Race Report - Good Friday 10 Miler 2004
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I ran a 10 mile race this morning, intended to be a very hard effort,
but not all out, which would have been impossible and dangerous for
obvious reasons. It was pretty hilly, which would have been okay,
but the downhills hurt my appendectomy area a little more than I
expected with the added jarring. :(
Still, it was manageable., and I am glad I was able to run
at all, though. My doctor told me I could possibly
hemorrhage, when I asked him on Monday what the worst-case
scenario was if I ran. He also admitted that this was a one-in-a-
million type of thing. I guess today would be day 12 post-
op, so I do agree it's cutting it a little close. I was
itching to race, though.
I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
demanding, hilly course (only 4 runners cracked an hour) and
hey, I'm obviously not 100%. I felt pretty tight during the
race, but no extreme pain. I just had to pay a little extra
attention on form. It's an exact 2-loop course, and I
reached the half way point in about 30:45, so I would say
that I also ran a pretty controlled race. It was windy and
that wasn't much fun. I was alone for the last half of the
race, so it definitely was the harder half in that respect.
I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-offensive
way possible: I know what I did was a little risky. I
accepted the risk and ran a race. Please, no comments from
those that just want to tell me I shouldn't have done it...
trust me when I say I know that already. Thanks, and again,
I hope no offence is taken! :)
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
SwStudio wrote:
> I ran a 10 mile race this morning, intended to be a very
> hard effort, but not all out, which would have been
> impossible and dangerous for obvious reasons. It was
> pretty hilly, which would have been okay, but the
> downhills hurt my appendectomy area a little more than I
> expected with the added jarring. :(
Well, I suppose Good Friday is an appropriate day for
suffering and pain ;).
>
> Still, it was manageable., and I am glad I was able to run
> at all, though. My doctor told me I could possibly
> hemorrhage, when I asked him on Monday what the worst-case
> scenario was if I ran. He also admitted that this was a
> one-in-a-million type of thing. I guess today would be day
> 12 post-op, so I do agree it's cutting it a little close.
> I was itching to race, though.
>
> I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
> demanding, hilly course (only 4 runners cracked an hour)
> and hey, I'm obviously not 100%. I felt pretty tight
> during the race, but no extreme pain. I just had to pay a
> little extra attention on form. It's an exact 2-loop
> course, and I reached the half way point in about 30:45,
> so I would say that I also ran a pretty controlled race.
> It was windy and that wasn't much fun. I was alone for the
> last half of the race, so it definitely was the harder
> half in that respect.
>
> I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-offensive
> way possible: I know what I did was a little risky. I
> accepted the risk and ran a race. Please, no comments from
> those that just want to tell me I shouldn't have done
> it... trust me when I say I know that already. Thanks, and
> again, I hope no offence is taken! :)
You're my hero. 6 + change min/mile pace 12 days after an
operation. Yowza.
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"eNo" <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> SwStudio wrote:
>
> > I ran a 10 mile race this morning, intended to be a very
> > hard effort, but not all out, which would have been
> > impossible and dangerous for obvious reasons. It was
> > pretty hilly, which would have been okay, but the
> > downhills hurt my appendectomy area a little more than I
> > expected with the added jarring. :(
>
> Well, I suppose Good Friday is an appropriate day for
> suffering and pain
;).
>
lol :) It was worth it in the end, luckily.
> >
> > Still, it was manageable., and I am glad I was able to
> > run at all,
though.
> > My doctor told me I could possibly hemorrhage, when I
> > asked him on Monday what the worst-case scenario was if
> > I ran. He also admitted that this was a one-in-a-million
> > type of thing. I guess today would be day 12 post-op, so
> > I do agree it's cutting it a little close. I was
itching
> > to race, though.
> >
> > I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
> > demanding, hilly course (only 4 runners cracked an hour)
> > and hey, I'm obviously not 100%. I felt pretty tight
> > during the race, but no extreme pain. I just had to pay
> > a little extra attention on form. It's an exact 2-loop
course,
> > and I reached the half way point in about 30:45, so I
> > would say that I also ran a pretty controlled race. It
> > was windy and that wasn't much fun. I was alone for the
> > last half of the race, so it definitely was the harder
> > half in that respect.
> >
> > I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-
> > offensive way possible: I know what I did was a little
> > risky. I accepted the risk and ran a
race.
> > Please, no comments from those that just want to tell me
> > I shouldn't have done it... trust me when I say I know
> > that already. Thanks, and again, I hope no offence is
> > taken! :)
>
> You're my hero. 6 + change min/mile pace 12 days after an
> operation.
Yowza.
Awww shucks... *kicks dirt*... it wasn't as bad as it
seemed. I don't think.
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
Geez, David, 12 days post-appendectomy and you run a 10-mile
faster than my 10K pace -- even my new, improved 10K pace.
Way to go! I'm glad your recovery is proceeding apace.
