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Date: 16 Mar 2006 06:26:02
From: rick++
Subject: running on sand dunes
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Running on sand dunes is an interesting experience.
I was in Death Valley earlier this month and decided to give
them a try. I was aiming for the central peak about 600 feet high,
but then didnt want to interfere with the sunrise photogaphers.
Running on them was a lot a work. Some parts were soft and
i'd sink in the sand. Plus lots of up and down through the dunes.
I guess if a practiced a week or two, I'd develop a good technique.
The beauty of surroundings was intoxicating.
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Date: 16 Mar 2006 13:12:25
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Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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On 16 Mar 2006 06:26:02 -0800, "rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com > wrote:
>Running on sand dunes is an interesting experience.
>I was in Death Valley earlier this month and decided to give
>them a try. I was aiming for the central peak about 600 feet high,
>but then didnt want to interfere with the sunrise photogaphers.
>Running on them was a lot a work. Some parts were soft and
>i'd sink in the sand. Plus lots of up and down through the dunes.
>I guess if a practiced a week or two, I'd develop a good technique.
>The beauty of surroundings was intoxicating.
Or it was that heroin/cocaine cocktail.
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 14:57:19
From: Beach Runner
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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McPervert@pervs.net wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2006 06:26:02 -0800, "rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Running on sand dunes is an interesting experience.
>>I was in Death Valley earlier this month and decided to give
>>them a try. I was aiming for the central peak about 600 feet high,
>>but then didnt want to interfere with the sunrise photogaphers.
>>Running on them was a lot a work. Some parts were soft and
>>i'd sink in the sand. Plus lots of up and down through the dunes.
>>I guess if a practiced a week or two, I'd develop a good technique.
>>The beauty of surroundings was intoxicating.
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> Or it was that heroin/cocaine cocktail.
Congrats, you made my kill file
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 13:59:37
From:
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:57:19 GMT, Beach Runner <bob@nospam.com > wrote:
>Congrats, you made my kill file
Good luck on that.
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 14:10:28
From:
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:59:37 -0500, idoubtit@verymuch.org wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:57:19 GMT, Beach Runner <bob@nospam.com> wrote:
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>>Congrats, you made my kill file
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>Good luck on that.
He obviously knows not with whom he deals.
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Date: 16 Mar 2006 09:55:13
From: Sir Lancelot
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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Running on sand dunes and daring to enjoy the natural beauty of your
surroundings makes you a feat accomplisher. I'm so intense I was
drinking red wine the night before I was born. Ah..... let me rethink
that.
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Date: 16 Mar 2006 20:22:36
From: Dan Stumpus
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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"rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com > wrote
> Running on sand dunes is an interesting experience.
> I was in Death Valley earlier this month and decided to give
> them a try. I was aiming for the central peak about 600 feet high,
> but then didnt want to interfere with the sunrise photogaphers.
> Running on them was a lot a work. Some parts were soft and
> i'd sink in the sand.
There's a Sand Dune Park in Manhattan beach, with a good 80' dune climbing
up at a steep angle. We used to do the dreaded "10 times Dune" workout
there.
There's no way to do it without screaming quads!
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 08:14:25
From: Tim Downie
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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Dan Stumpus wrote:
> "rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com> wrote
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>> Running on sand dunes is an interesting experience.
>> I was in Death Valley earlier this month and decided to give
>> them a try. I was aiming for the central peak about 600 feet high,
>> but then didnt want to interfere with the sunrise photogaphers.
>> Running on them was a lot a work. Some parts were soft and
>> i'd sink in the sand.
>
> There's a Sand Dune Park in Manhattan beach, with a good 80' dune
> climbing up at a steep angle. We used to do the dreaded "10 times
> Dune" workout there.
>
> There's no way to do it without screaming quads!
Quads? I find that when going hard uphills it's my calfs that are
screaming. Coming down hammers my quads unless it's a soft landing like
sand in which case I would have thought it would be relatively quad sparing.
Tim
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 03:17:02
From:
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:14:25 -0000, "Tim Downie"
<timdownie2003@obvious.yahoo.co.uk > wrote:
>Dan Stumpus wrote:
>> "rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com> wrote
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>>> Running on sand dunes is an interesting experience.
>>> I was in Death Valley earlier this month and decided to give
>>> them a try. I was aiming for the central peak about 600 feet high,
>>> but then didnt want to interfere with the sunrise photogaphers.
>>> Running on them was a lot a work. Some parts were soft and
>>> i'd sink in the sand.
>>
>> There's a Sand Dune Park in Manhattan beach, with a good 80' dune
>> climbing up at a steep angle. We used to do the dreaded "10 times
>> Dune" workout there.
>>
>> There's no way to do it without screaming quads!
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>Quads? I find that when going hard uphills it's my calfs that are
>screaming. Coming down hammers my quads unless it's a soft landing like
>sand in which case I would have thought it would be relatively quad sparing.
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>Tim
>
I meant screaming CALFS. The mother cows get real pissed when you hump
their babys.
Tim
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 09:47:55
From: Wimbo
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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I ran on sand dunes whilst training in South Africa it was a wonderful
training environment but it is definately a good quad work out!
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Date: 17 Mar 2006 10:03:36
From: Miss Anne Thrope
Subject: Re: running on sand dunes
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Yeah, definitely practice more. It will cut into your posting time.
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