One foot in front of the other.
Comment posted on Brandon’s Marathon Podcast: Episode 65 by Simon Lewis
Just finished podcast 65. I just wanted to say thanks. I was lying on my bed after a very long day teaching and knew I needed to get out and run but felt too tired. I wanted to just turn on the TV and veg. I was listening to your podcast and heard about your meeting with Dean Karnazes. His comment of “Never Quit” got me off my arse, out the door and round my 6 mile route. Cheers.
Have you ever heard of Ron Hill. He is a Bristish runner, winner of the Boston Marathon in 1970, 2nd person to break 2:10 and all round good guy (I met him and he was so nice, giving me so much time to talk to him).
This is all impressive but what I find amazing is his streak. He has a running streak where he hasn’t missed a day running since December 1964. He is now 72 and still continues to run at least 1 mile each day. He had a car crash in 93 where he ran with a broken sternum. That is dedication.
We tried to allign ourselves with Euorpe recently and change to metric weight but loads of people (mostly old) complained that they couldn’t order cheese at the deli in grams. So we are stuck using both. My daughters are taught to measure in centimeters but asked their height in feet and inches. Madness.
Rant over.
However, my April mararhon and my first ever ironman in Augsut are going to fill up what little spare time I have.
Its going to be a crazy 12 months but if all goes to plan, I will achieve so much.
Good luck to you in 2010. It is set to be life changing for you.
I agree with you about the Christmas period. I use the extra time to do a little more running than usual. I love running on Christmas day. I try and fit in a half marathon after the kids have opened up their presents. It chills me out and makes Christmas dinner taste even better.
I ran marathon number 7 on Saturday. I did the Gower Cross Country Marathon in Wales. I wasn’t as prepared as I would have wanted but I had done several good long runs so my endurance was ok if my speed was poor. It was serious terrain with lots of hills and uneven paths as well as a couple of sandy beaches. It had rained for four days so it was very very muddy. Because it had been raining so much they had to change the route to 28 miles instead of 26.2. An ultra!!!
It wasn’t raining we when set off but it was raining by mile 15. After that is was so tough. Just plodding along, mile after mile. It was very slippy even in my XC shoes. My knee started to really hurt with 4 miles to go and the last bit took ages. 5 hrs 53 minutes of running in total, 28 miles and 3900 feet of ascent. I was pleased with my performance. It was slow but you can’t compare it to a regular marathon. I was 113th out of 169 which shows I wasn’t half bad. I beat some very fit looking individuals.
My other big news is that I have enterted the UK Ironman which will take place on 1st August 2010. Scary.
To answer your question, no, I haven’t done a tri yet. I plan to do one in the new year as I’m getting a lot of the gear (set suit, goggles etc.) for Christmas presents. I look forward to the email.
I had a fun 10K on Sunday. It was my first run with my brother and his first ever race. He’d never run that far before so did very well to keep the pace up. We have always been competitive and running is the first sport where I’m better. However, he still tried his luck in the last 200 meters and suddenly sprinted off. I was ready and didn’t give an inch.
The picture of us as we approach the line is hilarious. I’m grinning and he’s got such an expression of effort. Brilliant. You can see the picture on my blog.
Thanks,
Simon
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Hi bud,
hope this finds your well, and all ready to go at Philli. Great Pod Cast, the pictures for the expo came out realy well, so i’ll emial them over with a short race report. Hope you hit you target time for Philli, and beat mine as it will give me another target for London.
All the Best
Kev Ev
hey brandon! great episode. good luck on the philly marathon! hope to see you guys there! i am hoping to make it out to cheer for everyone! I am running a short 10k trail race tomorrow. i will post a short report later. my ultrarunner sister and I had the great chance to go and see Chris Mcdougall at one of the book signings!
short race report,
Yesterday, sunday, I ran the Bear Creek Challenge 10k trail run. The “trail” was very narrow and very rocky and hilly and technical=fun and challenging. The day was gorgeous! I barely made it to the starting line as I couldn’t find my way to the race. Anyways, i did make it about 5 minutes before the start. I had just enough time to use the lady’s room and get my # before we were off! I got stuck behind a line of people on the trail and stayed behind them for about a mile, then politely passed them when the time was right. The trails were tough since they were covered with rocks and then about 1 inch of slippery dry leaves. I was 2nd woman for a good part of the race then on a killer hill, a lady passed me. Awhile later as i was running down a steep hill a guy in front of me took a bad tumble and twisted his ankle so I stopped to see if he was ok. Right at that moment another lady passed me flying. I caught up and passed her, then she passed me and I gave up. I sprinted to the finish line and was 5th woman overall! I ended up taking 2nd for my age group. The best part was that I didin’t feel tired at all. I also won a huge container of HEED in the raffle and scored a cool shirt for my collection! I can’t wait till my next race the weekend of thanksgiving!
Just finished podcast 65. I just wanted to say thanks. I was lying on my bed after a very long day teaching and knew I needed to get out and run but felt too tired. I wanted to just turn on the TV and veg. I was listening to your podcast and heard about your meeting with Dean Karnazes. His comment of “Never Quit” got me off my arse, out the door and round my 6 mile route. Cheers.