Photos: FANS 24, McGovern Clinic
I'll probably have more photos when I get my next roll of film developed. But here are some photos from some of my recent events:
These are the group leaders of the Building Steam group. Click for a larger photo; I am in the very front row with the Longhorn ball-cap.
Doing the achilles stretch prior to a speed session.
The group. Some of the ones I have talked about in the past: Barbara is behind the fence, third from the left. You can see her face over the shoulder of the guy in blue. Augie Hirt is in the row in front of the fence; he has a mustache and a blue ball cap; he is right behind "black Anne" (red top). To Ann's right is Tory, a walker who has a bona-fide chance at meeting the 2008 Olympic Trials standard and to her left and behind her is Larry, who won a couple of Little Rock Marathon walking titles (and kicked my butt in 2004; he caught me at mile 23 and went on to win whereas I ended up in the medical tent with a DNF).
To Augie's left and behind him is Mark who walked such a good Steamboat race; he has the "gray shirt with smiley face."
The dork in front with the Longhorn cap, well you know who he is.
John Greene, the walking division winner with 93.63 miles in 24 hours
Barbara Curnow: 79.85 walking miles in 24 hours; she also won the "age plus miles" award (which considered runners as well as walkers)
Keith Hardy, 54.63 walking miles (he did better last year)
David Abbott, 50.1 walking miles in 24 hours
ROSANNE KOSTELECKY, 36.3 walking miles in 12 hours
Monica Powers, 31.16 walking miles in 12 hours.
Now, for the pathetic:
Ok, let's see: the knees look ok but my arms are out of position and I am bent forward from the waist (as usual). I am feeling good here (roughly 40 mile into it?). Note how soft my upper body has become.
This was taken, I believe, right around 6 am. I have bonked but wasn't able to hold anything down; I am moving at about 20 minutes a mile. A few minutes later, I was able to hold down a couple of crossiants and pick up the pace dramatically. But things sure don't look good at that point.
Building Steam Group
These are the group leaders of the Building Steam group. Click for a larger photo; I am in the very front row with the Longhorn ball-cap.McGovern Clinic
Doing the achilles stretch prior to a speed session.
The group. Some of the ones I have talked about in the past: Barbara is behind the fence, third from the left. You can see her face over the shoulder of the guy in blue. Augie Hirt is in the row in front of the fence; he has a mustache and a blue ball cap; he is right behind "black Anne" (red top). To Ann's right is Tory, a walker who has a bona-fide chance at meeting the 2008 Olympic Trials standard and to her left and behind her is Larry, who won a couple of Little Rock Marathon walking titles (and kicked my butt in 2004; he caught me at mile 23 and went on to win whereas I ended up in the medical tent with a DNF).To Augie's left and behind him is Mark who walked such a good Steamboat race; he has the "gray shirt with smiley face."
The dork in front with the Longhorn cap, well you know who he is.
FANS 24 Hour
John Greene, the walking division winner with 93.63 miles in 24 hours
Barbara Curnow: 79.85 walking miles in 24 hours; she also won the "age plus miles" award (which considered runners as well as walkers)
Keith Hardy, 54.63 walking miles (he did better last year)
David Abbott, 50.1 walking miles in 24 hours
ROSANNE KOSTELECKY, 36.3 walking miles in 12 hours
Monica Powers, 31.16 walking miles in 12 hours.
Now, for the pathetic:
Ok, let's see: the knees look ok but my arms are out of position and I am bent forward from the waist (as usual). I am feeling good here (roughly 40 mile into it?). Note how soft my upper body has become.
This was taken, I believe, right around 6 am. I have bonked but wasn't able to hold anything down; I am moving at about 20 minutes a mile. A few minutes later, I was able to hold down a couple of crossiants and pick up the pace dramatically. But things sure don't look good at that point.
posted by Harriet at
6/19/2006 08:00:00 AM
2 Comments:
Found the pictures and article fun and informative but kinda feel a bit bad because I move at 20 minutes a mile most of the time...17 on my good days so I must be the truly, really, pathetic. ;-)
Sis, things are relative. For example, the leader of my latest walking workshop has walked many 50K (31 mile) races at national and international levels. A couple of times he bonked and was reduced to walking at a "super slow" 10 minutes per mile pace (my 5K race pace).
So one must take things such as fitness, experience, age, sex, health and weight into account.
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