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HELL YES! Way to go D! Fastest time in two years! COME ON! +1 to everything that has been said but I would like to add that you are my hero. Go kick New York in the ass!
It's really nice to see you getting your racing mojo back. Congrats on a great race!
Life is good.
Are you planning for NY to be a fun race or a hard race?
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
Thanks, guys!
Probably a fun race, but I'll decide the week of. Or maybe something in between (like MP + 10%).
Damaris
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Congrats DR! Very nice race.
delicate flower
Nice job pushing through, Docket! You are certainly headed in the right direction. Bummer that breathing problems (again) were giving you problems.
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Labrat
Congrats on getting your revenge.
5K 20:23 (Vdot 48.7) 9/9/17
10K 44:06 (Vdot 46.3) 3/11/17
HM 1:33:48 (Vdot 48.6) 11/11/17
FM 4:13:43 (Vdot 35.4) 3/4/18
WTG
Thanks, guys. Let me try to address some of the posts!
Jerry, awww. I needed that Mountain Dew. Thanks for thinking of me!
LRB, yeap, NY is in three weeks.
PAD, thanks!
Andrea, true! Thanks for pointing the post surgery PR out.
Lauren, thanks! Hope you recover well from your surgery!
Lily, thanks! Hoping to (finally) meet you there!
Mandy, yes, sniff. I missed Robin and I have not seen Amanda in ages and I was looking forward to that!
Cyberic, thanks for worrying about me.
Ginny, thanks! Hoping the lungs behave from now on. It's annoying, ha!
Jack, shucks. Not me! Thanks!
OOTB, thanks!
Fuzzy, thank you!
Baboon, so long as I head in the right direction, yay.
Richard, thanks!
kettledrum, thanks, shirties!
Great job, D.
So glad you could go back and exact revenge on the course that led to your surgery. You are tough for rebounding from those issues and continuing to battle the ever-lurking asthma. Job well done.
I am so happy for you to have come back and finally gotten back under 5 despite all that you have been dealing with lately!
With all the crap going on, that doesn't change the fact that you love to run, and I know how much it means to you to be able to feel successful as well.
Sorry about the asthma, but glad you're finding ways to adapt your training at least.
Damaris, Congrats on a strong race. You always amaze me how you push through your breathing issues.
Way to get revenge and congrats on the sub-5! Scary shit at the finish.
Congratulations on your redemption! I was there cheering on a friend and hoped I would miraculously run into you again at the expo or the race, but alas, I didn't. I'm so glad you're getting back on track and that things are looking up for you.
Jay, thanks!
Z, awww, thanks. Yes, I thought about quitting when the asthma first came in, but I love running too much.
Mitch, thanks.
B+, it even scared me!
workinprogress, too bad we did not get to meet again this year. I thought of you while in the corral (since we met and hung up there before the start last year).
Some of the pics are awesome. Here is the one of me finishing (with a floater):