alantig
Zombie Four, DFZ
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Over the past couple years, my daughter has taken up running. She's run a couple half-marathons and bunch of other races. One of the ones she loves to do is the Mario Lemieux Foundation run. She's a huge Penguin fan (because I taught her well), and when you run the 6.6k portion, you get to shake Mario's hand at the finish. They also have a 3.3k family run/walk - my wife and I did that last year, about six weeks after I had a sciatica attack. Lots of pain, but worth it.
This year, I decided to take a crack at the 6.6k side. I still have the numbness in my foot (but no - or almost no - back pain), so I figured running the full course was not going to happen. My goal was to beat the 20-minute/mile elimination time. Last year, we walked a 20-minute pace, so I figured if I could jog a certain amount of it, I'd be good. I ended up finishing in 1:07:44, just under a 17-minute/mile pace, running about a quarter of the time. I'm happy to say I finished just nine minutes behind the third-place finisher in the 75-79 age group. I imagine if I trained and really took it seriously, I could probably do a fair bit better - I ride a stationary bike, but that's it other than running when I referee soccer.
Here I am at the finish line:
And all three of us with our medals:
This year, I decided to take a crack at the 6.6k side. I still have the numbness in my foot (but no - or almost no - back pain), so I figured running the full course was not going to happen. My goal was to beat the 20-minute/mile elimination time. Last year, we walked a 20-minute pace, so I figured if I could jog a certain amount of it, I'd be good. I ended up finishing in 1:07:44, just under a 17-minute/mile pace, running about a quarter of the time. I'm happy to say I finished just nine minutes behind the third-place finisher in the 75-79 age group. I imagine if I trained and really took it seriously, I could probably do a fair bit better - I ride a stationary bike, but that's it other than running when I referee soccer.
Here I am at the finish line:
And all three of us with our medals: