RunningAHEAD - Topic: N.W. Ohio Race for the Cure 5K

N.W. Ohio Race for the Cure 5K (Read 153 times)

rvelich view log Will it hold up in '09?	posted: 9/28/2008 at 3:58 PM modified: 9/28/2008 at 3:59 PM
	Beautiful day, ran with my whole family ala Team DaddyO, paced my wife to nearly a 1 minute 5K PR, and had a great time in my first race back from my leg injury from my April marathon and training. Life is good. Here's from my log notes: Race for the Cure, ran with Tammy and girls, downtown Toledo. Great morning for the race. There were 17,500 registered runners and walkers. Started out about a 9:00 min/mile pace with Tammy and Lindsey. Chelsea took off from the start once we got across the timing mat. I wanted to hang with Tammy to help pace her to a PR and not over-do myself and end up regretting it by stressing my leg too much. Lindsey ended up leaving us about 3/4 mille into the race too. Went out a little too hard for Tammy at 9:11 first mile, she was able to maintain and, in fact, speed up a bit the next mile, which was 8:59! She struggled the final mile of the race. I tried to get her to walk through a water stop, get a good drink, and catch her breath, but she wouldn't listen. We ended up walking a little bit later because she was having a pain in her right side. I was trying to pull her along and encourage her as best I could without pushing her too hard. We ended up the last mile at 9:23 and finished the race in 28:55 by Garmin, which was a PR for her by almost a minute! Her prior PR was a 29:49! WOOT! The girls smoked us both. The almost as neat thing as pacing Tammy to a huge PR is, I felt as though I could have busted one in this race as well. Patience, Grasshopper... patience. MTA: And... we got over $200.00 in donations for the cause! Thanks to all who contributed here!
	Rick "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa "I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby runningforcassy.blogspot.com

BadDawg view log	posted: 9/29/2008 at 12:15 PM
	Nice job coach! It might be a couple of years, but I'll eventually get my soccer playing son to run a race with me, and maybe I could even get my daughter to run if I let her text her friends as she goes. Quote from rvelich on 9/28/2008 at 3:58 PM: I felt as though I could have busted one in this race as well. Patience, Grasshopper... patience. Patience is a virtue, we want that spot on the bench to stay vacant.
	Ed Tuesday Good Times 5K series in Lowell, MA HTFU "The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self." Whitney Young

rvelich view log Will it hold up in '09?	posted: 9/30/2008 at 3:49 AM
	Thanks, Ed. It was a blast running a race with my whole family. Tammy's official time, btw, was 28:52! She did so awesome. It was a great morning.
	Rick "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa "I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby runningforcassy.blogspot.com