i'm trying to get some more designs for my next tattoo.

does any1 have any pics or links they can share to ultra girls tattoos.

such as cutsie girls items or VERY vibrant fill colors like...

this is pretty much the best example i have

Hey people :) I was wondering, if anyone here would be interested in helping me design my second tattoo?

I have two very plain symbols, but I need some baroque/rococo style filigree adornment to get a little more romantic feel to them. I really suck at doing anything like that on my own. The tattoo would be on the inner side of the elbow, so it wouldn't be big.

Thanks in advance!

Btw, here's my first one. It says Protège Moi; it's a beautiful song from the band Placebo.

I might add something to the sides later, it's kind of plain now..

Mike's Propeller Mike got his propeller tattoo this weekend. He is going to add the date he got his pilot's license later. He had orginally told Jacob he wanted a propeller and then said with some little motion marks or something to make it look like it is moving. Jacob came up with what you see and mike loves it! I think it turned out great! Done by Jacob @ Elite Tattoo in Beaumont, Texas.

Well, I've been a long time lurker here, and it occurred to me that I really never posted shots of all my ink before, so since its long overdue, here's my ink!

( Possibly NSFW for....skinny man-nipple? LOL )

Well that's my ink! Some of it may be subject to change, as I have new ideas to blend them into, but that's it! :)

I posted here a few months ago thinking something was horribly wrong with me because I couldn't run farther than a mile without having to stop for a walking break. Thanks to all your brilliant advice, I ran (without any walking breaks!) a 5 mile race on Thanksgiving, and a 5k this weekend.

The advice that helped the most was to just slow down. So I have been running about a 10:30/mile pace (slower on longer runs) pretty consistently since September.

I was wondering if you all had any insights on how to build up speed without it being too painful. Or is the answer, to borrow a turn of phrase, "Just do it!"?

I know some of you on here have GPS watches you use for training so I'm looking for some opinions/reviews on them. I'm looking more at Garmin though I think I'll probably overpay because of the name. Aren't they like the iPod of GPS? heh. Though the reasons I'm looking at them are because I have a GPS by them for my car which I enjoy and has served me very well and partly because I am a fan of their cycling team.

I don't need anything too fancy since the winter has just barely begun and I won't be running outside anytime soon. I'm kind of looking at the Forerunner 50 and 205 because they're both fairly economical but the 205 looks better for not too much more. But, looks and price are nothing compared to quality.

Even if you don't own a Garmin, let me know how you enjoy your GPS watch. This will be my first one so I'm not at all familiar. I don't want to walk into a store to just be sold to instead of a caring opinion (not to say all running stores are like this!).

Thanks in advance!

yesterday- i ran the 12k of christmas, the 5k version, i did it in 32.07- second best 5k for me this year- i hadnt run a race or ran more than a mile on the treadmill ( but i play soccer 3x a week)since the Torchlight 8k- which was 98 degress outside at 6 pm in seattle and i did that one in 55.01 Sorry to those who didnt like me singing to the GLEE sound track- you all can suck it I had fun, I ran with my sister who almost broke the 30 min mark for the first time at 30.27- and she has been running - like every day- crazy kid- It was a good race- a surprose gradual hill and then the gradual down hill- i only wish that i had also Ibeatjohncurley.com but he didnt race this one- next year john you are going down!

One of the local running stores is offering this service immediately before the marathon next month:

Stay out of the elements and let us pamper you with everything you need before the PF Chang's Rock N Roll Marathon. Take advantage of our exclusive buses which will transport you directly to the Warm Zone. The WARM ZONE will provide you with the following:

• Dedicated UPS truck stationed at the Warm Zone for a gear drop to save you time.
• Optional bus transportation to the start.
• Private parking garage for Warm Zone participants who opt to ride our buses. The bus pickup will be located a short walk from the finish line.
• Very close to the starting lines: 1/4 mile in front of the marathon start and 500 feet from the half marathon start.
• Lots of port-o-potties
• Indoor comfort out of the cold
• Bagels, muffins, yogurt, coffee and other pre-race nutrition
• Complimentary running gloves, Body Glide, sunscreen lotion, safety pins, energy gels, & fluid replacement drinks
• Massage therapist from Performance Massage on hand to help you loosen up

And it costs only fifty bucks. I'm inclined to pass.

