Running a marathon

My mate just asked me if I fancied running a marathon.

"Run? Me? You must be joking, I don't do running."

"But it's for blind and disabled kids."

"Go on then - I might have half a chance of winning the fucker...."

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i reckon i could do a marathon - but you wont win unless your kenyan.

Watch out for your knees!!
That pounding on the pavement is a killer & those last 6 and a bit miles never end.
Go for a 100mile ride instead, and give the blind kids a fiver.

I personally don't get it, but hey.. whatever makes blind kids happy!

trying to get a place on the London Marathon. I love it. It the only thing
more minimalistic than fixed gear. But I guess this is the wrong forum....
do not unestimate it Platini... Be very carful.
Can you run 40km/week without any problem ?
I can send you some good links about training plans that start from there.
Normally they take 15-18 weeks..

breglis trying to get a place on the London Marathon. I love it. It the only thing
more minimalistic than fixed gear. But I guess this is the wrong forum....
do not unestimate it Platini... Be very carful.
Can you run 40km/week without any problem ?
I can send you some good links about training plans that start from there.
Normally they take 15-18 weeks..

I was thinking about doing a marathon, then I looked at the training plans like you mentioned.

I then thought naaaaah. Mainly because of the specific foods you need to eat and no alcohol, which wouldn't be a good combination in my first year of uni :)

eeeehh, antonio pinto used to drink a bottle a wine a day ;) and he was a mutliple world champion in the marathon. everything in moderation. once you start doing heaps of training, you can consume anything and you don't put weight on!

tell that to hippy ..........8^P

we're talking about running, not lycra clad girly sport road cycling.

Sounds a bit crazy...but the biggest drinkers I know are world class runners!

31trum tell that to hippy ..........8^P

I don't put weight on. I just dilute my blood with beer.

dogsballs we're talking about running, not lycra clad girly sport road cycling.

Tell that to a sprinter. Running is for weedy stick insect people (like climbing).
I crush their heads with my buttocks!

is that why you a good at riding down hills hippy?!

Big legs = fast descender. Pity I can't corner..

a bottle of wine = moderation hmmm
moderation for a wino maybe

i half heartedly doing a bit of a marathon training plan to get in order for the 100m offroad randonee thing next year. Also helped me justify getting a fixed.

I drink during the 15weeks training period before. Sometimes a bottle of wine happend. No problem, as long as you still go running and
compensate the dehydration. Alcohol to me is nothing than processes starch. so its cell fuel. Drunning drunk could present additional challenges.
I know runners posture is not very cool. Thats why the triathlon is the king of all competitions

Some friends and I once set up a table/camping stove in the middle of the road down which a (okay, only 12k) race was running. We fried bacon (which you could smell for blocks) and offered it to the runners. We also took turns brandishing long bamboo poles (à la fishing poles) from which dangled doughnuts. It was surprising how many people actually indulged (mostly the laggers at the back; I imagine the more serious runners were tortured by the bacon smells, even if they didn't partake). Good fun, until the second time the police came.
The priceless moment that we sadly did not catch on camera: dangled doughnut from pole over the head of motorcycle cop AND HE BIT! :)

Cajeta Some friends and I once set up a table/camping stove in the middle of the road down which a (okay, only 12k) race was running. We fried bacon (which you could smell for blocks) and offered it to the runners. We also took turns brandishing long bamboo poles (à la fishing poles) from which dangled doughnuts. It was surprising how many people actually indulged (mostly the laggers at the back; I imagine the more serious runners were tortured by the bacon smells, even if they didn't partake). Good fun, until the second time the police came.
The priceless moment that we sadly did not catch on camera: dangled doughnut from pole over the head of motorcycle cop AND HE BIT! :)

hahahah :)

I have been foolish enough to do a few marathons (London, Boston, New York) and attempting my first iron man next year. Though they will never be an easy thing to do. If you train long enough pretty much anyone can finish them. The sense of accomplishment you get is amazing (along with the blisters). Also don't forget to go for a poo before you do it. Many professionals are known to poo themselves while running rather than stopping!

ala paula radcliffe!

did an olympic distance triathlon once....hated the running bit! in the race and training....all that knee pain, shin splints and bobbbing up and down!....you can't exactly take in the scenery when jogging.....bike riding is best any day...why not do a marathon bike event....sportif or summink?

htay ala paula radcliffe!

she dropped her nuggett on the side of the road ;)

i was entered to run my first marathon in Oct in Amsterdam, but a damn thyroid problem has screwed me up recently. have had a little success at half marathon with a 68min run in gold coast last year, man even that was a world of pain the back half.

i'm heading off to do an off road tri,
I reckon the SBR races are ten times more fun than straight running.