"There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going." -Bevery Sills, Opera Singer
I have not been blogging much the last month because I have been so busy training and racing. Sometimes it is just hard to juggle work, training, racing, writing and taking care of things at home.
I am not sure anyone reads the blog anyways, so it is an easy thing to drop when there are lots of things competing for my time.
I returned to the site that saw the first race for Team CMT. I raced at the Deer Run in Brown Deer on April 29th. This site was where three team members kicked things off five years ago. This time I did the 5K race.
I am part of the Badgerland Striders local running club championship series. This was the third race in the series of eight races. At this point I was leading the series, since the woman faster than me had not shown up at the other two races. Not everyone in the race is signed up for the championship. In fact there are five in the age group. You have to be a club member and complete 4 out of 8 races. I finished 4th in the other races, but first among club members competing for the championship.
I've calculated that as long as I show up for all the races and place like I usually do, I will win the club championship for my age group. So I had incentive to show up even thought it was windy and in the high 30's. There is no shelter at the park where the race was held, so I knew things would be a bit chilly. The race was pretty uneventful and I finished 4th in the age group. The other woman faster than me competing for the championship did show up and ran a couple of minutes faster than me. I came and did just what I needed to do and I had fun socializing after the race.
I also signed up for a four race series the Beer Garden 5 K here in Milwaukee. The county sponsors a traveling beer garden that sets up for 6 weeks in local parks. There is beer, food and music. The race goes to four of the sites. The first one was in Juneau Park on May 17th.
The park is on a bluff in downtown Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan. It was in the high 50's and windy. Again the incentive to show up was the points toward the series championship. The race started on top of the bluff on a bike path, went down the bluff, then turned around and went back up the bluff. I pushed really hard in this race and finished in 29:41. Not great but good enough for 4th place again and 3rd for the series. The race entry included a nice pint glass and a root beer. Another fun race. I feel like the Queen of 4th place. As the season goes on, perhaps I will get a bit faster.
Running a race really pushes me much more than my normal workout.
I am really looking forward to the rest of the races in both these series.
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Chris
Wodke
Founder
& Manager Team CMT
www.run4cmt.com
Chris is
a triathlete and long distance runner. She is a three time participant of the
Boston Marathon. In 2012 she finished
2nd at Boston
in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs
exploded.
She has
appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint
Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open
Division Champion.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented TeamUSA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015 and at the World championship in Cozumel in 2016.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team
In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American
Triathlon Championship in Dallas ,
Texas USA
for the World Champsionship.
She
travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.
She is
the author of the book, “Running for My Life” that details her experience as a
CMT affected athlete.
Team CMT
is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a
cure for CMT. We have 210 members in 38 states. We also have members in Australia , England ,
Scotland , Canada , Vietnam ,
Turkey , Finland , Scotland ,
France , Poland , Iran ,
Norway and Sweden . If you wish to join us
visit our web site; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org
CMT or
Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It
affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS). It is a disease of the
nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal
function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.
Symptoms
include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor
balance and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual
dexterity.
Structural
foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.
Poor
tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold
hands and feet.
Additional
symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties and hearing loss.
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