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Myrtle Beach Half RR - Mustang's Mom

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#1 ·
<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>
 
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#2 ·
wow - congratulations to MustangMom!!! I hope I am like her at age 68!! Please pass on my heartfelt admiration and congrats to her!!
 
#5 ·
Mustang Mom Rules!! <img alt="notworthy.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif"><br><br>
Great work .... and I love the "need to do" list as soon as she was done <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
.... a banana worthy effort if I've ever seen one <img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif">
 
#8 ·
MS,<br>
It is with delight to see your mothers accomplishment. Her determination to complete a difficult challenge is a wonderful motivator. What is it with the women of the Episcopal Church? Your Mother the half marathoner and the Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, who was featured in RW a few months ago...BTW she's an Oregon State Grad!!
 
#10 ·
I can see that the tree doesn't grow far from the apple.<br>
Congratulations on your return to racing. Stick around and tell us more.
 
#11 ·
Congrats to Mustang Mom. You know the Mustang was built off the Fairlane platform....just sayin....<img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"><br><br>
Hope to hear from Mom in the 1st person soon.
 
#12 ·
I might have known that Mustang Sally would have a "cool mom" as well. Congratulations on your achievement and good luck in your continued running and racing!
 
#16 ·
How inspirational!<br>
I'm trying to talk my mom into walking the "Tunnel to Towers Run" along with my DH (who doesn't run). The tricky thing that might nix it, is that the race is on her birthday. My brother and I are going to run it together. My mom is a speed-walker and she's going to be in the senior olympics for Rhode Island. She is currently 73 years old.<br><br>
Susan
 
#17 ·
WOHOOOO WTG and &^5 to MustangMom<br>
So, when are you going to register here <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">
 
#18 ·
Tip of the hat, dropping to one knee <img alt="notworthy.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif"> to salute Mustang Sally's mare.<br>
Congrats on a job well done, come join us in the Masters forum and give us the real dirt <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> on Sal.
 
#22 ·
Hi MustangMom! Congrats on finishing your half and I hope you'll become a regular poster.
 
#23 ·
......Very Cool Mom MS//............excellent RR.........<br><br>
.........Best Wishes to Her......and........Keep on Truckin'.....
 
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