So exciting....
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e_julianaI haven't had this much fun shopping online since I bought a tiara. And this is only for LUNA bars and CLIF shots. Silly girl. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
perfeti and I are going halfsies on a box of CLIF shots. We searched for a store that sold them downtown in vain today, so we ordered from the website. Why not?
Really, I can't overemphasise how much difference that little packet of goo made in my run yesterday. More than my electrolyte drink, more than the energy bar I had right before running. It was fabulous. Of course, it burns off quickly because it's pure sucrose, but it was still a great feeling.
Yes, I'm obsessing. So much so that I'm seriously considering the L.A. Marathon. March 7, 2004. Only a 5 month break, but I could do it. If I don't do that one, I'll do Grandma's Marathon next June. My grandmother wants me to come up and run the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks. Not bloody likely. Here's the topo of the race - note the elevations. Um, no.
But if I did the L.A. 'thon, then I could do the Seattle Marathon in the same year....
I'll run a marathon before I'm 30. That was one of my goals. My new goal? Run the Boston Marathon before I'm 40. Which means I have to run 26.2 miles in under 3:40. Which means I have to shave off 2 minutes per mile. I can do that.
Yes, I still have to finish my very first one. Damned reality.
Even through the pain, I still like running. It's not as easy for me as biking, which allows part of my brain to really think. It takes a great effort of will to keep moving, keep running, which only allows for flashes of thought or earworms to get through. But the victory over my innate laziness is a heady feeling.
Right. Time to limp home....
edit: From the Seattle Marathon site:
Did you know...
Our Marathon is 26.2 miles, and our half marathon is 13.1 miles. Yes. We still get asked.
perfeti and I are going halfsies on a box of CLIF shots. We searched for a store that sold them downtown in vain today, so we ordered from the website. Why not? Really, I can't overemphasise how much difference that little packet of goo made in my run yesterday. More than my electrolyte drink, more than the energy bar I had right before running. It was fabulous. Of course, it burns off quickly because it's pure sucrose, but it was still a great feeling.
Yes, I'm obsessing. So much so that I'm seriously considering the L.A. Marathon. March 7, 2004. Only a 5 month break, but I could do it. If I don't do that one, I'll do Grandma's Marathon next June. My grandmother wants me to come up and run the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks. Not bloody likely. Here's the topo of the race - note the elevations. Um, no.
But if I did the L.A. 'thon, then I could do the Seattle Marathon in the same year....
I'll run a marathon before I'm 30. That was one of my goals. My new goal? Run the Boston Marathon before I'm 40. Which means I have to run 26.2 miles in under 3:40. Which means I have to shave off 2 minutes per mile. I can do that.
Yes, I still have to finish my very first one. Damned reality.
Even through the pain, I still like running. It's not as easy for me as biking, which allows part of my brain to really think. It takes a great effort of will to keep moving, keep running, which only allows for flashes of thought or earworms to get through. But the victory over my innate laziness is a heady feeling.
Right. Time to limp home....
edit: From the Seattle Marathon site:
Did you know...
Our Marathon is 26.2 miles, and our half marathon is 13.1 miles. Yes. We still get asked.
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Date: 2003-08-25 01:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-25 01:56 pm (UTC)Wouldn't this involve training in the dead of winter in, you know, Minnesota?
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Date: 2003-08-25 03:45 pm (UTC)Whatever works.
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Date: 2003-08-25 05:16 pm (UTC)But actually, I'll be subletting a Bally's membership for most of the time, and running outside as much as possible. It doesn't really tend to get nasty until around late Jan./early Feb., and then I'll slink off to the gym for as long as I can stand it.
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Date: 2003-08-25 04:30 pm (UTC)um, no, I have no ulterior motives, why do you ask?
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Date: 2003-08-25 04:58 pm (UTC)Marine Corps Marathon
Portland Marathon
Medoc Marathon (in France)
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Date: 2003-08-25 05:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-25 05:37 pm (UTC)It's the only marathon where the longer you take the better you've had it.
And yes, if I had a nickel for each time someone said, "How far is this marathon?" Like the distance changes - um, still 26.2.
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Date: 2003-08-25 07:48 pm (UTC)Because free food and live music when you're done (Footstock, the freebie open air gig at the beach for runners only), and it's the only race where the guy next to you may be naked and wearing a dead chicken on his head, and this would be perfectly normal.