If I ever do an ironman...

[alpinerabbit]

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....

[kacie tri-ing]

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

[Running Mommy]

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...

[kacie tri-ing]

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

[Running Mommy]

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??
Actually I think it's the varied training that goes into IM training. You are much fitter- overall fitness. Not just run fit.

[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.