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Related Articles. I couldn't resist the opportunity to try something different, to really push myself and see if I could finish the full marathon on 3 days notice. Doing a half again really didn't interest me, the next goal had already been set and it was a full, I couldn't stand the thought of running a half again and realizing I could have gone further at the finish line.
I mean I had no intention of running a marathon within the next 3 months and had not been running much at all. I ran the 6 mile loop at Forest Park about 3 times within the past 2 months and thats it as far as running goes, otherwise I went to the local YMCA a couple times a week to lift weights, shoot 3 pointers, or play racquetball.
That's it, that is the extent of the athletic activity I have had within the past few months, no marathon training schedule, no build up, no taper, nothing. I find that registering for these events always gives me an immediate 2 hour high followed by a short period of buyer's remorse wondering "What the hell did I just do"?
I can say with certainty that though I had been unprepared for events in the past, this was certainly the most ambitious timeline I had ever put myself on and the most aggressive case of buyer's remorse I'd ever had. Signing up for a Sprint Tri or 10K without training was one thing, but this was a full marathon, I immediately started to google "Marathon Training".
Every internet expert in the world indicated that running a marathon without training was not only impossible but dangerous, reckless, irresponsible, and a disgrace to the sport. I don't disagree with those assessments but like I said above, nobody knows your body and your mind like you do so I was excited to give it a try and I have no dependents so I figured I'm the perfect guinea pig. After googling training programs, my first instinct was to go for a run, it's like after reading all that negativity I had to prove to myself that my legs still worked.
I didn't tell anyone that I was doing the race because I didn't really want anyone to try and talk me out of it and I wasn't interested in opinions or tips. The reason I wasn't interested is because I knew they would all be negative, literally no one was going to tell me this was a good idea or that they thought I could do it; that being the case I decided it was best not to solicit opinions at all. The only person I told was Mike because I had to put him down as the emergency contact in case they had to scrape me off of the road.
The alarm went off at AM and I was feeling rough, I obviously couldn't sleep the night before, it was like my body refusing to give in to the night because of what awaited me in the morning, like a dog that won't get in the car for a vet trip.
I woke up and took a cold shower to wake up and then started eating; granola bars, bananas, apples, anything I could find in our apartment that wasn't pizza. I am usually not a planner but today I had a plan and it was simple:. That was it, that was the plan; as they say, the separation is in the preparation and I was ready. I headed off to the start line and got in my corral, I looked around at all the different people and again thought to myself, if they can all do it, then so can I.
I saw the 3 hour 45 minute pacer and figured he might be the perfect person to follow around, the lack of training didn't help, but in general I am a terrible pacer as it is so I thought today would be the perfect day to try out a pace group.
This became a last minute addition to my race plan. The race began and with that we were off, no more time to overthink it though I suspect I was the last person at risk of overthinking this race today. The group immediately turned to a chaotic stampede of people and I didn't even make it 3 blocks before I had lost the pacer. This was concerning as my tenuous race plan immediately started to fall apart at my feet.
I started to enjoy my music and set into a steady pace. One thing that I have learned through racing in the past is that counting down to the finish is a bad way to race, especially in a long race. For example, if you get too excited at the first of 26 mile markers, you are going to be in for a long day, you have to surrender to the fact that you are going to be out there for a long time and you can't even dream of the finish line until you are at least halfway done. With that in mind, I set my body on cruise control and settled in for a long flight.
I think that the first couple miles in these events can be difficult at times as your body gets loose and tries to find a rhythm.
This was certainly the case again for me and I really only started to feel comfortable during the fourth mile. A few minutes later I spotted a pacer up ahead of me, I sped up to catch him so I could settle into his group. I assumed it was my guy but to my surprise it was the guy! I didn't know what to do, I thought, surely there is no way I can roll with this crew for 26 miles, I'm the kook that didn't train, there is no way I can keep their pace.
I settled in behind and figured at some point I would fall off the back and then get caught by the group and try to run with them. I find the material is always really important. Zeen is a next generation WordPress theme. I consent to the terms and conditions.
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