delicate flower
Damn, yo...knocked that shit out of the park.
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Congrats Dave! What an excellent race you had. See you in Boston in 2015
Way to smash your goal! Your improvement continues to be nothing short of astonishing, and I am so happy for you! I know you had to adapt and work around some challenges like the IT band and such this time around, but you handled it all like a pro and came into the race strong.
Today it sounds like you had a good plan and executed it perfectly. Nicely done!
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D2: also, thanks for making mr prediction come true. 1:28!!!
Your rapid improvement and talent are amazing. Congratulations on a great race!
Man, I knew you were gonna kill this race but you smoked it. You ran a well-disciplined race and I'm in awe of your speed. Nice job!
Train smart ... race smarter.
Hip Redux
Rock on, man, you nailed it!
Great job Dave, congratulations!
Huge PR, what a difference a year makes. You should be very proud of your progress, and your family earned a bunch of bling too, excellent.
Mmmmm...beer
Awood, thanks! Yup, all of my runs are easy (except for races of course). The few tempos you see on my log are the couple of miles that I do the day before a race with strides, I don't know what to call those runs, so I call them tempos. From some of the discussions on here lately, I guess some of my faster easy runs could be called tempos, but the effort that day felt easy, just happened to feel strong that day, so I don't know that they'd really qualify. After I recover this week I'm going to start rolling in some actual tempo runs, with paces based off of the race I ran today. I also want to start doing some interval work. To be honest, I've been very surprised at the progress I've been able to make without any formal speed work.
LRB, thanks! There is definitely some serious competition around here, and they only get faster in the next age group! I've gotta get on my game before I turn 40. lol
Thanks Phil!
Thanks B-plus! That's not a bad idea.
Thanks so much Zel! I am so glad that I was able to get past my IT band issues quickly, especially after seeing so many people get sidelined by it.
Jack, that's right, you nailed the prediction.
Thanks workinprogress, I'm very happy with how I've been able to improve, never knew I had it in me, but I guess we never know until we try.
Thanks Bruce! I was tempted to push a lil harder, but I didn't want to risk it too much, since the pace was already the fastest I've ever run at that distance. There's always the next race!
Thanks Oski!
Thanks Shirfan! Gonna need another medal rack, just bought that one and it's already full. lol
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
What a success story you are! cheers! :-)
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Traci
Nice RR. It's great that your whole family runs. Congratulations on the incredible improvement.
Skirt Runner
Woo hoo! Dave you rocked that half! Amazing job!!! Congrats! Your progress is incredible!
PRs: 5K- 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13) 4M- 41:43 (9/7/13) 15K- 1:34:25 (8/17/13) 10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14) HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14) Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)
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Wickedly Average
Before I even read the RR, I want to say "WoW" - a 22+ minute PR is awesome. Breaking 1:30 is also awesome. That's a great run - you're fast!
Now, I'll read the rest.
Tom (formerly known as PhotogTom)
5K - 25:16, 10K - 55:31, 15K - 1:20:55, HM - 1:54:54
Having now read the rest of the RR, I have to say congratulations! You've made an amazing transformation, and you've got some great running talent. Keep at it - you'll definitely be getting some AG awards in the future!
Congrats on meeting your goal Dave. You ran an impressive race and have every right to be on cloud nine for awhile.
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