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runramy
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 posted Nov-12-2005 11:05 PM
  
Well, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's race. DH and I will be there for the 10K. I haven't seen a link to look up our race numbers. I'll be in light blue (Carolina blue!) shorts and a bandana of some color. Probably an IronGirl visor as well.
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srogan
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posted Nov-13-2005 12:40 PM
I just wanted to say congrats to all of you out doing Old Reliable today. I'm shooting for my first ever 5k on Dec 11 (the Southern Village Holiday 5k in Chapel Hill). Also, I finally got shoes - I ended up at Fleet Feet in Carrboro and they were great about fitting me. My husband is planning on going back in a month or so to get new shoes for him.
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jaysoffian
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posted Nov-13-2005 08:46 PM
Bob -Nice seeing you today at the race. I didn't see any other coolrunning folks though. I didn't ask if you did? The watch I was wearing is the Polar RS200sd. I've been happy with it so far. You can find it for about $200. I got it locally at Omega Sports. Inside Out carries it as well but they were out of stock. Here's a thread that discusses it: http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum6/HTML/016717.shtml As for today's race, it was an off-day for me. Even warming up I just didn't feel right. A 0.5 mile in I wasn't doing much better (side-stich, and feeling nauseous). Still, I was trying for 45 minutes even though I knew I was running too fast for the day. It was a bummer that the splits weren't marked. Anyway, I hit 5K (according to the guy standing at the side of the course say we were at 5K anyways...) in 23:17 (7:29 pace). At that point my HR at been at 180 which was pretty high and I felt bad enough that I even considered DNF'ing. But I stayed with it. The heat running toward the bell tower on Hillsborough was really bothering me but at least my side-stich had gone away at that point (the nausea hadn't though...). I walked once or twice for a few seconds just before getting to the bell tower. But then I regained my composure and fiinshed the last 1.2 miles fairly strong ("Can't let Bob pass. Can't let Bob pass. :-) Catch that girl in the yellow shorts. Catch that girl in the yello shorts."). My 5 mile time was 39:53 (7:58 pace overall, 8:46 pace from the 5K split.). I fininshed in 49:04 (7:54 overall, last 1.2 miles at 7:34 pace) . Oh well, not a PR (my Va Beach 10K split was 47:18), but it was a faster finish than last year (50:50). I didn't catch the girl in the yellow shorts btw ... stayed with her but she had a pretty good kick at the end. :-) I'm running a 5 miler turkey trot up in Garden City, NY so I'll try to redeem myself then. Hope you all enjoyed your race today and finished strong. j.
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jaysoffian
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posted Nov-13-2005 10:40 PM
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runramy
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posted Nov-14-2005 11:04 AM
I ended up not running. In the morning, I was just feeling really eh. I wasn't looking forward to the race, and so I was trying to talk it over with Mike to put it in perspective and see if he could help me feel better. In the course of the conversation, I told him how much my shin has been bothering me, and that one reason I was dreading the race was that I knew I would be in pain the whole time. He told me I can't run until I go to the doctor. So, I did not run the 10K.I am going to the doctor tomorrow. It's either a muscle/shin splint thing (though this is really severe pain), or a stress fracture. Either way, I want my doctor to refer me to a sports med doc. If it's shin splints, then I must be doing something wrong. I haven't increased mileage at all. I think I need someone to give me some proper stretching technique and strengthening exercises. If it's a stress fracture, which I know is much less likely, then I want to know now and fix it now before I start trying to train for the Buffalo marathon. Mike had a pretty bad race. He's really much more comfortable in cold weather running, so I think he was dehydrated and overheated. He was also annoyed by the lack of mile markers. It took him until 4.5 to find any sort of rhythm and really run. I could tell when I saw him at 3 miles and 6 miles that he definitely didn't feel good (his skin was very red on his chest and back, which generally never happens, even if he's going all out). He ran a 52:05, and he was proud of it given how he felt.
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emlennon
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posted Nov-14-2005 01:24 PM
runramy -- let me know what sports medicine doctor you end up going to and if you like them. I'm having a really frustrating time with shin splints and a stress fracture and all anyone keeps telling me is that maybe I shouldn't run so much (and this at only 15 miles a week!). I'm frustrated and would like to see a good doctor. Good luck, I'm crossing my fingers for you that it's not a stress fracture!Jen, are you still around? Sorry, I've been avoiding coolrunning for a while because of my injury -- I was just getting angry and frustrated about running in general so I didn't feel like hearing about it. But now I'm going to start running again. . .slowly. Anyway, thanks for your response and advice about VSH -- turns out that I don't have time to do a private practice selective this semester, otherwise I'd probably go there. Hope all is well with you! We should realy get together to run in umstead once I get back up to a normal mileage amount. How are things working out at the vet school? Liz
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runramy
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posted Nov-14-2005 01:59 PM
I'll let you know. I'm not a huge fan of the orthopedist she recommended for my orthotics, but I don't have tendonitis any more in my ankles. I think it was more the way they ran their office (ie, lunch was 12-1:15ish instead of the stated 12-1, which means I lose more time at work because I have to wait forever to be seen).
