tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15686846865464852672024-03-05T11:43:26.155-06:00The Knitting RunnerThe training blog for David Babcock AKA "the Knitting Runner" who broke the Guinness World Record for "Longest Scarf Knit Whilst Running a Marathon". David describes his progress and training here for future escapades in knitting while running and fundraising for Alzheimer's.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-88517182213985678832014-10-22T16:52:00.002-05:002014-10-22T16:52:19.060-05:00Wed More Double Finger Knit Word<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I just picked up where I left off and continued working on the double finger-knitting. The funny thing is that I stitched a typo at the end I did "FOU" instead of "FOR". This is actually a difficult task so I like that a mistake can help increase the suspense of, 'can he do it?'. Again I just ran a little over 6 miles at an 8 minute mile pace. This time tried draping the scarf around my neck as it got longer. It gets warm.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-27202232788618487022014-10-20T21:45:00.000-05:002014-10-21T21:46:05.438-05:00Still Running, Treadmill Double Knit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Post race now. I am still training, yet tapering down in distance and intensity. I decided to run at 8mph which was my half marathon average from Saturday. I ran for around 6 and a half miles. This time I did the double knitting and put in a new word, "I'LL REM..." is as far as I got. Double Knit means that it is reversed in colors on the back side and very thick yet stable. I worked with 14 loops on my fingers, more than most other training scarves that I have done, yet half as wide with the finished product.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-63200658120517519332014-10-18T21:37:00.000-05:002014-10-21T22:01:04.369-05:00Kansas City Half Marathon & Finger Knitting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Today was the Kansas City Marathon. It was great.<br />
I was up at 4:30am and out at 5:15 with my brother-in-law Stephen. We got to the Crown Center around 6:20 and I made my way quickly to meet with Carey Wickersham of Fox 4 KC news. We did a quick interview and they took some video of me finger knitting. The clip as I saw it online later was great. <a href="http://fox4kc.com/2014/10/18/kansas-city-marathon-runner-combines-running-and-knitting-to-set-world-records/">http://fox4kc.com/2014/10/18/kansas-city-marathon-runner-combines-running-and-knitting-to-set-world-records/</a> It was dark and I didn't remember that I had switched out the gold yarn for "Citron" but I did use a Royal looking blue. Also I am not selling the scarves, currently just trading for stories through the Lion Brand blog.<br />
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I found the 1:45 pace group and met a few people quickly before the start. I crossed the start line fairly close to the clock start around 7:05. It was still dark and I had my sunglasses on. Pretty quickly my sunglasses started fogging up. I fell behind the pace group but was still keeping up. I shed my extra hoodie by mile 1 and my knit hat a mile later. I was heating up pretty quickly. I was wearing tights and a long sleeve shirt the whole race. I had taken them off before this photo because they were wet and cold at the end. My glasses stayed foggy and I finally took them off just before the Plaza.<br />
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A lot of people that I was running with recognized me from the past news or commented on my knitting. Everyone was very supportive and generally amazed. I came up behind one runner that had the word "BLIND" on his back. I ran with him a ways to talk and confirmed that it was Jeff Benelli, whom I had read about before the race. He said he had heard of me too which was nice. http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/almost-blind-runner-raises-money-for-rare-condition<br />
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The finger knitting was keeping me very busy and the miles just flew by. It also helped that I couldn't see very far to be distracted by the crowds and spectators. I was able to yell back to a few groups of spectators that noticed me. Hopefully some looked me up and donated. At one point a ball of yarn popped out of my bag and I had to quickly retrieve it. <br />
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It was a nice relief to separate from the Full Marathoners and be closer to the finish without feeling quite as tired. This was my first half here where I had only run two fulls before. I thought that I was running ahead of the 1:45 pace group, but it ends up that I was between the pacers. I finally passed the front pacer with just 1.5 miles to go. On the last stretch I wasn't sure how I wanted to look crossing the line. I tried to put the knitting over my shoulder to make my bib number more visible but it didn't work very well. My bib was covered by my hands and scarf most of the race. Hopefully they will post pictures of me anyway. If anyone spectating has pictures please send them my way.<br />
