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posted: 1/15/2007 at 2:05 AM |
First race (for me) of the new year was Painter's Half-Marathon in St. George, UT Saturday. It was 20 degrees at the start, probably 27 at the end. Fortunately, no wind. That would have been brutal. As the first race of 2007, and coming off some 'down time' over the holidays along with my share of holiday food, I lined up at the start with no particular goal in mind other than to use this as a training run (some speedwork) on my Boston training schedule. I had never run this course before, and other than the first 3-4 miles through some suburbs, I really liked it. A little hilly in places, but that's ok with me. Once I warmed up a little, I went ahead and decided to race. Finished with a time of 1:32:33 (7:03 pace), 49th overall (1,200 runners). That placed me 4th in my age group (M5054). I actually look forward to my new age group in April (M55-59). I would have won that division. Yeah, getting old does have some advantages.
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My Masters (>50) Race PR's:
5K - 20:17
10K - 42:36
HM - 1:31:22
Marathon - 3:20:48 |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 1:31 AM |
| Nicely done! |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 4:49 PM |
Awesome! That's more than 20 minutes faster than my PR. I am in the 55-60 age group, so when you get there (and if we would ever be in the same race) you won't have to worry about me! 
bas |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 5:15 PM |
Wow, very nice race! Great time. Keep in mind that there are others that might be "graduating" into the new age group as well!
Lynn B |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 7:37 PM |
That's pretty darn impressive. I hear you on the age group thing too. I've never been so excited to be 35. If I had started running a year ago I would have had to compete with the nubile young wenches without four children, a drug history and smoker's lungs.
49th out of 1200 runners is incredible. I bow down and worship at the church of your feet.
Claire xxx |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 8:00 PM |
| Quote from mikeymike on 1/16/2007 at 1:31 AM: Nicely done!
Thanks!
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My Masters (>50) Race PR's:
5K - 20:17
10K - 42:36
HM - 1:31:22
Marathon - 3:20:48 |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 8:02 PM |
Quote from bas on 1/16/2007 at 4:49 PM:Awesome! That's more than 20 minutes faster than my PR. I am in the 55-60 age group, so when you get there (and if we would ever be in the same race) you won't have to worry about me! bas
I'd love to run in Amsterdam, for sure.
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My Masters (>50) Race PR's:
5K - 20:17
10K - 42:36
HM - 1:31:22
Marathon - 3:20:48 |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 8:03 PM |
| Quote from jlynnbob on 1/16/2007 at 5:15 PM: Wow, very nice race! Great time. Keep in mind that there are others that might be "graduating" into the new age group as well!
Lynn B
Yeah, I know 
However, in this race, the three that finished ahead of me were either 50 or 51. I think I'd rather be the youngster in an age group than the oldster...
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My Masters (>50) Race PR's:
5K - 20:17
10K - 42:36
HM - 1:31:22
Marathon - 3:20:48 |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 8:08 PM |
| Quote from kooky2003 on 1/16/2007 at 7:37 PM: That's pretty darn impressive. I hear you on the age group thing too. I've never been so excited to be 35. If I had started running a year ago I would have had to compete with the nubile young wenches without four children, a drug history and smoker's lungs.
49th out of 1200 runners is incredible. I bow down and worship at the church of your feet.
Claire xxx
Running allows me to chase those nubile young wenches without my wife getting upset  And at my age, if you're in the 35-39 group, you're a nubile young wench.
BTW--that's a church with sole (and probably a little stinky as well). But, thanks.
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My Masters (>50) Race PR's:
5K - 20:17
10K - 42:36
HM - 1:31:22
Marathon - 3:20:48 |
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posted: 1/16/2007 at 8:17 PM |
| Quote from kooky2003 on 1/16/2007 at 7:37 PM: That's pretty darn impressive. I hear you on the age group thing too. I've never been so excited to be 35. If I had started running a year ago I would have had to compete with the nubile young wenches without four children, a drug history and smoker's lungs.
49th out of 1200 runners is incredible. I bow down and worship at the church of your feet.
Claire xxx
Yeah. I was too jealous to post. 
Congrats, Don. |
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posted: 1/17/2007 at 5:09 PM |
| that is fantastic news, big well done, only wish I could run at that pace for more than a mile |
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posted: 1/17/2007 at 5:31 PM |
Great job!!! If you lived in Juneau you might have come in first! Between my age group (old) and this small town...I can feel like the fastest runner in the world.
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5K goal 24:00 or less (PR 24:34)
10K goal 50:00 or less (PR 52:45)
HM goal 1:55:00 or less (PR 2:03:02)
Marathon Goal...Victoria Marathon 2008 (PR 4:33:23) |
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