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Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
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.
rectumdamnnearkilledem
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
I put my 5k PR of 20:40 into the McMillan calculator, and predicted a marathon time of 3:21:28. Either there's a serious glitch in the software coding, or Mr McMillan needs to put the crack pipe down.
esq.
Based upon my HM time McMillan estimates that I would finish a full in ~4:20. Yeah...I'm thinking closer to 4:30-4:45 is more likely.
Ricky —our ability to perform up to our physiological potential in a race is determined by whether or not we truly psychologically believe that what we are attempting is realistic. Anton Krupicka
I'll let you know how it goes in just over 3 weeks....
Why is it sideways?
I believe, a more realistic goal would be breaking 4 hours.