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#6830817 - 01/14/13 02:15 PM Re: Marathon training [Re: Sir Ironpool]
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My buddy just did that this weekend as well. His wife was signed up for the half on Saturday and made him do that too. I haven't talked to him but I bet he's hurting bad today.
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#6831112 - 01/14/13 04:02 PM Re: Marathon training [Re: Ionfyst]
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 Originally Posted By: Ionfyst
My buddy just did that this weekend as well. His wife was signed up for the half on Saturday and made him do that too. I haven't talked to him but I bet he's hurting bad today.

They said that 10,000 people did the Goofy, the half marathon and the full. I'm thinking of doing it next year.

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#6849033 - 01/22/13 09:54 AM Re: Marathon training [Re: MonkeyStillAlive]
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So I did run the marathon (most of it anyway) but was not super happy with my time. Good job to Monkeydias on finishing with his time!

I started running into problems about five or six weeks out. During the 18 mile run, I started to have pain in both my right ankle and my right hamstring at about 10-11 miles. Enough that I didn't really have much ability to push off and both my form and pace deteriorated as time went on. So I called it quits after trying to push through for a couple more miles. I took about a week and a half off, ran a couple of short runs, but the same thing happened again about 10 miles into the 20 mile run and I shut it down. Going into the marathon I took two and a half weeks off and then did two short runs on the treadmill on Wednesday and Thursday before the Sunday marathon.

While I was a little worried about how I would fare, things went reasonably well for a while. Through 16 miles we were on pace for about 4:20 with the 4:30 pace group several minutes behind us. During the 17th mile, I noticed my right insole had moved to the outside and the inside edge was under the middle of my big toe - it was not comfortable and it recurred a few times before the end.

I ran 21 plus miles before I had to shut it down. The right hamstring and ankle hurt again (I had taken some Alleve before the run). And I had nutrition issues. Left instep area started to hurt too. Oh yeah, it was also fucking hot. There were a couple of short but steep inclines around miles 22 and 23 where I just didn't have it. The 4:30 group had passed us but was still in site when I told my wife she should go chase them down. I walked most of the last five miles and ran through the finish as I gave Donald Duck a high five.

My wife ran down the 4:30 pace group and finished ahead of them. The course was great - mostly flat and never totally boring for any long stretch.

I'm glad I did it, but not sure I want to do it again. Training turned something fun to do into work. I could be happy just to stick to half marathons and shorter from here on out.

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#6849289 - 01/22/13 11:50 AM Re: Marathon training [Re: Cheesegoggles]
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Way to stick it out on a tough day!
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#6851666 - 01/23/13 12:11 PM Re: Marathon training [Re: Cheesegoggles]
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Nice work! I walked a lot in my first marathon too. Agree about the training, although honestly I got the itch to do the next one after several more months. Trained up from normal running shape to marathon in about 8 weeks (long run of 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 20, with a couple of lost weeks to sickness/worn out).

Really drives it home, if you didn't believe it before: the marathon starts at mile 20.

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#6851869 - 01/23/13 01:09 PM Re: Marathon training [Re: micah]
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And again at 21, 22, 23, etc.

I'm hoping my three 20 milers in the last 6 weeks will help with that though.
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#6854610 - 01/24/13 03:21 PM Re: Marathon training [Re: micah]
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 Originally Posted By: micah
Nice work! I walked a lot in my first marathon too. Agree about the training, although honestly I got the itch to do the next one after several more months. Trained up from normal running shape to marathon in about 8 weeks (long run of 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 20, with a couple of lost weeks to sickness/worn out).

Really drives it home, if you didn't believe it before: the marathon starts at mile 20.

It really hit me at 18. I had to do a lot of walking after that.

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