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  • LovesDogs
    LovesDogs Member Posts: 95
    edited December 2012

    LuvLuLu:

    I hear you!  I did a 5 mile tempo run this evening and partnered with a 20ish woman (I'm 52).  She just started running in August so fortunately we were at the same pace.

    I'm doing my first half-marathon this Sunday.  I hope I can walk after . . .

    LovesDogs

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  • firstcall
    firstcall Member Posts: 499
    edited December 2012

    Hey lovesDogs - we expect a full report on your first half!   You're on the calendar so theres no backing out now

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  • LuvLuLu
    LuvLuLu Member Posts: 377
    edited December 2012

    LovesDogs, have a great run on Sunday!

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  • 301724
    301724 Member Posts: 478
    edited December 2012

    Today was 3 days PFC - pretty achy from Neulasta but still managed a weenie run. I figure any run is better than none at all:-)

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  • firstcall
    firstcall Member Posts: 499
    edited December 2012

    301724 - good for you for getting a run in even with your treatments.  Don't worry about being in slow motion, it will get better later.  And these runs will help you get through this. 

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  • marie11
    marie11 Member Posts: 75
    edited December 2012

    5K today. A bit surprised and disappointed in my time. My training hasn't been great. Plantar fasciitis better but still being very careful with it. So haven't run either as long or as fast as I usually would. Also running with a cold today. Previously, none of that would have mattered and I still would have run well.



    Considering that last year at this time I had the expanders in and could barely run three miles at all I am in much better shape and grateful. Considering that two years ago I was almost two min. faster than I ran today I am angry that this disease and surgery have taken that away from me.



    Going to start running once a week with someone who is older and faster than me. We will do some fast five mile runs over the winter. That is where my anger is being channeled for now.



    Hope everyone else is happier with their results.

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  • LuvLuLu
    LuvLuLu Member Posts: 377
    edited December 2012

    Marie11 don't be disappointed . . . so many things affect our time on any given day.  Yesterday I was draggin' my butt for my usual run and finished about 3 minutes slower than normal.  I was tired (running 4 days in a row and I had also done a leg routine and some horseback riding), it was raining and nasty, and I hadn't slept well the night before.  Today will be a rest day - ugh, unless you count that I have to get out there to do some Christmas shopping. 

    This disease has NOT taken your running and fitness away.  Watch how your times will improve by running w/someone faster.  Stay strong!!Yell

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  • CLC
    CLC Member Posts: 1,531
    edited December 2012

    marie11...well, you outran me.  I decided to stay home.  Feeling stressed about work and marriage and life.  Needed to put the covers over my head.  Like they say...you outran those that didn't make it to the race at all (today, me...)  Tomorrow is another day, for us both.  You should be very proud of your strength in the face of breast cancer. 

    Claire

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  • LovesDogs
    LovesDogs Member Posts: 95
    edited December 2012

    Marie11,

    I hear you!  It is frustrating when your life and running are limited by cancer treatments.  But the good news is that YOU ARE RUNNING!!!  I am sure as you continue training, you'll be shaving minutes off of your time.  Don't be too hard on yourself.  I am grateful for every day that I can be alive and run.

    LovesDogs

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  • LovesDogs
    LovesDogs Member Posts: 95
    edited December 2012

    LuvLuLu,

    Thank you for your well wishes on the race.   I realized this morning that today is the 1st anniversary of my BMX surgery - can't believe it's been a whole year.  What a way to celebrate to be alive and well enough to run my first half-marathon!!

    It was a challenging and very hilly course and the weather was warm/humid, but I finished the race and feel pretty good this evening.  Yay!  Those post-race endorphins are great.

    LovesDogs

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  • goldlining
    goldlining Member Posts: 1,178
    edited December 2012

    Congratulations LovesDogs on the first HM! 

    Marie11, you will get there. I don't know when my speed will come back (or when my heart rate will stop limiting my speed, more like). Trying to look on the positive side (not much choice), hey, I still beat 60% of the ladies in my age band in the last HM I did. I don't know what *their* problem is!

    Sorry to hear you're in the dumps CLC. Hope the sun comes out for you soon.

    I did half an hour on the treadmill yesterday to get back in the groove. I peaked at 5.0 mph belt speed (slope 1.0) and just took it easy, played with toe-striking rather than taking an aggressive start to getting back at it. I was looking at some new shoes I want and mad that they're $50 less on the US website than the Canadian one, and better colours in the US too. Boo. Won't be in the US until my next HM, so I guess I'm sticking with the pair I have for now.

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  • SharonLC
    SharonLC Member Posts: 53
    edited December 2012

    LovesDogs & Marie11 Great job finishing your races this past weekend!!

