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<i>I am so pleased - my mom, who ran Detroit Marathon in '79, who has section-hiked the Appalachian trail, who survived a wretched divorce and came out stronger than ever, and who has, perhaps, put on a bit of weight over the past while, has walked/run her first Half in decades, at 68.<br><br>
She's an Episcopal priest, an MBA, and a techie from way back in the early days, when she worked for IBM building RPG systems for the System/34. She lurves her Garmin. She's pretty cool. I think she belongs here.<br><br>
Here is her report.</i><br><br>
I went hoping to make 3:30 and knowing it would be a stretch.<br><br>
I haven't run since all the electronic innovations -- it made the start far<br>
less pushy to be on chip time.<br><br>
One of the things I hadn't factored in was that I would run (across road,<br>
taking turns wide, dashing off to the porta potty) 2/10 of a mile more than<br>
the race distance.. So I started noticing that the race course went further<br>
from mile to mile than my Garmin said.<br><br>
I had to talk to myself hard at the beginning ("let her run HER race; you<br>
run YOUR race"<img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif"> as all the runners who had lined up behind me flew past...<br>
And as I chased one racewalker. With the walking a quarter mile and then<br>
jogging 50 left feet, I was swept a little by the excitement and found that<br>
I was very neatly doing 15s and sub-15s [yes, I know this sounds<br>
turtle-like to you, but for me it was pretty amazing]. It was slightly weird,<br>
because the fast walkers would pull out ahead of me, and then I would get<br>
to a joglet and run out in front again, and then lurch to a walk while they<br>
caught up and went in front.<br><br>
I held this quite well until the 12-mile mark, when I had to walk most of the<br>
time in an effort to get my heart rate to drop. [Question: is "max heart<br>
rate" for calculating the percentages "that which your heart can do while<br>
you are still vertical?"... Because if it is, I have a newly discovered "max<br>
heart rate." Next race I may just stop and stretch and see if I can get it<br>
down; next race I'd also like to go in with some 13-mile easy training runs<br>
in my pocket.<br><br>
I got mixed up at the end... They had two sets of mats, the first so that<br>
the announcer could call our names... I sort of stopped after the first and<br>
then realized I wasn't done.<br><br>
Sooooo 3:21 -- and I'm tickled pink. Not too stiff today, though the work<br>
to come is clear ---<br>
lose some weight<br>
get more core strength<br>
increase the % of jogging up to 50%<br>
get some 12-miles and 13-miles in my pocket.<br><br>
I'm considering paying $10 to download Coach Jenny's recovery plan. I'm<br>
going to go into the lottery for Grandma's in June... I could also think of<br>
coming out for the half-NODM which ends in Port Angeles... Are y'all going<br>
to be around in early June?<br><br><i>You bet, Momz. I'm in for the NODM Half - looking forward to it!</i>
She's an Episcopal priest, an MBA, and a techie from way back in the early days, when she worked for IBM building RPG systems for the System/34. She lurves her Garmin. She's pretty cool. I think she belongs here.<br><br>
Here is her report.</i><br><br>
I went hoping to make 3:30 and knowing it would be a stretch.<br><br>
I haven't run since all the electronic innovations -- it made the start far<br>
less pushy to be on chip time.<br><br>
One of the things I hadn't factored in was that I would run (across road,<br>
taking turns wide, dashing off to the porta potty) 2/10 of a mile more than<br>
the race distance.. So I started noticing that the race course went further<br>
from mile to mile than my Garmin said.<br><br>
I had to talk to myself hard at the beginning ("let her run HER race; you<br>
run YOUR race"<img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif"> as all the runners who had lined up behind me flew past...<br>
And as I chased one racewalker. With the walking a quarter mile and then<br>
jogging 50 left feet, I was swept a little by the excitement and found that<br>
I was very neatly doing 15s and sub-15s [yes, I know this sounds<br>
turtle-like to you, but for me it was pretty amazing]. It was slightly weird,<br>
because the fast walkers would pull out ahead of me, and then I would get<br>
to a joglet and run out in front again, and then lurch to a walk while they<br>
caught up and went in front.<br><br>
I held this quite well until the 12-mile mark, when I had to walk most of the<br>
time in an effort to get my heart rate to drop. [Question: is "max heart<br>
rate" for calculating the percentages "that which your heart can do while<br>
you are still vertical?"... Because if it is, I have a newly discovered "max<br>
heart rate." Next race I may just stop and stretch and see if I can get it<br>
down; next race I'd also like to go in with some 13-mile easy training runs<br>
in my pocket.<br><br>
I got mixed up at the end... They had two sets of mats, the first so that<br>
the announcer could call our names... I sort of stopped after the first and<br>
then realized I wasn't done.<br><br>
Sooooo 3:21 -- and I'm tickled pink. Not too stiff today, though the work<br>
to come is clear ---<br>
lose some weight<br>
get more core strength<br>
increase the % of jogging up to 50%<br>
get some 12-miles and 13-miles in my pocket.<br><br>
I'm considering paying $10 to download Coach Jenny's recovery plan. I'm<br>
going to go into the lottery for Grandma's in June... I could also think of<br>
coming out for the half-NODM which ends in Port Angeles... Are y'all going<br>
to be around in early June?<br><br><i>You bet, Momz. I'm in for the NODM Half - looking forward to it!</i>
