Carolyn
I hammered down the trail, passing rocks and trees like they were standing still.
Half Fanatic #36
Chumbawamba: I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down
MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
I wonder if these belong to anyone we know?? I wonder if anyone here can interpret the Japanese writing on these "shoes"http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/popupV2.asp?SubID=4695&page=3>itle=St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day%20Dash.
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
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Many good runs today. SR, great pacing and congrats to the Saint. Marj and I continued our marathon training today by doing a half at New Bedford, Ma. Marj paced me for the first 6 miles. She slowed me down when I tried to speed up and I ended up with a slight negative split although my time wasn't great and I finished 8/9. Placement is usually more important to me than time and I usually do well but all the speedsters in my AG were there today. However, I was the oldest runner out there and 75 runners finished behind me. Marj did well after she took off and completed the run 9 minutes faster than my finish. She could have done a lot better had she run on her own all the way. But, her selflessness makes her all the more adorable to me. New Bedford is the old whaling capital of New England and they feed you fish sandwiches and fish chowder after the race.
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PBs since age 60: 5k- 24:36, 10k - 47:17. Half Marathon- 1:42:41.
10 miles (unofficial) 1:16:44.
Running out of mistakes!
The Saint ran her half this morning in IRC. My job was to pace her. I thought I had ruined her race in the very first mile as I sensed we were going out too fast. I tried to keep the pace slow, aiming for a 9:45, but then I saw we were just behind the 2:10 pacer and I know we expect to come in before him. So like a dope instead of trusting my judgment and laying back, I stay right with him to the one mile mark. The split: 9:10. I was so fightin' mad at this mistake. I rectified the count on mile two and ran that one in 10:01. We had only one other mile over ten minutes and that was mile 12 when she was really tiring. But she ran super, and even kicked it in from about 200 yards before the 13 mile mark to the end. She never walked once and didn't complain! I am super proud of her. Final time 2:06:26, a ten minute PR. Spareribs
After blowing up last Sunday, I had a rematch with my 20-mile workout today. I so worried that I'd be slow and tired again, but it was a near-perfect training run. First 10 miles, slow and steady: average pace: 10:41 Second 10 miles, BQMP: 9:17 (with 3 miles under 9, and 1 under 8:30) ...and this on a pretty hilly course I'm quite pleased. OK - I'm off to catch up on things around here. I need to read about Holly's 5k!