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[Acadian Rider]

Thanks everybody! 

Weather looks promising for upcoming race on Sunday (Oct 22).

I'll be running the 10k race.  At 34 my daughter will be running her first ever race. She's doing the 5k race.   

[radon222]

Well that's a tough one follow up against. 

Tomorrow morning I'm running my first official 5k.   True to form, just like my  only prior officially sanctioned event,  I went and rolled my ankle/foot last Sunday doing my routine neighborhood slog.   A week of rest and at crap load of Ibuprofen and well it feels good enough. 

The run will be on an all grass Air Museum  air field, so I'm not going to judge myself against the clock.  My only goal is to finish it with more running than walking.

[Max Wedge]

Good luck!

[radon222]

Fat boy survived the 5K

[Max Wedge]

Congrats! Did better than you thought you would?
You have a cadence tracker?

[radon222]

Congrats! Did better than you thought you would?
You have a cadence tracker?

yea I guess I did a little.  Running on the grass was certainly different than hard surface running,  more muscles were feeling it later in the day too  .    Took it out a little hard and paid for it.  You should be able to see all the info in MMR??. 

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[Acadian Rider]

Fat boy survived the 5K

[Acadian Rider]

Well, I did another 10k race yesterday. It turns out that I still had a little more in me than I thought. This time I did not follow a pace bunny as I did last week and I lowered my time to 51:50.  That was good enough for 4th out of 21 in my 69-69 age category. 

If somebody had told me in the spring that I was going to run a 51:50 10k this year I would not have believed them. I thought that maybe 54 was possible. I now believe that unless I lose more weight, this is it for this 61 year old man but we’ll see what happens next year. I’ll probably do the same as this year, do a bike ride in May-June, this time to Alaska and back including the D2D and then train for some Sept-Oct races.

Here’s what the results of yesterday’s race look like.

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[radon222]

Awesome!!

I can only aspire to those times..and I only turn 50 next year 

[Max Wedge]

Congrats! Did better than you thought you would?
You have a cadence tracker?

yea I guess I did a little.  Running on the grass was certainly different than hard surface running,  more muscles were feeling it later in the day too  .    Took it out a little hard and paid for it.  You should be able to see all the info in MMR??. 

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I did, that was when I noticed the cadence tracker.

[Max Wedge]

Well, I did another 10k race yesterday. It turns out that I still had a little more in me than I thought. This time I did not follow a pace bunny as I did last week and I lowered my time to 51:50.  That was good enough for 4th out of 21 in my 69-69 age category. 

If somebody had told me in the spring that I was going to run a 51:50 10k this year I would not have believed them. I thought that maybe 54 was possible. I now believe that unless I lose more weight, this is it for this 61 year old man but we’ll see what happens next year. I’ll probably do the same as this year, do a bike ride in May-June, this time to Alaska and back including the D2D and then train for some Sept-Oct races.

Here’s what the results of yesterday’s race look like.

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Those are some awesome times.  I wish I could do a 51:50 now.

[radon222]

Congrats! Did better than you thought you would?
You have a cadence tracker?

yea I guess I did a little.  Running on the grass was certainly different than hard surface running,  more muscles were feeling it later in the day too  .    Took it out a little hard and paid for it.  You should be able to see all the info in MMR??. 

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I did, that was when I noticed the cadence tracker.

All the info is getting logged (for better or worse) by my Garmin Fenix3HR watch.

[Max Wedge]

Not sure if the yoga or fast pace treadmill work helped, but I just ran my first 27:08 5k, averaging 8:44 miles. I jacked up MMR when I was looking how far I to go but the flying miles it did record showed 8:44. Best time yet for a 5k, but distance still has not come back. I'm hoping in the spring if I keep doing what I am doing gym/yoga wise.

[Acadian Rider]

Congrats! 

That time tells me you can easily do a 10K under 60 minutes.

[Max Wedge]

Congrats! 

That time tells me you can easily do a 10K under 60 minutes.

That would be awesome, and I may try for that, once the ice leaves. Now Mrs. Wedge is convinced we need to do a Triathlon this year, so training goals may change.

[Max Wedge]

Awesome!!

I can only aspire to those times..and I only turn 50 next year 

Taking a break Ed? Haven't been able to 'like' any runs lately. You will notice my training changed a bit for a 750m swim, and 20k bike and 5k run Mrs. Wedge has talked me into. EOE thread to come....

[radon222]

Yes... but not so much by choice 

  I got some appropriate gear for colder weather running for Christmas.  Then we got hit by the Arctic Blast and finally Bombogenesis.  Now I know 8" of snow is nothing for anyone north of the Mason Dixon line,  but it can paralyze this area.   Road plows, salt, sand just don't seem to exist here.