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RunBobaluRun
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posted Nov-14-2005 05:50 PM
What a hot race. I have been trying to break 50 minutes all year! I figured I had this in the bag on a some what flat course. When I hear my time of 24:34 at the 5k, I thought Ok just push for eight minute miles. The heat was starting to knock me down. The lack of mile markers hurt because it wasn't until mile 5 that I realized my dream of going below fifty was not likely because the man said 40:20 and I was really tired. I wanted not just my chip time to be below fifty, but my gun time also--which was fifteen seconds different. I decided to push more. It helped that it was a slight elevation decrease. When I turned the final corner I sprinted really hard and passed people I never thought I could catch. Saw the clock reading 4:50 and kept up the sprint for a 4:56 gun time finish and 49:41 chip time finish. Frustrating race. I thought 48:30 was more likely. Still when I saw the forecast for 73 degrees, I thought man I need help. So I went out and bought a pair of lighter Mizuno shoes, 10.1 ounces compared to my 14.5 ounce shoes I use for training. The shoes may have helped--hard to tell. Jay it was great seeing you. It wasn't your day, but you pushed hard. Good thing since I was getting close! Bob P.S. Gottagetfaster, how was Richmond. Was it hot up there!?
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Derrick2005
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posted Nov-14-2005 06:45 PM
Wanted to know how often there are events you run in and is there a group who run on a daily basis or more then twice a week. I am currently trying to get back into running
and pretty much will be starting from scratch. I have run before during 93-98 I was in the Marines. Now time has passed and things are a bit different with my body, can you offer some info or assistance?
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swatkins
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posted Nov-14-2005 07:56 PM
This was the 6th time I've run the Old Reliable but the first time with the new RD and I have to say it was disappointing. Running the 10K at 2 w/ the 5K at 1 made getting into downtown impossible. Previous races have had splits called at all mile markers except 6. Crowd support was down. and it seemed as though attendance was down as well. The fee used to be around $12. I know it's now a "charity race" but I miss the days when it was a "racers' race".I still love the course, though!
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jaysoffian
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posted Nov-14-2005 08:27 PM
bob - gun time? I never even give gun time a second thought. We definitely didn't line up for a good gun time. Oh well.swatkins - how did you get into downtown? I didn't have any trouble at all coming in via Saunders/McDowell. Crowd support seemed about the same as last year from what I could tell. I thought they had more stuff in the park for kids this year too which I liked. But yeah, the lack of splits was definitely a bummer. Derrick - two running clubs in the area. Carolina Godiva and NC Road Runners. Here's links to their running schedules: http://www.carolinagodiva.org/weeklyruns.html
http://www.ncroadrunners.org/NCRCGroupRun.html Also, Inside-Out does a run at least once a week in the evenings from their Cary location. Give them a call. Raleigh Running Outfitters does runs too: http://www.raleighrunning.com/group_runs.htm I think that about covers it. Good luck and congratulations on rejoining the running community. j.
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jaysoffian
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posted Nov-14-2005 08:30 PM
Amy -My wife and I both saw Dr Milner at Carolina Foot Specialists. I'm PPO so I didn't need a referral. My problem was minor but he seems pretty knowledgeable. He fit my wife for orthotics and she's been happy. I know he runs himself if that increases your comfort level. j.
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swatkins
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posted Nov-14-2005 08:48 PM
I came from the north (Dawson) and was immediately routed onto Jones. I ended up parking in the YWCA lot there and running to the race. I didn't run last year which was the first year since the newspaper sold the race. I ran 1999-2003. I checked my logs and attendance was down-yesterday 954 ran the 10K. In 1999 there were 1924, attendance has drifted down since then. Just nostalgic, I guess.
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runramy
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posted Nov-15-2005 10:23 AM
I definitely prefer running doctors. I don't like being told "just don't run". Thanks. I really need someone to give me some stretching and exercises specific to me and my body. They could send me to some sort of PT I suppose. I'm not sure if I need a referral or not. We recently switched insurance plans even though we're still with BCBS.I thought Old Reliable was pretty good, though Mike said he doesn't want to run it again. I think both of us are feeling burned out on running right now. Bummer, because I just got some Petzl Tikka Pluses I was looking forward to using. I think with a week or two of rest, we will be more excited about it again. The one thing I didn't like was the 5K being before the 10K. It delayed the 10K start, which I would have found frustrating. I assume they did it to prevent 5Kers finishing in the midst of 10Kers. And if they'd had the 5K start 30 minutes after the 10K, they would have all crossed each other on the course and the winner would have had to run through 5K runners. Obviously, I can't solve this problem...
