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Is anyone else out there a "marathoner wannabe"? Anyone have concrete plans to run their first marathon in the next year? Which one? What's your strategy/motivation?
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
concrete plans: I am running the Richmond Marathon on November 10th.
My motivation...I don't know, I guess to say that I've done it. I may never run another one after that, but I want to at least train for and complete one.
And I'm secretly hoping I love it so much I want to do a few more.
Has been
"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant."
I prefer the term "marathon gonnabe"!
I signed up in January, 11 months ahead of time, and told as many people as possible, so there is no backing out.
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
I am in the Gonnabee category.
Michelle
I'm right there with Stephen in the "Gonnabee" category. My first will be the Marathon 2 Marathon on October 13th. I have a few goals for this race - in no particular order: don't die, don't leave the finish area in an ambulance and don't live up to my RA screen name.