recommended I take half a corey off from my training.  I'm so bummed!"

FYI -
a millicorey works out to just over two hours, so we'll round down to two hours.
a microcorey works out to just under 8 seconds, so we'll round up to 8 seconds there.
a nanocorey would seem to have no use in running circles, so does not need to be defined.

Last example:
"If I can take a microcorey off my mile splits, I can totally do the ARC race in under a millicorey this year.  I could not be more excited!"  (A hawkward millicorey hyman is about as TRY as a race could get.)