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I was super excited to finish with a new personal record time of 1:44:19. I had my watch to confirm. My previous record for the half was 1:47 and that was without knitting. I had done a 1:44 in training on the road and a 1:36 on a treadmill, but a timed race with lots of people and variables is what really counts.<br />
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My family wasn't there to greet me. They were stuck in traffic somewhere. I went back up to the finish line to watch people coming in through about 2:15. It took only a short time to get really cold from being wet. Fortunately I had gear-checked some warm clothes and was able to change while I waited for family to show up.<br />
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I was able to see my brother-in-law cross at 3 hours and some change. I am proud of him for sticking with it, even though he didn't train this year. For the pictures I changed back into my shirt and shorts while we were still at the park.<br />
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Great race. Thank you Kansas City. Thank you pace runners. Thank you family. Thank you donors.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-84640715548335957592014-10-15T21:34:00.000-05:002014-10-15T21:34:04.742-05:00Easy DaySo, I am still tapering down. Treadmill inside 83 minutes - 9.8 miles while knitting a scarf with WoolEase Thick and Quick's Spice color. I am looking forward to the half marathon in Kansas City this Saturday. That will be my next run. So I have the next two days off to eat clean carbs and store up energy. My wife took some video. The original video had a lot of noise so I had to use a little bit of a filter.<br />
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Also known as Columbus day. Hard to take a holiday seriously when no one gets it off for school or work. I ran at the gym because it was a rainy day. I did a scarf in the Woolease Thick and Quick "Fig" color. I finished it in 70 minutes 21 seconds and ran 8.2 miles. My wife was with me and kindly took some photos and videos as I ran.<br />
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Actually it was 20.14 miles in 2 hours and 47 minutes. I got a late start around 4:40 because I was busy all day. I was almost out the door when I discovered a leak in my water bladder backpack. I did a quick patch with super glue and packing tape. I had to do a larger loop on my run which took me up along the highway. After my run I found out that my family drove by in the car on their way home from the city but they were afraid to honk at me for fear that I might get startled and wander into the road or the ditch. The highway actually has a good 6 foot shoulder as opposed to some of the other county roads with zero shoulder and speeding cars. The longer route helped me avoid the worst of the dog houses. It was around 55 degrees for the whole run. The sun went down at 6:43 and I still had another 40 minutes that I was running after that. It was pretty dark without many streetlights for my last two miles. I had a reflector belt on but I was also wearing sunglasses. I did it! now I am supposed to taper down in distance until the NYC Marathon. On the 18th I will run the KC Half Marathon, which still fits in with the taper schedule which puts that day as a 14 mile run.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-56081362842523878982014-10-08T21:30:00.000-05:002014-10-14T21:30:10.572-05:00Taking It EasyI only ran 13.1 today. I ran outside on my big loop but once I hit 1 hour and 41 minutes for my half distance I walked the rest of the way home. I believe that is my new personal best for a half-marathon distance outside with hills, dogs, traffic, wind, and self pacing. I will have my longest training run coming up this weekend so I didn't want to push the last mile and a quarter. It was kind of nice to have a long walk at the end of the run to start cooling down as opposed to just crashing on the living room floor at home.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-413554449772349972014-10-06T21:26:00.000-05:002014-10-14T21:27:11.380-05:00Treadmill HalfToday inside at the Rec. Center again due to an early Monday meeting. This time the Barley Woolease Thick and Quick. I finished the scarf at 9.6 miles and 72 minutes into the run. I kept running to do 13.1 in a time of 1 hour and 38 minutes. That is my fastest total time with knitting involved.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-28981770238239603042014-10-05T21:24:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:16:05.086-05:00Not a run, but a testToday, Sunday, I didn't run but I did do a finger-knit test word scarf in double knit. I tried a couple of different techniques including using 4 fingers to hold stitches, but that got too confusing. It is hard enough with the double-knitting to keep straight which color goes next. When they are all on one pair of fingers I can just do the next one and focus on whether it should be knit or purled. The end result is well constructed but not as wide a scarf for all of the work. This is probably the best technique for a small complex scarf and most likely what I will use on the NYC marathon. I will do the wider garter stitch scarf for KC half marathon.<br />
