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2004-04-27 10:40 AM

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Subject: Dolly does 10K..WOOO HOOO
My first race this year, and in fact it's been over 10 years since I last did a 10K, was on Sunday. I had knee pain last Tuesday which cut short a 5K training run, (I almost cried). After almost 4 months of injury-free training, why, oh why, do I have pain 4 days before my race??? Spent the rest of the week nursing my injury. Ran 1/2 a mile on Thursday with no pain.. and starting praying. Drove the 6 hours to get to Victoria, picked up my race package and drove the route. Tried to relax, but was up at 4 am starting to get ready. Dropped my daughter off with friends at 7am and headed for the starting line. The green zone was my start area (time: 56- 106 minutes). I was hoping for a time of 70-75, as all my long training runs were around 7 min/k. And now with the knee, I wasn't sure how my time would be affected by that!!!
At the 1K marker I was under 7!! Wow, must be just early momentum carrying me with the crowd...2K--still under 7!!!...Hey, and no pain... I this point I knew I was going to have a great run, and just GAVE ALL! I crossed the finish line at 66:53.
I am soooo happy with myself!!! I found my name/time/rank in the newspaper on Monday, I ranked 4,595 out of 10,653.
I want to thank all of you for your training advice and encouragement. I don't think I would have been as successful without you!!!!
I'm hooked....now I just need to find another one to do....and maybe an earlier tri too....

Dolly


2004-04-27 11:30 AM
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Subject: RE: Dolly does 10K..WOOO HOOO
Wow, Dolly. That's fabulous! Congratulations.

From my perspective, running a 10K is roughly as likely as running a marathon. So, I'm TOTALLY impressed.

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2004-04-27 12:11 PM
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Wow, way to go Dolly! Just think, you finished ahead of 6,058 other runners, not too shabby. Now go get 'em in the next race too!

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2004-04-27 12:25 PM
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glad to hear your knee cooperated.  and great race!
2004-04-27 10:24 PM
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Super job!! Glad it went well and it sounds like there is no stopping you now!
Jen
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