Actually, 88F and 40% chance of rain. Still, fuck that.

 

 

I actually have a 50K this Saturday but 87F and 90% chance of rain with 20 miles of sand dunes made me do the fuck no, DNS for me.

You were planning to do this AND Flying Pig the next weekend? 

 

You know what to do if you want attention

lol

 

Yes, I have done many like this before.  And two in one weekend.  Hello?

I know you've done plenty like this with road marathons, but did not recall you including sand-dune 50k's in the mix.

Because nobody want to talk about baboon's half coming up, I'll talk some more about the Boston marathon.

How about this guy? James O'Brien on the baa.org site, wrote a post that starts like this:

Near perfect conditions greeted the 27,491 runners who lined up in Hopkinton for the 120th running of the Boston Marathon: temperatures in the low '60s; no humidity; a gentle, cooling breeze...

http://216.235.243.43/races/boston-marathon/results-commentary/2016-boston-marathon.aspx

So we're all complaining for nothing, since these were near perfect conditions.

 

 

How about this guy? James O'Brien on the baa.org site, wrote a post that starts like this:

 

He is not a runner obv.  The blog doesn't allow comments.  Those would have been fun to read.

So it doesn't look like I can defer my Newport registration, and I don't think I can train properly between now and June 4.  I could actually make almost as much money as I spent on registration by working that morning (have the chance to cover a shift), but it's the principle of the thing, you know.

 

So then I start thinking about how can I still manage to get out there and enjoy the day, even if I'm not running competitively.  I consider walking, but that just sounds like a long time to be out there and a good way to kill toenails.

 

Then I realize that if I do a 2:00/0:30 walk/run, my estimated finishing time is about what my marathon "run" times are (since I'm not a very good marathoner, just a determined one).

 

I have a stubborn pride that I want to be a marathon runner, not a run/walker.  I have nothing against those who do, it's just not what I want for myself.

 

But dammit, I could maybe finish the race like that?  This time, since I don't have a lot of other good options?  I like that better than dropping if I'm healthy on race day.  Might as well get out there and enjoy.

*Just saw this*

The problem problem here is you may be healthy on race day, but will you be the next day. That is the question I asked myself while deciding whether to run Boston or not. My whole thing was I didn't want to jeopardize my health by running it, and I only did it because my training the final four weeks leading to it indicated that I had a good shot of recovering from it.

And I am not sure I could use run/walk, 26.2 miles, and enjoy in the same conversation. It sounds like a suckfest to me and that's coming from someone who walked a half mile the other day during a marathon, it was awful! Run walkers actually train to do that. I'm not sure anyone can just show up and do it successfully, although I don't really know. Have you consulted with someone who knows?