Any Fall Marathons/Half Marathons?

[kaybee]

Is anyone out there planning a fall marathon or half marathon? I just made reservations in Memphis for the St. Jude Half on December 2. Very exciting! Does anyone else have similar plans? We can cry one each other's shoulders during training.

KB

[liksani]

Hmm, doing San Jose rock n roll half in early Oct, and Nike Women's Full Marathon in late October in San Francisco. :P

[limewave]

I'm running in an October Fest 1/2 Marathon, Sept 23
And then the infamous Chicago on Oct 22 to celebrate our daughter's first birthday and our 3rd anniversary!

I do need a shoulder to cry on. I've been having ruptured ovarian cyst issues--nothing like running with a knife wedged in your side and then spending the next three days puking. Plus I have some excessive skin issues from weight-loss that are causing wonderfully painful soars every week. Even with all the problems, the long runs are strangely addicting . . .

I'm planning my first 20-mile run next week sometime.

[maillotpois]

Since I can't ride for four more months, I am doing the Nike Womens' marathon in SF in October as well. I haven't done a marathon since 2000. I must be a runner now, though, because I lost a toenail.

The Rock & Roll half is up in the air. I am actually on the board of directors for that event. Crazy. People who know me well know that my mantra since I bought a bike has been "running sucks", so to actually be officially involved in a running event is wacky.

Since I got such a late start (didn't start training til about 3 weeks ago), I am run/walking. Did my 15 miler in 3 hours, so that's not too bad. I'd like to come in under 6 hours. I know that's pretty pathetic, but we can cut the girl with blood clots in her lungs some slack...

[colby]

How timely! I just "officially" signed up for the Seattle Marathon today, after starting my training anyway. I guess now I'm mentally committed, for real. It's November 26th.

I am also going to do a half marathon on October 15th, it lines up with a close day on my training plan, and no travel required (just a 30 minute drive) so it's convenient. I just decided this about... 15 minutes ago. The Half Marathon is at the Spokane Marathon. I figure this keeps me on my training plan, and I'll be prepared.

The Nike womens full marathon looked REALLY cool, but lined up too closely with the summer triathlon stuff I did for adequate training. Also required more travel considerations, but I can always use an excuse for travel to San Francisco!

Good luck to everyone We need our own calendar so we know who to cheer on when! Maybe we should set up a TE Member Events Calendar at Google Calendars (http://www.google.com/calendar )??

[maillotpois]

There's a calendar here - it's a little hurky to use, but I added the Nike Women's marathon to it!

[kaybee]

Okay, you ladies are making me feel like a wimp for "only" doing a half. Do I get any extra credit for being OLD?

KB

[maillotpois]

kaybee you get extra credit just for running. We all do!

But I think limewave wins the prize. Yikes - sounds like you're having a tough time!!!

[colby]

There's a calendar here - it's a little hurky to use, but I added the Nike Women's marathon to it!

Duh, THAT's what that calendar link at the top is for I see it has all the birthdays on it, wow. I must have totally missed that before now!

[Running Mommy]

I will be AT the NYC marathon in November... Does that count??
I've actually done that race 4 times, but I just can't train for another falll mary in this Phoenix heat. So I'm going to cheer on my cousin.
I'll be running WDW in Jan tho...

[bikergal]

I am also doing the San Jose Rock n Roll half marathon and the Nike Full marathon in October! It's coming fast!! I'm doing an 18 mile training this weekend.

Shelley

[limewave]

Okay, I think this is the condensed list of everyone's events thus far:

btchance Huntsville 1/2 November 11
colby Seattle Marathon November 26
Lise Chicago 1/2 Marathon October 01
Liksani Nike Marathon October 22
maillotpois Nike Marathon October 22
bikergal Nike Marathon October 22
limewave Chicago Marathon October 22
Kaybee St. Jude 1/2 Marathon December 02
RunningMommy WDW Marathon January 8

[kaybee]

Thanks for putting together the list, Limewave. You ladies never cease to inspire and amaze me. Will the cyst pain go away sometime soon? I can't imagine running with that kind of pain.

What if we have a weekly thread (maybe on Mondays, since most people do their long runs on weekends) to post our long runs and seek or give support, advice, etc.? Some of us probably have training partners, but sometimes it helps to have someone else to talk to, and for those that are training alone, a support system is very important.

KB

[colby]

What if we have a weekly thread (maybe on Mondays, since most people do their long runs on weekends) to post our long runs and seek or give support, advice, etc.? Some of us probably have training partners, but sometimes it helps to have someone else to talk to, and for those that are training alone, a support system is very important.

Good idea, KB. Hearing what works and doesn't work for some people might give us good ideas, and since we'll be at different points in our training you might be able to give pointers or read up on what you can expect.

Maybe we go weekly - the first person to finish their long run for the week starts the thread. We'd have to agree on how we determine the week -- does it start on Monday (longest run for the week starting Monday ending following Sunday), or Sunday (longest run for the week starting Sunday ending following Saturday), that kind of thing. I guess the daily ride reports avoid that by just being daily

[maillotpois]

Beverly - the Mooathon sounds wonderful. I wish we had one!!