    CLC Hope you are feeling better ... sunnier days are ahead!! Cool

    Surgery overall went very well. Have any of you ever been given norepinephrine during recovery because of a low pulse? Mine dropped to 30 while I was still asleep and they gave me a shot of that to raise it up. I immediately woke up and felt like I had been running ... blood pressure reading was the highest I had ever seen ... when I mentioned to the nurse that I do run she said I should have told someone that before surgery then she wouldn't have given it to me since runners pulse rates tend to be low. Like I am suppose to know that??  Anyways, it was a rush then a crash along with the typical nausea from anesthesia I was out for the next 24 hours. Stayed off  the narcotics for pain and just took Tylenol/Ibuprofen for 24 hours. Since then was able to get in two long walks and yesterday did a 3 mile run/walk with just a little incision pain from the jiggling (don't tell my surgeon) Smile. Post op on Thursday then meet with the radiation oncologist to discuss treatments. I did have clean margins (got the call late Friday, yea!!) and the DCIS tumor was small less than 1 cm but grade 2 ... curious to see exactly what will be recommended, was previously told 6 weeks of external radiation. Thinking about opting out of radiation if it's still recommended since it was such small tumor and once you radiate that option in the future would be gone if reoccurance happens ... all opinions/experiences on that are very welcomed and needed.

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited December 2012

    The Jingle All the Way 8K Saturday in DC was so much fun! Over 4,700 runners, many in seasonal costumes - 9 runners dressed as Santa and his reindeer, 12 runners dressed as the 12 days of Christmas, a group of runners dressed in "Ralphie" pink bunny outfits like A Christmas Story, another group of runners dressed as a Nativity scene complete with Wise Men and a Christmas Star, a Santa Claus who juggled red balls the entire way, and my favorite - a tuba player who played holiday music on his tuba as he raced! (OK, he speedwalked more than ran, but still!) And nothing give you a lift like running down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Capitol Building gleaming white ahead of you as you pass all the musuems and monuments along the way.  Plus DC is VERY flat - hooray!!! 

    I finished in 1:00:48 - so close to finishing in under an hour.  That's a 12:14 per minute pace which I know is horribly slow for most of you, but for me it's a good time anytime I approach the 12 minute mark.  At my first ever 5K last year my pace was almost 14 minute miles, so I'm making some progress. And at least I finished ahead of the guy lugging the tuba! Cool 

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  • LuvLuLu
    LuvLuLu Member Posts: 377
    edited December 2012

    SharonLC, glad your surgery went well.  They should have known you were a runner (all the forms, etc. we have to fill out before surgery).  I remember a day after surgery a young nurse came in and took my HR which was below 50.  She looked alarmed and then she said, "OH, that's RIGHT - you're a runner!"  I was pleased that she said "You're a runner", not "You were a runner." I thought, yes, incapacitated that I am, I am STILL a runner.  Nothing - especially not this nasty disease - can take that from me!

    Yes, think long and hard about radiation.  I had it 10 years ago for DCIS and had no clue at the time that I would not be able to have radiation again to that area.  This is why, when DCIS popped up again this year I had to have a mastectomy, and also my PS was unsure at first if he could do reconstruction because of my previously irradiated skin.  Thankfully, all turned out well . . .

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  • goldlining
    goldlining Member Posts: 1,178
    edited December 2012

    SharonLC, well, I am a runner but you can't tell it from my heart rate. My heart rate is only appropriate if I was half my age. However, they should do proper pre-op interviews, not expect patients to mention random things. Like do you knit? Because maybe it will affect whether they bend your hand a certain way while you're asleep...?

    NatsFan, I am so glad you passed the tuba! (Though I still find it funny that when I did that 15K with the walking boot on that I passed a lot of people. I do feel so bad for their pride, though.) It is always a shot in the arm when the Disney running course goes over the cloverleaf intersection and you can see the people behind you as well as ahead of you, and I am always surprised there is anyone, let alone thousands, behind me. (Like that cute One More Mile running shirt with writing on the back "please let there be someone behind me to read this.")

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  • 301724
    301724 Member Posts: 478
    edited December 2012

    Just got into the Covered Bridges Half Marathon on June 3. All 2000 spots were gone in 14 minutes!

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  • eulabt
    eulabt Member Posts: 194
    edited December 2012

    NatsFan- Thanks for the heads up about the 1/2 in DC. I signed up a couple of weeks ago and can't wait to see if we get in. Good luck!

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited December 2012

    Eulabt - they say we'll hear this week.  I'll post as soon as I hear.  I'm a bit nervous that I'll actually be accepted as the longest race I've ever done is a 10K - this would be a big step for me.  But that Tiffany necklace they give to finishers is a good incentive! Cool Good luck to you too!!

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  • zsterling
    zsterling Member Posts: 45
    edited December 2012

    SharonLC, My husband wears a 'medical' bracelet (when he's out riding his bike) that says 'low heart rate' or something like that (he got it on line, not sure what inspired it).  The point is to alert the paramedics if he's in an accident.  I'm not sure if runners sometimes do the same thing.  I'd guess we're less likely to get in an accident.  It is kinda ironic though... expecting the non-medical folks to alert the medical folks to this possibility!   

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  • firstcall
    firstcall Member Posts: 499
    edited December 2012

    When I went in for my surgery my heart rate was about 50.  The nurse asked if I was a runner, and I said yes...and I asked what my pulse was.  She told me it was 50, and I replied that it was high because I was a little nervous. 

