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posted: 2/20/2008 at 2:53 AM |
So I'm planning to register for my first marathon in a couple of days and looking at lodging options, since things already appear to be filling up fast.
One place I am looking at would probably be fine (relatively cheap, super close to finish and where the shuttle busses are picking us up for transport to the start), but doesn't have a pool. Will floating around in a pool be something I am thankful for in the hours after the race, or is it likely not something I would make use of?
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Kirsten
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 2:58 AM |
| Quote from zoom-zoom on 2/20/2008 at 2:53 AM:
One place I am looking at would probably be fine (relatively cheap, super close to finish and where the shuttle busses are picking us up for transport to the start), but doesn't have a pool. Will floating around in a pool be something I am thankful for in the hours after the race, or is it likely not something I would make use of?
this will depend on whether there will be serious chafing or not...i went into the ocean after my marathon...big mistake. |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 3:02 AM
modified: 2/20/2008 at 3:02 AM |
Ooh...salt water...in fresh wounds--zowie!!! 
Hmmm...I'm looking more at the lodging options and the other places near the finish get expensive very fast. With tax and everything even the cheapest option with no pool will be $250 for 2 nights. The pool would cost us probably at least $100 more. Bah.
The place I'm looking at has a view of Lake MI. By then the lake should be cold. I should just go jump in the lake...I'm thinking I'd not be the only one.
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Kirsten
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• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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• 1st trail race |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 3:05 AM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 2/20/2008 at 3:02 AM:The place I'm looking at has a view of Lake MI. By then the lake should be cold. I should just go jump in the lake...I'm thinking I'd not be the only one.
Actually, cold Lake Michigan is a great idea. After my second marathon, my buddy waded into the hotel pool - in December. I thought he was crazy. Me, I took a warm shower.
Guess which one of could walk the next day and which couldn't?
A lot of folks swear by ice baths after a marathon. |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 3:16 AM |
I'm definitely planning on the ice bath. The pool would probably be too warm.
I need to find out if there is beach access near the race finish. I would totally crawl my way in. It would be sorta symbolic--with the exception of my first year of college and my semester in the UK I've always lived within a mile or two of the waters of Lake MI. |
Kirsten
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 3:38 AM |
Ha...probably not too many KOA campgrounds near downtown Milwaukee. Plus it can get pretty chilly in a tent in early Oct. during the wee hours.
That couch surfing site is really neat. If I didn't have a rugrat I'd definitely be up for that sort of thing. I LOVED staying in hostels in the UK--wish we had more hostel-type lodging options in the US. I think the only ones are in big cities. |
Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 4:59 AM |
Huh? The main hotel near the start of your marathon has a pool.
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 11:49 AM |
| Ha, I don't have a death wish...yet. Maybe in '09. Assuming a flat, "easy" marathon doesn't kill me first... |
Kirsten
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• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 1:12 PM |
| At $100 extra for a pool, I would skip it and stay at the cheaper place and then sneak over and use the pool at another hotel if you wanted to. |
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posted: 2/20/2008 at 3:08 PM |
| Quote from jeffdonahue on 2/20/2008 at 1:12 PM: At $100 extra for a pool, I would skip it and stay at the cheaper place and then sneak over and use the pool at another hotel if you wanted to.
Ha! That's a good thought. Why didn't I think of that? Though I have a feeling there won't be much in the way of subtle sneaking around going on for me after that...more like trudging, limping, groaning, wailing, whimpering--hard to be stealthy under the circumstances. |
Kirsten
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 2/21/2008 at 1:26 AM |
Quote from Trent on 2/20/2008 at 4:59 AM:
doh, fixed |
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posted: 2/23/2008 at 2:38 AM |
| I would say a hot tub would be more desirable than the pool. Both, if you can. But the cold lake sounds good, too. Just make sure to have a change of clothes at the finish line to warm up again in. |
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posted: 2/25/2008 at 3:59 AM |
| Quote from trails2run on 2/23/2008 at 2:38 AM: I would say a hot tub would be more desirable than the pool. Both, if you can. But the cold lake sounds good, too. Just make sure to have a change of clothes at the finish line to warm up again in.
I've heard a hot tub is a TERRIBLE idea after a marathon. Your legs are pretty inflamed from the marathon effort and the hot tub actually makes it worse. Not to mention the hot tub actually dehydrates you a bit, which is not what you're looking for either.
http://walking.about.com/od/marathontraining/a/marathonwalk21.htm
I just ran a HM and went in the hotel pool and it was very nice. Not quite an ice bath, but it was cool and my legs felt pretty good. |
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posted: 2/26/2008 at 5:31 AM |
Quote from jcaruso on 2/25/2008 at 3:59 AM:I've heard a hot tub is a TERRIBLE idea after a marathon. Your legs are pretty inflamed from the marathon effort and the hot tub actually makes it worse. Not to mention the hot tub actually dehydrates you a bit, which is not what you're looking for either. http://walking.about.com/od/marathontraining/a/marathonwalk21.htmI just ran a HM and went in the hotel pool and it was very nice. Not quite an ice bath, but it was cool and my legs felt pretty good.
I've never heard that before. I've usually alternated the cool/cold and the hot - and it's worked good for me. In fact, my best recovery from a marathon was when I went back and forth several times, not just once - an out of season pool (temps most likely in the high 40's to low 50's), the hot tub, pool, hot tub, etc. I've done a similar thing in a hotel bath tub, too. |
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