If I ever do an ironman...

[tribogota]

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

[tribogota]

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
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

[alpinerabbit]

oh btw the first will be in '10

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

[Tuckervill]

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

[Tri Girl]

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.