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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/9/2007 at 7:50 PM
modified: 11/9/2007 at 7:57 PM

Just thought I should join this mob...who doesn't love a mob?! Almost a year until I will run my first planned marathon, but my mental training needs to start now. No slacking this Winter.... Big grin

k Edited because I forgot a 'w'. *insert funny political wisecrack about Dubya*

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Daddyo

@BeachesRunner

posted: 11/9/2007 at 7:54 PM

welcome zz top! You should know... No bitching, no moaning, no whining, no crying, no laughing, no shortcuts, no barfing... 'cuz there's already too much of that going on already! Big grin

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/9/2007 at 7:56 PM

I hate barfing. I've had a couple of races that had me on the verge of chundering. I hope I never do. Maybe that makes me a wuss, but I don't care. I have some standards... Wink

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Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

rockenmamaof5

posted: 11/9/2007 at 8:12 PM

Hey zoomersssssssss WELCOME!

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

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/9/2007 at 8:18 PM

Hey, abs girl! Big grin

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

PerfesserR

posted: 11/10/2007 at 9:21 PM

ZZ, welcome! We are honored (honoured as Kooky might spell it) by your presence. What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin'on here?

"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.

"They just couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running for no reason."--Forrest Gump

Boston Marathon 15 April

Big Sur Marathon 28 April

Bighorn 50 Mile 15 June

Tahoe Rim Trail 100M 20/21 July

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/10/2007 at 9:27 PM

Quote from PerfesserR on 11/10/2007 at 9:21 PM:

ZZ, welcome! We are honored (honoured as Kooky might spell it) by your presence. What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin'on here?

Excuse me while I whip this out! Wink

k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Lifesabeach

posted: 11/11/2007 at 10:34 PM
modified: 11/11/2007 at 10:34 PM

welcome Kirsten! what's your first marathon going to be?

Jennifer mm#1231

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/12/2007 at 7:09 AM

Quote from Lifesabeach on 11/11/2007 at 10:34 PM:

welcome Kirsten! what's your first marathon going to be?

I'm planning on Grand Rapids, which would be the last Sunday in Oct., I believe. I may look ahead to the '09 Bayshore in Traverse City the following May (I think May), too...that would really keep me motivated all Winter to keep my training up (though would spell the end of doing the Riverbank Run 25k on Mother's Day wknd). k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Bonkin

posted: 11/12/2007 at 8:32 AM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/12/2007 at 7:09 AM:

I'm planning on Grand Rapids, which would be the last Sunday in Oct., I believe. I may look ahead to the '09 Bayshore in Traverse City the following May (I think May), too...that would really keep me motivated all Winter to keep my training up (though would spell the end of doing the Riverbank Run 25k on Mother's Day wknd). k

Why? Its 5 months before. Many marathon programs are 12-24 weeks. Plenty of time for you to do riverbank and then start a marathon program.

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/12/2007 at 8:40 AM

Quote from Bonkin on 11/12/2007 at 8:32 AM:

Why? Its 5 months before. Many marathon programs are 12-24 weeks. Plenty of time for you to do riverbank and then start a marathon program.

No, I mean the Bayshore Marathon and the 25k Riverbank Run are only a week or two apart--not gonna do both of those. The plan for now is '08 25k in May, then the GR Marathon in Oct...then not sure if I would do the 25k or the Bayshore Marathon the following May--would probably depend upon how my training over the Winter months went. And the 25k is a really nice event (and closer to home, so no lodging expenses), so I'm not sure I'd even want to do the May marathon... k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Bonkin

posted: 11/12/2007 at 1:22 PM
modified: 11/12/2007 at 1:23 PM

Gotcha. It makes so much more sense now that I'm properly caffienated. Welcome to the group BTW! Have you picked a plan yet (or narrowed it down)?

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/12/2007 at 1:29 PM

Quote from Bonkin on 11/12/2007 at 1:22 PM:

Have you picked a plan yet (or narrowed it down)?

I don't know that I will really follow a formal plan--probably will stick to pretty much what I've been doing for HMs...at least 5 days of running/week, including a long run, at least one day of speedwork and/or hills, etc. I would like to get up to 45-50 miles/week with a long run of at least 20 miles. k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Strings_n_88keys

meh

posted: 11/13/2007 at 9:30 AM
modified: 11/13/2007 at 9:30 AM

One thing I wish I had for my 1st marathon was a formal pace group to keep me more honest on my pace. I planned a 4:15 finish as my stretch goal and 4:30 as my hard goal. Unfortunately, I beat my 10 mile race PR at the 10-mile split point (9'12"/mile) My next ten miles... 10'34"/mile My last 6.2... 12'19"/mile Final time 4:34:06 I think I would have had a little more left if my first mile wasn't 8'30"... all the people in the 10-12 mile pace corral went out extremely fast. I'm pretty sure a lot of them burned out pretty quickly, too.

"You can't untrain for Monkey" - bdub

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