Category Archives: Age

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My Race History

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Total number of half marathons: 10

  1. 2007 Indy Mini with the UC team
  2. 2012 St. Petersburg, FL
  3. 2012 Indy Mini with George running, too
  4. 2016 Indy Mini
  5. 2017 Indy Mini
  6. 2019 Indy Women’s SHE Power Half
  7. 2018 Indy Mini
  8. 2019 Key West Half
  9. 2019 Indy Women’s Half
  10. 2023 Indy Mini, in my age group #153 out of 363

On my 50th birthday, I ran 13.1 on my own.

I registered for the Indy Mini in 2020, but it was cancelled due to Covid.

I feel like I’ve done the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, but I can’t find any proof. I know for sure I ran a race around the Circle Monument. Maybe that was one of the SHE Power halfs.

5k

  1. Marine Corp, Muncie
  2. 2009 Westside Park, Muncie
  3. Color Run, Indy 2013
  4. 2014 “Get Your Rear in Gear” charity run with Dee Hart and our families in memory of Jim
  5. 2017 Reindeer Run for YFC in Muncie
  6. 4 for the 4th in Yorktown, IN 2016
  7. BSU Homecoming 2015
  8. BSU Homecoming 2022 (1st in age group)
  9. Indy Mini 2022
  10. 2022 Christy Bilby memorial in Albany, IN
  11. Pumpkin Run in Beech Grove Cemetery in Muncie

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Crankles: Cranky Ankles

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grumpy_cat_by_flicker_dolls-d77hxa5New shoes, scary twinges of pain. What to do.

I’ve only run on the treadmill, so they’re still ok to return, not many miles on them, but I can’t bear the thought of returning them. I lurve them.

Yesterday I ran 5 mi total, 2.5 in old shoes, 2.5 in new shoes. This morning, I stepped down one step into my family room and felt a pain in my ankle. This isn’t the first time since the new shoes.

I’m wondering if it’s because they’re stability shoes and my ankle is angry about being stopped from going where it wants to go. I can relate to that. I’m wondering if it’s because of my age. I’m wondering if I’d be having this injury at any point in my life regardless of shoes because injuries just happen. But I’m not ready to call this an injury, yet.

How do I tame this ankle?

Most articles I’m reading suggest returning the shoes. Boo!

Some suggest breaking new ones in is a big deal.

I can’t give up on them yet. I’ll try more breaking in. As per the picture above, I’ll tend to the cranky, grousing ankle before it starts screaming, “Get off my lawn, you blasted kids!” Getting old stinks. Feeling: Crankle-y.