Hi, Im not a member of a club but the club I would like to join (because it is fairly local, don't know what the people are like) does a series of 5 milers over the summer. The first one is tonight and I don't know whether to go. I want to but I am slow (and fat). I know you all will say Yes Go, but will these club runners really want to be waiting for me to finish before they can get their results, will they just laugh at me? I think last year the winners were running times like 20-25 minutes, It would probably take me 55 -60 minutes (it is a fairly hard course). What should I do?? Be honest you club runners, do you really want fat slow women running in your fast club races??
Ta, Tiny
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The last finisher was one of the beginners. She was a large lady and finished about 45mins behind the winner. She got a tremedous cheer as she approached the line and was crying as she crossed it, not cos she was last but because of what she had achieved.
Go for it.
Hope all went well, I am waiting to see you posting this morming.
However, I do prefer big events which aren't all club runners, simply because it can be pretty demoralising to be very last by a long way, as is my general experience.
Thanks for all the advice though, I just didn't feel up to it last night. Their next race is in June (11th I think) and I will definately do that one - I will have a bit more training in by then.
I'm doing a race 4 life on Sunday where there will be around 1500 women - more my kind of race! I definately won't be last as my little girl (5) is walking it with her nan.
Thanks again.
p.s. the club is wigan phoenix
ta, tiny
There were loads of people finishing at this race in about your time and slower, its a shame you couldn't have come down for it, but Im sure there would be similar races in your area. So you certainly won't be the slowest runner around. I ran for a long time at that speed, and thought that I couldn't possibly be faster than anyone, and that if I could break 50 minutes for 5 miles, I would be some sort of super runner! Now I can do 41 minutes for 5 miles, but I still feel slow compared to the faster runners. I think it is all in the mind, how fast a runner you feel you are