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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 29, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I was a much better runner in my 20's and 30's.  When I was 52 I had a 28.5 5K and a 58.5 10K, and I would like to surpass those times.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 1/2 marathon.  I would actually love to run a full marathon, but am not sure if my body would break down with injuries training for one.  Update fall 2010: still no 1/2 marathon, but I did run all the way up city creek and back home (14 miles)  - absolutely gorgeous!!

Personal:

My name is Adele Kimbrough - I'm 58 and have been running (off and on) since I was 16.  My body is not well designed for speed, and I'm a bit arthritic, but I'm having fun trying to figure out just how fast I can be.  And this blog helps! 

2011 Deseret News 10K Finish Line.
Dang - missed my goal by 4 seconds!

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Race: Salt Lake 5K (3.23 Miles) 00:30:17, Place in age division: 3
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I decided to run in the Salt Lake 5k even though I'd missed my last couple training runs.  I warmed up for about a mile, then went looking for the POPs, couldn't find them (#!@#!), so ran off 3-4 blocks to find a place and then ran back (add another 1/2 mile warmup!). By then the starting chute was way crowded (this was a big 5K).  Normally I don't start way up front because I'm not that fast and don't want to hinder faster runners, but I don't like starting at the very back either!  I found some gaps between people and eased my way up a bit anyway.  It still took about 3 1/2 minutes to get to the starting line once the gun went off!

First 1/2 mile I had to do a lot of weaving to get past people, and was probably running a titch harder than was smart. Finally got past the worst of the crowd and didn't have to zig zag as much.  I was in a good 2-1 breathing pattern and tried to hold on.  The course started fairly flat, then had a 3-4 block down hill section towards the turn around.  Then had to go back uphill for 3-4 long blocks, before a fairly flat last mile to the finish.  It seemed to take forever to get to the finish line; I don't think I slowed down any, but didn't have much kick left in me either.  I was pretty dismayed at this point because my watch showed me going a good 1-2 minutes slower than I thought I would be going.

Finished in 30:17, which is a lot slower than I had expected.  I saw a friend who finished around 22 minutes, and he was dismayed by his time as well because he felt he was running really well.  Someone with a Garmin told us the course was long - that their Garmin measured 3.23 miles.  So, anyway who knows. 

Then I walked down a few blocks and watched some of the 1/2 marathoners coming in. Then I saw the first place marathoner come in with a police escort, and . . . it ended up being someone named Fritz from the FRB!!!!!

I went home still feeling somewhat demoralized over my time and then ran a ways up City Creek canyon to get a few more miles in.  It was an absolutely gorgeous day for running! And I discovered that the water fountains have been turned on up in City Creek Canyon - YEA!! 

Just checked the internet, and found the results posted for the 5K (3.23 miles?).  By chip time I was 3rd in my age division out of 63 other people.  I missed 2nd place by only 1 second! The 2nd place lady started 8 seconds back from the starting line, whereas I started over 3 minutes back - ow!!!  The 1st place finisher in our division waxed us both by a good 3 minutes!  (I still wish I had a faster chip time, but am happy I placed because I usually finish about a 1/3 of the way back in my age group.)

Anyway, I hope everyone has had a good Saturday, with good running weather.  And good luck all you Boston bound folks!!

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Comments
From Snoqualmie on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:44:30 from 24.18.192.33

Congrats on the AG placement!

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 15:06:19 from 72.205.231.223

Sweet job on the age group placement--sounds like it was a tough course. How is your leg feeling?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 17:43:44 from 24.8.167.243

Great race! Congratulations on placing in your AG. That's got to feel good, especially in such a big race.

From CookieLegs on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 21:33:16 from 71.36.82.238

Snow, Carolyn, & April - Thanks :). The course itself really wasn't that tough, but starting so far back from the starting line was because of all the passing and dodging I had to do early on. I better be smarter next time!!!

April, my leg seems fine now - hasn't hurt at all for 3 days. My muscles were pretty tight today so I went for a short hike and very carefully stretched afterwards (for the first time in days) and my leg was fine. I think I was just rushing through my stretching routine that day and hyper extended my knee - I'm going to be pretty careful about my form while stretching from here on out!!

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