Boston Marathon (Page 2)

My plan right now is to "Dance with the one who brought me to the party". I will be using the same basic plan I followed to get me to Boston:

Pfitz 18/70 (18 Week, 70 Mile Per Week Peak)

I usually make some modifications to the plan mostly just swapping out the speedwork but for this go, I might just stick with the stock plan.

I have a course mapped out in my area that follows the profile of Boston very closely (Net Downhill first half with a couple of late breaking hills and a downhill finish) I plan on doing most all of my long runs on this course. (I have been doing so since September when I mapped it out)

Why I get so hyped up?  Maybe because some dude is calling me a fake runner and likening running bandit to an elite pro doping and taking credit for a win.  I'll be 45 minutes behind you buddy.  I won't steal any of your thunder.  Actually far, far after that since my "wave" would have started long after your gun sounded.

Magically retracted?  I posted an apology saying I wouldn't run it bandit since I had no idea this was such a sin to the running community.  Nothing magic about admitting you were wrong.  I'm going to try like hell to find a corporate bib to buy. 

I hope you'll be wearing a shirt saying, "Dear Red Sox fans please don't cheer for me you are ruining the sanctity of this sport". 

Who says I don't take it seriously?  I've taken my training very seriously.  I just don't take stealing your applause from the non-red sox fans seriously.  What if I promise to only accept applause from Red Sox fans?

No shite running is about perseverence and accomplishing a goal.  Maybe my, your co-workers, and your goals are different.  I really don't care about running a 3:15.  However, I do think breaking 4 hours and having a good 2009 tri season would be helluva lot of fun and a pretty darn nice accomplishment.

I'm not attacking you parnell.  I'm questioning your attack on me.

So, answer me this:  Do you view corporate exemptions and charity runners as fake dopers?  Must you qualify in Boston to be a "real runner"?

They just signed CC!

FWIW, my plan is to be steroid free and then:

Run three times per week while following Jorge's 3x per week cycling program.  Mondays is a medium distance run 5-10.  Wedneday is hill repeats.  Saturday is the long run.  Long run schedule looks like this:  I'll be running a lot of it on the actual course.

• 12/13 - 12 miles
• 12/20 - 10.5
• 12/27 - 12
• 1/3 - 10.5
• 1/10 - 14
• 1/17 - 10.5
• 1/24 - 16
• 1/31 - 10.5
• 2/7 - 18
• 2/14 - 10.5
• 2/21 - 18.3
• 2/28 - 10.5
• 3/7 - 18
• 3/14 - 10
• 3/21 - 21
• 3/28 - 16
• 4/4 - 12
• 4/11 - off
• 4/20 - race

If that feels easy I'll graduate to the intermediate schedule that involves 3-4 20+ runs.

Good luck everyone.

Rob - Run it however you need to run it, I'll have my cruise control tuned to whatever time you need between 3:30 and 4:00. :-) I'm doing this run for the "Boston Marathon" experience and to get me ready for a great triathlon season.

My "official" training for IMLP starts Jan 1st with my coach. I am conveniently going to have a long run scheduled for April 20th.

Thanks Bob, that means a lot.

ok, let's bring this back to the important stuff.

BT party on sunday!!!!

we could pick a venue - like beerworks by fenway, or again, I am happy to open my home up to the motley crew.

thoughts?

Wait... when you say ramping up... do you mean I need to increase my long runs?   

I'll be following the Jessi special, with regular doses of 6+ hour trail runs, then hill work starting in February.  It's looking like Boston may actually take a bit of a back seat to a race I'll likely do 4 weeks later.

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_4/129.shtml

I was leery of a plan with longer distance runs vs most stuff ya read, but am going with the advanced plan as an upgrade from the intermediate plan that got me my BQ.  I am hoping for growth as a runner with this one while hopefully bouncing back raring to go for MOO.  We shall see how that goes. 

Don't really want to drag it out, but I guess there's a point you're missing here: yes, it is a marathon, but for a lot of folks here it's just as much part of Boston tradition to partake in one way or another as it is an elite sporting event.  Yeah, it IS a Boston-thing and you just wouldn't understand.   Seriously, it coincides with a Massachusetts-only holiday for a reason.  And the folks who camp out in the cold or the rain all day to cheer on runners from start to finish -- they're often not runners or sports fans, but just Massholes celebrating Masshood.  It's something to cheer for and aspire to even if you're a non-athlete or non-runner or non-traditional athlete in addition to those who are just non-elite.  I've always understood that tradition to have a big place for 'bandits' and one that wouldn't be the same without them.  Having a number puts you in a different sub-group, certainly, but all are there to finish, not snub noses.

That said, Bandito or Bibbed - as usual, there will be Beer at Boston at mile 20!  I'll be handing out cold cups - just look for the BEER NEAR chalk marks 'round Heartbreak Hill  

Happy training everyone!

Obviously we're not talking about the important stuff here (criticising screen names?), so let's all take a time-out and cool our heels.

Folks,

I temporarily froze this thread because I felt it was escalating into a dangerous territory of personal attacks and abusive criticisms.  The purpose of this thread is to discuss the Boston Marathon; not to debate qualifiers vs bandits, Red Sox fans vs marathon fans or whether or not someone is qualified to render an opinion based on their choice of screen name.

I know that everyone likes getting in the last word on an argument, but I can assure you that this is the last word on this topic.  In the future, offensive posts will be deleted and repeat offenders will have their posting privileges suspended.

Have a nice day.

Hi, All.  Some folks here and elsewhere mentioned an interest in volunteering for the event.

Open online volunteer registration will be available here: http://www.baa.org/Volunteering/BostonMarathonVolunteer.asp in January.

My friend, Ray was the first one to finish the Boston Marathon in 2009!

Ok, not the actual event, but the full Boston course.  It's a good story.  In his blog there's a link to the Globe article about Gary, the runner who has been doing the New Year's Day course for the past 5 years. 

Thought you guys might find this amusing and/or inspiring... and perhaps some of you might be ambitious enough to join them next year.

Happy running!

Hey, I got my ticket punched in Vegas in December and I will be utilizing it to run this year!  My first trip there.  I hope to see you all and I would probably be up for a Sunday BT meeting.  Unless someone has extra tickets to Fenway they would like to share

Otherwise, I am with Bob and others as far as training plans go.  My A race for next year is IMWI, and this will be a long run that falls on April 20th.  I am going to enjoy the race like no other.  Soak up the experience. Should be a blast. 

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

As far as getting there, I will be up that way on Wednesday, staying in P-Town until Saturday and then heading back into the city.  Timebaron and whitem5 took care of my hotel reservations, so I'm really not sure where we are all stayin'.

I'm up for a Sunday meetup.  You guys decide where and I'll be there...I'm not too familiar with the city, so I'll just GPS where ever we decide.  But I'm in, and Talk2MeGoose is in.

Plan...hmmm...that's funny.  I'm running the Umstead 100 miler 16 days prior.  So I guess that's my long training run for the BM.  I just won't run AT ALL for the next 15 days after the Umstead so I can recover.  Yep.  I'm crazy.  St. Anthony's tri the weekend after BM. 

yeah, I'd say a 100 miler prior to Boston does qualify as more crazier than doing a HIM that same time before...I'm doing a HIM as well on 5 April and plan to just "taper" between the two races.  Guess we're all on the same crazy boat together!