Back to Back, Muddy Marathon & NJ Marathon this weekend, Anybody?
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beads1985 posted 29 weeks ago.
CadenceGuy wrote:
Crazy! Just Crazy!! GOOD LUCK!!!
Said like Christopher Walken of course!! ;-)
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gfd posted 29 weeks ago.
This is taking it to another level. Good for you and good luck. No doubt you will do it and finish with a smile.
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noahwvu88 posted 29 weeks ago.
I'll be at the NJ Marathon...My girlfriend is running the half...I'll be there as a spectator...good luck
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beads1985 posted 29 weeks ago.
I will be the guy in the tuxedo shirt, cursing the rain!! ;-)
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Anton posted 29 weeks ago.
gfd wrote:
This is taking it to another level. Good for you and good luck. No doubt you will do it and finish with a smile.
Nah... to ultrarunners, it's just a normal training weekend.
What else ya gonna do Scott?
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beads1985 posted 29 weeks ago.
Anton wrote:
gfd wrote:This is taking it to another level. Good for you and good luck. No doubt you will do it and finish with a smile.
Nah... to ultrarunners, it's just a normal training weekend.
What else ya gonna do Scott?
I am going to a Cinco De Mayo party on Saturday!!
and then get the kids afterwards on Sunday.
Back to work on Monday.
Business as usual. ;-)
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Anton posted 29 weeks ago.
Good...just wanted to make sure you weren't slacking off!
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gfd posted 29 weeks ago.
Anton wrote:
gfd wrote:This is taking it to another level. Good for you and good luck. No doubt you will do it and finish with a smile.
Nah... to ultrarunners, it's just a normal training weekend.
What else ya gonna do Scott?
To me it is another level my body is not capable of. I think what you guys/girls do is awesome.
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Anton posted 28 weeks ago.
"To me it is another level my body is not capable of."....Yet!
If you can run a Mary, You can run a 50K and even a 50 miler.
They're waiting Garen. All you have to do is go.
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jtrimom posted 28 weeks ago.
gfd wrote:
Anton wrote:gfd wrote:This is taking it to another level. Good for you and good luck. No doubt you will do it and finish with a smile.
Nah... to ultrarunners, it's just a normal training weekend.
What else ya gonna do Scott?To me it is another level my body is not capable of. I think what you guys/girls do is awesome.
REALLY?! Garen? you do IRONMANs, and you think there is a level your body cannot achieve? If you WANT it, you can do it, no?
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gfd posted 28 weeks ago.
I have thought about it but I don't feel the same motivation to do it as I did with marathons and the IM. The part I struggle with is I can't get past feeling like I will be wrecking myself. I understand that this isn't the case and that ultra's are fine, physiologically, if trained for properly. Maybe one day in the future this will become my next obsession. In the meantime I will ultra vicariously through Anton, Beads, Star, and the other Trifuelers who go 50K and beyond.
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jtrimom posted 28 weeks ago.
see, that sounds more like it...you CAN do it, you are just choosing NOT to right now...Ironman :)
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Anton posted 28 weeks ago.
I can understand that...My Mom used to dish up vegetables a lot when I was a kid and I'd tell her..."I like them but I don't want any right now." Now, I can't get enough!
I know lots of folks for whom IM's became no big deal so they started running Ultras.
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beads1985 posted 28 weeks ago.
Well Garen you can vicariously hurt now.
Cayman and I attempted the Muddy Marathon.
Rough course lots of hills and some areas which you climbed a steep hillside with help from your hands.
4 loops 6.55 miles each.
The first loop we missed something and completed that in about 1:15 and they look surprised when we reached the checkpoint.
The second loop we were on course and it hurt and that was about 2:07 but he let us go out for the 3rd
The 3rd loop was okay until the aforementioned hands and feet climbs.
Cayman was hurtin' and so was I my calves and hammys were knotted so badly and we had to do a lot of walking.
We finished the 3rd loop in just about 2:30 for a total of about 5:50.
He offered to let me go out for the 4th and I almost tried and felt my legs trembling.
The BBQ was going and we saw beer flowing, so we DNF'd
There is still the NJ Marathon tomorrow, which is thankfully flat and paved. ;-)
Got to pack and get going.
I will give more details on Monday
Come over to the dark(ultra)side Garen, we are waiting. ;-)
BTW Turkey swamp 50 k in early August.....
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gfd posted 28 weeks ago.
Too bad about the DNF. Sounds like a really tough course. Good luck tomorrow.
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beads1985 posted 28 weeks ago.
Well I was a little too hurting early Sunday Morning so I was DNS at NJ marathon.
I am still feeling ouchy today ;-P
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gfd posted 28 weeks ago.
Discretion is the better part of valor. Or something like that. Anyway, smart choice and on to the next challenge.
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kylie posted 28 weeks ago.
Good on you for listening to the body Scott! Like my wise mentors on here say, it is not about any one day but about a lifestyle ;)
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beads1985 posted 28 weeks ago.
It was a tough 20 miles on Saturday. More like an adventure race than a trail run.
Several people described the course as "F***ing Brutal" and I agree.
I couldn't help but listen to my body since it was yelling at me! ;-)
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Anton posted 28 weeks ago.
beads1985 wrote:
Well I was a little too hurting early Sunday Morning so I was DNS at NJ marathon.
I am still feeling ouchy today ;-P
Smart move lad. I suspected a high probability...Listening to your body IS being a smart athlete.
It has been my experience that if you want to really have a "sporty"weekend, pick two easy Mary's or a 50k and a Century the next day or make a real sporty weekend of it and do 24 hour run or bike!
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beads1985 posted 28 weeks ago.
Since this was the inaugural event I had no idea how it would go. I have done trail marathons before and this was way above and beyond that.
Yes, there will be a next time I try back to back but it will be 2 flat races.
I still got almost 6 hours on the trail, so it was quite the workout!
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Trying to do back to back, Muddy Marathon on Saturday & NJ Marathon on Sunday
I think Cayman is joining me on Saturday
Anybody else doing one or the other?
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