Marathon & 1/2 Marathon

[Relym]

I haven't found any threads about running (not that I looked very hard), so I thought I'd open one up. For discussion on any kind of long distance, I suppose, but primarily the marathon and half marathon.

I suppose I'll start off by asking this question: If you've done any marathons or half marathons, where and when was it? Did you enjoy it?

I just ran one in San Diego today and it was fantastic.

[TheEYE]

Felt like a marathon......
No I did not enjoy it.

The cops were chasing me.  



Oh, sorry...... you meant the other type of running......
My bad.  

hehe
How did ya do?

[the.crippled.dreamer]

If I trained for a marathon, there'd be nothing left of me...I already consume twice as much food as the average individual and am short on body fat (not an actual blessing when you're constantly famished, believe me )

Someone in my office use to run them, but he needs surgery on his Achilles and won't even after (he says to be smarter than him; never skip stretching & take care of your knees  )

[Relym]

I did way better than I thought I would. I was aiming for 2 hours flat, and I got 1:38:57. But yeah, long distance training is just hell. After a while, it's not so much about cardio or fatigue as it is just time-consuming. Like I said, 13 miles usually takes around 2 hours for me, which seems like FOREVER when you're running.

[TheGrayK]

Back when I was in ROTC I did a 26 mile marathon through White Sands oh man talk about a nightmare!