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Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4
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Comments: My best 5k yet - both by time and overall experience. I really didn't have much left by the end of it - I could barely push anything out at the end, so I knew that I did a good job of leaving it out on the course. Today I made myself hurt :) Thoughts, Mile 1 - Hey there must be something to this warm up thing. I actually feel really good during the first mile for once. Looks like I have something new to work into my prerace routine. After 5 turns (the course has 13 turns), I could still see the back of the "group" at the 1 mile mark. I've never seen that before, I'm usually dropped by the second turn. Sweet! Mile 2 - My left Achiles Tendon is starting to get achy, so I walk about 25 feet to mellow it out a bit. I turn a corner and sneak a peek over my shoulder. HOLY CARP!!! There are 3 people behind me and they don't look like they're about to lap me doing the 10k!! I'm not in last place?!?! Huzzah!! Last 1.1 - Suck... Left AT is starting to complain to the point where I have to stop and stretch it. Wait a minute... I'm at 2.25 miles and I haven't been lapped by a 10k runnner?? Super-Hella-Cool!!! Oh, there they go - never mind. Hey last time I hadn't made 1.8 miles before they lapped me. Super Suck... 3/4 of a mile to go and my AT is REALLY pitching a fit. Stop to stretch it a little bit more, walk a little bit, start running again. Can't... Get... Faster... Than... 14... Minute... Mile... Ankle... Aching... Power, Wanning... :) So I suck it up and just go as hard as I can without breaking anything. Hey, who moved the finish line closer?? Sweet! I'm done? Ewww, manuver around the barf in the finish chute... Blech. Man, that was a good race! Ohhh, I better sit for a second before getting anything to eat or drink. What would you do differently?: Probably not wear as heavy of an outer layer next time. Just on the verge of being too warm by the end, but I certainly wasn't suffering. Glad I had water  Post race
Warm down: Instead of heading to the chow line, I waited to watch one of the ladies that I chatted with at the starting line finish her 10k. She missed a 60 minute 10k by a few seconds... That was close. She was spent, so we went over to the grub line and I got her a gatorade so that she could sit to collect herself. We had a great chat about realising one day that you are totally fat and out of shape and starting to run to get into better shape. She's been running for 3 years and has lost a bunch of weight. It really gave me hope that I was doing the right thing. I ate half a bagel with Peanut Butter and a couple of Oreo cookies. Drank a pint of Frankendrink. On my way to my car, I got to meet the president of the running club and I found out that he had written an article about me in the last club newsletter... WTF? He said it was cool that I just run, always have a big smile and that I'm just there to have fun. Sweet. He said that he'd bring me a copy next month. I'm excited to read it - I'm famous! :) What limited your ability to perform faster: I thought about this question quite a bit on the way home. Normally I would put in here that I'm still a fat badger or that my ankle still hasn't gotten back to 100% since I wrecked in December, etc. But you know what? After my push hands seminar with Sifu Gracenin yesterday I realised that nothing limited me from being faster today. Nothing at all. I ran as fast as I possibly could have without hurting myself. Today I could not have run any faster. Next month may be a different story, but as far as today goes, I have no limits. Event comments: Very excellent race. I couldn't believe how beautiful the weather was today. It's February and it feels like spring. According to the rumors, they have beer at the end of the 4th and final race of the series... Even though I don't live close enough to really show up to a lot of the club functions, for $12 a year I think that I'll have to join. Lots of great, really fun people. Thanks everyone who sent me happy thoughts for this race, I got them, every last one :) Profile Album Last updated: 2004-12-15 12:00 AM
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 2005-02-13 3:54 PM |
Master  2233    Mechanicsburg, PA |  Subject: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 |
| 2005-02-13 4:04 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Master 1480 Plant City, FL | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 WOO HOO!!! Go Frank!!! You are the man!!  Great race!! |
| 2005-02-13 4:54 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Master 1557 Maine | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 |
| 2005-02-13 8:37 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 348 Melbourne | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Fantastic race and an even better race report - very inspiring and made me think a lot - about attitude and that being there is really what it is all about! Proud of you Frank. |
| 2005-02-13 9:39 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Expert 1152 wrightsville beach, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Frank, I am so happy for you!!! Wonderful race and your description of your journey is one that we all cna identify with. Great Job and thank you!! |
| 2005-02-13 10:16 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Nice job Frank! Excellent race! |
| 2005-02-14 7:47 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 534 Brisbane | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Frank...¡como siempre, mis felicitaciones! Man, that has to be the best "What limited your ability to perform faster:" ever. "No limits". Inspirational, my friend. Keep it up; you are getting better every time. Félix |
| 2005-02-14 9:03 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 401 Plant City, Florida | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 great race ....I love your reports they have so much information....I am lucky if I remember that I ran all I know is I am very tired....great job stay after it.... |
