Pshorty's Group-GO NATHAN!!! (Page 7)

Candace,

I decided to run a marathon when I was sitting hungover at a sidewalk cafe in Brooklyn one November morning two years ago, and watched thousands of people of all ages and levels of experience trek past me. They were all grinning ear-to-ear at the cheering crowd (ok, maybe a few were grimacing). I decided at that point that I needed to be a part of this. With the right training, I am convinced that most active people could finish a marathon. Thats what was important for me the first time around.

After qualifying for Boston at the New Jersey Marathon last April (Flat-Flat-Flat: The perfect qualifying course), I basically stopped running while I went to school, worked, and planned a wedding. I started logging regular miles again in November, and I might have topped 30 miles one of these past weeks. I doubt it, though. My longest long run to this point was my 13.1 last week; this week I plan to do a long, slow 15.

For my last marathon, my weekly mileage peaked at 55. The longest run I did was 22, but I made sure I knew what it felt like to be running for over three hours during one of the scheduled long runs. I wanted to get my peak mileage over 60 in preparation for Boston, but that may not be in the cards. Once I go over 25 miles in a run, or 50 in a week, my body starts to wear. Less is more for me.

I'm doing mostly long training runs and shorter runs that incorporate some speedwork right now. I plan to spend one to two days a week at the track starting in February, and I'm incorporating hills into every workout. I like to do race-specific training -- lots of flat for NJ, lots of hills for Boston. It keeps it interesting for me.

I'm still waiting on my Garmin 305 (apparently backordered right around Christmas), but I'll start heartrate training whenever I get it. I've never done it before, so if anyone out there does have advice on it, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to think about preparation! I find that my training has been most beneficial when its been reflective, focused, and intentional. Still, I got up this morning, hit snooze, and put off my run until this afternoon. Go figure!

Just keep him occupied long enough for me to sneak off to find and steal one of his bikes

1.  Rest up

2.  I'll tell ya after the weekend is over because I don't want to jinx it.

Way to jump back in. I'm heading down to warmer climes for the weekend -- Long Island, NY, to visit family. Hopefully, I'll be able to get in some run miles. Gotta drop the planned swim.

If anyone has any leads on a used road bike, or last season's model, could you let me know? I'm in the market for cheap wheels. I'm training for a triathlon having never owned a real bike, and as a teacher I'm on a fairly tight budget. Have been talking with the guys at the local bike shop about the 2007 Trek 1000, which they can give me a decent price on. Anyone have any ideas?

Bill, you seem to be the guy into all those bike centerfolds . . . know of anything rideable that doesn't cost 10K?

A Trek 1000 was my very first bike.  Got me hooked on cycling, too.  I did a few metric century's on it and a bunch of group rides.  It's my official trainer bike now, and has held up very well.  Very good frame for the price, and the components are more than adequate.  It's not like Shimano makes bad components.  The make really good stuff (like what's on the Trek 1000) and then they progress up to totally badazz stuff (dura ace).

In other words, I would recommend the Trek 1000.  Probably the best entry level road bike out there.

Ofcourse, don't forget the pedals, the helmet, the pump, the shoes, the aerobars, etc. 

Now, I actually do know of a bike that costs $10k: http://www.feltracing.com/08/product.asp?catid=1504,1509&pid=8702

Hello everyone, I plan on being able to get on the site more. I am following the Dr. Philip Maffetone approach with regards to my HR. Here is a link to the article

http://www.rrca.org/resources/articles/slowdown.html

Ifyou cut and paste the link it works.  I have no idea why it doesn't work by clicking on it. 

Looks like Katie backed out, maybe Tom won't let her run it.

But here is a cool list of celebrities who have run a marathon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_marathoners 

Hey all,

My local bike shop is offering a great deal on last season's trek 1000's. They do the fitting for free there. I'm almost literally a hair short of 5'7", and I would certainly consider used if the frame is in good shape and the components are mostly savagable. (Though I'd really love to get one new.)

 I just know I couldn't afford to trick out a new bike with the pedals, shoes, and bars that I'd want right away.

Well, I had a pretty decent weekend.  She said yes.

Enough of the lovey stuff.  Time to train

I KNEW IT WAS BIGGER THAN A CENTURY RIDE!

 CONGRATS!

(Did you get down on one knee or did you do it mid-stride?)