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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 01:15 PM
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Ran my 5K
32:47, pace 10:35, 34th in division (F 40-44.) Not bad I guess. About the same as the last 5K I ran 12 years ago.

Happy Thanksgiving!
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 07:05 PM
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1. Great performance...
...particularly on a day when most of us are too stuffed to move.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:16 PM
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2. Thanks!
Got that out of the way early, so that I can become too stuffed to move.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 09:01 PM
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 09:04 PM
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10. dude, you're horny today
I saw your "cousins" in that other thread. Must be the spices in the pumpkin pie?

If I run a marathon it'll be in one of those li'l teeny-tiny outfits & I'll post pics, promise.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:42 PM
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3. Got a pic!
Edited on Thu Nov-22-07 08:45 PM by Ellen Forradalom
From the race photographers. #181, at right.
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MelissaB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:44 PM
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4. Congrats!
I admire people like you.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:47 PM
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6. Thank you!
I'm contemplating a marathon. Please talk me out of it. :-)
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MelissaB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 09:02 PM
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9. Nope! Not going to do it.
Go for it!
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 09:06 PM
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11. In that case, cheer me on!
:-)
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:44 PM
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5. That's awesome!
You go, girl! :P

Nice action photo too!

:applause: :applause:

:D
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:48 PM
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7. Thanks!
Wasn't sure what to expect--it's been a long time! But all that swimming, and a bit of running :-) , has paid off!
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 09:09 PM
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12. OUTSTANDING
I used to run all the time but the legs have gotten a little stiff and a little heavy. You keep collecting those numbers.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:24 AM
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13. Legs not holding up the way they used to?
Your local masters swim club would love to meet you!

Thanks for the encouragement! It is an honor to be complimented by the one & only BOSSHOG.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 01:59 PM
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15. Hey
thanks very much for the suggestion about swimming. I never thought of that. I do have trouble with my knees and ankles, especially in colder weather. My wife runs the occasional 5k. I enter as well but just for the T-shirt and the after race festivities which are usually quite the functions in and around New Orleans. We also volunteer to hand out water and act the clowns along a local marathon.

FYI: I've attached the New Orleans Track Club Website for your perusal.

http://www.runnotc.org/
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:37 PM
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23. If you've got a nearby masters club
check 'em out. It's a lot of fun. Like running, swimming laps is meditative. I just look at the bottom of the pool, feel the water, adjust my motions, and think about stuff.
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 12:04 PM
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14. Congratulations!
That's a pretty solid time, even more so if it's what you ran 12 years ago. Now if you can maintain that time, eventually you'll be the age group record holder!

I'm getting back into running myself, at age 45. I used to run alot, but pretty much stopped about 10 years ago. It's a bit of a struggle back.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:33 PM
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21. Phoo, tell me about it
It's not easy. Take it slow.

Swimming gave me a real leg up, so to speak. When I started to run again I was in pain after a mile. After swimming for a couple of months I found I could run 3 1/2 miles with just a couple of walk breaks after a hill! I was amazed!
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 02:08 PM
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16. You set a goal, and you complete that goal...
Edited on Fri Nov-23-07 02:08 PM by ALiberalSailor
...I don't care what time you finished in. :yourock:
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:34 PM
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22. Actually I just signed up a couple of weeks ago
Just to get some experience and get a time. But at least I rolled out of bed to do it!
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 04:15 PM
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17. Good for you!
I hope to do a 5K within the next couple years!
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:38 PM
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25. I bet you can do one sooner than that!
Especially if you're not so worried about finishing fast.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 12:34 AM
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30. I'll just do it for the sake of doing it
Winning doesn't matter to me.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 04:18 PM
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18. Good for you, dude!
I've never run a road race... did you have some fun? :hi:
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:39 PM
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26. I sure did
Although it would've been nice of them to warn us about the incline :eyes: I mean that's just rude not to say anything.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 04:20 PM
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19. Congratulations!
Lookin' good! :thumbsup:
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:39 PM
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28. Thanks!
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 04:23 PM
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20. Congratulations, and happy T-Day!
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:37 PM
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24. Thanks!
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:39 PM
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27. Good for you! I used to love running....
...spinal disc fusion kind of ended those days for me...:cry:
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 11:40 PM
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29. owwwww
that's a big deal.

Would swimming help? (I've been pimping swimming in this running thread. Go figure.)
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 08:49 AM
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31. So are you saying that you've got legs and that you know how to use them?
I apologize for the gratuitous ZZ Top reference. Sometimes I can't help myself.

Great pic up-thread BTW
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