Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Done - warm and muggy - just as I predicted!

I went back and forth about using my iPod - finally decided against it - then just after I got in the car and started heading down the street, I remembered that I had forgotten my Garmin.  I slowed down - and then decided to just not bother.  I figured with the heat - I would just run and not worry about headphones or watches.

Pretty happy with my time - 27:40 for a 8:55 pace.  Finished 6th out of 46 in my age group (51 - 60) - fyi - of the 5 women in front of my in my age group - 2 of them were also breast cancer survivors. In the Survivors group - I finished 13th - there are some pretty fast Survivors.

The Race was expecting about 14,000 people.  So instead of fighting the traffic I decided to stick my bike on my car and then drive down to my office and then bike to the Race, which is about 2 miles away from my office.  It worked out perfect.  No traffic on the bike path, while cars were backed up to enter the Coliseum grounds.

Got to the race with no problem.  Our team from MGE (my employer) was going to try and meet up outside of the Survivor's Tent.  Only a few of us found each other before the race.

Here is a pic of the group - there was a team of 20 in total - but only 5 of us found each other.  Next year we need to have a sign so that we can get a group photo before the race.

 

Here is a picture of the stuff, as described in yesterdays post, in my goody bag.

 

After the race, I grabbed some water and a banana, walked around a little and then grabbed my bike and headed back to my office and then home.

It was a great way to start the day!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

Tomorrow's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Tomorrow's Race for the Cure will be my 7th race as a breast cancer survivor.  I can still remember my first Race in 2005.  As you can see, my hair was just starting to come in.  I had returned to work full time and had started to go to work without a scarf about a couple of weeks before.  The race was on June 4th and I had finished my chemo treatments at the end of February and finished my radiation in mid April.  I still had my portacath, which is installed under your skin and was used to make infusions easier on both you and the nurses.  No searching for a vein - one simple stick and the nurse had direct access.  Since I was receiving a chemo drug called Herceptin on a weekly basis for a year, this port stayed in until the beginning of 2006.

I was 49 years old and finished the race in 31:32.

 

 

Today I received my race bag.  So as a Survivor, what is in my race goody bag?  Lots of stuff!

• the bag is a pink carrying bag, (reusable grocery bag) sponsored by All Comfort Services, a local heating and air conditioning company
• a Warrior inspired scarf, sponsored by Ford
• a bottle of water, sponsored by Enterprise Car rental
• a Sobe drink
• Goat's milk bar of soap
• bags of raspberry tea
• chap stick, sponsored by Johnson Bank
• Revelon hair spray
• A furry pink box, that must be to hold lip stick based on the divided insert?
• Pizza coupons,
• $25 off from The Diamond Center
• $25 off from Pink Warrior USA
• $10 off New Balance
• A copy of Madison magazine
• Pink Race for the Cure Survivor tee shirt
• Regular Race for the Cure tee shirt
• Pink Race Bib
• Pink Hat sponsored by Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity

Tomorrows race will be a HOT one!  I really hate to complain about the weather - I usually simply Take what comes . . .  but we have really experienced some weird weather in the mid-west this spring - it is either unseasonably cold - or unseasonably hot . . . right now we are in a "unseasonably hot couple of days" period.  As I write this, I am sitting on my screen porch, the time is 7:57PM and the temperature is 89.  That is not normal temperatures for WI at the beginning of June.  The Normal high at this time of year is 75 - so we are way outside of the norm.  Of course with these hot temperatures our dew point is also high - so that means that the temp's tomorrow morning are likely to be warm and muggy.  Great!  While I love hot humid weather - I don't like to run in it.

But I am going to embrace the warmth and give it all I have. I just checked tomorrows forecast and at 8:00AM, they are predicting a temperature of 75 with a humidity level of 81% . . .  warm and muggy . . .  I will certainly get a chance to EMBRACE the warmth.

Wish me luck - I am off to drink a big glass of water - take the dog for a short walk - drink another glass of water - head to bed (yes I turned the air conditioning on when I got home from work today).

Tomorrow, hopefully I will have wings on and will be able to fly through the race . . .  not likely . . . but I can hope!

back tomorrow for a short recap!

 

Komen Race for the Cure photo's

Just thought I would share a couple of photo's from the Race for the Cure.

Here I am crossing the finish line.  This was my 6th Race for the Cure.

This next shot is of my son Joe at the finish line - he didn't train at all - but he is 21 - does he need to train to run 3.1 miles?  Would I have had to train when I was 21?????  He finished the race in 20:22- 10th in his age group - 30th overall.

Joe and I after the race.  ;-)

I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend.  We had family here yesterday - they slept over and left this morning.  Relaxing - relaxing - relaxing.  

ENJOY - 

Peace

Linda

National Running Day - ready for The Race for the Cure

Short update:

Tuesday - ran 3 miles:
Lap 1 - 9:52
Lap 2 - 9:27
Lap 3 - 9:18
My foot felt fine - this is the start of Hal Hidgon's 1/2 training schedule.  ;-)

Wednesday:  For my warm-up I went for a 2 mile walk with the dogs - Sophie (on left - top)  and her mum, Nutmeg.
















The training schedule called for 5 x 400 repeats at 5-K pace . . . the last one - well actually the last two were killers.  Obviously I was running a little fast . . . for me.  :-)

Lap 1 - 8:38
Lap 2 - 10:18
Lap 3 - 8:47
Lap 4 - 11:08
Lap 5 - 8:50
Lap 6 - 11:41
Lap 7 - 8:12
Lap 8 - 11:52
Lap 9 - 8:31
Lap 10 - 12:55

It was such a nice morning - overcast and cool that I decided to bike to work.  It was a beautiful morning for a bike ride.  This is a great way to get a 15+ mile bike ride in during the week.  Only problem is that the weather didn't cooperate.  I had to be picked up after work because it was pouring out - my son picked me up from work.

Tomorrow's run will be 3 miles -

Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure - Saturday - June 5
Getting ready for the Race for the Cure.  I was concerned with my foot stress fracture that I would not be able to run.  I have run the last 5 years - and really wanted to run the race - not walk it.  Based on my miles this week - I will be fine.  Last year I ran it in 28:20.  I am not sure I will be faster, given that I have only been back running for about 2 weeks and that has been limited . . . but it doesn't matter . . . at least I will be running.
I am also super excited about this years race - this is the first year the company that I work for is sponsoring a team.  My company is involved in a lot of community activities - but is very careful about adding to those activities.  I felt compelled to get the company to sponsor a team - my hope is that it will grow into an annual event.  Over the last year and 1/2 we lost two co-workers to breast cancer and I have been thinking that we really - really needed to do something to honor them.  Considering we only got going 2 weeks ago - we have a 26 person team and have raised $1,300.  Additionally the company is making a $2,000 contribution, paid $15 of the registration fee per person . . . and we ordered custom  Bondi Bands - they just arrived in the mail today - in my rush to get out of work (my son was waiting for me) I left it at the office.  Picture below  will be taken tomorrow.  ;-)

Signing off . . . have a great evening . . .  HAPPY NATIONAL RUNNING DAY.