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posted: 2/23/2008 at 3:51 AM |
I've been running off & on for a few years--always just for fitness.
I'm training for a September half marathon, so I decided to run some smaller races along the way. The 5k is April 19, so I have plenty of time to get ready. I'm really excited--I felt like such a dork because I was actually nervous while registering online. |
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posted: 2/23/2008 at 3:49 PM |
| I can totally relate to feeling out of place, even registering on-line!!! I've only been "really" running for the past 6-7 months, but I have 3 5-k's under my belt, and other next weekend, while on my way to training for the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon in May - keep up the good work! Way to go mom!!! |
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posted: 2/23/2008 at 4:24 PM |
| way to go mom! |
Quit being so damn serious!
When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. |
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posted: 2/23/2008 at 5:38 PM |
After attaching your number and chip (if it's chip timed) you'll get past your dorkiness, and it will just be a fading memory. After a fair number of races I still feel like a dork, uh, cuz I am one.
Nice job signing up for the race, I'm looking forward to the report. Waytogomom! |
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Bib #10 at the Tuesday night Good Times 5K series in Lowell, MA (so sad it's over, mark your calendar for opening night on 4/2/09)
2008 goal: HTFU and BQ at BayState Marathon
Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy. |
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posted: 2/23/2008 at 6:12 PM |
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posted: 2/23/2008 at 6:15 PM |
Nice job- I remember that feeling. Enjoy your first race, you only get one and you're guaranteed to PR. We expect a report when you're done.  |
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posted: 2/25/2008 at 12:03 AM |
Quote from Dustin on 2/23/2008 at 6:15 PM:Nice job- I remember that feeling. Enjoy your first race, you only get one and you're guaranteed to PR. We expect a report when you're done.
You got it! |
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posted: 2/25/2008 at 12:46 AM |
| Quote from waytogomom on 2/23/2008 at 3:51 AM: I've been running off & on for a few years--always just for fitness.
I'm training for a September half marathon, so I decided to run some smaller races along the way. The 5k is April 19, so I have plenty of time to get ready. I'm really excited--I felt like such a dork because I was actually nervous while registering online.
Good luck - you'll have a blast. Believe me, I'm a total dork, but I still like to run in races! One thing that helps me when I feel funny next to all the cute young things is to look at the results and see the relative few number of women there are in my age group. I'm DOING this, and there are a lot of other moms out there who AREN'T! And that's what counts.
You'll be nervous before the race starts, but once you get going, you'll be fine. Just remember to start out very slowly!! You can always speed up later.
Teresa
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posted: 2/25/2008 at 1:36 AM |
| Quote from evryday on 2/23/2008 at 4:24 PM: way to go mom!
Agreed. That feeling will go away after you finish. |
Mike | Current Training Plan
Out near the edge where life is in full color. |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 7:26 PM |
I just signed up for my first 5k in two weeks. This is my first race ever (baring secondary school where I was made to sprint and thus always be last.)
I am worried about how to pick up my packet, what to wear, the attachment of the number, where the chip goes, how many toilets they'll have, whether I'll look silly, will I be last (please, please let me not be last), whether I'll make it to the end (I can run further than 4 miles but maybe I'll collapse.)...
I guess this probably isn't helping - Good Luck! |
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posted: 3/4/2008 at 4:59 PM |
Quote from SusanElizabethK on 3/3/2008 at 7:26 PM:I just signed up for my first 5k in two weeks. This is my first race ever (baring secondary school where I was made to sprint and thus always be last.) I am worried about how to pick up my packet, what to wear, the attachment of the number, where the chip goes, how many toilets they'll have, whether I'll look silly, will I be last (please, please let me not be last), whether I'll make it to the end (I can run further than 4 miles but maybe I'll collapse.)... I guess this probably isn't helping - Good Luck!
I have the same fears you do (my first 5k is March 16). The one I could control is being last -- so I signed up for the biggest race in my city. There are something like 15,000 participants, and 3 waves. I am not a fast runner, but my chances are pretty good that I won't be the last out of 15,000 people.  Plus this is the race that ends in green beer, so there are a lot of folks that are just out there for fun. |
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posted: 3/4/2008 at 9:49 PM |
We have our annual St Patrick's Party that night (March 15th) and my parents will be over from Ireland. I at least have a good post race party set up.
(There will be no Green beer however - I don't think any good beer deserves to be dyed. My husbands home made porter is fermenting away quite nicely and should be ready for the big day.) |
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posted: 3/4/2008 at 10:44 PM
modified: 3/4/2008 at 10:46 PM |
Quote from Hikerchick8 on 3/4/2008 at 4:59 PM:I am not a fast runner, but my chances are pretty good that I won't be the last out of 15,000 people.
Even this isn't worth a moment's worry.
Dead Last Finish > Did Not Finish > Did Not Start
At the Kerouac 5K in Lowell last year, I thought it was great that the crowd at Hookslide Kelly's cheered the last runner as loudly as the first. He was 75 years old, and came in at 1:00:24 for a 19:29 pace. By some measures, he was the hardest working runner out there that day and you really have to give him credit for getting it done.
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Bib #10 at the Tuesday night Good Times 5K series in Lowell, MA (so sad it's over, mark your calendar for opening night on 4/2/09)
2008 goal: HTFU and BQ at BayState Marathon
Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy. |
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