Any Fall Marathons/Half Marathons?

[Deborajen]

Good luck to all of you!

I'm going to do the Wichita Half Marathon on Sept. 24. I just want to finish. I just did my first 10K in May, having been running for 4 1/2 years. You girls doing the full marathon rock! But I'd never consider a half marathon wimpy.

I just did an 8-mile run yesterday with 6 of it doing "speedwork." I have to laugh a little at the "speed" part since going that far it seems more like "regular-speed jog" than "slow-motion jog," but it felt awesome to complete it and still feel good.

I'll be thinking of all of you. I don't have a training partner - everyone else goes too fast for me or they give up if they can only go my speed. But I still love it. There's something about conquering the distance that's rewarding no matter what.

Deb

[Beverly Fay]

I must say, ladies, those races sound very plebeian to me!

How about coming over to this side of the pond where, on 1 October, you go to Letterkenny in County Donegal and do what is being billed as a Mooathon.

It's a half marathon where everyone has to at least dress in black and white, and at best, as a cow! The race sponsor is -- surprise! surprise! -- a dairy.

In case you think I'm making this up, have a look:

http://www.mooathon.com

Regards and best wishes to all of you with your various races -- even if they're not mooathons -- from Beverly

[colby]

Regards and best wishes to all of you with your various races -- even if they're not mooathons -- from Beverly

The Mooathon sounds awesome! I would so do a mooathon if we had one here!