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rectumdamnnearkilledem
Yeah, that one's great. It sort of knocks me out of my daze and reminds me to notice that there are cars on the road and that I should avoid being hit by them.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Ok, another thought...how about a marathon followed by a HM 2 weeks later? Is it likely that a person would be recovered well enough to do such a thing? I'm thinking maybe I'd be up to running the GR half (which was the original plan for my marathon, but with DH likely gone that weekend I didn't want to do my first marathon without him there and to drive me home and help me into my post-race ice bath), since I'd still be able to drive myself the hour home after that and care for DS, even with DH out of town. k
Oh, Jim...that is so promising! I'm not particularly injury prone and train very cautiously and consistently, so I'm thinking I may plan on the half 2 weeks after the full. My family in WI would be able to watch the full, but I can do the half closer to home and with friends here in MI. I can also wear my marathon shirt so people know why I'm plodding. Though I would think a HM PR wouldn't be out of the scope of possibility. I'd be coming off of good marathon training, so I may be rarin' to go on race day, assuming I take it easy and recover well after the big race.
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Jennifer mm#1231
As I babbled about elsewhere in this thread, I'm convinced that if you train well for a marathon, you wind up with a window of peak opportunity in which you can run other races well. Two marathons. Maybe three? (Haven't tried that one). Definitely a marathon and something shorter. For a while I was consistently setting 5-K PR's shortly after marathons. My current PR came one week after my current marathon PR. I was actually surprised - and not in a good way - when I ran a weak 5-k 4 days after this year's Monkeython. I blame beer. I don't know how long the window lasts. A few weeks maybe. A month? But I believe its there. If you maximize it, you're probably flirting with injury. But it's there.
crb81 2008 goals sub-20 5k, sub-43 10k, 1:35 half, 3:20 marathon