One foot in front of the other.
Comment posted on Brandon’s Marathon Podcast: Episode 67 by Simon Lewis
Thanks for a good podcast.
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
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.
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Thanks for a good podcast.
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
I missed the livecast again! and I missed the SOB in the chatroom?!! Darn it! Happy Marathon Brandon!
hope you had a happy marathon! I’m sad I missed it, we went on a family camping trip up to state college. My sister was running the whole Tussey Mtn back course but I only needed to do three hours. We set out at 5am in the dark. Right at 7am I looked at my watch and thought about you and Alan and all the other runners at the start line of Philly, I sent you good running thoughts. I hope it went well and most of all I hope you had fun! Hope to see the livecast tonight.
gabi
I am way behind but finally getting caught up. At my house, 2010 is the year of ‘me’. Over the past few years I have come back to racing after a long layoff, but have done most events to help someone else. Next year, the plan is to run the races for me. That doesn’t mean every race, but the majority fall into the ‘me’ category. (kind of calls back to an old SNL news update about the ‘Al Franken Decade’)
I’m planning for a spring marathon, either St Louis or Illinois (in Champaign-Urbana), followed by half in late May – Geist. The fall marathon target is the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.
It should be interesting trying to manage a marathon program through both the coldest and hottest seasons!