My first 5K race results

"SnugBear" wrote in message
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"Doug Freese" wrote:

Amen girl! I vacation a little south of Portland each August and the
water temp is 62-65 at best.
My gut says if I was up near Acadia the temps might shrink even
more. Not to play with the word shrink
but Seinfeld's show on shrinkage rings true in Casco Bay.

lol It's why Yankees are so tough!

I've often wondered what the water temp was when I took swimming lessons as
a child. It was an outdoor pool, late May in Ohio and 8:00am. I can
remember standing at the edge of the pool wrapped in a big towel and
shivering all over - the lips were turning blue, tooG I doubt they had
any heated pools in those days!

Beverly

In article , Ignoramus31658 wrote:
In article , Paul wrote:
Way to go Ig,

A little over 3 miles in 25.20. Not bad for a beginner...lol. I ran a
19:15 once in the Marines when I was in the best shape of my life. Now it
takes me about 45 minutes to walk...lol.

19 minutes is very impressive and would earn you an award in my
category. Congratulations. I am, unfortunately, a slow runner.

The awards went up to about 22 minutes for 5k, right ? With practice, you could
do that. Consistency and patience count for a lot.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

In article , Ignoramus31658 wrote:

Yes, I think that I can do 22 minutes if I practice. Maybe I will try
to shoot for that for next year. Maybe a stupid question, but there is
no serious health danger to a basically healthy person, from trying to
run fast for 5 km, is there?

The leading cause of fataly in distance races is undiagnosed heart
condition. This most commonly occurs in marathon races. Even these fatalities
are fairly infrequent.

I think the risks that you should be more concerned about include things like
getting hit by a car, struck by lightning, mugged, attacked by a bear, or
whatever -- whatever risks one usually takes on by being outdoors. Personal
safety is for the most part about properly attending to these more mundane
risks.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/