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sybann
11/03/08

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I walk almost 4 miles every morning and it takes me an hour and a quarter. I am humiliated by her.
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Sukie in the Graveyard
11/03/08

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It is awesome that she could do so well.

It is pathetic that my 25 year old ass can't get 5 miles done without WANTING TO DIE.

mental note - get fat ass off couch.
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sequined
11/03/08

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This makes me feel like a jerk for skipping my training this weekend for the half marathon I recently decided to run. No more excuses! If an 81-year-old lady can take fifty minutes OFF HER MARATHON TIME, I, Sequined, can sure as shit get off my ass and run around the block at some point in a weekend.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/03/08

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So amazing!
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shewar
11/03/08

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Maybe if we all start training now we'll be ready for a marathon by age 81.
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Mama Penguino
11/03/08

@shewar: Let's not and say we did.
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million.dollar.mouth.
11/03/08

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I hope she gets a position in the Obama administration!
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morninggloria
11/03/08

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..... God?!

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andBegorrah
11/03/08

@morninggloria: When reached for comment, God remarked, "Damn, I'm too old for that shit."

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Mama Penguino
11/03/08

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Joy Johnson = Extreme Woman Power
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clevernamehere
11/03/08

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I think it should say she's won her age group 6 times since 1997.

Otherwise, she would have won the 80-90 division at 70, which doesn't seem quite fair. :)
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linnyt is a walking cliché
11/03/08

@clevernamehere: oh that makes sense.
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

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Off topic, but there's an 82 year old woman in my step aerobics class that could seriously kick my ass. She's in UNBELIEVABLY better shape than my lazy wine drinking ass.
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Cafezinha
11/03/08

@Crabby Cakes: Yes! There was a lady at my gym who would ROCK the cardio dance class I'd go to. I don't even remember her name, but she's on my list of role models for when I'm that age. Vitality is NOT strictly the specialty of youth.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
11/03/08

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have we clarified how she won the 80-90 year old division six years but is only 81? I'm still confused but it doesn't really matter- the woman ran a marathon at 81! i couldn't do that at 21!!
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Jamie Sommers
11/03/08

@linnyt: I was going to ask the same question.
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

@linnyt: Oh good, it's not just me that noticed that. I thought I was having a Monday morning brain fart and didn't want to ask.
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blueVamp
11/03/08

@linnyt: I just read the WSJ article. I think what the author meant was that she's won her age group's title for the past five years. So before she turned 80, it was the 75-79 year old group that she won.
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Breamworthy
11/03/08

@BlueVamp: Thanks for clearing that up. I was itching to ask, but I didn't want to go all math teacher on y'all.
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remedios
11/03/08

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Yay her! Boo me. I suck.
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shorty63136
11/03/08

@remedios: Yeah - I have no excuse either. Well, not really.
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Cafezinha
11/03/08

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I'm going to be her when I grow up. I ran my first marathon this year, and I hope I'm still running them when I'm 81!
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BeckySharper
11/03/08

@Cafezinha: congrats!
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Mama Penguino
11/03/08

@Cafezinha: Major congrats to you!!!
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Cafezinha
11/03/08

@BeckySharper: Thank you! I'm hoping to eventually pare my time down enough to qualify to run in the Boston Marathon, but my finishing time was 5:36:38, and you have to be able to finish in less than 3:40 to be eligible.
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Cafezinha
11/03/08

@Mama Penguino: Thank you kindly! As I said to BeckySharper, I want to eventually run Boston, but I got a while to go in terms of cutting time.
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RainbowBrite
11/03/08

@Cafezinha: Hey, the first one is the hardest. I'm thinking (dreaming? hoping?) of qualifying next time, too. I mean, if this lady shaved 50 minutes off her time, who's to say we can't?
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skittlbrau
11/03/08

@Cafezinha: How do you feel today? I spent the first few days after my first marathon walking very gingerly :)
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Cafezinha
11/03/08

@skittlbrau: Oh, my marathon was back in June, not New York. Though I want to run that one, too!

I felt decent after mine because after a quick visit to some friends to brag, I went right home and sat in an ice bath. It was excruciating, but I think it went a LONG way towards helping me actually be able to walk afterwards.

The worst part: I live on the third floor, with no elevator. Oh Christ, if I didn't hate those stairs before...
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Cafezinha
11/03/08

@RainbowBrite: Right?!

Since it was my first, my only goal was to train and finish. My best friend and I have a long history of setting outrageous goals, but never following through, so we decided that we would do this together as a pact to make good on our dreams.

I'm still trying to decide when I'll run another one. My husband is supposed to be assigned to Guam pretty soon, but we don't know exactly when, so I can't plan ahead very well. =(
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RainbowBrite
11/03/08

@Cafezinha: That's what they say a first-timer's goal SHOULD be. To finish feeling well enough to consider doing another one at some point! After that, you can think about time.

Ohm, and I, too, have an intense love/hate relationship with ice baths...
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skittlbrau
11/03/08

@RainbowBrite: I love the ice bath. Not while I'm in it, of course, but it made my training about 100000000 times easier this year.
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RainbowBrite
11/03/08

@skittlbrau: It's really awful, but boy does it work! I've also heard those massage sticks or foam rollers are helpful - ever try one? I've got it on my Christmas list this year.
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skittlbrau
11/03/08

@RainbowBrite: I have the massage stick, and a little wheelie thing for my feet. I love them both. You try to take away my The Stick, and there will be a fight on your hands.
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
11/03/08

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Wow over the weekend I re-watch True Blood and ate all the Halloween candy. I feel bad. Though I think I broke my own record by 50 mins too.
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sequined
10/31/08

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I just decided to train for my first half marathon (in June! wish me luck!), so now I have a role model and zero excuse not to work my butt off to make it.
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