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• Feb 23 - apw0397 - Cowtown Marathon
• March 8 - apw0397 - Athens YMCA Sprint Triathlon - 300m swim, 13.2 mile bike, 5k run
• March 29 - TriPainter - MAP Triathlon - 500m swim, 12.4 mile bike, 5k run
• April 5 - TriPainter - Charlotte's Finest Duathlon - 5k run, 15 mile bike, 5k run
• April 12 - TriPainter - Charlotte Racefest 1/2 Marathon
• April 13 - apw0397 - Playtri Half Ironman - 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run
• May 4 - TriPainter - White Lake Sprint Triathlon - 750 meters, 14 mile bike, 5k run

3 races in 3 weeks! Hopefully one of those will be an easy training race.

3/30 Ocean Drive Marathon

Might have to skip it...too much fun snowboarding and not enough time training!

Look at all this exercise! This is awesome!

Lisa - 2 1/2 marys in a week?

sunmonkey72 - 2008-02-21 9:51 AM Actually, it's a half marathon and then a full; I'd do the half as a training run. It's not set in stone. Heh.

Whoa! I wouldn't go farther than 6 miles the week before. Let your legs recover for the beatdown they are going to receive. They'll thank you.

Technically, you could do it, but there is no real reason you should do it.

You would probably feel ok for about 10 miles, but then you would start feeling it. Hard. By mile 20 it would not be fun. You want to be well rested for the marathon. You've got to taper so your body has time to adapt to the work you have done and to build up your glycogen (energy) storage for the marathon. Even during training, it's the rest and recovery days that you get stronger, faster, and fitter.

This is all about fun, but we have to be sensible. Your body will break down if you try to do too much. When I did my first Half Ironman, it was on a Sunday. Feeling "ok" I decided on Thursday to go out for a 12 mile run since I was training for a marathon 2 months from then. Ended up getting a nagging injury that still bugs me today. Learned the hard way it's better to undertrain than overtrain.

So take it easy, and then finish the marathon with a smile on your face!

Getting packed for the marathon tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

Everyone enjoy their weekend!

Hope you had a good race!

I've decide to stopped training for my first marathon (3/30) and reschedule it for the NYC Marathon in November instead. We got dumped with a foot of snow on Friday, so we went snowboarding/skiing instead. The knees are thanking me for that hard decision...

Maybe I can find a sprint for May/June to train for instead and take it easy...

Sounds like a wise choice. Marathons are too hard to not go into them feeling like you're ready.

We had a good time this weekend. Weather was perfect. Course was hillier than expected, but we managed. And we didn't even gripe at each other once! Guess I won't need that divorce lawyer after all.

Lower the distance/time mostly. 40% off what you did the previous week, then next week go back to the same distance/time.

You aren't necessarily trying to go slower, but you don't want to do any kind of speedwork.

sunmonkey72 - 2008-02-26 10:55 AM Hey! I got hit with a cold this weekend. Saturday I went for a run and my hr was wonky (I don't train with a hrm, but I can feel when my hr is screwy) and I couldn't catch my breath. Sunday I was just EXHAUSTED so I scrapped my long run AND took a nap (I'm not a napper...I go go go until I pass out usually). Yesterday I just felt like doo-doo. I was going to scrap today's spinning class, but I actually don't feel half bad. Did I mention that I FINALLY got clipless pedals and biking shoes?

Hopefully you don't have the flu. Rest up and get better.

Congrats on the new pedals and shoes. Do you have a trainer to practice clipping in and out? Make sure you tell us all about your first outdoor ride on them. Wear good padded shorts. You'll need them when you fall. Remember that EVERYONE falls when they are getting used to them. It's not just you. Laugh at yourself, get up, and get going.

Sheesh. I'm working on it. Still waiting on pictures though. Hopefully tomorrow.

OK folks, Cowtown race report is up. Enjoy!

And here is my wife's report if you want a different perspective.