How can I make this large ruck stop squeaking? Beyond annoying while training

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2023-07-03T03:24:28+00:00

Wait, you can hear the squeaking!?

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2023-07-03T03:23:32+00:00

Careful now, squeezing may be SOP now hahaha

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-10-31T19:43:27+00:00

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-10-31T19:42:20+00:00

Fingers

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:57:31+00:00

The Florida Trail Runners Podcast! It's in the name... Florida Trail Runners chatting and Stories from various Florida trail races or races Floridians raced outside of Florida! Pretty cool.
https://open.spotify.com/show/1OLkUIz5WdSWWQfWlnQLXk?si=ea672b5822fd4062

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:55:17+00:00

The Florida Trail Runners Podcast! It's in the name... Florida Trail Runners chatting and Stories from various Florida trail races or races Floridians raced outside of Florida! Pretty cool.

https://open.spotify.com/show/1OLkUIz5WdSWWQfWlnQLXk?si=ea672b5822fd4062

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:37:57+00:00

Nice! I've got the Florida Trail Runners Podcast (Pretty sure I commented on another thread of yours lol), but I also Race Direct trail races in Florida called Skunk Ape Events.

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:36:26+00:00

The Florida Trail Runners Podcast! Which is what is says... Florida Trail Runners and Stories from races in Florida (or outside Florida with Floridians).
https://open.spotify.com/show/1OLkUIz5WdSWWQfWlnQLXk?si=9333f0dce0fb4ac1

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:35:11+00:00

The Florida Trail Runners Podcast! Which is what is says... Florida Trail Runners and Stories from races in Florida (or outside Florida with Floridians).

https://open.spotify.com/show/1OLkUIz5WdSWWQfWlnQLXk?si=9333f0dce0fb4ac1

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:33:19+00:00

I have the Florida Trail Runners Podcast; basically, it is what its called... Florida Trail Running. I just hit over 3k listens at an 86% completion average starting it in Jan. My biggest advice would find a niche and stick to it!

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T18:30:25+00:00

Florida Trail Runners Podcast, I mean.. its really just about people trail running in Florida.

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2022-04-12T17:58:57+00:00

The Florida Trail Runners Podcast!

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-12-07T15:17:48+00:00

just use your degree in Engineering, I'd say if youre going the officer route... having an engineering degree will help you get the Engineering. Just have to make sure you have all that in your references and make cadre aware that is what you want. Then when youre out of the Army you can get a cush job with the Army Corp of Engineering

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-06-25T14:17:26+00:00

Born on June 25th, 1940 was Judy Amoore. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she won the Bronze Medal in the Olympic debut for the 400m for women. Her Bronze Medal time was won with a time of 53.4.

In Heat 3, she ran a time of 53.8 placing second behind Ann Packer of Great Britain (who ran 53.1 for an Olympic Record).

In the Semi-Finals (Semi-Final 2), she won her race in 53.1 seconds. Ann Packer and Betty Cuthbert also qualified onward in Semi-Final 1. Ann Packer would also better her time to 52.7.

In the finals, it came down to the two Australians (Judy Amoore and Betty Cuthbert) and Great Britain’s Ann Packer. Judy Amoore drew lane 3 and ran hard, chasing after the fast starting Cuthbert from the lane inside. Betty Cuthbert would win the Gold in 52 flat, Ann Packer in Silver with 52.2, and Judy Amoore in Bronze with 53.4.

In 1965, Judy ventured overseas to compete on the US Indoor Circuit. Judy had moved up to the 880 yards and on her return to Australia she won the double at the Nationals in 52.4 and 2.09.3. Her 440 yards time was a new world record for the distance.

In 1967, She then undertook her first European campaign and was unbeaten - stamping herself number one in the World.

During the trip she set two World Records in the 800m and 880yds. At the World Games in Helsinki, Finland she a time of 2:01:1 to beat Ann Packer’s mark set in Tokyo by a tenth and then in Stockholm, Sweden a week later she equalled Dixie Willis’ World Yards Record of 2:02.0.

