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by **Porta** » Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:00:00

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>Subject: First 5K Race Report

>Date: 9/28/98 11:17 AM Eastern Daylight
>Thanks to all of the encouragement I received on this NG I entered and
>ran my first 5K race at the age of 40.

>I've lost 42 pounds over the past three months, most of it by changing my
eating habits.

That's an absolutely tremendous accomplishment. Congratulations.

by **Thien Nguye** » Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Way to go John! See? We knew you could do it. And under 30 min to boot!
Now you have a PR to gun for. From your report, it didn't sound like you
went out too fast. I always race faster than I ever train.
So congrats and keep on training and racing! I expect to hear more about
your exploits.

-thien!

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>Thanks to all of the encouragement I received on this NG I entered and
>ran my first 5K race at the age of 40.

by **Julie Bernste** » Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:00:00

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>I was 164/212 for the men and 46/58 for the 40-49 year olds. I don't
>think it was too bad of a finish considering I only started running
>six weeks ago and couldn't run 30 seconds to catch a train before
>that.

Not too bad, indeed! I think that's quite impressive considering that it
took me four months from when I started running to enter my first 5K, and
I clocked over 33 minutes. Way to go!

- Julie

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by **Mike Tenne** » Wed, 30 Sep 1998 04:00:00

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>Thanks to all of the encouragement I received on this NG I entered and
>ran my first 5K race at the age of 40.

Congratulations and thanks for the report!

You captured the uneasiness that first-timers feel about racing - and hopefully
showed why it's unfounded. There are no race police waiting to pull you out of
the race. Everyone belongs.

As you do more local races, it'll just get better. You'll start to recognize
folks around you <at your level> and you'll start to support each other and
develop friendly rivalries to push to PR's. And laugh about it at the end and
swear you'll get 'em next time.

That's what I mean when I speak of the camaraderie of racing.

Mike Tennent
"TriBop"
'98 Ironman Canada, 16:17:03

by **John Live** » Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00

See? You _did_ make it in under 30 minutes. Way to go! Congratulations, but
now be careful -- I started the same way you did last year, and I got bit by the
racing bug.

Regards,
John Lively