anybody doin rock n roll half or full mary??

holy crap bq?? thats awesome!!! whats ur age group and time needed

i think i would need to be 3 hrs 10 min.    not happinin anytime soon.  DOH!!!

jasen - im shooting for 4 hrs also. are u gonna run w a pacer??? my plan is to to find the 4 hr pacer and try to hang like white on rice.  my last long run was 20 miles at 9:24 per mile and I felt fine afterward,  like i could have kept going and picked the pace up.  i need to be at 9:09 to break 4 hrs do u guys think this is attainable?

i know that i didnt give alot of info to go on, but im gonna give it a whirl, whats the worst that could happen?? and epic blowup???  maybe

also yeah we def should have trained together, i just didnt get the vibe that u were really into it so i didnt want to bother u

with the limited info i gave, do u guys think im in the ball park of 9:09 for 26.2???

Yeah, luckily I aged up this year and am a 3:10 qualifier.  

RnR AZ was my first marathon ever a couple years ago and I have so many great memories from it.  Don't worry about time, just go out and soak it all up!

I'm in for the full again this year - my 12th full marathon.

Time goal - I'm going to run a steady race and target 3:40.

Should be another fun day on the course - and cold in the AM.

Ah, man...no bother at all. I know it's hard to sync up plans and schedules so I kind of just threw out the amount I was running and was going to go from there. In fact, I've got a 13 mile run planned for this Sunday if you wanna join. I was going to drive up to TTL and do the SOMA course to change up the scenery.

If you felt good after your 20 miler, there's no reason why you can't hit your goal on race day...For me at least, I always surprise myself during a race. Without seeing any of your training, I'm going to go ahead and give you the benefit of the doubt....Unless you have an epic blow up.

My legs and body felt fine after my last long run...But out of no where my feet are blistering like crazy. I even took a day off hoping they would "harden", but they were tender today on just a 5 mile run. I'm hoping after a taper I'll be good...Not going to stick with the pace group. I'll pace myself at around 9:00/miles and try to save myself for a fast 10k at the end like I did during my last 30k race. We'll see...

Thebigb, good luck on your BQ!! You're going to nail it...

Patrick, hopefully I'll see you out there...

jasen - my plan calls for an 8 mile run that day, i dont think ill get much out of doing a half mary right b4 the race, maybe im on the super lazy ultra taper program.  but if u want some company either in our neighborhood or tempe town let me know time and place.

 as far as that goes if anybody else wants to meet to run....lets do it.

i'll be doing the half.

good luck to you guys doing the full!

well how did everybody do????

im not gonna lie i REALLY REALLY REALLY suffered.  i came in at 4:01:52

i wanted to be sub 4 but just barely missed it.  i got very dehydrated and cramped at the end but managed to run the whole thing.  i was w the pacer till mile 23 and those little hills my dehydration kicked my butt

Still a great result! The only other time I ran the full here was two years ago on the old course.  That little "hill" at 21 or whatever was a bit cruel.   

Mine went great.  I was quite worried it would fall apart due to recovering from this dang flu and my knee that I injured at Xterra was still hurting.  Felt super flat all week long but it all came together yesterday.  

1:34 and change going out and 1:32 and change coming in for a 3:07:59 and a BQ time.  

Dang B, that is some serious speed!  Congrats

Nice execution. 

Awesome work, gentlemen!! And congrats on your BQ!

I finished with a 3:54...This was really a"redemption race" for me after having such a bad race last year. I didn't know how to train last year and finished with a 5:04. My main goal was to knock over an hour off of that time and I did it. That hill at the end was very brutal, but I had my problems on the slight incline just before it...I swore my legs were going to collapse and I had to walk for a few seconds to get them back. Besides that everything went good.

Congrats to everyone who made it out there this year, whether you hit your goals or not.  You still braved the course and the challenges it throws your way, and for that alone you are a success.

My race went pretty much as planned - I hoped to stay at 8 min/mi and was there right up until mile 22ish - but still managed to hold things together and come in at 3:35:29, which is 1:48 off my PR and about 5 minutes faster than I was targeting for the race.  Solid effort and I felt great afterward (which is new).  On to the next!!

I saw Jasen come in at the finish as I was waiting for my wife to come in and he looked strong.   Good job man.   My wife made it in 4:11 and destroyed her last marathon time of 5:09.  Amazing what a training plan will do for you.

elliot85 - 2013-01-23 10:06 AM Nice job all. I had a good experience, too. I got to run with my dream girl, Montana Made Linsey Corbin! *sigh*

I saw the photo.  Very nice, very nice indeed.

thebigb - 2013-01-23 10:45 AM

elliot85 - 2013-01-23 10:06 AM Nice job all. I had a good experience, too. I got to run with my dream girl, Montana Made Linsey Corbin! *sigh*

I saw the photo.  Very nice, very nice indeed.

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