New 5K PB. ;-)

TracyeS4 wrote: »

pondee629 wrote: »

So it was my second "race", still did a better time. 28:28 chip time, (down from 29:09). Mile pace 9:09; overall 527/1345; Gender placement 386/733; Division M 60-64 16/27. There are some real fast older guys out there. Winner of my division beat me by about 9 minutes.

That is awesome! Did you just start running or have you been a runner for awhile? My mom thinks that she is too old to start running. She is a 56 year old smoker. I think that she could if she wanted to. I told her about the C25K. I would have never been able to get where I am without that program!

I was a runner, but that was high school and college. Pretty much gave it up at around 25, Then two years ago, or so, at 59 started again. Could barely walk a mile in 15 minutes. After a hernia surgery, had to walk to get better, a quarter mile turned into a half mile, turned into a mile into a mile and a half into two miles into walking three miles. This took about 6 months (14:30 minute miles walking). Then, on vacation on Cape Cod, after google mapping a three mile walk, broke into a jog after the first half mile, started alternating halves walking and running . Little did I know that there is an app to tell me that. One thing led to another, used Personal Running Trainer 4 weeks to a mile and then 8 weeks to 5K and in a year my 5K mile pace was 12 minutes. Stretching my training runs out to 5 miles I now have a 5 K mile pace of 9:05 and lowering ;-). A 56 year old smoker should A. Stop smoking ( like you haven't heard that before)and B. take a walk and just keep gradually increasing your distance. You're never too old to start.

tri_bob wrote: »

Nice. And for what it's worth, I'd lose the quotation marks around the word "race." If you're racing, it's your race. Own that [expletive deleted].

I quote "race" because, for me, it's a group run. The only competition I have to beat is the me who ran last.

Thanks all for your kind support. My advice to you, should you want it, keep going and get a play list to listen to while on your runs in a tempo mimicking your pace. It's harder to quit when you have that beat being played.