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Post by harrington on May 25, 2010 14:41:48 GMT -6
Still Alive Quick Update: Days 1-4 in Paris Day 1: 115min Day 2: 0min Day 3: 55min Day 4: 65min Highlights from runs in Paris: 1. Dead Rat 2. Live Rat 3. Eiffel Tower Day 5-6 in Barcelona Day 5: 75 min Day 6: 65min I'm staying in a hostel outside of Barcelona next to a large park, it is quite beautiful. I'm not sure if I'd call it a mountain, but it definitely contains a very large hill (I just looked at Wikipedia and I guess it is a mountain, Mount Tibidabo). On my Day 5 run, after about 20 minutes of climbing I reached Temple de Sagrat Cor (I also just read this on WIkipedia). From there you can see all of Barcelona. Very cool, especially since I didn't even know I was heading toward it until I exited the trees. I'll put it on my 'Top Runs' list. 93 Days to go. FYI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibidabo
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Post by adrian on May 28, 2010 6:18:55 GMT -6
Good updates, Harry. That looks like a solid mountain. It would be a mountain in Australia, but I doubt it compares to mountains in the Alps. Keep it up and you'll have to run the 2011 mountain running championships in Canmore, Alberta.
What type of shenanigans are you up to? Are you mostly travelling? Working? Running? We're looking for intrigue!
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Post by Rory on May 28, 2010 7:53:51 GMT -6
Adrians right, this blog is about as exciting as paula's twitter
less talk about running more talk about europe. we can listen to you rant about running when your back in edmonton.
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Post by tyler on Jun 4, 2010 13:14:17 GMT -6
Update? For our peace of mind if nothing else.
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Post by jamieweikum on Jun 5, 2010 19:20:11 GMT -6
bump for Harrys activity on facebook but not here
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Post by harrington on Jun 6, 2010 3:19:00 GMT -6
Sorry boys. I couldn´t take another message board tongue lashing from Rory. Those things take a while to get over. Back in Barca for two days after eight days on the island of Menorca. Head to Istanbul on Tuesday.
Have been averaging over an hour of running everyday. Typically around an hour run, although I have had a few two hours sessions and some days off. I have it all recorded but I don´t have the book on hand.
Haven´t been doing a whole ton of partying. Drinking has been social. That will likely change as I will be meeting up with my friend Spencer in Turkey and the University semester is just ending. Most of my time has been spent exploring and trying to experience as much of the city/island as I can.
Story from a run last week (Day 8?): I was staying in a hostel outside of Barcelona next to some big mountainous park. Went for a run. The trails were super nice so I just kept on going. Ended up getting totally lost, running by some quarry, and following a set of train tracks thinking they were the ones leading back to the Hostel. They weren't. It was another line. Final run time was 2hrs 30min when I stopped at a station. After jumping off a raised walkway over a stone wall to get on the platform I trained back to Barcelona, and then once in town I snuck in the turnstile behind some other commuter on another line to get back to the hostel. Total time from start of the run to the return to the hostel was a little over four hours.
Had some epic runs on Menorca. One of which was on the South Coast from Cala Galdana to Son Xoriguer (a tourist spot) which is on the Southwest corner of the island. Close to 20k I think with white sand beaches dotted along the way. The run wasn´t continuous as I stopped to swim at most of the beaches but the view of the Mediterranean and the country side were unreal. The nude beaches weren´t too bad either. Haha. I was following an old horse track made during French occupation of the island in 1700s to allow travel between the various watch towers and military encampments along the coast. (Learned later at the Museum of Menorca.) Along the way I stopped to check on what looked to be a stone bunker from around that time. It was dug into the ground so that it only stuck out a foot or so above the surface. Had to duck to get into it. Super small. Ceiling barely over six feet with a width of maybe two feets. Really just short sections of underground corridor with small windows about the size of paper back books to let in some light. Essentially it was totally dark. I walked in a ways and saw a lizard scurry out of one of the windows. No problem. I then heard, could briefly see, and swear I could feel, that there were a number of bats flapping around in there, remember the ceiling is only six feet high so they are right at head level. Considering the super cramped size of the shelter, and the fact that I´ve read Cujo and know all about rabies, I let out a good scream, although I´m happy to say it wasn´t high pitched, and ran out of there pretty fast. Saw another couple such buildings as I finished my run but decided it wasn´t necessary to investigate further.
