2013 Running Thread

My sentiments exactly re goldlining running a half 6 weeks after DIEP!!! Superwoman!!!

Just finished my Irish American Labor Day 10K very happy and satisfied.  Hot and muggy but we had such fun.  My son and a good friend also ran it.  I did 55:15 and my goal was to finish under an hour so I'm dancing around now all happy!

The only problem was they totally messed up all the results.  I was listed as in the 40-49 age group - I'm 60 and was so looking forward to rocking the new age group!  Kathy was also in the wrong age group and my son Jesse was listed as a female. We weren't the only ones, but supposedly they are correcting everything and the results should be up on coolrunning.com later.

Baby we were born to run!!

TammyT, I'm not young but may be good healer. I was 55 at the time of my DIEP. I am just stubborn! I could not even get my back upright until 3 days before the Sunday half, although I had walked 4mph on the treadmill from 2 weeks for about 60-90 minutes at a time. I had not even taken two running steps at that point. When I arrived at Disneyland for that half, I signed up for the 5K event that same night intending to walk it but the magic and pixie dust kicked in and I managed to run 3K of it and walked the rest. That gave my a ton of confidence I needed, because I was worried about the half.

Runfree16, the heat this time was unusual for me because we rarely get those temps in Toronto. I definitely like a warm starting line because I hate shivering in the corral or overdressing to keep warm and then having extra clothes to lug (or finding junk clothes I can discard). I was okay with slowing down in the heat in the back half but the UV at the medal engraving line was killer. I didn't want to put on sunscreen because it would interfere with the sweating and risk transferring it to my eyes from my sweating scarf, and I planned to run from 5:30 to 8:30 and get out of the sun, right? But in reality it was 6 to 9 and then a long wait for the medal engraving and my husband who took 40 minutes longer than me to finish. I had my cooling towel on my head and the sweating scarf over my shoulders, but still took some sun.

Another thing that the half-marathoning did for my BC journey was as an antidote for all the deciding you have to do. In the half, you turn up at the starting line and you just follow. There are thousands of other people wordlessly going the same way who know how you feel. There are no options to evaluate that require knowledge beyond your total lived experience and that even knowledgeable people can only gamble and guess about. Just little decisions like "do I drink the powerade at this station or just the water?" You can be one with your discomfort and know that it's only pain and it will be over soon. Everyone both in it and adjacent to it has encouraging things to say. (My favourite sign at this run was a photo of a husky and the words "so you ran a marathon - how heavy was the sled?" So cute. But also "I'm proud of you, random stranger.") And the shirts come in colours other than pink.

Run-walk is 100% legit. Yesterday I kept passing the same damned Tshirts "DLF > DNF >> DNS" (dead last finish is greater than did not finish is much greater than did not start). That's a walking group that does these runDisney events. The trouble is, I wasn't just passing multiple people in the shirt. I was passing the SAME people in the shirt. Somehow, they kept stealthily passing ME! 

Thx Tammy!

Oh, thanks lovestorun, still scratching!  It might be a smidge better, hard to say.  I'm going to call my PCP back tomorrow and ask what gives.

I hadn't run in a few weeks, laid a bit low by Adriamycin-cytoxan, which I finished 12 days ago (YAY! on to taxol though...). Today I was feeling better, and was inspired after peeking all of YOUR posts here, and to my surprise ran, or rather trotted, for 55 minutes. As soon as my child starts kindergarten Friday I am determined to do a daily hour of moving, whether it is running or walking or run-walking, it's all good...

I was chastened and humbled last Wednesday when I inexplicably crashed my sister-in-law's car. No one was hurt, except the car which was severely injured, but it was a wake-up call that I am not immune to the mental and physical toll of chemo. If anyone wants to read of my misadventures, feel free... alaskamamaruns.blogspot.com

Happy trails.

Hello gals, and kudos to you out there rockin it...I am 10 days post bmw w/te installed. Only diagnosed last month and it has been a shock and whirlwind.  See the onco next week for info on possible treatments.

Im no marathoner, but lost weight last year and started doing couch25k in the fall, did a few 5ks in the spring, pretty good for a never run before. Ive been feeling pretty good, still have one drain in, have been walking daily, did a bit over a mile yesterday. My question- when can you start running after surgery, is it just an as you feel kind of thing? Do the TE make a difference, or when you get a fill, etc?

I know we are all different,but how did it go for you guys? Id like to at least get back to where I was, or be able to toddle along at my slow pace for a few miles.

My surgeon cleared me to run 3 weeks after both surgeries - mx with TE and then the implant swap surgery.

I was part of a relay team on Sunday at the Hyvee Triathlon in Des Moines.   One gal swam, another gal biked and I ran the 10k.   It was a pretty good run for me.   I did walk a little at a couple of the water stations.   It was warm and the sun was intense, but it was not the upper 90's with high humidity like we had been having (thank goodness!).   We were extremely thankful for that.   Beat my time from last year.   I can be a little competitive so after reading about your awesome 10k run this weekend, LuLu, I just set a new goal for next year.  

Aviva - That exchange surgery was much easier recovery than the mastectomy.   Although, my surgeon did approved me to run 3 weeks after both surgeries.   Strength training classes were another story.   Just this morning I started back to my classes.    

wing--Earlier I wondered on this thread if anyone successfully ran through chemo and got a only a few responses (but they were encouraging!). So I wanted to let you know I had my fourth and last AC infusion 13 days ago and *sort of* ran through it all. In reality, I ran on and off, but retained sufficient fitness despite the lows to run (ok, jog) 55 minutes yesterday.

Today I hoped to fit in another hour run (or walk, I go with what I'm feeling and try not to judge it...) but instead I taught my son's friend to ride a bike. As he got better at it I was running faster and faster to keep up with him so he'd think I was still holding on, and then just to be near enough to catch him if he fell. By the end of it I felt what I call Neulasta pains, which is my signal that I ran hard enough to kick in white blood cell production--bonus!

I call it the supermom method of conditioning

Wish me luck, tomorrow comes a new smackdown called TAXOL.

Becca

Well, it looks as if I will not be running the Diva Dash this Saturday.  I have come down with a rotten cold which still hasn't decided if it wants to be in my chest or not - in the meantime leaving me with a hacking cough.  Disappointed to be missing it, it was so much fun last year.  If any of you boston area ladies are interested in trying it out, I can transfer my registration to you (I believe there is a $10 fee).  PM me if you are interested.

Pat

I am working tonight

You are doing such a great job with your running T.

I might work extra tomorrow. Good luck on your run this Sat. I will catch up with you next week.

I did do a little over 3, almost 4 miles in the woods today.

It felt good to finally get a solid run in.

Happy hump day....off to nap

xoxoxoxo

piper

TammyT- that is awesome! You are doing a terrific job! And are inspiring!  I'm still stuck at 3 miles, but feeling better at the finish line! Slowed down per Goldlinings suggestion and am concentrating  on not heel striking per Firstcalls advice. Hmmm.. we'll see.

Moni

I am seeing ortho doc tomorrow. The hip pain continues. It gets worse if I push it and walk, but if I take it easy like I have been, I can get by with alleve. Had breakdown monday. so damn sick of this crap. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. he better give me a shot somewhere . I am thinking its my SI joint. hurts like hell in left butt cheek. can barely walk if I push it. also seeing new MO tomorrow. fun fun day