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« on: May 15, 2009, 07:00:31 AM » |
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A few months ago I posted that I had started running again after years of laziness. Well after battling calf pulls I eventually got back at it......then I had a heart infection that kept me off the road for 6 weeks........
Now Ive been back at it for a few weeks and I broke my own land speed record.
To make this Valk related......I found my route on my Valkyrie......I thought it was a tad over 2 miles, and that would make the slow times easier to take.....but no, I drove it in my truck yesterday and its 2 miles on the dot!
Ok, heres the good news.........when I first started I was at 19.5 minutes for 2 miles.......can you say embarassing
I finally broke the 8 min/mile pace today.....2 miles at 15.5 minutes......and I didnt want to die when I stopped........
The best news.....this was the first time in all the runs that I saw someone else running, and it was two nice looking women, and it felt good to not be running like a decrepid old fart anymore...........I could actually say hi without wheezing.......PRICELESS
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2009, 07:13:57 AM » |
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Not bad for a decrepid old fart.
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 07:51:18 AM » |
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Thanks Ray From one to one I guess Jeff  |
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 09:56:19 AM » |
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Me too also! Not running but throwing the weights around a little bit. I was starting to get into purty decent shape a couple of years ago and then we had our Valk vs Monte Carlo incident. Just started lifting again about 3 weeks ago. Not trying to look like the Incredible Hulk or anything, just trying to look and feel a little "gooder". Someday, I hope to be in as good a shape as Steamer...wimmen follow him EVERYWHERE!  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2009, 10:28:48 AM » |
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steamer buys those pheramones from that TV add that makes everything be attracted to you for no apparant reason...
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2009, 10:41:01 AM » |
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steamer buys those pheramones from that TV add that makes everything be attracted to you for no apparant reason...
That might explain the dogs love for his legs  |
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2009, 10:51:30 AM » |
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I also started running again about a year ago....then one day while I was happily runnung along....I tore my right interior miniscus  When I had the MRI to confirm the damage, the Doc also discovered that I had a "significant" amount of arthritus in that knee. Orthopedist told me to knock off the running  "But I like running" I said. To which he replied, "would you like to have a knee replacement sooner or later"?  Gettin old sux |
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 02:38:59 PM » |
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+1 Flavalk I am in the same boat...have a challenge with the wife on a weight loss thing...who ever looses the most weight pick vaca for next year...she is smoking me...I told her, took me 44 years to get this high...I need at least 12 month to loose it... She is 10 pounds away from her goal...I am 30....I will be there by July...have to ride the bike without the motor....how depressing is that??? :-) cursed knees!!!  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 02:58:21 PM » |
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ya'll keep on runnin ...at your age... that's exactly why you see sooo many trikes on the roads these days....knees and hips and orthopedic surgeons...
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2009, 04:38:55 PM » |
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I just started again recently after reading how Joe is on his bike pedalling away. Before my injury 2 yrs ago I was jogging 4 miles. This week I can do one mile then walk another 2 I walk on the road and jog on grass. Its much better for your knees. What would be great is to find a gore tex running shoe in 12EEE. The town for some reason uses sprinklers on the field each evening so my feet are pretty damn wet during the run, anyone know who makes a gore tex running shoe for wide feet?  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2009, 05:07:33 PM » |
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Congrats Jeff, I'd say that's one heck of an accomplishment. Keep up the good work!
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2009, 05:53:30 PM » |
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I also started running again about a year ago....then one day while I was happily runnung along....I tore my right interior miniscus When I had the MRI to confirm the damage, the Doc also discovered that I had a "significant" amount of arthritus in that knee. Orthopedist told me to knock off the running "But I like running" I said. To which he replied, "would you like to have a knee replacement sooner or later"? Gettin old sux I'm not 8 weeks outof right total knee replacement surgery. I'm out of pain for the most part, but still taking pills for swelling and still in early stages of recovery. It's great to be out of the old pain, but the recovery exercises for mobility and strength are almost as bad. Stop running and think about bicycles and/or swimming. Guys our age don't take the pounding of running all that well. ..and remeber 10 lbs overweight to the body = 70 lbs to the knees. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2009, 08:12:36 AM » |
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I was was a runnin maniac in my thirtys, trained up to a sub 40 minute 10K, I'm 62 now, I just walk. hoser |
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 01:07:07 PM » |
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I also ran a lot in my 20's & 30's. Never ran a Marathon but ran so many 10k's I can't remember em all. I guess that why my knees are toast today. I still swim, walk, bike and do the elliptical but that just boring as hell Riding the Valk is way more fun I was was a runnin maniac in my thirtys, trained up to a sub 40 minute 10K, I'm 62 now, I just walk. hoser |
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