[Virginian]

Get your tread on!

[Acadian Rider]

Get your tread on!

http://youtu.be/IWu9o5zrj3g

I love the video. Maybe I wouldn't dread the dreadmill if I could dance like that 

Did a 5 mile run today and it was a little slippery in spots but it wasn't too bad.

Recently there was a stretch of about 3 weeks where I had to run on an indoor track that is just short of 200M. The ice on the roads just would not go away. On that indoor track you have to do 8 1/2 laps to do 1 mile. It gets boring after a while. One day I did 8 miles (68 laps) on that track. It is located on the local university campus and when I go in the morning there is very few people on it.

I had to run on the dreadmill once in that 3 week stretch because there was a track competition on it on a weekend.       

I haven't posted my 2017 numbers yet. Here they are:

Miles:  885.5
Runs:  161
Average run: 5.5 miles
Lifetime miles: 25,064
Races in 2017: 5  (1x5K  1x8K   2x10K  1x21.1K)

2017 was my best running year since 1993 which was the last year that I ran a marathon. 

If everything go well, I'll probably run a half marathon this year and 2 or 3 other shorter races. 

[Max Wedge]

Get your tread on!

http://youtu.be/IWu9o5zrj3g

I love the video. Maybe I wouldn't dread the dreadmill if I could dance like that 

Did a 5 mile run today and it was a little slippery in spots but it wasn't too bad.

Recently there was a stretch of about 3 weeks where I had to run on an indoor track that is just short of 200M. The ice on the roads just would not go away. On that indoor track you have to do 8 1/2 laps to do 1 mile. It gets boring after a while. One day I did 8 miles (68 laps) on that track. It is located on the local university campus and when I go in the morning there is very few people on it.

I had to run on the dreadmill once in that 3 week stretch because there was a track competition on it on a weekend.       

I haven't posted my 2017 numbers yet. Here they are:

Miles:  885.5
Runs:  161
Average run: 5.5 miles
Lifetime miles: 25,064
Races in 2017: 5  (1x5K  1x8K   2x10K  1x21.1K)

2017 was my best running year since 1993 which was the last year that I ran a marathon. 

If everything go well, I'll probably run a half marathon this year and 2 or 3 other shorter races.

That is a good year indeed.  I'd love to back to marathon lengths again. Working with a doc to get back there.

[Vulcanbill]

Turns out, it hurts.  It's been a long time since I have been chased by anything that can do me bodily harm.  I probably haven't intentionally run farther than the width of a busy street in, oh....  10 - 15 years.  This freaking puppy is getting faster and faster and it's in our best interest to wear him out when the opportunity presents.  So, lately, I've found myself running my fat #$$ up the driveway or on some various trails just to try to keep this little land piranha from bouncing off the walls.  While it's probably literally going to add years to my life when all said and done, the body doesn't adjust well to that type of pounding all at once.   But you can't fall off the floor.  Gotta start somewhere. 

[zer0netgain]

And if you’re overweight, It hurts all the more so.

[Vulcanbill]

My weight is perfect.


I'm just a foot and a half too short. 

[Max Wedge]

Land piranhas will get you motivated. I took mine for a two mile run Sunday morning. It was 27 degrees and I was comfy in bed. Without her, I would have stayed another hour or two.

[Acadian Rider]

Turns out, it hurts.  It's been a long time since I have been chased by anything that can do me bodily harm.  I probably haven't intentionally run farther than the width of a busy street in, oh....  10 - 15 years.  This freaking puppy is getting faster and faster and it's in our best interest to wear him out when the opportunity presents.  So, lately, I've found myself running my fat #$$ up the driveway or on some various trails just to try to keep this little land piranha from bouncing off the walls.  While it's probably literally going to add years to my life when all said and done, the body doesn't adjust well to that type of pounding all at once.   But you can't fall off the floor.  Gotta start somewhere.

Maybe I could run with your land piranha if we lived in the same city.   

I go by the local SPCA on one of my running routes. I sometimes have thoughts of stopping to see if there are well trained dogs there that need a bit of exercise but I never did stop.

One time I was running in the City of Moncton NB where I live and this dog who was obviously lost started to follow me thinking he found a friend. He followed me home running in and out of traffic and getting vehicles to swerve, brake and beep their horns to miss him. Some were yelling at me to get my dog off the road and there is nothing I could do to stop him. When I got home I couldn't find a dog tag on him to help identify who was the owner. I got him in the car and dropped him at the SPCA. I called a couple days later and was saddened when they told me he bit someone and they had to put him down.       

[radon222]

Bummer of a story Acadian, but at least you tried to help him.

The GSD loves to go running.  She is just a helluva lot at doing it than me and takes me out kinda hard.   I've got to work on holding her back a little more at the start of a run so that doesn't run me out of gas so soon.

