Team Fall-dippides - November Challenge (Page 17)

Wowsers, 55 mph winds today, small children, cats, dogs, trashcans blowing down the street as well as sand and dirt from everwhere.  Hrm.. to run outside at lunch or wait and run at home on the dreadmill.  I think I should wear my red running shoes in case I have to click the heals together to get home. 8).   Thank goodness it is not a bike day.

8)  That wind  Sounds pretty insane.  

I did a 24 mile bike ride followed by a short run around the block right after

It was a Brick day for me.  Weather was cold  36F and very foggy for part of the bike ride and about 45F and sunny during the run = just about perfect for me . 

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
Jerome Drayton

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
Frank Shorter

You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.
Frank Shorter

I'm never going to run this again.
Grete Waitz after winning her first of nine New York City marathons

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.
Emil Zatopek's description of the Olympic Marathon win in Helsinki

Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.
Barry Magee, marathon bronze in Rome, 1960

A marathon is like life with its ups and downs, but once you've done it you feel that you can do anything.
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The quotes above i could relate to  the marathon and the hard effort it takes  to complete one. 

Here are some more general ones I liked too:  

Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel the burn, it's working.
 

When people ask me why I run, I tell them, there's not really a reason, it's just the adrenalin when you start, and the feeling when you cross that finish line, and know that you are a winner no matter what place you got.
 

Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind.
 

8:00 am   Hrm what to bring to work for my noon run.. it is 41F and calm, ok shorts it is.
9:30 am Dang was that a trashcan that just blew past my window..51F, windy, dustclouds, etc
10:30  hrm great now it is raining and windy, well no dust clouds.
11:30 hrm the temp has dropped 20 degrees, and it is snowing sideways...windchill 10F ish.
12:00 same, wish I had brought a hat/hood  to work... oh well time to run.
12:15 having second thoughts with an ear full of snow.... nope running into the wind isn't really any better, down wind, not so bad... nope left ear doesn't appreciate the snow in it any more than the right one...

Oh well, 4. miles on the day, all that was planned.  On to the swim tonight, may have to turn the heat up higher than normal though..

Tomorrow could be a long drive with snow really piling up on the passes.

Oh and marathons are fun, just make sure you do some training first.  Attempting without proper run fitness is unpleasant I hear.  And if you hit your PR on a half mary as part of your marathon... you probably went out too fast.. if you are not sure wait 10 miles and see if you have your own answer.  And the guy at mile 20 yelling, you are almost there, only a 10k to go, really isn't as funny as he thinks he is.   

There is Nothing like fresh air >

Ran an hour today and up and down some hills to mix it up .   Drove by the track before hand but not a soul there and it was locked up.  Being midday I nixed trying to jump the fence to time some miles on the track.

Baowolf  , good luck at the race .