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 2009-02-10 7:05 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Champion  5495    Whizzzzzlandia Silver member |  Subject: RE: Illinois MarathonI'm not signed up yet... but I think dumpster and I are in for the HALF.
I've been training for Cary, and I think I'm just going to run Cary on 3/15 and keep it going through Illinois on 4/11.
See you all there! |
| 2009-02-11 6:45 PM in reply to: #1955668 |
Expert 1075 Champaign Area, IL | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I am doing the Half also Whizzzzz....see you there!!! |
| 2009-02-11 7:57 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Champion 6993 Chicago, Illinois | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I was not if I was going to be able to do this race or not. I figured I really could afford lodging but a friend of mine talked about driving down day of the race so I might see about doing that. I know plenty of people who can pick up my bib for me if I decide to go. |
| 2009-02-28 7:47 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon It's been awhile since anyone posted here. How is everyone doing with their training? I put in my first 20 miler today and plan on at least one more, if not two, before the race. I'm also getting anxious for the race to just get here already! |
| 2009-03-01 9:49 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Expert 1075 Champaign Area, IL | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I registered this weekend for the Half....so now I have to get my butt in gear |
| 2009-03-04 9:49 AM in reply to: #1761815 |
| Veteran 225 | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Over a three hour run this upcoming weekend for myself!!!!! |
| 2009-03-06 7:32 PM in reply to: #1996333 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Decatur217 - 2009-03-04 9:49 AM Over a three hour run this upcoming weekend for myself!!!!! Will this be your first run for that long? Good luck. Have fun.  |
| 2009-03-08 1:29 PM in reply to: #2003040 |
| Veteran 225 | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon It was not pretty. It was so humid out and to boot I was dumb and ran the last 9 miles directly into a 15-20mph head wind.
Is it common at this point to not feel confident anymore? BEcause I am there. |
| 2009-03-08 2:30 PM in reply to: #2004846 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Decatur217 - 2009-03-08 1:29 PM It was not pretty. It was so humid out and to boot I was dumb and ran the last 9 miles directly into a 15-20mph head wind.
Is it common at this point to not feel confident anymore? BEcause I am there. It's true that a really tough run can shake your confidence, but please don't get discouraged. When you train long enough you will inevitably have a few workouts, sometimes even key workouts, that don't go well. Sometimes they feel like complete disasters when you are in the middle of them. But you can still get something useful out of them. We had less than optimal weather this weekend and you did your long run anyway. And you did the last 9 miles into a tough wind! Be proud of that. Think about what got you through it and how you can use that and build on it when things get tough during the race. And know that if you can do that in training you can definitely do it on race day! And maybe start logging your workouts so we can drop in and leave encouragement for you in your logs along the way. Edited by MissKelly 2009-03-08 2:32 PM |
| 2009-03-16 9:53 AM in reply to: #2004894 |
| Veteran 225 | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Well it has been awhile since ireplied.
This weeks run was 3 hours 32 minutes and I felt great after a two hour the day before! Big transition from the week before when I was struggling! Maybe the weather being so much nicer helped! |
| 2009-03-17 9:43 AM in reply to: #1761815 |
| Veteran 225 | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon URGENT!!!
To those signed up for the Illinois marathon, in the Champagn News Gazette today there was an article saying the race will be cancelled if there are not more volunteers to help the intersections.
They need 225 more volunteers by April 1 (two weeks) or the race is cancelled. If you have family members that could help it would help all of us out.
search the news gazette website for the article. |
| 2009-03-17 1:19 PM in reply to: #2022701 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Oh my gosh! That's terrible. I hope they find some volunteers. How disappointing for everyone otherwise. Decatur217 - 2009-03-17 9:43 AM URGENT!!!
To those signed up for the Illinois marathon, in the Champagn News Gazette today there was an article saying the race will be cancelled if there are not more volunteers to help the intersections.