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<br />donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-30087811326044091582014-10-04T21:21:00.000-05:002014-10-14T21:22:03.385-05:00Another 18Rather than increasing my distance I did 18 miles again but tried to run faster. This time I did it in 2 hours and 25 minutes, 8 minutes off of my previous time. I was not knitting and it was a nice cool morning. I have been carrying a small spray bottle with apple cider vinegar to spray at the dogs, but it is usually windy and the spray dissipates too quickly. I have also been walking until I am past the dogs, but then I am with them barking and running around me longer. I will be glad when I don't have to run my big loop past the dogs anymore. I haven't been getting photos of myself after these big runs because I am too wiped out to care.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-62786516190837433402014-10-01T21:17:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:12:27.122-05:00Another Word Test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Outside 14.25 route, total time 2 hours 10 minutes. I knit a Barley colored scarf that I finished just a minute before the half marathon distance at 1 hour and 58 minutes. This time I did the words "I remember" and added a heart. I only used one color of yarn and knit where the letters were and purled everywhere else. So the word is there, it is just really subtle and doesn't show up well.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-59897689335632244482014-09-30T23:21:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:22:01.679-05:00Posting on Lion Brand's BlogToday my post went up for Lion Brand's Blog.<br />
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Today's indoor treadmill was 10 miles in an hour and 25 minutes. This time I took 2 colors of yarn and tried knitting the word, "remember" into the scarf. I just carried the yarn on the back as I switched colors. I wasn't very careful with tension and spreading out the yarn when I carried the opposite color and so the whole scarf is really wonky. It worked, but not pretty. I won't be using that technique on the run again.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-87298483784714892982014-09-27T20:51:00.000-05:002014-10-14T20:52:03.881-05:0018 MilerI added one more mile and it only took 3 more minutes. No, I did not run a 3 minute mile. Last week I did 17 miles in 2 and a half hours. Today I ran 18 miles in 2 hours 33 minutes. I figured out some important information over the past week and I think it has paid off. I sweat a lot. I started adding a little salt to my post-run-recovery drink as an alternative to Gatorade electrolytes. I don't really like the sugar in Gatorade. It really helps. On today's run I ran with two bottles in my hands. One was with salted water, about 1/8th teaspoon with 16 ounces of water. The other bottle was Gatorade. I drank the salted water first and then, when it was all out, I started the Gatorade. It was weird, not in a good way. The citrus or the sugar or something made my mouth pucker right away and made me instantly feel very thirsty. This would be fine if I was stopped and could just sit there and drink the whole bottle, but I still had over 5 miles to go. Lesson learned. I will try to stick to salt and water and skip the expensive sugar water.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-16157215569971206432014-09-24T20:44:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:09:53.131-05:00Outdoor Marble Gray Scarf<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Today was outside for 14.25 miles. I knit a scarf in Marble Gray. I finished the scarf at around an hour and 34 minutes into the run. Total time was 2 hours 3 minutes.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-22328828828502023022014-09-22T20:42:00.000-05:002014-10-14T20:42:17.534-05:00Indoor, Fastest Time for HalfInside today at the gym today because I had a Monday morning meeting and didn't have time to do the outside run. This way I can shower at the Rec. Center and go straight to class. So I was on the treadmill, and I did my fastest time yet. 13.1 miles in 1 hour 36 minutes. That is an average time of 7 minutes 20 seconds per mile. I know treadmills are laboriously boring, but I like the steady pace.