There´s the update. More stories will come out when I get back but I´m off to check out the Museo Picasso de Barcelona and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. They´re both free on the first Sunday of the month. (That one´s for Rory so he can make a joke about me being cheap). Trying to get my culture fix.
I´ll be back in a week or so to try to update again, although I´m going to be doing some camping in Turkey so we´ll see what the internet access will be like.
Post any big results on the board.
Wish I could be there for the K-100. Love the hype.
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Post by adrian on Jun 6, 2010 19:19:31 GMT -6
...I let out a good scream, although I´m happy to say it wasn´t high pitched... You're saying you let out a deep, guttural grunt? I'm not buying this. It sounds like you're secretly training for Skyline with your 'accidental' 2 hour and 30 minute run. I'm glad to hear you're travelling well. Getting lost on a run in a foreign country is a must-do. You'd be surprised how fit you can stay on a steady diet of 60 minute runs. Alex Hutchinson was telling me that one of the top NCAA teams (Arkansas?) would spend the first two months of the season just doing "easy" runs, and then would consistently go on to win NCAAs. Then again, apparently they would basically race every practice, but there were still no organized sessions. Keep the updates coming!
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Post by kingsley on Jun 8, 2010 9:00:07 GMT -6
Does Harry's trip remind anyone else of the movie Eurotrip?
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Post by tyler on Jun 16, 2010 12:08:36 GMT -6
Hey Harry, something called the "World Cup of Football" seems like it's constantly on tv over here. Do they have that in Europe?
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Post by Raudebaugh on Jun 16, 2010 17:10:32 GMT -6
Congratulations Tyler on your 100th post!
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Post by harrington on Jun 17, 2010 2:16:35 GMT -6
Hey Harry, something called the "World Cup of Football" seems like it's constantly on tv over here. Do they have that in Europe? Tyler, I wish I could tell you but I´m in Asia now. That´s right. In Southern Turkey in a small town called Aydancik, right on the Mediterranean. Running has taken a big hit. Istanbul was not a city conduscive to running and it´s been difficult to get going now that I´m in the Turkish country side, the only optiıon would be narrow roads with Turkish drivers. Dangerous. I think I´ve managed to offset my lack of running though by increasing my Döner intake. That´s how they spell it here. Döner means ´turn´or ´rotate´which explains the rotating spit. But yes, even in small town Turkey the World Cup is still shown. We haven´t seen another tourist for the last five days which gives you a pretty good idea of how far out of the way we are. However, the Turkish people we have met could not have been friendlier. I have some good stories but they´ll have to wait as the next camel bus is leaving now. (That´s a joke.) I´ll be back in a while, Harry PS Go Team Lambert. JBarr you have to step it up for the Team at the afterparty in my absence. PPS Check out these cool letters I can write on this keyboard: ı ğ ü ş ö ç İ Ç Ö Ş Ğ Ü Şweet
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Post by JBarr on Jun 17, 2010 7:04:30 GMT -6
For an esteemed Whose Idea Was This teammate like you, I will make sure that we not only destroy the competition in the race, but also at the after party.
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Post by harrington on Jul 4, 2010 7:38:59 GMT -6
64 Second Quarter Mile on the Panathinaiko Stadium Track. Barefoot. The only Marble Stadium in the world and site of the 1896 Olympic Games and 2004 Olympic Maraton finish. Haven't run for a while but between the rough track and the tight corners my feet really took a beating so it may be even longer before the next run. Will be in Italy in a couple days and I'm looking to get back into a good routine. Hitchhiking through Turkey is conducive to proper training. Over 1700km. Started hitching in Karaman, and then passed through Silifke, Antalya, Fethiye, Izmir, and Edirne among other towns. I have never met anyone more hospitable than the Turkish people. Topped it off with walking solo across the Turkish/Greek border. We'll see what lies ahead. Measurement of the Stadium: www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3855326
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Post by lauzon on Jul 9, 2010 14:45:16 GMT -6
Harry, please tell me that you are in either Netherlands or Spain for the WC on Sunday...
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Post by harrington on Jul 10, 2010 0:43:04 GMT -6
Leave for Madrid tonight from Rome.
¡Viva España!
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