They need 225 more volunteers by April 1 (two weeks) or the race is cancelled. If you have family members that could help it would help all of us out.
search the news gazette website for the article. |
| 2009-03-17 2:16 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Master 1920 Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I didn't even know this thread existed! And now my first post is to worry about bad news  I really hope they don't cancel this race!! It's supposed to be my PR, and my boyfriend is supposed to run his first! This could really suck |
| 2009-03-17 2:37 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/03/17/marathon_voluntee... Found it. Not good. I'll volunteer if someone from Chicago can give me a ride down there! This is awful! BTers UNITE! I'm going to talk to my Team in Training group and let them know that this may not go and it'd be a great way to give back to the running community!!! We should see if they've contacted area high schools and colleges and so on and so forth! |
| 2009-03-17 3:17 PM in reply to: #2023569 |
Veteran 171 Springfield, Illinois | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I've got a team of over 10+ people training for this right now. We have shirts made up and everything. The chatter on Facebook is getting fierce. We are already looking at plan B, but Illinois Marathon is my husband's first marathon and U of I is his alma mater! This would have been very symbolic for him. It really would be sad if he couldn't do this race. It just wouldn't be the same going somewhere else. |
| 2009-03-17 4:39 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I started looking at other races that happen in the two weeks after this date as a plan B as well. The actual location isn't quite as sentimental for me, but we have an office there. My co-workers were really excited and had planned some events around me coming down for the weekend. It would be disappointing to have to call all of that off. |
| 2009-03-17 6:44 PM in reply to: #2023569 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon mr2tony - 2009-03-17 2:37 PM http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/03/17/marathon_voluntee... Found it. Not good. I'll volunteer if someone from Chicago can give me a ride down there! This is awful! BTers UNITE! I'm going to talk to my Team in Training group and let them know that this may not go and it'd be a great way to give back to the running community!!! We should see if they've contacted area high schools and colleges and so on and so forth! Wow - this is really nice of you! When the few of us from this area who are planning on the race figure out our travel plans, we can let you know if you're still interested. |
| 2009-03-18 7:28 AM in reply to: #2023569 |
Master 1920 Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon mr2tony - 2009-03-17 3:37 PM http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/03/17/marathon_voluntee... Found it. Not good. I'll volunteer if someone from Chicago can give me a ride down there! This is awful! BTers UNITE! I'm going to talk to my Team in Training group and let them know that this may not go and it'd be a great way to give back to the running community!!! We should see if they've contacted area high schools and colleges and so on and so forth! We could potentially come and get you on our way from Michigan! I don't know how it would work, exactly, but we could try! |
| 2009-03-18 9:38 AM in reply to: #1761815 |
| Veteran 225 | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I work for the Urbana School district, so I sent out a mass email to everyone. Hopefully someone will
They said that for each volunteer the marathon is going to give $18 to a not for profit organization. I will be running in the race, but I have gained 4 people to sign up yesterday. |
| 2009-03-18 9:46 AM in reply to: #1761815 |
| Veteran 225 | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon NEWS!!!!!!!!
Just heard on the radio they had over 200 sign up yesterday alone!!!! Race will be on!!!!! |
| 2009-03-18 9:53 AM in reply to: #2025110 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Decatur217 - 2009-03-18 9:46 AM NEWS!!!!!!!!
Just heard on the radio they had over 200 sign up yesterday alone!!!! Race will be on!!!!! This is great news! Thank you for keeping us informed on this. |
| 2009-03-18 9:53 AM in reply to: #1761815 |
Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Phew!!!! Glad to hear that they got what they needed. |
| 2009-03-18 1:39 PM in reply to: #2025110 |
Veteran 171 Springfield, Illinois | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon Decatur217 - 2009-03-18 9:46 AM NEWS!!!!!!!!
Just heard on the radio they had over 200 sign up yesterday alone!!!! Race will be on!!!!! I can't seem to find anything to comfirm this yet. Is it really true?? |
| 2009-03-18 2:01 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Veteran 171 Springfield, Illinois | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon |
| 2009-03-18 2:47 PM in reply to: #1761815 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: Illinois Marathon I may go down there anyway just to strap the race. I loves a road trip. |
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