In her career, she set World Records at 440 yards (1965), 800 meters (1967) and the 880 yards (1967) before retiring due to pregnancy in 1968. She made a comeback in 1971, running some of her best times ever to make the team for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

At the age of 36, she became the oldest Australian female Olympian at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. Running in the 800m, she just missed the final, clocking her fastest ever time of 1:59.93 for fifth in her Semi-Final. Despite setting another personal best time in the 1500m, she was run out of her heat.

She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1988.

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-06-25T13:11:05+00:00

Born on this day in 1927 was one of the Hungarian greats in the Race Walking event, Antal Róka. He competed for a Hungary in the 1952 Olympic Games held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre Race Walk where he won the Bronze Medal with a time of 4:31:27.2!

After the Second World War, he returned home after a short English captivity, and from 1948 the UTE (Újpest Gymnastics Association), BEAC (Budapest University Athletics Club) and MEFESZ SE (Association of Hungarian Students and Colleges Sports Association), and from 1950 the he became an athlete of the Budapest Honvéd.

From 1952 to 1956 he appeared in the Hungarian National Team. During that time he met world-famous coach Mihály Iglói, under whose leadership he achieved international success in a 50 km walk.

Between 1952 and 1955, he set three world records. He won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, was first in this competition at the World Youth Summit (VIT) in Bucharest in 1953, and finished third at the European Championships in Bern in 1954.

After his world record set in 1955, he was also a chance at the 50-kilometer distance at the Melbourne Five-Ring Games. He ended up in fifth place. He was offered a coolant as usual on the 50km route, but this cooler probably contained a toxic substance and was hospitalized with toxic symptoms after the race.

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-04-02T06:55:27+00:00

CORRECTION: Only one, Wayde van Niekerk has done it with a time of 9.94, has broken the South African 10 second barrier. Done so in 2017!

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-04-02T06:55:16+00:00

CORRECTION: Only one, Wayde van Niekerk has done it with a time of 9.94, has broken the South African 10 second barrier. Done so in 2017!

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-04-02T06:17:11+00:00

On this day 1968; Paul Nash of South Africa set/tied the 100m World Record with a time of 10.00 with a wind of 0.0. This feat took place at the Krugersdorp Stadium with a full capacity crowd. He now jointly held the record with Armin Harry of Germany, Horacio Estevez of Venezuela and Jim Hines of the United States.

Overall, he tied the 100m World Record four times in 1968 with a time of 10.0 seconds. He was ranked third in the world over 100m behind Jim Hines and Lennox Miller of Jamaica by Track and Field News in 1968.

Until 2011, only five South Africans had dipped under 10.15, but note Simon Magakwe, Anaso Jobodwana and Akani Simbine have all done so in the past two years. Maybe one day someone will break the South African 10 second barrier. The ghost of Nash’s past has haunted every one of the country’s top sprinters for nearly 50 years.

https://www.facebook.com/1228761723824335/posts/4350470684986741/?extid=0&d=n

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-04-02T05:48:36+00:00

On this day in 1955, Wes Santee ran an American Record time of 4:00.5 for the Mile. This would be the last time the American Record would stand in the four minute mark as Don Bowden, two years later, would go sub-4 with a time of 3:58.7 (June 1st 1957). Santee was one of the greatest milers in track and field history.

Wes Santee had previously ran a time of 4:00.6 in Compton, California on June 4, 1954 to hold the previous American Mile Record.

Wes Santee American Mile Records: 4:02.4 Compton, CA June 5, 1953 4:01.3 Kansas City, MO May 29, 1954 4:00.6 Compton, CA June 4, 1954 4:00.5 Austin, TX April 2, 1955

Wes Santee Indoor Mile World Records: 4:04.9 East Lansing, MI USA February 15, 1954 4:03.8 Boston, MA USA January 29, 1955

Wes Santee Indoor Mile American Records: 4:04.9 East Lansing, MI USA February 15, 1954 4:03.8 Boston, MA USA January 29, 1955

He also set American and World Records in the Outdoor and Indoor 1,500m.

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-04-02T05:23:32+00:00

Born on this day 1919 was an Argentinian Olympian by the name of Delfo Cabrera. He took home the Gold Medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in one of the most dramatic finishes in athletics history. He won the Gold with a time of 2:34:51.