[Max Wedge]

That is sad. I had a boxer turn up at my house while I snowblowing. Two stroke blasting away, turned around and he was 3 feet from me. Scared the crap out of me. Did not mind the snowblower. Gave him some treats, started walking him around the hood.  Saw a panicky owner running down the street. Owner was mortified..

[Acadian Rider]

So far this year I've done 3 races. The first two were odd distance races at 13 km and 15 km but they were perfect tune up race for the half marathon I ran yesterday. The weatherman gave us perfect weather for the event which was run on a flat, fast and certified course.

Based on last year’s last 10k race (51:50) I knew that I still had it in me to do a half marathon under two hours and I did just that yesterday with a chip time of 1:59:13 and a gun time of 1:59:52. That gave me a 10th place out of 28 in my men age category of 60-69 and 249 out of 616 overall.

Now I can say that I ran a sub two hour half marathon at 62.   

Next race is a 10k race on May 27 and then I'm off on 6-7 week MC trip. Can't wait. 

[Max Wedge]

So far this year I've done 3 races. The first two were odd distance races at 13 km and 15 km but they were perfect tune up race for the half marathon I ran yesterday. The weatherman gave us perfect weather for the event which was run on a flat, fast and certified course.

Based on last year’s last 10k race (51:50) I knew that I still had it in me to do a half marathon under two hours and I did just that yesterday with a chip time of 1:59:13 and a gun time of 1:59:52. That gave me a 10th place out of 28 in my men age category of 60-69 and 249 out of 616 overall.

Now I can say that I ran a sub two hour half marathon at 62.   

Next race is a 10k race on May 27 and then I'm off on 6-7 week MC trip. Can't wait.

Awesome! good times too! Beat a lot of younguns.

[radon222]

Sooo... this weekend is the Joggin for Frogmen 5K and both Mrs and I have signed up for it.   The good news is that Hurricane Michael should move through here on Friday and be gone by Saturday.   The bad news is this event takes place on a grass air strip.  After the rain from Michael its going to be like running through a swamp   

[Max Wedge]

Sounds sloppy. Golf shoes? Baseball cleats?

[sodapop6620]

Turns out, it hurts.  It's been a long time since I have been chased by anything that can do me bodily harm.  I probably haven't intentionally run farther than the width of a busy street in, oh....  10 - 15 years.  This freaking puppy is getting faster and faster and it's in our best interest to wear him out when the opportunity presents.  So, lately, I've found myself running my fat #$$ up the driveway or on some various trails just to try to keep this little land piranha from bouncing off the walls.  While it's probably literally going to add years to my life when all said and done, the body doesn't adjust well to that type of pounding all at once.   But you can't fall off the floor.  Gotta start somewhere.

My neighbor uses a bicycle to walk his dogs. He has 2 dogs and there is a leash buddy for the bike that allows the dogs to run but they can't get away.

[Cablebandit]

When Oscar was a pup walking/running/etc did nothing.  Dogs bred to hunt all day just don't tire from it.  We only found that HOURS of swimming would knock the edge off.

If I ran anywhere today I'd probably drop dead before getting there for various reasons.

[radon222]

I would love to try bicyling with Sadie.  But I'd probably have to start out wearing full ATGATT. 

[Acadian Rider]

2018 was a great running year for me. Here are my numbers:

Miles: 941
Runs: 158
Miles per run: 5.96
Lifetime miles: 26,004

In 2018 I did nine races. Seven of them were part of the Super Series of races we have here in the Province of NB where you get points depending on your result by age category. It turns out that I finished 5th in the points in the Province in my age category for the year. There are better runners than me that had fewer points but they also ran fewer points races. 

Here are two screen shots. One shows the final rankings and the other my individual points race rankings per race. Notice that I finally won the Dam Race  on the last points race of the year. 

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Final 60-69 rankings showing me in 5th place


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Individual points race rankings


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Receiving a 3rd place medal at April 7th race before I shaved off my winter beard


Not all races are part of the Super Series of races or points races. I did two races other than the seven Super Series races mentioned above.  I did a half marathon under 2 hours (1:59:13) and a 5k race just under 25 min (24:53). Those two races were on certified courses. I managed to bring down my over 60 years old 10k time to 51:11 which was not on a certified course. I tried to break 51 on the last race of the year but I failed. However, as stayed above, I did win that race in my age category.

I was healthy all year except for a slight hamstring pull in August after I got back from my Alaska bike trip. That set me back a little bit and I had to hold back for one race after that. 

I’ll continue to run and race in 2019 as long as my body holds up to it. 

[viffergyrl]

That's great Leon! Keep on keeping on....

[Max Wedge]