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Comments: I felt good with the time of 33:56 for my finish. I ran most of it. Still walk breaks, but those are now being done at the same pace – so not a lot of lost ground, and they bring my breathing to a more manageable level. Post race, I didn’t think much of my time, so I went to have some of my electrolyte drink, then helped myself to an orange. Then went back to cheer on the other runners. As I was visiting with a few of the other big losers, I heard Gary announce my name as the winner of the grand masters! what the heck!! I took first place for all the runners 50+!! now, there were only 7 of us.. but shoot! I was the quickest??? hmmm.. must have been the cold.. LOL.. no really.. I was soooo happy to get that! How fun that was!  Post race
Event comments: very fun, small community. Last updated: 2009-04-05 12:00 AM
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I started my day very early – by 5:00 am. I had gone to bed early enough to enable a good night’s sleep, so 5:00 am wasn’t as bad as it seems.
I started a pot of coffee, then went to print out my registration, and check the weather to know how many layers I needed.
Our Temp in St Cloud was just 25 degrees, but expected to be slightly warmer in St Paul, so I wore my light under armour, a base layer shirt and my Tri top. I had a thicker pair of support stockings and my Capri running pants. I had my Brooks running shoes.
I had some coffee, then Special K cereal with a little protein and raspberries. Then I packed a few snacks including an electrolyte drink, a bottle of water, apple, banana, carrots, cheese stick and almonds. The day was going to be long, and I wasn’t sure when lunch would be available.
then, off I went for the 1.5 hour drive to the race. Yeah, I know.. I am a bit crazy.
It was 40 degrees when I got to the race, so the layers I had on were going to work well, along with my light running jacket. I had additional layers along for later.
I did some warmup walking, hit a rest room, registration, then off to my car to drop off my heavy coat and take a swig of my water. I was set for the race. I was given #1 because this race was all about Rx Exercise – exercising to lose, or maintain that weight loss. I had the biggest weight loss there today. this was also my 3 year doing this race, so the organizers know me pretty well.. Actually, they had called me Friday night to make sure I would be there… LOL
At the start, there were photo ops for all the honorees – 22 of us with weight loss over 30 lbs… 7 of us with weight loss over 100 lbs! How incredible is that???