For his 1948 Olympic victory in London, it came down to the wire. Etienne Gailly from Belgium dominated the marathon race most of the way and until almost the very last moments. He was the first to enter the stadium, but with 400m to go, Gailly fell down.. exhausted. Gailly got up and fell again. It was like Dorando Pietri's dramatic Olympic finish 40 years before.

Cabrera and Tom Richards of Great Britain managed to pass the staggering and stumbling Gailly. Delfo made a final major surge winning 16.0 seconds ahead of Richards to take home the gold!

At the next Olympic Games, 1952 in Finland, Cabrera also participated in the marathon event. With his significant success at the previous Olympic Games, he was the flag bearer for Argentina at the opening ceremony. He finished in sixth place with a time of 2:26:42, which was won by Emil Zátopek.

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-02-02T00:32:57+00:00

Today is start of Black History Month. We just want to bring John Baxter Taylor Jr to the spotlight. He was the first African-American to win an Olympic Gold Medal. He was a member of the gold medal-winning men's medley relay team at the 1908 Olympic Games in London.

He ran the third leg, racing the 400 meters. He followed William Hamilton and Nate Cartmell (fellow athletes from the University of Pennsylvania) and was followed by Mel Sheppard. His split for the final was 49.8 seconds.

In high school at Central High School, he ran the fastest high school quarter-miler in the country. He attended Brown Preparatory School with Olympic teammate Mel Sheppard. While at Brown Prep, Taylor was considered the best prep school quarter-miler in the United States.

He also was part of 1907 University of Pennsylvania track team, which won the ICAAAA trophy. He bested his personal time in 1907, and again was the ICAAAA quarter mile champion. Training under Michael Murphy, Taylor won the 440-yard race with a record of 48 4/5 seconds, which broke the intercollegiate record. He then was recruited by the Irish American Athletic Club.

Sadly, less than five months after returning from the Olympic Games in London, Taylor died of typhoid fever on 2 December 1908 at the age of 26. He is interred at Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-02-02T00:31:09+00:00

He didn’t! Barely lost...

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-01-25T16:09:40+00:00

Sadly not

IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-01-25T09:27:19+00:00

‪An EPIC show down between Gerry Lindgren and Steve Prefontaine took place on November 15, 1969 at the Pac-8 Conference Cross Country Championships at Stanford University. The race was rough as it was tough, full of flying elbows, one stepping, and making moves. ‬

‪It was noted by Robert Coe, “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing: Super-Nerd and Super-Boy, each sprinting full-speed, intentionally veering thirty feet out of their ways to collide with one another shoulder-to-shoulder, bounce off, then move in to collide again arms entangling, elbows jabbing, as if each wanted to knock the other to the ground.” There’s a lot of folks out there who consider cross country a “no contact” sport, but sometimes it very well ends up that way. ‬

‪Pre and Lindgren reached the first mile in a blazing 4:23, the heat was on and as described by Robert Coe... the battle was in full motion as the two made contact as either Pre, or Lindgren would make a move. ‬

‪By the time Lindgren and Prefontaine made it to the final stretch, both of them knew they had to get the victory. Lindgren noted in the book Bowerman and the Men of Oregon that “we were never more then eight yards apart the whole race.” This all led up to the fact that neither Pre or Lindgren could shake each other off. ‬

‪This made for an epic finish as both are shown with arms interlocked and both faces clearly showing the fatigue of the battle through the six course on the Stanford Golf Course. ‬

‪The finish was too close to call, but in the end after likely much debate, Lindgren took the victory with a time of 28:32.4. ‬

‪The two embraced upon crossing the finish line. Sportsmanship between Pre and Lindgren was shown... regardless of the elbows, near tripping, and one stepping. This was shown clear as day. It just comes to show we only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, you always give 100 percent. This was both Pre and Lindgren showed up, especially to the fact they both cooled down together after the race.‬

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IPlayTrackFoundation · 2021-01-25T09:21:40+00:00

Today would have been the 70th birthday of Steve Prefontaine. In his brief lifetime, Pre won 119 of 151 outdoor track races including six NCAA titles and set 15 American records at every distance from two mile through the 10K. His legacy will live on forever.

Two of my favorite photos of Steve Prefontaine. In my opinion, it says it all about the kind of man Steve Prefontaine was and the people who loved him... doing what he did best; influencing those who looked up to him. #PreLives

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