RunningAHEAD - Topic: First 20 miler!

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/1/2008 at 1:45 PM

Phew...only one more LONG run before the big one! Big grin

And it wasn't so bad...my 18 2 weeks ago was a lot more difficult. Doing that long run only every-other week really helps the legs recover better. Nice way to start the week and month, too! Wink

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

Chenille

posted: 9/1/2008 at 3:17 PM

WTG,Zoomy!!!!!!! Congrats and I know you are going to rock your marathon! Very nice to start a new month like that Smile

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posted: 9/1/2008 at 3:36 PM

Nice job on your 20 miler! Way to go! Cool

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Dave23

posted: 9/1/2008 at 5:52 PM

Way to work!

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/1/2008 at 5:57 PM

Zzzzz....is it bedtime, yet? Blush

Thanks, everyone. Smile

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

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#2867

posted: 9/1/2008 at 6:36 PM

Bed time after your first 20 miler is about 10 minutes after you finish eating and showering post-run...heheh.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/1/2008 at 6:43 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 9/1/2008 at 6:36 PM:

Bed time after your first 20 miler is about 10 minutes after you finish eating and showering post-run...heheh.

I totally could have, too! Big grin

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

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posted: 9/1/2008 at 6:56 PM

Congratulations! I'm so glad it went well for you!

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Dave

posted: 9/1/2008 at 7:01 PM

Awesome, Zoomie. Have you signed up for your next marathon yet? Wink

Do you think your pre-run routine (getting up early, coffee, etc.) helped?

I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it.

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sholtsman

posted: 9/1/2008 at 7:01 PM

Awesome job Kirsten!!!! You'll sleep like a baby tonight!!

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/1/2008 at 7:11 PM

Quote from dgb2n on 9/1/2008 at 7:01 PM:

Awesome, Zoomie. Have you signed up for your next marathon yet? Do you think your pre-run routine (getting up early, coffee, etc.) helped?

Hahahahahaha....seriously, though...I won't ever train for another marathon while nursing an injury. The timing was bad. This race is small, but in a city, so it filled up 4 months prior to race day. I registered weeks before the injury started. Had I been able to wait longer to register I wouldn't have. As for the pre-run routine, I always have coffee and food before any run. I don't know that I could ever be one of those roll-outta-bed-and-go types. Sara, you are so right...I'm gonna sleep like a rock tonite (after taking some vitamin I)! Big grin

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

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#2867

posted: 9/1/2008 at 8:07 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 9/1/2008 at 7:11 PM:

Sara, you are so right...I'm gonna sleep like a rock tonite (after taking some vitamin I)!

I avoid the whole ibuprofen thing when I'm training - I don't want to get ulcers and any swelling that I have is there for a reason. If stretching and cold & hot treatment doesn't do the trick, then I take time off rather than artificially reduce the swelling. The reason it swells is to help it heal. My 2 pence.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/1/2008 at 8:14 PM

I don't normally take Ibuprofen often, but after long runs it's the only thing that keeps my knee from hollering at me all night. By morning it will feel great. Not sleeping well is perhaps the biggest negative factor I've found to my run quality.

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

rururunner

posted: 9/1/2008 at 8:41 PM

Huge congratulations Zoom zoom! Must feel soooo good to get that run under your belt. Admire your determination! Smile

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/1/2008 at 8:50 PM

Quote from rururunner on 9/1/2008 at 8:41 PM:

Must feel soooo good to get that run under your belt.

Thanks...it sure does. 20 doesn't scare me anymore. Now...26.2--that's an entirely different story. Wink

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

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