--
Brian P. Baresch Fort Worth, Texas, USA Professional editing
and proofreading
If you're going through hell, keep going. --Winston
Churchill
"Brian Baresch" <brian_news2@peacenik.removethisstuff.net>
wrote in message
> Geez, David, 12 days post-appendectomy and you run a 10-
> mile faster than my 10K pace -- even my new, improved
> 10K pace. Way to go! I'm glad your recovery is
> proceeding apace.
Thanks, Brian - unfortunately I paid the price all day and
especially the night following the race. Quite a lot of
bruising deep under the skin that I could feel and not see.
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
Rock and Roll well never die.
S.W. you keep this pace up so soon after a hurt. you soon
well be bug squash....... Like your bike ride to a
hurt too..... take some time and re think or you well
end up going to Hell.......Mi....... I see you
there.:>) Tri bound......Zow. maybe a job too. Hay
Hay My My. Rock and Roll well never die. as a picture
tells a 1,000 words....Hay HAy my my............gu
tar time. I may think is need e more for you. Hay Hay
my my you might not be the chosen one too. . God
speed r.r. .
"SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote in news:TqDdc.12012$R37.2090
@read1.cgocable.net:
> I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
> demanding, hilly course
David, I hope you're not advocating a ruptured appendix to
help us all achieve such speeds. Unless my appendix weighs
20 pounds, I don't think removing it will help me. ;-)
You are one tough cookie (or is that kookie?).
Phil M.
--
"Pain is temporary: the success it brings can be
everlasting." -fortune cookie
In article <TqDdc.12012$R37.2090@read1.cgocable.net>,
"SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-offensive
> way possible: I know what I did was a little risky. I
> accepted the risk and ran a race. Please, no comments from
> those that just want to tell me I shouldn't have done
> it... trust me when I say I know that already. Thanks, and
> again, I hope no offence is taken! :)
what the $%^^&*?!....er, ok, i won't say a word :) instead:
congrats on the race, David. a valiant, soldiering-on effort
after what you've been through. personally, i never would
have done it, but hey, that's me.... and you're you.
i guess in a way it's commendable that you still have the
guts (!) to even think about a race so soon after the
"appendix race incident".
nice job, David.
cam
"onemarathon" <cam_wilson@NOSPAMsympatico.ca> wrote in
message
> In article <TqDdc.12012$R37.2090@read1.cgocable.net>,
> "SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-
> > offensive way possible: I know what I did was a little
> > risky. I accepted the risk and ran a
race.
> > Please, no comments from those that just want to tell me
> > I shouldn't have done it... trust me when I say I know
> > that already. Thanks, and again, I hope no offence is
> > taken! :)
>
>
> what the $%^^&*?!....er, ok, i won't say a word :)
> instead:
>
> congrats on the race, David. a valiant, soldiering-on
> effort after what you've been through. personally, i never
> would have done it, but hey, that's me.... and you're you.
>
> i guess in a way it's commendable that you still have the
> guts (!) to even think about a race so soon after the
> "appendix race incident".
>
> nice job, David.
>
> cam
thanks, cam - I won't lie, though - I was in pain that
night. I ran a 5k the next morning, too - they were both
point series races. Now I can relax.
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
"Phil M." <pmarg@charter.net> wrote in message
> "SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote in
>
> > I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
> > demanding, hilly course
>
> David, I hope you're not advocating a ruptured appendix to
> help us all achieve such speeds. Unless my appendix weighs
> 20 pounds, I don't think removing it will help me. ;-)
>
> You are one tough cookie (or is that kookie?).
Thanks, Phil! I had to do a 5k the next morning and it all
caught up to me though.
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
"Lobo Horsesass" <Tailwaget@webtv.net> wrote in message
> Rock and Roll well never die.
> S.W. you keep this pace up so soon after a hurt. you soon
> well be bug squash....... Like your bike ride to a
> hurt too.....
Oh yeah, that bike accident was horrible. I forgot about
that. I tried to race a marathon 10 days after I broke my
shoulder. I guess this is a pattern for me, haha. :)
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
In article <JRaec.21670$n37.1819095@read2.cgocable.net>,
"SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "onemarathon" <cam_wilson@NOSPAMsympatico.ca> wrote
> in message
> > In article <TqDdc.12012$R37.2090@read1.cgocable.net>,
> > "SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-
> > > offensive way possible: I know what I did was a little
> > > risky. I accepted the risk and ran a
> race.
> > > Please, no comments from those that just want to tell
> > > me I shouldn't have done it... trust me when I say I
> > > know that already. Thanks, and again, I hope no
> > > offence is taken! :)
> >
> >
> > what the $%^^&*?!....er, ok, i won't say a word :)
> > instead:
> >
> > congrats on the race, David. a valiant, soldiering-on
> > effort after what you've been through. personally, i
> > never would have done it, but hey, that's me.... and
> > you're you.
> >
> > i guess in a way it's commendable that you still have
> > the guts (!) to even think about a race so soon after
> > the "appendix race incident".
> >
> > nice job, David.