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  • eulabt
    eulabt Member Posts: 194
    edited December 2012

    NatsFan, I just wish they would send out the darn e-mail. I already book a hotel to be safe. I haven't been running a ton lately, so this will give me the push that I need:)

    Well I didn't get in. Now to decide when and where my next half will be:)

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited December 2012

    Eulabt - I'm so sorry you didn't get in.  Amazingly enough, I'm in!!!  Yikes - I'm not sure whether I'm thrilled or terrified. Surprised  Fortunately I have a couple of co-workers who are runners - one woman is a marathoner and one fellow is an Ironman, and they've promised to help me train.  So I think I'm in good hands! 

    If you're still looking at DC for a run, there's the DC Rock and Roll Marathon and Half Marathon March 16.  http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/usa

    So, FirstCall - please add me to the list - Nike Women's Half Marathon, April 28, Washington, DC

    Edited to add:  I was just thinking - 12/31/12 is the 5 year anniversary of my dx.  I think challenging myself to do the half marathon is a great way to celebrate being 5 years out.  Cool

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  • 301724
    301724 Member Posts: 478
    edited December 2012

    Also please add me to Covered Bridges Half Marathon, June 3, Woodstock VT

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  • firstcall
    firstcall Member Posts: 499
    edited December 2012

    I hope everyone is running well, and having a good holiday season.  I'm staying steady with running, and hosting a marathon/half marathon on Jan1st.  good way to start the new year.  Wish you could all join us. The 20th was my one year anniversary of Dx.....the 29th will be my one year anniversary of my surgery.  Kinda glad to wrap this year up. 

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  • goldlining
    goldlining Member Posts: 1,178
    edited December 2012

    You've done a good job this year firstcall, keeping us encouraged with the race commitment list on top of wrangling your own diagnosis and treatment. 

    I treadmilled this weekend both days, longer on Sunday thanks to the 4th quarter of the Saints-Cowboys game. Time flies when there is football on the monitor. Not at all ready for the WDW Half but doing my best. I'm also trying to stick with the other strengthening exercises from the physio that I actually think are helping...  In any case, it'll be 95% the excitement of the event and only 5% training that gets me to the finish line. Oh well! :-)

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  • LuvLuLu
    LuvLuLu Member Posts: 377
    edited December 2012

    Nice way to start Christmas Eve - just got in from an 8 mile run and it's only 6:15 am.  Best way to start the day, outside running with the moon and stars (and a running partner for safety and companionship).  Believe me, we solve all the problems of the world out on our morning runs.  If only the rest of the world would listen to us. 

    Enjoy the day, fellow runners . . .

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  • Jeaner
    Jeaner Member Posts: 13
    edited December 2012

    Hi all, hope you are doing well.  I have been to this site several times.  I am just getting back into the running.  It will be interesting to work with because I have two upcoming reconstructive surgeries that will affect my HM training schedule. I just wanted to let you know if you want a place where you can talk about running and tx, etc. I started a closed group on facebook called "Running in the Pink".  I have met some great folks from here, too as a result.  Very supportive group of people!  Merry CHristmas all!

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  • 301724
    301724 Member Posts: 478
    edited December 2012

    Thanks, Jeaner! I just requested to join! Always happy to be in touch with other runners. I'm just now easing back in after surgery (bmx and DIEP) and chemo. Have signed up for 4 races in the next 6 months - my motivation to get out there and just put one foot in front of the other:-)

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  • CLC
    CLC Member Posts: 1,531
    edited December 2012

    Hi, everyone!  I am still training for the HM, but it has been a rough month.  I was dx with Lyme and had aching joints in my right leg and hip.  I had to interrupt the training for almost three weeks and build back up, but I am just about back on track with my training plan and I am up to 16 miles per week.  My longest run ever is 8 miles and the race is a mere 10 weeks away...  So I am getting a little nervous.  Have any of you entered a race without ever having covered the actual distance of the race?  I will get in a couple of 10s and maybe even a 12, but I don't think I will have ever run 13.1.  Am I pushing too hard?  Any thoughts are welcomed...  I ran just a short time after my mx and I know from that experience that I am capable of perseverence...but I don't want to injure myself just the same...:)

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited December 2012

    CLC - sorry about the setbacks!

    I work with a marathoner and an IronMan and asked them for advice on my HM training.  Both of them independently said that working up gradually to a 10 mile run would be fine, and there was no need to actually cover the entire distance prior to the actual race.   The marathoner has dealt with injuries, and specifically recommended against doing anything longer than a 10 mile run to reduce the risk of overtraining.  This is the schedule the marathoner recommended for me - she did suggest that I do the 10 mile run two weeks before the run, then taper down to a 6 mile run the week before.   http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51131/Half-Marathon-Novice-1-Training-Program

    Others here on this thread recommended the Galloway walk/run as well - if I find that I can't do the long runs, I may switch over to more of a walk/run as I go. 

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