| 2005-02-14 10:29 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 458 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Great race, Frank! Way to leave it all on the course. |
| 2005-02-14 1:31 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Ha, ha, you're a fat badger (that made me laugh). Awesome, Frank! Way to put in your all!!!! Great perspective on your lack of limiters! When you get that article, you'll have to post it for all of us!!!!! |
| 2005-02-14 4:22 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 508 Kennesaw, GA | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 "I ran as fast as I could without hurting myself" Great work Frank! and wonderful race report. You know this is what I love about this forum. I just read Gina's report about a 8:30/mile marathon, and yours about a 14:10/mile 5k and both races are equally inspiring to me. Great comment on leaving it all on the course. Thanks |
| 2005-02-14 4:25 PM in reply to: #116521 |
| Philadelphia, south of New York and north of DC | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 |
| 2005-02-14 6:21 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 311 St. Albert | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Awesome job - so proud of you! :-) |
| 2005-02-15 12:06 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Extreme Veteran 365 Winnipegosis | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Great race, Frank! And an even better job maneuvering at the end... nice to have these little pitfalls to keep us light on our feet! Congrats on being as fast as you can be. |
| 2005-02-15 10:32 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Master 2233 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Thanks everyone. For me, it was a real eye (and mind) opening race. The past few weeks have forced me to go through an attitude recalibration, so to speak... Again, many thanks for all of your encouragement and thoughts. -Frank |
| 2005-02-15 1:03 PM in reply to: #116521 |
molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 great job, frank! how awesome to have beautiful weather. are you doing all 4 of the races? |
| 2005-02-15 2:12 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Master 2233 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Yep, I paid for the whole series ($20 - for the whole thing) Still not sure if I'm going to do the last one as a 5k or 10k. Originally planned on 10k for the last one, but when I messed up my ankle in December, I changed my mind. Starting to think that I might want to do the 10k thing now... We'll see how I feel as it gets closer. -Frank |
| 2005-02-15 7:39 PM in reply to: #117567 |
molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 that's cheap! awesome. aim for the 10k. seems like with a 5k, by the time i get warmed up and get a pace going, i'm done (and i don't go fast). the 10k i did was so nice. still hard, but very nice. with an injury its hard to know though. anyway, good race! |
| 2005-02-17 6:03 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Veteran 158 Brisbane | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 |
| 2005-02-17 8:26 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Expert 916 San mateo California | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Great Job... You were hauling A@# in your picture man... It will only get better.... the report is awsome... how is your ankle? |
| 2005-02-17 9:47 PM in reply to: #116521 |
Master 2233 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Hehehehe, it only looks like I'm haulin' because there's lots of me. It's a momentum/optical illusion thing. The ankle is feeling better today, although Monday night in Taijijian class, I had to do a lot of jumping and landing on my left ankle - while swinging a sword in close proximity of my classmates. I was soooo nervous I was going to fall over and stab one of them Thanks everyone for you encouragement. V, is that a picture of YOUR head??? Really?? Brain Surgery? Yoikies. Forget my ankle, how's your mellon?? -Frank |
| 2005-02-18 9:09 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Master 2346 Dayton, Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Great job! Congratulations! |
| 2005-02-18 9:48 AM in reply to: #119034 |
Expert 916 San mateo California | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 .V, is that a picture of YOUR head??? Really?? Brain Surgery? Yoikies. Forget my ankle, how's your mellon??-Frank yep... two of them.. just last year.. (jan 18 and feb 23)... got to be happy about the outcome.. I just lost some hearing, but that comes in handy when my wife asks me to take out the trash or to stop looking for tri gear.... he he he |
| 2005-02-25 1:27 AM in reply to: #116521 |
Coach 9167 Stairway to Seven | Subject: RE: Shiver by the River Series '04-'05 - Race 3 of 4 Great race report! I like the comment about push-hands. I did push hands once in a Tai-chi class I took, and it was totally awesome, it got me hooked, but then the class ended and the instructors studio got torn down for a new building and I never saw him again. Oh well. |
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Slept in a little bit. Had a Myoplex shake, a banana and a handful of honey roasted sesame sticks for breakfast about 3 hours before the race. Listened to Mr. Mister (Go On...) and Radiohead (The Bends) on the way to the race. Took a gel packet when I got to the race (about 25 - 30 minutes before start).
Since the first mile is always the hardest for me, I decided to try a warm-up jog today. I've always been wary of doing one because 5k is still a big distance for me and I'm afraid to wear myself out too much before the start. I went up and down a couple of hills at the park, did some taijiquan to mellow out the jitters, played with some dogs and walked over the starting line.