Posts Tagged Jeanne Bayers
A week of Jeanne
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running, Trail Running on January 18th, 2010
I am training for the HAT 50k with my friend Jeanne Bayers, so we have been spending more time with each other as of late. Jeanne also was the first to complete an “Andy” last week, so this week over 100 Dailymilers ran 3.42 miles to complete a “Jeanne” (her Boston Marathon time of 3 hours 42 minutes).
On Saturday I met up with Jeanne, Paul Gochar, Bobby O’Kane, and Wendell to run the trails in Patapsco State Park. The video does not do the hills and mud justice. This was a tough hilly muddy 8 mile mess.
Sunday, Jeanne and I met up for a 14 mile run through Baltimore and the rain. Fellow Dailymiler’s Brodie W. and Brian B. joined us for the run. Running with friends sure makes the nasty weather easier to take. If you are on Dailymile friend these runners, they are great people.
Me, Brian B., Jeanne B., Brodie W.
Patapsco Trail Run from Thomas Neuberger on Vimeo. Believe in the Run
Now for some fun. Run an Andy!
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run on January 7th, 2010
Okay, to fully understand the “before” and “after” image, you first have to follow @AndyO22 on twitter or Andy O. on dailymile. Andy is an inspirational runner that regularly clocks wicked fast times for his runs (mostly in the 7’s if not faster). He is also a great sharer all around positive nice guy that is fun to interact with over the social networking landscape. The funny thing is, I have never actually met Andy. We are scheduled to run the HAT 50k on the same day in March, but at his pace I would be lucky to see him at the beginning of the run or at the end. Anyhow, back to the explanation of the image. A few weeks ago Andy wrote “How many times do I have to run 6.52 miles to trademark it? 3, 10, or 100+?”, to which I wrote, “From now on a 6.52 will be referred to as an “Andy.” ie: I am going to go run an Andy.” And so it started and the “Andy” caught on. Others began to reference Andy’s 6.52 mile runs as “Andys”. Fun, right? Well, yesterday Andy ran another “Andy” and when people were leaving comments for Andy like “There you go with another nice ANDY.” -Jeanne B. I decided that I would create a challenge on dailymile. The challenge was simple, RUN AN ANDY! (6.52 miles) on Jan. 7, 2010. I thought a few people might sign up for the challenge, after all, Andy is a popular figure on the site. To my surprise over 40 people signed up! The virtual turn out was great! I decided as a tribute to Andy I would transform myself into Andy. How would I do that? In all the pictures I have seen of Andy, he wears a yellow tech shirt and a white doo rag. In the picture you can see how the “Andy” affected me.
Andy's profile picture
Check out some of the responses to the posting of the before and after pick:
- “LOL! You definitely look better in the after shot.” – Andy O.
- “Now I am really nervous about my run later. My wife might leave me if I start trying to rock a doo-rag.” – Caleb M.
- “This made me LOL OUT LOUD VERY LOUD!!!” – Michelle
- “This is pure awesomeness.” – David D.
- “Good one Thomas. Great challenge you set up here….inspiring a ton of people in the process.” – Steve S.
I had a lot of fun with this and it was great to connect with all these runners. I am still amazed at how these social media tools can be used to connect with people that in our offline lives we would never meet, and how those people can touch our lives. I love me some dailymile. – Believe in the run
HAT 50k Training Officially Starts
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running, Trail Running on December 21st, 2009
Tomorrow marks the official start of my training for the HAT 50k (The Hinte Anderson Trail 50K Run). I will actually drop miles initially, but it wont be long before they are back up and exceeding my current weekly mileage. The challenge will be finding good long trails to train on. Take a look at the video from last years run. It looks like this is going to be a muddy run!
The Hinte Anderson Trail 50K Run
Couple 5 mile runs added to the schedule
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running on November 17th, 2009
Green Valley North Turkey Trot
I will be running The Green Valley North Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day with some friends and family.
Then in December I will be running a Baltimore classic, The Celtic Solstice 5 Mile Run. This is a cold one! Jeanne Bayers and Brodie Wise are just a couple of the dailymile.com‘ers that will be there. This race usually sells out. If your interested RUN don’t walk to sign up. You can sign up and get the jacket for $45, or just pay a $15 fee to run the event.
Hope to see you out there!
The HAT Run 50k
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, GORE-TEX® TransRockies Run, General Running, Trail Running, running Gear on October 25th, 2009
I recently signed up for my first 50k trail race in March 2010. “The course is mostly single track trail with a mix of open fields, dirt road and some paved road. The course features nearly 9,800 feet of climbing. There is a starting loop of 3.6 miles followed by two identical loops of 13.7 miles. There are 4 stream crossings that can be challenging depending on the water level – there is alway the chance of getting wet feet.”(excerpt from hatrun.com) The race is sold out. I know that Andy O. and Jeanne B. will be running it too.
Ok, you know I love the the gear, so after signing up for the the HAT I used a gift certificate to Dick’s to get a pair of new trail running shoes. I picked up the Adidas Adizero XTs (Runner’s World pick for this years trail shoe.) I haven’t run in them yet but they look great.
Adidas Adizero XT
I am looking forward to this new challenge. The training will help me stay focused and in shape over the winter. I will need to be in great shape as I head into the training season for the GORE-TEX® TransRockies in August.
