RUNNING, AGING...maybe I am faster than I appear
Okay so a bit of a fail to my weekly posting plan. Gotta get on the discipline train and have the focus needed to do this consistently (along with many other things. don't get me started on the lack of discipline in my eating regimen or wine restraint).
Dear Southern Sole Sisters,
It has been 30 days since my last blog post. My head is swimming with them but sitting and writing..that is where the fail happens. So making this one happen and hope it sets a trend. Blogs don't have to be long, my friends, just hopefully interesting. Here is a short one pool side from swim practice...
It has been 30 days since my last blog post. My head is swimming with them but sitting and writing..that is where the fail happens. So making this one happen and hope it sets a trend. Blogs don't have to be long, my friends, just hopefully interesting. Here is a short one pool side from swim practice...
CHECK OUT THIS RUNNING AGE GRADED CALCULATOR
Try it, you will like it. . As explained by Runners World, "Age grading is a way of putting all race participants on a level playing field, regardless of age or gender."
I love running. I keep on running despite slowwwwiing down considerably over the last few years. I partially attribute that to aging and depending on the day, partially attribute to the "L" word...lazy. Just don't feel like pushing myself to breathlessness and have rather enjoyed being able to breath evenly over many miles. It has been so long since I felt decently speedy for a non-elite weekend kind of athlete. I have given up counting my PRs as PRs (I read in a running etiquette piece PRs expire after so many years) and focus on the pure joy that running brings me. Nevertheless there are those moments where I linger on PRs, feel a little sad, grieve maybe, that those days are gone. Then, cue Cher in Moonstruck with an emotional slap across the face ....Snap out of it!
For those moments when you might be feeling a little slow (or like Nicholas Cage?), pull out this calculator and plop in your stats and voila (or slap)! My age graded recent half marathon time is faster now than 6 years ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Kara Goucher at age 50 but I am faster than a lot of women my age and especially the ones that don't run:)
In search of my blog mojo,
Sadie
I love running. I keep on running despite slowwwwiing down considerably over the last few years. I partially attribute that to aging and depending on the day, partially attribute to the "L" word...lazy. Just don't feel like pushing myself to breathlessness and have rather enjoyed being able to breath evenly over many miles. It has been so long since I felt decently speedy for a non-elite weekend kind of athlete. I have given up counting my PRs as PRs (I read in a running etiquette piece PRs expire after so many years) and focus on the pure joy that running brings me. Nevertheless there are those moments where I linger on PRs, feel a little sad, grieve maybe, that those days are gone. Then, cue Cher in Moonstruck with an emotional slap across the face ....Snap out of it!
For those moments when you might be feeling a little slow (or like Nicholas Cage?), pull out this calculator and plop in your stats and voila (or slap)! My age graded recent half marathon time is faster now than 6 years ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Kara Goucher at age 50 but I am faster than a lot of women my age and especially the ones that don't run:)
In search of my blog mojo,
Sadie
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