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Just finished a Half Marathon in ~2:10. Not too shabby for an old man that had a total knee replacement and open heart surgery, and that used to weight >330 lbs a couple of years ago.

That's all, thanks for indulging me! 😀

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1 hour ago, SpartanMaker said:

Just finished a Half Marathon in ~2:10. Not too shabby for an old man that had a total knee replacement and open heart surgery, and that used to weight >330 lbs a couple of years ago.

That's all, thanks for indulging me! 😀

brag away!!! congrats!!!

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I don’t know much about marathons but I assume that’s great time. Just the fact that you finished a half marathon is great in my book. Congratulations!!

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8 hours ago, SpartanMaker said:

Just finished a Half Marathon in ~2:10. Not too shabby for an old man that had a total knee replacement and open heart surgery, and that used to weight >330 lbs a couple of years ago.

That's all, thanks for indulging me! 😀

Congrats! That is awesome and very inspiring

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Brag all you want. You’ve earned the right too. Congratulations.

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21 hours ago, SpartanMaker said:

Just finished a Half Marathon in ~2:10. Not too shabby for an old man that had a total knee replacement and open heart surgery, and that used to weight >330 lbs a couple of years ago.

That's all, thanks for indulging me! 😀

I’m beyond impressed! Congratulations

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It’s so nice to see your rewards for hard work. Well done!

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hell yes!!! awesome!

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18 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

I don’t know much about marathons but I assume that’s great time. Just the fact that you finished a half marathon is great in my book. Congratulations!!

Well, great is sort of relative isn't it? 😁

For me it's much better than I expected this week, all things considered. I'm sure for some it's pretty slow. Consider that the world record half marathon time is about 58 minutes. This means I'm running twice as slow as those folks. On the flip side, this time would probably put me in about the 55th to 60th percentile world-wide for my age group. This means I'm probably a little faster than average, but I'm sure not winning any races!

I've got another Half Marathon race scheduled in November and hope to break 2:05 in that one. I haven't fully decided yet, but may do one in April or May and if so, will be shooting for a sub 2:00.

I guess my point is I don't think too much about how I compare to others. My real goal is to continue to beat myself!

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2 minutes ago, SpartanMaker said:

Well, great is sort of relative isn't it? 😁

For me it's much better than I expected this week, all things considered. I'm sure for some it's pretty slow. Consider that the world record half marathon time is about 58 minutes. This means I'm running twice as slow as those folks. On the flip side, this time would probably put me in about the 55th to 60th percentile world-wide for my age group. This means I'm probably a little faster than average, but I'm sure not winning any races!

I've got another Half Marathon race scheduled in November and hope to break 2:05 in that one. I haven't fully decided yet, but may do one in April or May and if so, will be shooting for a sub 2:00.

I guess my point is I don't think too much about how I compare to others. My real goal is to continue to beat myself!

Ooh absolutely. I wish you could explain that to my husband. When I was excited about my steps for the day going over 10k recorded on my watch he had to tell me how he did more than that just walking around at work. I was like it’s not a competition with anyone else and 10k was great FOR ME. He later finally understood and apologized but Geez, talk about raining on my parade. Personally I am just thrilled to have the energy and motivation to be up off my backside a few times throughout the course of a day. Anything else is icing on the cake. I think you are doing amazing. Good luck on your next goal!!

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