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Ran this morning — one mile. Got back to where I can run twice as slow as the world’s fastest mile. Stoked! (I explain the goal here — I hit it back in June, but got injured and had to start over.)

Ran this morning — one mile. Got back to where I can run twice as slow as the world’s fastest mile. Stoked!

(I explain the goal here — I hit it back in June, but got injured and had to start over.)

morninggloria: After several woman collapsed upon completing the 800 meter dash at the 1928 Olympics, the powers that be in the world of running decided that women lack the constitution to run long distances.  Running was thought to be not only unladylike, but dangerous for frail, frail ladies.  Some hypothesized that running long distances could cause a woman’s uterus to fall out of her body, and we all know that the worst thing that could possibly happen to a woman is not having babies.  Women were barred from racing distances of more than 200 meters. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer, a 20-year-old college student, registered to run the Boston Marathon under the name “K. V. Switzer.”  When race officials discovered that K. V. was a woman, the race had already started.  This picture shows perfectly-named Boston Marathon official Jock Semple attempting to physically remove Switzer from the event, reportedly shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers!”  Switzer’s college athlete boyfriend body-checked the race official and the pair continued running. She successfully completed the race in 4 hours and 20 minutes, and seven years later won the New York City Marathon with a time of under 3:08. I’ve never heard this story or seen this photo before. And it is awesome.

morninggloria:

After several woman collapsed upon completing the 800 meter dash at the 1928 Olympics, the powers that be in the world of running decided that women lack the constitution to run long distances.  Running was thought to be not only unladylike, but dangerous for frail, frail ladies.  Some hypothesized that running long distances could cause a woman’s uterus to fall out of her body, and we all know that the worst thing that could possibly happen to a woman is not having babies.  Women were barred from racing distances of more than 200 meters.

In 1967, Kathrine Switzer, a 20-year-old college student, registered to run the Boston Marathon under the name “K. V. Switzer.”  When race officials discovered that K. V. was a woman, the race had already started.  This picture shows perfectly-named Boston Marathon official Jock Semple attempting to physically remove Switzer from the event, reportedly shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers!”  Switzer’s college athlete boyfriend body-checked the race official and the pair continued running.

She successfully completed the race in 4 hours and 20 minutes, and seven years later won the New York City Marathon with a time of under 3:08.

I’ve never heard this story or seen this photo before. And it is awesome.

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I ran my first race: “Gettin’ the Lead Out - 2 Mile run” in Mineral Point, WI on July 4th, 2010

This is a post-race photo of me holding the prize for winners in each age-bracket. Yes, that’s a commemorative “Gettin’ the Lead Out” Historic Run coffee mug!

My wife (Cindy) and sister (Erika) wanted to run this race on July 4th and asked me if I was interested. Maybe, I thought. And then I saw on the registration form what the winner got — I figured it was destiny for me to run this race on Sunday, win it, then post a Mugshot Monday with my new coffee mug!

I did not win. Someone named “Ben” won it. In fact, “Ben” has the Mineral Point Gettin’ the Lead Out “Best Time Ever” in the 2 mile race for the 30-39 year old group. He ran it in 10 minutes and some change. My new nemesis — I want that coffee mug. (Hey, I’m joking, yo.)

Anyway, I was really happy with my time — it was an unofficial 16 minutes 18 seconds. We had heard the 2 mile run was “hilly”, and we decided it was actually slightly less than “mountainous”. OMG. The first mile was all uphill. And it was HOT! Still, we all did really good and were happy with our efforts! It was really fun to do this with Cindy and Erika. I may try running more races.

Here’s a post-race group photo I took of me, Cindy, and Erika in front of a sweet tank that sits in Soldiers Memorial Park in Mineral Point, WI where the finish line was.

UPDATE: Times are posted on mineralpoint.com’s website: Gettin’ the Lead Out Run 2010 Results (PDF)

See also Trucks I Saw on the trip to Wisconsin and the Mugshot Monday I shot INSTEAD of the July 4th mug.

Today, I ran twice as slow as the world’s fastest mile! I started exercising again after a 10 year pause, and decided to create a goal, thinking it would be help keep me motivated. I wanted to keep it simple and practical and wanted it to have something to do with running a mile around the Midtown YWCA indoor track. Running a “Four-Minute-Mile” sounded cool, but that’s something I know I’ll ever do. That’s what elite runners do, and I don’t want to be an elite runner. Maybe a Five-Minute-Mile? Ugh. Then I had it. What if I double the time of the world’s record for running one mile? I’ll work to run twice as slow as the world’s fastest mile! Wikipedia.org has a page “Mile run world record progression” and states that the men’s world record for running one mile is: 3 minutes, 43 seconds, 13 one-hundredth secondsBy Hicham El Guerrouj, from Morocco7 July 1999 So, two times that is: 7 minutes, 26 seconds, 26 one-hundredth seconds It’s taken me about 4 months, but today I ran one mile in: 7 minutes, 23 seconds, 10 one-hundredth seconds This is good. I’m stoked! Feels awesome to be twice as slow. So, what now? Well, I’ll need to work on consistency, I’m sure. But now I will plan to run twice as slow as the world’s fastest 2 Mile run, achieved by Daniel Komen, who ran 2 miles in 7:58.61. That means I’ll be working toward a 2 Mile time of 15:57.22. Sounds good to me.

Today, I ran twice as slow as the world’s fastest mile!

I started exercising again after a 10 year pause, and decided to create a goal, thinking it would be help keep me motivated. I wanted to keep it simple and practical and wanted it to have something to do with running a mile around the Midtown YWCA indoor track.

Running a “Four-Minute-Mile” sounded cool, but that’s something I know I’ll ever do. That’s what elite runners do, and I don’t want to be an elite runner. Maybe a Five-Minute-Mile? Ugh.

Then I had it. What if I double the time of the world’s record for running one mile? I’ll work to run twice as slow as the world’s fastest mile!

Wikipedia.org has a page “Mile run world record progression” and states that the men’s world record for running one mile is:

3 minutes, 43 seconds, 13 one-hundredth seconds
By Hicham El Guerrouj, from Morocco
7 July 1999

So, two times that is:

7 minutes, 26 seconds, 26 one-hundredth seconds

It’s taken me about 4 months, but today I ran one mile in:

7 minutes, 23 seconds, 10 one-hundredth seconds

This is good. I’m stoked! Feels awesome to be twice as slow.

So, what now? Well, I’ll need to work on consistency, I’m sure. But now I will plan to run twice as slow as the world’s fastest 2 Mile run, achieved by Daniel Komen, who ran 2 miles in 7:58.61.

That means I’ll be working toward a 2 Mile time of 15:57.22. Sounds good to me.