Who all is here and what are you doing? (Read 16874 times)

Hi Robert! ...sounds like an intro at an alcoholics anonymous meeting... Glad you're here and that you've found us. 50 staters are always welcome. Please post early and often! Lots of folks are interested in working their way up to a marathon and could use your perspective on getting ready. And who knows, you might learn something too! Welcome, Lynn B

Bumping for all the new folks--come say hi! We won't bite (well, *I* won't...you might have to watch yourselves around some of the guys, namely Jeffgoblue, diddidit, and Scout7--you've been warned)!

Hey, I resemble that remark!

Hey, Paigey...come join us gals in the Ladies Locker Room in my sig.... k

I love this website and these forums! I've learned so much from just creeping around and I draw so much inspiration from you guys!

Welcome to the club! Mixed up with all the chit chat and giggles there truly is a lot of sound running advice to be found here in RA.

Ya know, since we seem to have this sudden infusion of folks from South Bend, IN or who seem to have some connection to / appreciation for Notre Dame, I thought you new folks would enjoy my tribute to Touchdown Jesus, icon of the ND campus.

i actually don't remember if i ever introduced myself here or not! i'm michele, i'm 30, i work with children and never sit down (except to do my log and now check the forums!). although i ran like a crazy person all growing up, life got in the way and i became one of those "if i have time" runners that never really made the time to run for several years. i started running regularly again about a year and a half ago, and thank god for that b/c when my mom became terminally ill, i don't know if I would have survived if i didn't have my nightly runs to clear my head and heart a little bit at the end of every day. when i lost her in january, running became an absolute lifeline. you know what they say-- running is cheaper than therapy? in my case, it is better than therapy, too. it helps me feel connected to her in a physical sense as well as a spiritual sense (tennis was her sport, and she was *ferocious*). i started racing again this year-- broad street kicked it off and i was stoked to run it as a fundraiser for the american cancer society (seriously, fuck that disease). i actually recruited 14 other people to run it with me-- we had our own little "team thuy" going and had so much fun that... we're all still picking up races here and there, often together (5 of us ran the sheehan classic in red bank, nj yesterday, and another of us came out to cheer). i'm slow and am okay w/ that-- for now. i'm building my mileage and throwing in speed challenges for myself here and there-- but i don't have a deadline or anything. i do want to run a half-marathon sometime this summer, and then if that goes well, i want to complete 26.2 sometime this fall-- but i won't cry in my beer if i fall short of these two goals (i'll simply revise my training strategy and try again!). in the meantime, i'm having a good time pushing myself in a new running evironment (concrete city vs. grassy burbs), finding new routes and finding new people to talk to about running! oh ps zoom-zoom, you mentioned the ladies' locker room to me once and i was going to join but there's a password required!

Hi my name is Jo, I am 27 and mother of one little girl. I have a job that means I sit on my bum all day (awful when I love being outdoors). I have been running on and off for 4 years with little effort behind it and I was never able to run ver far or for any amount of time. I decided last year that I had put on too much weight and had got ever unfit so decided to do some thing about it, I took up calorie counting and cycling & walking ( I first used running ahead to measure my cycling routes and walking routes) too start with and have managed to shift 28lb in the process. I then realised that my walking speed had increased so much that I might as well try a spot of running and as I actually put effort behind it this time and I could do it! And I blooming enjoyed it! So now I can run, nothing is going to stop me, not the unpredictable english weather or the odd spot of laziness. I am running my first 10k (The Great capital Run in Hyde park 15th July) soon and looking forward to the challenge. The site has been an invaluble tool to me and the forums are great. Jo

My FIL died of cancer this past Nov. He was only in his eary 60s and always a very fit person (ran the Chicago Marathon once-upon-a-time). A good friend lost her hubby to cancer a couple of years ago on Christmas day (he was only in his mid-30s and they had been married just 2 weeks), as well. We both share your sentiment. email me harumph @ gmail.com for the password... k

you know, i have yet to meet a family that hasn't been touched by one variety of cancer or another. enough, already, right?? blah! i emailed you-- check yr junk mail for a message from seelinger @ gmail . com!