> >
> > cam
>
>
> thanks, cam - I won't lie, though - I was in pain that
> night. I ran a 5k the next morning, too - they were both
> point series races. Now I can relax.
>
>
> cheers,
yeeee <gritting teeth>.... you seem to have what it takes to
do an Ironman. guts, guts, guts. or is that nuts, nuts,
nuts. (as in crazy :)
Cam
In article <Epbec.12159$R37.7395@read1.cgocable.net>,
"SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Lobo Horsesass" <Tailwaget@webtv.net> wrote in message
> > Rock and Roll well never die.
> > S.W. you keep this pace up so soon after a hurt. you
> > soon well be bug squash....... Like your bike ride
> > to a hurt too.....
>
>
>
> Oh yeah, that bike accident was horrible. I forgot about
> that. I tried to race a marathon 10 days after I broke my
> shoulder. I guess this is a pattern for me, haha. :)
>
>
>
> cheers,
hmmm, i seem to remember that!
Cam
"onemarathon" <cam_wilson@NOSPAMsympatico.ca> wrote in
message
> yeeee <gritting teeth>.... you seem to have what it takes
> to do an Ironman. guts, guts, guts. or is that nuts, nuts,
> nuts. (as in crazy :)
I don't know if I could handle an Ironman... even if I
trained for one, it seems very tough. I will be trying an
ultra sometime in the next several years. I believe I could
possibly do well at that type of thing, but obviously I'll
never know until I try it. ;)
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
In article <Shjec.12223$R37.11249@read1.cgocable.net>,
"SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "onemarathon" <cam_wilson@NOSPAMsympatico.ca> wrote
> in message
> > yeeee <gritting teeth>.... you seem to have what it
> > takes to do an Ironman. guts, guts, guts. or is that
> > nuts, nuts, nuts. (as in crazy :)
>
>
> I don't know if I could handle an Ironman... even if I
> trained for one, it seems very tough. I will be trying an
> ultra sometime in the next several years. I believe I
> could possibly do well at that type of thing, but
> obviously I'll never know until I try it. ;)
>
>
> cheers,
i dream about the Ironman, but never an ultra. i think my
legs have their limits on the run.
take it easy now and make sure you can enjoy more races this
season, eh?
Cam
"SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TqDdc.12012$R37.2090@read1.cgocable.net...
*cringing through race report*
> I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
> demanding, hilly course (only 4 runners cracked an hour)
> and hey, I'm obviously not 100%. I felt pretty tight
> during the race, but no extreme pain. I just had to pay a
> little extra attention on form. It's an exact 2-loop
> course, and I reached the half way point in about 30:45,
> so I would say that I also ran a pretty controlled race.
> It was windy and that wasn't much fun. I was alone for the
> last half of the race, so it definitely was the harder
> half in that respect.
Well, good job with the race. It was probably a relief to
you that you didn't lose any of your fitness level with your
brief layoff. However, I think you could have ran better if
you didn't overtrain last week with your 4x10mile repeats.
Three would have been plenty.
>
> I also want to say this in the kindest, most non-offensive
> way possible: I know what I did was a little risky. I
> accepted the risk and ran a race. Please, no comments from
> those that just want to tell me I shouldn't have done
> it... trust me when I say I know that already. Thanks, and
> again, I hope no offence is taken! :)
>
>
Well, I think you got a nomination for the rec.running award
- gutsy performance of the year. Did your doctor say what
the full recovery period would be for a "normal" person?
-Aaron TheYAM.net
"Aaron" <dblaron419@NOSPAMwi.rr.com> wrote in message
> "SwStudio" <shhhh_secrets@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:TqDdc.12012$R37.2090@read1.cgocable.net...
>
> *cringing through race report*
>
> > I ran a 62:18, which isn't very good for me, but it's a
> > demanding, hilly course (only 4 runners cracked an hour)
> > and hey, I'm obviously not 100%. I felt pretty tight
> > during the race, but no extreme pain. I just had to pay
> > a little extra attention on form. It's an exact 2-loop
course,
> > and I reached the half way point in about 30:45, so I
> > would say that I also ran a pretty controlled race. It
> > was windy and that wasn't much fun. I was alone for the
> > last half of the race, so it definitely was the harder
> > half in that respect.
>
> Well, good job with the race. It was probably a relief to
> you that you didn't lose any of your fitness level with
> your brief layoff. However, I think you could have ran
> better if you didn't overtrain last week with
your
> 4x10mile repeats. Three would have been plenty.
lol :)
> Well, I think you got a nomination for the rec.running
> award - gutsy performance of the year. Did your doctor say
> what the full recovery
period
> would be for a "normal" person?
One doc said 4- 6 weeks before resuming running; I could
tell it was a standard line without regard to the patient's
age, weight, fitness level, abdominal wall strength, etc....
then next doc, who asked me very pertinent questions
regarding the above subjects, said 3 weeks until I should
start easy runs. As of today it's been 15 days, and I'm
basically just back to a regular schedule now, so I freely
admit rushing it.
cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."
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