If I ever do an ironman...

I've found the long-distance race for me:

Challenge Copenhagen. First issue this year:
Accessible by train, late in the season (mid-August) and a flat bike leg.



Now I just have to run a Marathon before I dare. Like, ever....

Sounds like you are considering it......that is the first step I think :D

Alpine... take this for what it's worth..

I, as well as all my friends, think that a stand alone marathon is WAY harder than an Ironman marathon...

Hmmmm....really?! Hmmmmm....maybe my plan in my head is not so crazy....2010 ;) Why do you think it is easier?

I don't know Kacie... Maybe it's that by the time you make it to the marathon your body is so beat down it's numb?? :D
Actually I think it's the varied training that goes into IM training. You are much fitter- overall fitness. Not just run fit.

alpinerabbit, please send link for copenhagen thingy, am looking for a race in DK to combine visit to Dad (danish) and a tri

runningmommy,
I totally agree, I would never ever do a marathon, but maybe, just maybe some day I will do an ironman....and I said I would never run 20k, except for a half ironman...something about running is not for me, but swimming and biking first, and then running, now that seems ok:eek:
cannot quite explain it,
I actually won't even do the 10ks, like the nike one, cause there is no swimming and biking first, some weird philosophy of mine

oh btw the first will be in '10

http://www.challengecopenhagen.com/ (site under construction)

I took a long dead-to-the-world nap this afternoon, and I vaguely recall that I dreamed that I ran a full marathon. Weird. I hope that's not a prediction of a future endeavor.

Karen

RM- I totally agree with your opinion on the stand alone marathon. For me, I was soooo glad to get off my bike during the IM that I was excited to run the marathon portion. I did a stand alone marathon 6 months after my IM and I hurt FAR worse than I did after the IM. All that run training wears me down and breaks me into pieces. It's not good. The variety of the IM training makes things so much easier.
I wouldn't do a stand alone marathon before an IM. Make it double special- your first marathon during your first IM. :D