Runners....

[HowardRoark]

I've done two marathons. I did them prior to kids.....I could never see myself having the time to train at this time of my life. Lots and lots of miles are needed to get ready for a marathon. I do half marathons now; I can get up to speed on those pretty quickly once the snow melts.

I also think that the amount of pounding your body takes training just ain't right.....as far as marathon training. At least for a normal beer drinking person.

[HowardRoark]

Also, just for kicks read Dean Karnazes' Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner. Great read. I have all the posters above blocked, so if any of them referenced it.....sorry.

[ThunderDan]

I didn't take it as being sarcastic. I felt kinda silly looking up a schedule because it's ONLY a 5k ....but like I said been a really long time. And I promise I won't go nuts and start posting my daily routine on here like partial.


So how many marathons have you guys run? Howard, hoosier and mraynrand...and anyone else? An ex-co-worker of mine used to run them and always had some crazy stories to tell afterward. I always remember thinking to myself.....Why would you want to do that to yourself? lol

They only marathon I have ever "ran" was part of an Ironman. The real issue is time. When you are single and don't have kids time is easy to find. I was putting in 20-30 hours weekly in training time. I dropped 40+ pounds in 5 months and got to 200 lbs for the first time in my life since college.

I would simply say this. If you are going to run a longer distance create a plan and stick with it. For the Ironman I got a daytimer and penciled in all of my training times from Jan 1 thru Sept when the Ironman was run. I had no excuses. I knew what I had to get done. As someone stated above it's mostly mental.

More on the time issue and why I don't run anything longer than a 10k anymore, I love to golf and played and taught professionally for 5 years. I golfed 2 times the whole year that I completed the Ironman. When I reflected on the experience I desided that what I gave up to train wasn't worth doing another Ironman.

[ThunderDan]

Oh yeah, get good shoes!

[MadtownPacker]

If you are gonna be a runner dont forget your leg weights.

[GrnBay007]

If you are gonna be a runner dont forget your leg weights.

Naaa.....I can't run fast enough for that!!!

[George Cumby]

Funny story:

I was up in Sacto a few years back while I was training for the Big Sur marathon. I need to get a maintenance run in so I go for a short run. I run down the frontage road from the hotel and turn into a neighborhood which is a little more dodgy than I had anticipated. I get a mile or so into the 'hood and this ten year old mexican kid pulls alongside me on his crappy little bike. He takes his time looking me up and down, clearly finds me to be lacking, looks me straight in the eye and asks "What you runnin' from, man?"

I, in a display of off-the-cuff genius that only I am capable of, reply "Nothin'."

In awe of my utter lack of intelligence and street savvy, the kid shakes his head and rides off. No doubt he is sure that I will be murdered within the next half mile.

Being Mr. Cool, I non-chalantly bust a 180 at the next intersection and haul ass for the frontage road.

[mraynrand]

You should be thankful the kid spoke english. de otra manera, Buena seurte, hombre muerto!

[mraynrand]

Run, Runner!

[George Cumby]

Run, Runner!

A little Richard Jordan, action. Nice.

Dude, I had the MAJOR hots for Jennifer Agutter.

[mraynrand]

Dude, I had the MAJOR hots for Jennifer Agutter.

That just proves you're breathing. Agutter and Farrah Fawcett - and surrounded by scantily clad babes as far as the eye can see. A gilded cage, indeed!