Tiger Lily 03
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Congratulations Matt! You are a machine. After reading your report I'm going to take a nap...
Race Reports for 4/21, 22 and Encouragement/Kudos!
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Matt--Wow, you are a racing machine! You go!
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Susie Congratulations to you & Steve on your 5k PRs.
Sara Congratulations on your last minute 10k. Great shirt slogans.
Denny Congratulations to you & DW on your 10k.
Dont know if I would survive a course with all those hills.
Matt I agree with others .you are a machine! Congratulations.
No race report for John & I.
We decided to bag our local 5k & go kayaking instead. We had purchased kayaks about a month ago & since the weather has been so crappy, we havent been able get out in them. Since it was such a beautiful day we decided we would rather be out paddling around the lake. When we began this whole walk/run thing, our main goal was to live a more active life. So, paddling around the lake instead of walk/running a 5k, still keeps us within our goal & we had a really fun day!
Sara Congratulations on your last minute 10k. Great shirt slogans.
Denny Congratulations to you & DW on your 10k.
Dont know if I would survive a course with all those hills. Matt I agree with others .you are a machine! Congratulations.
No race report for John & I.
We decided to bag our local 5k & go kayaking instead. We had purchased kayaks about a month ago & since the weather has been so crappy, we havent been able get out in them. Since it was such a beautiful day we decided we would rather be out paddling around the lake. When we began this whole walk/run thing, our main goal was to live a more active life. So, paddling around the lake instead of walk/running a 5k, still keeps us within our goal & we had a really fun day! goofyguy1958
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Here is my report on a personal second best at the Valley Forge Revolutionary 5 mile run. I have very litle time so I will drop by later tonight with comments on other racers. Have a great day.
As races go, this was one of the more tame runs I have entered in about 9 months; I have become more of a half or full marathon runner with the very odd trail race thrown in every other month. So I will not be as verbose as I usually am in today's race report.
Finally, we had some really nice weather, in the mid 50s and sunny, at the start of a race. I met up with a friend, his significant other and her son prior to the race. We boarded the buses they bussed us to the start because the park commission thought 1500 people would bring too many cars into the parks limited parking areas and took the about 1 mile ride in the comfort that can only be afforded on those big yellow school busses. Hey driver, I think you missed a bump back there. Can we go back and hit it so I can complete my chiropractic adjustment? I was back in high school. Seriously, the setup was very efficient.
Once at the race location we walked around a bit to stay warm and loosen up then I went on my standard 1 mile warm up run and pre race pee and didnt see my friends until after the race. It is amazing how quickly you can get lost in a crowd of 1500 similarly dressed runners.
The race is started with the firing of a very loud cannon and on down the road we go. I mistakenly line up near the middle of the pack and have to bob and weave my way to a place where I can run my pace. After the first mile I am finally able to settle into a good steady pace and am running in the clear. The course opened up going up the longest of the many hills on this course because, being the rock head that I am, I simply never change pace from the flats to running hills. It looks good for a while but boy do I pay as the race goes on.
I am maintaining a nice steady uneventful pace through mile 4 when the downhill section of the course arrives. Here you have no choice but to let-er rip and I dropped my pace all the way down to 6 m/m. But the race is not over yet the final 2 tenths of a mile are on a nice uphill immediately after screaming down that very steep hill and making a very hard right turn. Can someone tell me why ALL race directors are evil and sadistic? Anyway, I am determined to push and not be passed on the final uphill and I go into complete oxygen debt but no one is even close to passing me when I cross the line in a second best ever 5 mile time of 35:54. This was a very satisfying race because I was simply shooting for a sub 37 on this very hilly course.
As races go, this was one of the more tame runs I have entered in about 9 months; I have become more of a half or full marathon runner with the very odd trail race thrown in every other month. So I will not be as verbose as I usually am in today's race report.
Finally, we had some really nice weather, in the mid 50s and sunny, at the start of a race. I met up with a friend, his significant other and her son prior to the race. We boarded the buses they bussed us to the start because the park commission thought 1500 people would bring too many cars into the parks limited parking areas and took the about 1 mile ride in the comfort that can only be afforded on those big yellow school busses. Hey driver, I think you missed a bump back there. Can we go back and hit it so I can complete my chiropractic adjustment? I was back in high school. Seriously, the setup was very efficient.
Once at the race location we walked around a bit to stay warm and loosen up then I went on my standard 1 mile warm up run and pre race pee and didnt see my friends until after the race. It is amazing how quickly you can get lost in a crowd of 1500 similarly dressed runners.
The race is started with the firing of a very loud cannon and on down the road we go. I mistakenly line up near the middle of the pack and have to bob and weave my way to a place where I can run my pace. After the first mile I am finally able to settle into a good steady pace and am running in the clear. The course opened up going up the longest of the many hills on this course because, being the rock head that I am, I simply never change pace from the flats to running hills. It looks good for a while but boy do I pay as the race goes on.
I am maintaining a nice steady uneventful pace through mile 4 when the downhill section of the course arrives. Here you have no choice but to let-er rip and I dropped my pace all the way down to 6 m/m. But the race is not over yet the final 2 tenths of a mile are on a nice uphill immediately after screaming down that very steep hill and making a very hard right turn. Can someone tell me why ALL race directors are evil and sadistic? Anyway, I am determined to push and not be passed on the final uphill and I go into complete oxygen debt but no one is even close to passing me when I cross the line in a second best ever 5 mile time of 35:54. This was a very satisfying race because I was simply shooting for a sub 37 on this very hilly course.
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