Comments on: Marathon Brain

By: Jody - Fit at 54

Jody - Fit at 54 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:27:43 +0000

I love that quote & your view on this – a great one!!! When I did 5K’s when I was younger – the thing I disliked the most – the crowds!

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:10:46 +0000

Hell, if *I* got this 26.2 thing set straight in my head as a first-timer, you TOTALLY have this in the bag my friend. I mean really, you are a PRO at this stuff — trust yourself, trust your body, trust your training and most of all? Run with joy!!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:36:33 +0000

Similar–I do my long runs with a camelbak, so I’m good to go to haul my stuff around NYC

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:11:30 +0000

Great post! I saw that email, too, and thought of my experience at the Chicago Marathon. I didn’t check a bag/cell phone (even though they have a bag check) because I had planned a meeting place with my sister after I finished and thought that would be enough. That meeting place ended up being gated off for the first time this year, and I was without a cellphone wandering through a packed crowd, insanely sore/tired/emotional. I asked someone if I could borrow their phone, they said no, and then I proceeded to start to cry. Looking back now, I kind of laugh at it but it really sucked at the time. I think if I was running NYC this year I would just run with my phone. I ran all my training runs with my phone last year because I wasn’t familiar with the area I was living in at the time, so I was used to it and it didn’t really slow me down.
Anyways, I like your plan! You’re going to kill it!

By: Amanda @ Click. The Good News

Amanda @ Click. The Good News — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:50:40 +0000

I got that email too….I’m not too worried about it, hubby will be meeting me at finish line & I’ll have him pack sandals/sweats/whatever-I-need. I’m accustomed to wearing a fuelbelt, so I can be like a pack mule and carry my food, phone, and ten thousand other things. I feel bad for those runners not used to doing that. I’m getting excited- happy for the ever so slightly cooler temps in Houston for our 17 mile run next weekend