Dec 02
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Don’t You Believe It

“They” say (and you know who they are are) that your pace drops by a minute per mile every year you age after some time (I can’t always remember everything they say). Well don’t you believe it. (Actually I don’t believe it either because a minute a mile per year would mean that if you run a 10 minute mile at 40 you will be running a 20 minute mile at 50 and that’s not right). Oh well – “they” say you slow with age but I love proving “them” wrong.

In 1997 I ran the ‘Run to the Far Side” 5K in 38:23 at a pace of 12:21 per mile. That was 9 years ago. Today I ran the Bah Humbug 5K in (according to the clock over the finish line and my Garmin) drumroll please……

29:32

That would be a 9 minute improvement. And lest a certain someone from Boulder Colorado think I haven’t grasped the magnitude and importance of this event -
that would be a

proving yet again that I am not getting older – I’m getting better.

* I’m not sure what my official time will be becaue it was one of those races where you end up in a chute full of people waiting and waiting to hand them your slip. We’ll see.

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Posted on Sat, 02 December 2006 at 12:49 pm

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  1. Danielle

    Congratulations! That’s a minute *off* your pace per year!

    02 Dec 06 at 2:38 pm #
  2. nancytoby

    CONGRATULATIONS! Well done!I’m hoping to crack 30 minutes next year when I’m as FAST AS Y0U!

    02 Dec 06 at 6:29 pm #
  3. DebbieJRT

    congratulations! isn’t it great when you get one?!?

    02 Dec 06 at 6:39 pm #
  4. Juls

    Believe your time over the events because I discovered how they time these runs when I scolded my friend (name will be withheld) for jumping shoots. She told me that she didn’t think that it mattered but she emailed the race just to be sure. She was surprised at their answer. They spot some bib numbers and fit the tags that fall in between at evenly timed distribution. Not very “official” if you ask me. This is especially true if there are several shoots like the one where she asked (Far Side).Congratulations on your PR.

    02 Dec 06 at 6:49 pm #
  5. Bex

    Congrats on the awesome PR! And I think you will get faster in the coming few years, too.

    02 Dec 06 at 7:20 pm #
  6. Firefly's Running</

    Awesome job!! Yayyyyyyyy!

    02 Dec 06 at 8:29 pm #
  7. susie

    Way to go!! You’ve worked hard for this…and I agree–it just gets better:) Congrats!!

    03 Dec 06 at 3:01 am #
  8. Janice

    Contratulations!!! You must feel extremely proud:)

    03 Dec 06 at 5:34 am #
  9. Bolder

    a 9 minute improvement!so did you PR?because if you did, you really shouldn’t be shy about letting peeps know…PR!

    03 Dec 06 at 6:20 am #
  10. Jessica

    “Not getting older, getting better” – Right on!

    03 Dec 06 at 7:10 am #
  11. Dori

    That’s great! Congratulations.

    03 Dec 06 at 8:50 am #
  12. Laurie

    Congratulations on your awesome PR!You are definitely getting better with age.

    03 Dec 06 at 10:03 am #
  13. Vickie

    Great job. Now on to 28!

    04 Dec 06 at 7:05 am #
  14. WADDLER26.2

    Great job! You are tough. We over 50 crowd just get better.

    04 Dec 06 at 7:46 am #
  15. jeanne

    nice work. i plan on getting faster too. some day.

    04 Dec 06 at 3:35 pm #