"If the grandfather click knew how many times it would have to tick in its lifetime, it would have given up long ago."- Jerry Lynch, Author of Running Within
I did a local running club race on April 27th, the Deer Run 5K. This race was the place Team CMT had its debut about 8 years ago. So I do like to run this race whenever I can.
I originally signed up for the 10 K race since a 10K was also being run. I am doing a marathon in October as part of the running club Super Strider series. Because of that I thought doing a longer race would be a good ides.
As I got up in the morning, the weather was not promising. It was supposed to rain during the event and be in the low 40's. I did not want to be miserable for a longer race. I am competing in the Club Championship for both the long and short distance series. I did not need this race for the long series, but did need a short race to hit the four race minimum for the short series.
I switched race figuring if it rained, I would only be on the course for about 30 minutes.
The course in Brown Deer is pretty boring. It is almost completely flat in a residential neighborhood. Packet pickup and awards are all outside. It has been cold every year I've done this race.
Because it was in the 30's when I arrived at the race I had on silk long underwear for a base layer.
I was worried I would be too hot, but the weather stayed cold enough that for once I was dressed with just the right amount of layers.
The race was pretty uneventfull. After awhile the course all kind of look the same. In the last mile of the race, I was passed by a woman that looked like she was in my age group. I had planned on doing an easy pace, but did not want to take a chance she was in 3rd in our age group. I decided to catch her which I did and then put at least 1/4 mile between us. I felt pretty proud of myself.
When I checked the results she has beat me by 5 seconds. I was told by the timer she must have started farther back at the start. It's hard to believe she as that far back. I saw her at the finished an told her she had beaten me and we had a good laugh about it. I thanked her for pushing me. She added some interest to the race for me. I ended up taking 2nd place in the age group and will have enough races to at least be in the running for the short course running club series.
Being able to exert some extra effort in a race is great training! It made the race fun for me!
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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 2015i, Cozumel
in 2016 and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5th in the 60 to 64
age group.
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 Championship.
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 and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy
Eating”.
Team CMT
is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a
cure for CMT. We have 218 members in 39 states. We also have members in Australia , England ,
Scotland , Canada , Vietnam ,
Turkey , Finland , France, Ireland, 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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