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posted: 5/10/2008 at 11:51 PM |
Well I am SUPER PSYCHED!!!! Today was my second ever half marathon and I KICKED it!! A quick reminder to those who may not recall, I quit smoking in Aug. 07, I was 214 lbs. on Jan. 07, and I turned 40 in Nov.07.
I'm now 176 lbs, definatly an ex-smoker, and still 40  . I ran my 1st half in Feb. 08. It rained ,it snowed, my feet hurt and I came in at 2:22.
On to today: I was feeling awesome this week. Ran some good mileage and was pumped for this race. Yesterday at work lifted something I probably shouldn't have and really tweaked my back!  My thanks to my chiropractor for taking me in yesterday. Last night it was killing me! This morning I did have serious thoughts of bailing out of the race. Aside from the back pain I was feeling good though, so I raced. Miles 1&2 were a little rough, and ironically it wasn't my back that hurt but my shins right down low at the ankles. Then all of a sudden BAM! I just took off. I settled into a nice rythym and just cranked. Mile 4 took on a little protein in the form of a black fly  My splits were looking good though, I was running under a ten minute pace. Miles 6-11 turned hilly. Man if I wasn't running uphill, I was going down. But I didn't let up, nice and steady. 11-13 I picked up the pace a bit, quads starting to really burn now. The last tenth of a mile I can see the finish line so i poured it on. Net time finish:2:00:17!!! I'm ecstatic!! Elated! And, surprisingly, feel pretty good to boot!!
Added note: DW also ran and finished 2:12.
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:34 AM |
| Sweet race. You killed it! |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:52 AM |
Andy, dude, that's one awesome race you had there! Congrats!
I think there will be more stories like this in your future.
What's next for you? |
Your monkey gives me the creeps. - andahuff
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 2:00 AM |
Great run. Let the good times fall
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Run until the trail runs out
2008 TARGET 150 MONTH
2009 TARGET 40/40 |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 3:43 AM |
Great job Andy!!!
Keep up the good work. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 4:37 AM |
Congratulations!! That is an awesome PR!  |
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. ~ Jean Nidetch
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:00 PM |
Awesome job! You PR'd by 20%... wow.
What a fun race. I was there too - the disco water stop was fabulous. They were playing "It's Raining Men" when I went through, which I'm a little shamed to admit is one of my favorite songs ever. Someone on the course also told me it was all downhill after mile 6. Uh, no. Not so much.
Anyways, congrats on a great race (and your wife too!) |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 3:46 PM |
| Way to f'n go!! |
- Anya
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 4:00 PM |
Way to go, especially with the back pain! Ouch. It will be easy for you to break 2:00 now!
Congratulations to your wife, too. What is her history with running?
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 7:09 PM |
Awesome PR Andy!!!! 
Congrats and keep up the great work! |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 2:44 AM |
Super run Andy;
I got all excited just reading about it. You didn't just beat your old PR, you smashed it! Days like this make it all worth while.
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Masters PR's:
40's - 5k 16:39; 10k 33:48, 10m 56:25, HM 1:15:27, Marathon 2:43:12
50's - couch potato
60's - 5k 19:00, 10k 38:35, 10m 1:05:30, HM 1:24:09, 30k 2:06:26 |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 2:51 AM |
| Nice job! That fly protein must have done the trick |
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