turkey trot 5 miler, etc

ran the turkey trot 5 miler today in 43:09-from the line- probably 20 seconds from the gun or so. actually ran really well and it shows how much running with people helps and also that a little rest can help the legs bounce back some.

having hardly raced at all over the last several years as i continued to slow down and fight the right leg issues, i was really pleased to get under 45 and would have been happy to have gotten under 50 actually. it helped to bump into debbie margraff at the start and we ran together for maybe two miles and she took off. my pulse was already high and i settled in to make sure i finished. also saw nina t. out there and ran with her and a friend for a bit and then they also went on. i was 22:30 for the first half and just under 21 for the second half and each mile was a little quicker than the one before it and i will call it a good race.

and it gave me an idea of what i have to do to try and get a little faster. an interesting note - my heart rate hit 175 at the finish line and i ran most of the first half about 156 and then went into the 160's and before hitting 170 at 4 miles. my last treadmill test 5 years ago said my max heart rate was about 173. 10 years ago it was 178. not an exact science as it depends on me staying on the treadmill, but i can figure it is about 177-178 now i think. will chart out the training heart rates tomorrow. funny that my morning heart rate that was 39 or so in my heyday and 43 recently enough, had climbed to 46-48 the last month. was 45 today. i need to re-think how to get more rest and still train and not gain back weight.

this week has been 9, 4, day off and the race with about 3 more miles of warm-up and cool-down. and nothing feels that bad. the right quad tightened up some of course, but never got as bad as usual. will keep up the stretching and decide about having some more ART work done on it.

wanted to mention that gail ran really well today also in her first race in a long time and she seems motivated to do more also. she stayed tough the entire run and did well. she is always tough mentally.

a good time and a really nice social event. next up is the MADD 5k in a few weeks after xmas. lots to do before that. will hit 80k next week.

more soon. want to catch up on the India terror stuff.