Jogging

last Sunday I bought a pair of Spalding tennis shoes, I tried them out an hour ago, I guess they are just so so
well it was good to start jogging again
 
I've been getting back on the overall jogging and physical fitness wagon myself lately. Started running again about 2 months ago, and joined a gym about one month ago. I did a 6 mile run on Monday that went pretty well - weather was about 55 degrees F, cloudy, and misty - pretty much my favorite running weather.

I think in another month or 2 I'm going to get involved in some 5 or 10k races. I expect to be disappointed tho - in my high school track days, I could do a 5:25 mile, and a 5k in about 18:40, but that was a LOT of cigarettes ago. Since I quit smoking last July, it's been amazing how much easier it is to run - I've made the kind of improvements in 2 months that took me 6 months as a smoking runner.
 
I'm trying to run 4 to 5 days a week after work, but I just don't always have time. I'm also the family cook so if there is some event for my kiddos or myself in the evening (like a 7:embarrassed:0 band rehearsal tonight) it's hard to get home, run, then have dinner ready by 6:15. But I'll try tonight since the weather is supposed to go south quick tomorrow.

My next race is May 22 so I have plenty of time to be more ready than I was for the last one....
 
First race of the season for me tonight. Run Fit 5k. This is the first race I ran last year, so this is my official one year anniversary of running races.

Last year, I could barely run 3 miles in a row, and finished on seriously wobbly legs in 34:47 or something like that.
This year, 24:47 would be great, just great. Not sure I'm in good enough shape to hit that, though. My best ever is 25:17 back in October or something.
 
We've got a 5k on Saturday. I'm shooting for sub 23 on it. We'll see if that happens. I'm sure I've got it in me, but it's going to be a very crowded race (Susan Koman Race For The Cure...they are expecting about 4000 runners and walkers), so I may get slowed down for the first 1/2 mile or so.
 
Prages said:
We've got a 5k on Saturday. I'm shooting for sub 23 on it. We'll see if that happens. I'm sure I've got it in me, but it's going to be a very crowded race (Susan Koman Race For The Cure...they are expecting about 4000 runners and walkers), so I may get slowed down for the first 1/2 mile or so.
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The biggest race I'll ever be in is in in two weeks. Grand Rapids River Run 25k. Biggest 25K in the nation. 18,000 runners. My goal for that one is: Don't die. :embarrassed:
 
Prages said:
We've got a 5k on Saturday. I'm shooting for sub 23 on it. We'll see if that happens. I'm sure I've got it in me, but it's going to be a very crowded race (Susan Koman Race For The Cure...they are expecting about 4000 runners and walkers), so I may get slowed down for the first 1/2 mile or so.
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Seriously....

Though that will help you have a faster second and third mile. Just try to be closer to the front of the line. For the race I was in this weekend they asked the walkers to start on the left side of the street and the runners on the right - with signs towards the front suggesting that only people hoping to run quick line up this far up. and we still had a butt load of walkers on the running side of the street at the start.
 
Denverdave said:
Seriously....

Though that will help you have a faster second and third mile. Just try to be closer to the front of the line. For the race I was in this weekend they asked the walkers to start on the left side of the street and the runners on the right - with signs towards the front suggesting that only people hoping to run quick line up this far up. and we still had a butt load of walkers on the running side of the street at the start.
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I'm hoping they'll do it like they did the Charleston Distance Run. They had chalk lines spaced about 20 feet apart from the start line going back to where the runners would line up. They were labelled in minutes starting with 6 and working back to 14 or so. You lined up in the area where you thought your pace would be. It worked pretty well to get the fastest people out in front of the slower people. Plus, the official time was done with a chip, so if it took you 40 seconds to get to the start line, you weren't penalized for it.
 
Prages said:
I'm hoping they'll do it like they did the Charleston Distance Run. They had chalk lines spaced about 20 feet apart from the start line going back to where the runners would line up. They were labelled in minutes starting with 6 and working back to 14 or so. You lined up in the area where you thought your pace would be. It worked pretty well to get the fastest people out in front of the slower people. Plus, the official time was done with a chip, so if it took you 40 seconds to get to the start line, you weren't penalized for it.
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Problem with that is, a lot of people ignore the lines. I was clearly standing in the 8:30 pace 'group' for one of the large 5K races I did, and I still had to battle through about 1000 walkers, standing elbow to elbow all across the street for the first 500 meters or so.... :mad:
 
Prages said:
I'm hoping they'll do it like they did the Charleston Distance Run. They had chalk lines spaced about 20 feet apart from the start line going back to where the runners would line up. They were labelled in minutes starting with 6 and working back to 14 or so. You lined up in the area where you thought your pace would be. It worked pretty well to get the fastest people out in front of the slower people. Plus, the official time was done with a chip, so if it took you 40 seconds to get to the start line, you weren't penalized for it.
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In the race I ran Sunday, it took me 1:16 from the starting gun until I hit the starting line. It was timed with a chip, but the first half mile was ridiculous. It was hard to even jog slowly. I was weaving all over the place just trying to make any decent time, and I am far from being a fast runner.
 
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