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-54079115899464012982014-09-20T20:35:00.000-05:002014-10-14T20:36:33.530-05:0017 Miles!Again I am trying to keep up with the Athletes to End Alzheimer's training schedule. So today I ran 17 miles! It was outside on my big loop which I modified a little to connect with my typical shorter 7 mile route. I was wiped out at the end and lounged around the house a good 2 hours recovering. My time was 2 hours and 30 minutes.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-83422197354928184302014-09-17T20:32:00.000-05:002014-10-14T20:32:50.209-05:00Beige ScarfInside today on the treadmill. I did 9 miles in a time of 71.5 minutes while knitting a scarf with Lion Brand's Woolease Thick and Quick in a beige color, "Oatmeal". I really like the color but the loose fibers that make the nice variations get stuck on my sweaty hands.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-35792892897617129912014-09-15T20:29:00.000-05:002014-10-14T20:29:52.409-05:00Slower AgainIt is really frustrating to go slower. Today I think it was because it was warmer when I ran. Today was outside on the same 14.25 mile course but with a time of almost exactly 2 hours.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-24376873133267411432014-09-12T23:11:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:08:36.334-05:00Getting Faster, Slightly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I knocked 5 minutes off my time for the 14.25 mile country road loop. I did it in 1 hour and 53 minutes. That averages out to just under 8 minute miles. I have found that there are a few other spots on the loop with dog issues. Today there was a white, with black markings, dog that looked pit bullish in its head and another white dog. These dogs come right out onto the road and are very aggressive. On the road near the golden retriever and collie is a crude spray paint marking of what looks more like a cat and an arrow pointing towards the property. I am thinking that other runners and road race organizers are aware of the dog issue at this house. I am considering getting some sort of spray for protection. Websites all suggest walking through the confrontation and telling the dogs to go home. That kind of stalls my time though.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-47189618424992420692014-09-10T23:05:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:07:56.102-05:00Treadmill Scarf 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was inside at the gym again. This time I set the treadmill the same as before at 7 and 1/2 miles per hour resulting in 8 minute miles. Again with Woolease Thick and Quick, 10 miles in an hour and 20 minutes to finish a complete scarf. This time it is a deep dark purple.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-21054096841992017292014-09-08T23:01:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:07:07.470-05:00Modified Big Loop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I ran a slightly modified version of the same big loop. Google Maps suggests a slight difference which ends up being 14.25 miles instead of the 14.5 that I ran Friday. Partly because it is shorter and it was I think cooler, I ran faster. I did it in 1 hour 58 minutes. It felt good to get in under the 2 hour time. That makes an average of 8 1/4 minute miles.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-57054538163303620772014-09-05T22:57:00.000-05:002014-10-14T23:06:07.112-05:00Catching Up With Training Schedule<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Athletes To End Alzheimer's NYC team has a training schedule, which I had neglected to look at. I realized that I was behind and needed to catch up with some longer runs. The schedule has for Saturday a run of 15 to 17 miles. So for today I plotted out a big loop from my house that is 14.5 miles. This involved country roads and one section where cars were going 50+ mph and no shoulder. Most drivers were cool and moved over in the lane to give me more room. Some were not so helpful. But I didn't get hit, yea! There is one spot on the run where I run past a rural property where 2 dogs came running out and harassed me. It was a large golden retriever and a collie. I just kept running and they didn't get too close. The whole run took me 2 hours and 6 minutes. That is an average of 8 3/4 minute miles.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-61473945896527170072014-09-03T22:46:00.000-05:002014-10-12T22:47:55.869-05:00Wednesday at the GymToday was indoors at the gym on a treadmill, but I didn't do knitting. Today I just focused on running a little faster. I did 8 miles in one hour which is around 7 1/2 minute miles.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568684686546485267.post-45862527699785712732014-09-01T22:46:00.000-05:002014-10-12T22:46:26.273-05:00Labor Day RunToday I ran with my wife outside and did 6 1/2 miles. I think we were somewhere over an hour in time. It was a nice day outside.donotstaplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568261138752397795noreply@blogger.com0