I'm already tired...

[Rune420]

Tomorrow morning, early, I'm gonna be running in the San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon. 26.2 miles. I'm already tired in sympathy for myself tomorrow.

Wish me luck! I'm trying to get under a very modest time of 3:45, which is pretty damn slow in most circles :P (hopefully I'll be much faster). But not bad for my first actual marathon. I've done distances of greater than 20 miles 2 or 3 times before, so not completely new territory, but never in an official race.

It's gonna be pretty damn interesting though. There is gonna be a live rock band every mile, so 26 of them. Also, supposedly, there's gonna be hundreds of runners dressed up as Elvis, going for some obscure world record. Should be fun. But damn tiring...

[irerancincpkc]

Good luck! :D

[Brita]

OMG- my friends just ran a half marathon- I can't imagine running a full marathon.

Good luck and let us know how you do!

[Davian93]

~shudders~

Marathons suck.

[DeiwosTheSkyGod]

Sounds brutally painful. Hopefully the bands along the way will be good! Good luck!

[Rune420]

~shudders~

Marathons suck.
Marathons do, definately, suck. I thought I was prepared, after running in a couple half marathons, and doind 20+ miles a few times with me and some friends. but that was horribly brutal. That marathon beat the crap out of me. It's about 5 hours later and it still gives me pain in my chest to take a deep breath. That started about mile 21 or so. I've got 2 blisters on my feet nearly the size of a tennis ball, and beet red. Speaking of beet red, that's the way about 70% of the skin on my body is, after that sun. Not to mention, some hard-core, serious chafing in the nether regions.

My hopeful time, while being what I should have gotten, if I kept up the pace of my half marathon, turned out to be wildly optimistic. I got 4:45, which is pretty damn slow (Over 10 minute miles...). But I'm satisfied anyway, that was only my first try :P. Maybe I'll try again, sometime in the very far away future.

[Weird Harold]

Marathons do, definately, suck. I thought I was prepared, after running in a couple half marathons, and doind 20+ miles a few times with me and some friends. but that was horribly brutal. That marathon beat the crap out of me. It's about 5 hours later and it still gives me pain in my chest to take a deep breath. That started about mile 21 or so. I've got 2 blisters on my feet nearly the size of a tennis ball, and beet red. Speaking of beet red, that's the way about 70% of the skin on my body is, after that sun. Not to mention, some hard-core, serious chafing in the nether regions.

My hopeful time, while being what I should have gotten, if I kept up the pace of my half marathon, turned out to be wildly optimistic. I got 4:45, which is pretty damn slow (Over 10 minute miles...). But I'm satisfied anyway, that was only my first try :P. Maybe I'll try again, sometime in the very far away future.
Glad you survived. Finishing your first Marathon is An Achievement of Note no matter what your time was.

[jason wolfbrother]

but you did survive. congratulations on that milestone

[Sarevok]

Congrats Rune :D

[irerancincpkc]

Congrats on surviving! I could never do that... :D

[Anaiya Sedai]

well done!

(i would drop after about a mile..)

[Gilshalos Sedai]

Congrats, Rune! Hell, I'm having trouble making it to a 5K, much less a marathon!

(And if you feel bad now, just imagine what the original guy who made the run felt like in a tunic, no underwear, and sandals.)

[Davian93]

Marathons do, definately, suck. I thought I was prepared, after running in a couple half marathons, and doind 20+ miles a few times with me and some friends. but that was horribly brutal. That marathon beat the crap out of me. It's about 5 hours later and it still gives me pain in my chest to take a deep breath. That started about mile 21 or so.


You're never prepared. I did the Bataan Memorial Death March (http://www.bataanmarch.com/) (a 26.2 mi ruck march) back in 2002 and clocked in at 6 hrs, 38 min with a full 45 lb pack and BDU's/boots. I couldn't walk for the next 2 days and I thought I was in awesome shape at the time. Our team placed well but we didnt even come in the top 10. Still fun though? ;)

[jason wolfbrother]

Congrats, Rune! Hell, I'm having trouble making it to a 5K, much less a marathon!

(And if you feel bad now, just imagine what the original guy who made the run felt like in a tunic, no underwear, and sandals.)


didn't he drop dead after delivering the message?

[Gilshalos Sedai]

Yes, and it's also more than likely a myth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides

[Brita]

Yes- just finishing it is a HUGE achievement.

I had heard chaffing was often a problem. Women always complain about how annoying breasts can be when competing in sports- but it looks like men aren't immune from inconvenient body parts either (when it comes to sports that is) :p

[Davian93]

Yes- just finishing it is a HUGE achievement.

I had heard chaffing was often a problem. Women always complain about how annoying breasts can be when competing in sports- but it looks like men aren't immune from inconvenient body parts either (when it comes to sports that is) :p

I never had an issue with chaffing...The key in BDU's for rucking is to NOT wear underwear. When running...the key is restrictive underwear. For this reason, army PTs have liners built in to prevent excessive movement.

[Gilshalos Sedai]

Ewww, chafing.

[Crispin's Crispian]

Congrats, Rune. That is a serious achievement, and once you recover I'm sure you'll remember it fondly.

My longest official race was a 15K, which is about 9.3 miles. I don't remember my time--something like 85 minutes, I think (this was eight years ago).

The problem with it was that the first three miles or so were downhill, and running downhill feels easier on your quads and lungs. It's not really any easier, though, as far as consuming energy. As a result, I took those miles pretty fast and at about mile six or seven (when it flattened out) I was ready to die. By mile eight, I was intermittently achieving Nirvana, which was interesting at least.

I've considered training for a marathon, but I don't think I have the discipline (or time). A friend of ours is a competitive marathoner (sub-2.5 hours), and he runs all the time (several hours a day).

[Davian93]

Running sucks...I used to enjoy it but yeah running just hurts.

[John Snow]

I really have never liked long running, but maybe there's some of that in my genes. My daughter was a sprinter in middle school, took co-city champion in the 100 (you should have seen that race, holy cow - step for step the whole distance, these two girls). But she now likes running around the Rose Bowl, 3.2 miles, one la and 2 laps on alternate days. She does the 2 laps in something like 40 minutes, which I guess is pretty good time. All this is concern for her bad genes for high blood pressure, and because she likes staying in shape. She did get an offer at work to join a small team for the Badwater Run http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badwater_Ultramarathon :eek: and declined while questioning her friend's sanity.

[Crispin's Crispian]

Ultras are amazing. They have a good number of those here--50K, 50 mile, 100K, even 100 mile ultra-marathons. And when you are going that distance, you almost have to do it somewhere out in BFE, and around here that usually means mountains. :eek:

[Sei'taer]

Whats this running thing of which you all speak?

~gets a beer and a smoke and awaits a reply~

[Yuri33]

The only marathon more grueling than all of those mentioned above is the race for the Democratic nomination for president.

[Kurtz]

~winces~

[Rune420]

Yeah, the badwater ultra-marathon. That's one race I definately have no intention of ever doing.

Sei:...Nothing...nothing, *lights a match for sei*.

John Snow: Yeah 40 minutes is indeed a good time for 6.2 miles. Quite a bit faster than I could do it. My fastest time for a 5K (3.1 miles) is 20:54, although, even that is pretty slow...