Marathon this wekend

Thanks for the good juju Aaron.

May the wind be at your back and the course be downhill!!

Keep up the good work and way to stick with it!

Jodi

Did someone say "Dairy Queen?"

Good luck, its gonna hurt.

You'll do great!!!

(Had no idea you were doing a mary!)

Hell no!!!!

At mile 18 the last thing I'm gonna want to see is you smiling and fresh after running 26, + the 8 miles back to me, and then watching you run the next 8 miles with impatient looks over your shoulder at the aid stations when I've walked for more than 30 seconds punctuated by you yelling to the people you see: "Na, I finished 2 hours ago! I just ran back to pace in fat boy!"

And I don't hate you Aaron - I'm sure your fatism was meant only in the nicest possible way. 

Thanks anyway.

I know - the scary thing is you would do it. Gives me chills.... you are a freak.

I'm not completely sure - we've got a crew of folks headed up between 1 and 2, and we're gonna drop off the non runners and head over to the expo hopefully between 4-6. I'll PM you my cell....

Thomas, what is your plan for this marathon? Run/walk?

I am mentally breaking the marathon down to about 5 mile increments (~ 1 hour each) with 1 minute walk breaks every 20 minutes or so (or walking the aid stations). At about the 2 hour mark, I'll walk 2 minutes.

JeepFleeb - 2006-02-17 2:02 PM

tmwelshy - 2006-02-17 12:59 PM
I know - the scary thing is you would do it. Gives me chills.... you are a freak.

As long as my ankle isn't hurting me too bad, I'll probably do it anyway; just without the fun of getting to taunt you at the same time.    If the weather ends up being bad, I'm treating the whole thing as one big mental training day.

I LOVE IT!!! Thats so great. Aaron, after you finish, just start the whole thing over and catch up with Welshy that way. What else do you have to do that day?

Aaron - your first post made me laugh out loud.  Great motivational stuff.  I also think you should go for a double Aaron and see if you can lap him.

Best of Luck Welshy.  If nothing else keeps you going, the thought of the ridicule you would suffer here in COJ if you don't finish ought to do it!

 Blue Skies!

Welshy, I am sending you good juju (is that like mojo only saltier???) if you will send me some next weekend for the Gaspa Mary. my running partner flaked on me, something about work, selling a home, shavinghead.... (jk you know who you are).

So I sending it your way! good luck. Maybe Aaron will run the full mary with me next weekend too.....

Barring injury, I'll finish - it's just a matter of in how long...

Renee - I'm planning on walking the aid stations - my guess is that since my longest run is 16 miles, at about 18 I'll be in some trouble, push through it/walk-run until about 22 and then have to pull off some magical feat of inner strength to get across the finish line. That's my epic plan - finish time I hope in under 6 hours.

You'll be fabulous.  You're tough, you'll shine(by shine, I mean sweat).

I picked the hopping option on the poll, just because I like to picture you hopping......in a lavendar bunny suit.  HAVE FUN!

Heh, we have similar plans! My longest run was 19 miles, so I figure by mile 22 I will be hurting. I'll have Max-a-million to get me moving, tapping my inner strength to get me through the last 6 miles. I'm hoping for ~ 6 hour run (poor Max).

Good luck, Thomas! Do well and may the force be with you!