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Gottagetfaster
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posted Nov-15-2005 01:18 PM
Sorry to hear that it was hot in Raleigh for the Old Reliable.I ran the Richmond Marathon this past Saturday and it ended up being a bit warm by the finish of the race. I let my ego get the best of me and went out too fast and paid for it over the last 6 to 8 miles. You would think that I would have learned this lesson by now, but I just seem to keep making the same mistakes. The good news was that the race was a 1:20 PR with my finish chip time of 3:27:50, so I am happy with that. I was shooting for 3:20, but my first 10 miles ensured that I would suffer the last few miles and slowly watch the 3:20 goal slip away. Oh well, at least this is a BQ for 2006 and 2007, so that is also on the good side.
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runramy
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posted Nov-15-2005 01:24 PM
Nice! Irony of it being hot, though. I recall last year being frigid cold! Probably I was just underdressed for the wind.
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runramy
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posted Nov-15-2005 03:51 PM
Dr gave me a referral here: http://www.caryortho.com/ They look like they ought to be able to either fix me or give me the appropriate stretches or exercises to help. She did say it doesn't sound like shin splints and she isn't ruling out stress fracture.
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srogan
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posted Nov-15-2005 04:22 PM
My husband saw someone at Duke Sports Medicine when he pulled his hamstring at Kiawah last year. He was pretty happy with them and they were all runners so he felt good about that. I need a new general doc. Mine's kinda older (not that this alone is an issue), definitely overweight and out of shape, and she's not exactly helpful with things like diet and exercise. She's a fellow migraine-sufferer so that's nice. But she told me I don't need to lose any weight last time I was in - this was without looking at my chart to even see my current weight. I've got an easy 15 pounds to take off. And she never mentioned body fat as an indicator either (my BF numbers are ridiculously high). She also told my husband not to run because [insert the typical stuff about knees and joints here]. She'd probably tell me my uterus will fall out if I tell her I'm running.
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runramy
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posted Nov-15-2005 05:14 PM
I love my doctor! If you don't mind (or are in already) Cary, I can give you their number.
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srogan
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posted Nov-15-2005 07:22 PM
I would LOVE that. I've gotten to the point where I just dread mine. Example - she found a lump in my breast this summer. And with some history of breast cancer in the family, she told me to just ignore it. Huh? Went to another doctor who immediately sent me for an ultrasound (turned out to be nothing). And my husband, with a history of hereditary heart problems in his family, went to ask if he should have tests done to check for the specific condition, she told him to just quit running and there would be no worries.But it's such a hassle to find a new doctor when you don't have any recommendations. 
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RunBobaluRun
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posted Nov-16-2005 08:46 AM
Gottagetfaster, looks like the race started at a decent temperature, but rose quickly. I think you did great getting a PR. I have found temperature and humidity play a large role with my finishing time. I'm sure when it got into the sixties that this made it worse for you.As far as races to run, here is a link with a good race schedule--not all the races, but most of them in the area.
http://www.runnc.com/default.shtml I am writing the Old Reliable race director about the lack of mile markers--though I suspect he has heard it a hundred times over by now. Bob ------------------
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srogan
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posted Nov-16-2005 10:10 AM
Thanks! I've copied the info out so feel free to delete when you want. My doc now is in Cary and I live/work nearby so this just may work!I'll have to take a look at my profile - I really signed up for an account here with a lot of apprehension (both about the people and about whether or not I'd stick with running) so I choise a really dull username and probably didn't put much in my profile.
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RunBobaluRun
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posted Nov-16-2005 01:25 PM
I let the race director, Butch Robertson, know that I didn't like the missing mile markers in the Old Reliable. His response is below:Bob, Thanks for running. There is a local organization who has handled the mile splits every year for us. They keep changing contacts, but always show up....except for 2005. I have emailed my contact twice since Sunday and haven't heard back. You hate when something like this happens. One year, the person handling the water station in Mordecai had a family emergency and when the race started, all of the workers were at the Krispy Kreme, which was the meeting point for them. Volunteers are volunteers. If they show up and do the job, you look good. If not, oh crap. Hope to see you next year.
BR
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runramy
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posted Nov-16-2005 02:05 PM
srogan are we more interesting than you thought? 
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srogan
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posted Nov-16-2005 02:13 PM
It wasn't a matter of interest, it was more a matter of being scared. As a female, I've wandered into a couple of online communities that were male-dominated and either the girls weren't welcome or they were over-welcomed. All I wanted to do was figure out what was wrong with my car! Seems like a pretty decent bunch around here. Which really makes me wish I'd chosen a username a little more interesting than first-initial-last-name. Anyone here running (or ever has run) the race in Chapel Hill on Dec 10? I think it's the Jingle Bell Run? I'm targeting that now for my first 5k since I can't do the Apex Turkey Trot this weekend. I'm hoping the course is flat and the temps are frigid.
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