Good morning runners! Here's the daily training thread!

My park is covered in snow and not particularly run-able. After work I think I'm heading into town where they took care of the streets a little better and running for about an hour. I'll get about 7 or so miles in. And I'll be shoveling, that totally counts as cross-training!

So how is everyone else starting off their week, training and otherwise?

And it's Monday so, how was your weekend? Highlights? Lowlights? Anything you wanna brag or bitch about (or both)? The NYC weekend was fantastic, better than anticipated, which is saying a lot. Weekends like this you hate to see Monday roll around. For more, see hbfs's comment below.

Seems appropriate after this weekend:


Discuss... and HAPPY RUNNING!

Anyone have recommendations for an intra-city cab service?

thanks!


*edited for typo

Ok, so tomorrow night my friend and I are going to drive around and check out the purty christmas lights. My question to y'all is where are the good displays at this year? Yes I'm aware of the tacky lights website but in my opinion it's not very user friendly and most of the houses on the site don't have pics or realistic numbers. they all say 20,000. We will be starting out from VCU/Hell block so any nice ones around that area as well as the huge displays in the counties.

I read a lot of running blogs, and I get a good deal of inspiration from all of them, but Catra Corbett's Dirt Diva blog takes the cake for me in matters of inspiration. This woman is amazing.

For those of you who don't know who she is, she's a former addict/alcoholic who took up running about 15 years ago, and quickly became an ultrarunner. She's completed over 250 ultras now, including well over 50 100-milers. Every year on her birthday, she runs as many hours as the years she's been around. This year she turned 45. So she ran for 45 hours with the help of some friends, for a total of 130 miles. You go, girl. I want to be like you some day.

http://trailgirl.blogspot.com/2009/12/it-will-be-ok.html

I'm considering getting the Feelmax Osmas.

Has anybody tried them out or any of the other shoes by Feelmax?

What are your thoughts?

Hello Everyone. I've had these 3 ideas for tattoos since I was about 12. I'll be able to get a tattoo soon, but I haven't yet figured out where I want them or what kind of font I want. Photo ideas behind the cut ( Read more... )( Read more... )

hello everyone!
for my next tattoo i want the words "heroes get remembered, legends never die" to go diagonally across my back in two separate lines, but i can not for the life of me find pictures of that placement anywhere. i want the words to go across my entire back diagonally, which is going to take forever, but if anyone has any pictures of ANYTHING remotely close to this i would be really grateful, tia

That's how my artist describes my sleeve..lol. I just think it's fun cute goodness.
It's not even close to being done...still got lots of other stuff to add and background work to go. I'll take a better pic of my arm later but this is the most recent one I have and people were asking me about it so I thought I would post it.
The pic of the birds on my chest is an old pic but that chest tattoo was my first one ever.

At what distance, or for what types of training or races do people start to find it necessary to use camelbacks or hydration/fueling belts? Does anyone have any particular advice on their use?

I've been using gels and energy beans on my longer runs but have yet to carry my own fluids because the group/coach I train with has hydration stops.

Anyone have experience with the POSE method?

http://www.posetech.com/

I just found out about it and it looks interesting.

Secondary question: Anyone try Chi Running?

xposted to trigeeks

I'd like to buy a gift package at a local massage parlor, but I'm not familiar with any of them. Can anyone recommend a good massage for relieving work related stress? Any specific comments on either Art of Massage or Institute of Massage Therapies? Thanks!

I have been having recurring problems with ITBS for the last year. After my last half-marathon in October, I screwed up my left leg so badly. I was limping and walked a lot of that half-marathon to finish. I have been taking time off since then. Yesterday, I decided to try a short run to see how my IT band is doing from the advice I received from this community.

I wanted to run a full 20 minutes. My IT band began hurting around 15 minutes, but I was able to go the full 20 minutes. I came home, took some IBU Profin, and rolled out my IT band twice. My leg doesn't hurt today, which is awesome!

I think I'm going to try to run three 20-minute runs this week and see how my leg holds up. I think this time, coming back from this injury, I'm going to be really slow, adding only 10% for each week. The 20-minute run was like a gift from the running gods. I even renewed my Runner's World subscription as positive thoughts in the right direction.