Running - Week of Sept. 3-9

[kelownagirl]

I find the whole AG thing interesting. I had always assumed that naturally the younger girls would be first and so on up the groups, but it is certainly not the case here. When I did my one and only 5k race last June, the top 3 women over all were in MY age group 45-49, then a few in 35-39. I'll never have a chance to place in AG - there are too many elite athletes in that group.

Anyway, enjoy your medal Kimmy - you were there, you won - you deserve it!

I had some pretty sore legs etc for 2 days after my first-time-back-running on Wed but I did a second 5k run/walk yesterday and feel much better this morning. I did .5 k walk, 1k run again and it felt fine. I went a little longer on my 3rd 1k run and think I could have continued going for awhile longer but DH was with me and he's just started running so he needed to take it easier. I am planning to do .5k walk, 2k run in a couple days and then probably do 5k after that. It's hard to go slowly...

[limewave]

Kimmy--don't be bummed about placing! You should be proud to wear that medal. I almost always place in my AG even though my best 5k time is 27:30. I'm in the 25-30 AG which I've noticed tends to be the least competitive. I think it's because it's the age where we tend to be buying first houses, starting careers, raising toddlers, being pregnant . . . etc. But, whatever the reason, I'm one of the few who choose to get up at 5 AM to relentlessly pound the pavement, push back the guy packets, and show up on race day. That alone deserves a medal.

Speaking of deserving a medal: I did 3 mile trail run with 3 sets of 4 stair repeats up brutal sand dunes. I had a lovely audience of senior citizens perched on some park benches that cheered me on. This was by far the hardest interval training I've done yet.

[Grog]

Rode 95 km on Saturday, my longest ride in a long time, pulled most of the time in a fierce head wind.... and then went on to run a 10 km on Sunday morning. Ouchie!! I could barely move my legs, I was so stiff.

But I did it.

I have to run another short run tomorrow morning, I shouldn't have cycled this morning... But the weather is so good!

[Wahine]

Kimmy,

You placed 3rd of the people there. The fact that there weren't more people represented in your AG is a sign that you're doing well just to be out there. So first off, be proud that you even ran, because a lot of people didn't. Secondly, be proud that you ran 3rd in your AG. Unless there were only 3 people in your AG then you worked for it. You had to be better than the other girls out there. Even if you were the last one and got 3rd you should still be proud (see first point above).

Finally, if I remember rightly you are in a sub-30 cat. The 30 plusers should be creaming you. 30 to 40 traditionally has been the fastest AG for women in endurance events. It has to do with building an endurance base. And, like KG said, a lot of the elite 30 somethings are now elite 40 somethings and are breaking all kinds of aging myths by getting even faster. Who knows, in ten years maybe 40 to 50 will be the fastest AG.

[KSH]

Kimmy... you did a great job! Congrats on the medal! Look, you got up, you raced and you had a PR! Take it!

Well, I ran on Saturday, 9-8-08... my goal was to run 10 miles and try a 3:1 walk/run combo... here is how it turned out:

1h 55m
10.00 miles
11m 30s /mile

It was 5:30 PM and 100 degrees with the heat index, so I headed off to the gym.

Yep, I ran 10 miles on a treadmill. I did a run/walk combo 3:1. It worked just fine. My time didn't suffer at all.

I don't really have any other runs to compare it to though... for that distance... because this was on flats and my other 10 mile runs were on hills, outside.

[crazycanuck]

I ran with our group again this week..I think i ran 2.5km or so.

I am still quite slow and will be for a while!!

C