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| First Half Marathon..planning for full in Dec (Read 762 times) |
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posted: 8/1/2007 at 7:45 PM |
Just finished my first officially timed race - the San Francisco (first) Half Marathon. Happy with my time of 1:58:22.
Any suggestions on how to move from half to full by December (California International Marathon) would be welcome.
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posted: 8/2/2007 at 1:27 PM |
| Quote from planetrelations on 8/1/2007 at 7:45 PM: Just finished my first officially timed race - the San Francisco (first) Half Marathon. Happy with my time of 1:58:22.
Any suggestions on how to move from half to full by December (California International Marathon) would be welcome.
That's one helluva job for a first officially timed race, congratulations! There are TONS of training plans/schedules out there, but I'm just training for my first in November so I'll let others with much more experience share their favorites.
Keep up the great work, I must say I'm more than a little jealous. In December I'll be hunkered down, packing on my "winter pounds". |
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posted: 8/2/2007 at 3:19 PM |
| Quote from planetrelations on 8/1/2007 at 7:45 PM: Just finished my first officially timed race - the San Francisco (first) Half Marathon. Happy with my time of 1:58:22.
Any suggestions on how to move from half to full by December (California International Marathon) would be welcome.
Great job on an awesome HM!
Check out Hal Higdon's training programs --- those are pretty popular. Or --- just google "marathon training" and check out different training schedules. The most important part, IMO, is the long run.... and most of the programs are similar in that respect. |
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posted: 8/2/2007 at 3:50 PM |
| That's great! No advice here, but I'm sure others will have some. Congrats on your first race! |
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posted: 8/2/2007 at 4:36 PM |
Wow, under 2 hours for your first is great! You're gonna do awesomely (is that a word?) on your first full!
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posted: 8/2/2007 at 4:42 PM |
Great job! A friend of mine, her husband, and I are all going to be running the CIM as well!
If I were you, I'd just continue with what you've been doing. Train the way that you've been training, since it obviously works for you. Add 10% per week and try not to make any time goals for the race.
Good luck! |
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posted: 8/2/2007 at 11:48 PM |
Y'know, Modal, I actually laughed when I saw that map. In that, "there's now effin way THAT will ever happen!" way. 
It would be an awesome race, though. But can you imagine what it would take to pull that off?  |
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posted: 8/3/2007 at 3:13 AM |
Congratulations on your first HM. I wasn't it amazing? When I crossed the finish line for my first HM this past April I was in a daze, in shock that I did it, and in awe of all the smiling finishers gathered around the finish line!
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posted: 8/4/2007 at 12:30 AM
modified: 8/4/2007 at 12:33 AM |
| Quote from modal on 8/2/2007 at 6:37 PM: Great time!
Do you get to run over the Golden Gate?
Here's what I would think would be a cool marathon... (never going to happen though)
Living in Oakland, I had the very same thought within hours of finishing the race. Perhaps with the new Bay Bridge and it's proposed bike lane (see below - facing Oakland) will make it possible, sometime around 2012! Start training now!
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posted: 8/6/2007 at 6:39 AM |
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posted: 12/5/2007 at 6:31 AM |
Checking back in, four months later. I said I was going to run a full marathon and I DID! Completed the California International Marathon in Sacramento, CA. Finished in 4:20:04. Positive experience. Learned a lot.
Just signed up for Napa Valley Marathon on March 2nd. Guess I'm hooked since I committed to the next one before the soreness has worn off... |
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posted: 12/5/2007 at 2:20 PM |
| very nice! congrats!! |
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posted: 12/5/2007 at 4:39 PM |
Excellent job on your first full!
I'm still looking to run my first full some day.
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