Who here has run a marathon before? - SRT Forums

RTShadow · 04-02-2009, 10:08 PM

A full marathon, talking the full 26 miler here, none of that half stuff, or relay crap.

I have run one, and attempted another.

While in Iraq we had a relay team ready to run the Boston Marathon at Tallil (4 members, each runs about 5.5 miles or so) and two of the relay members got stuck at another base for several days and weren't going to make it back, and we found out the night before so it was too late to get anyone new to want to do it.

So me and the other guy decided that we would just run the full marathon, and see how far we got.

Yah...

19 miles in I thought I was going to die, but I kept going...
22 miles in I fell down cramped up so hard it took 5 minutes to get the cramp out and get going again.
24 miles I could no longer run continuously and had to alternate hobbling slow jogging for the last 2+ miles.

I can remember over the last mile thinking "WHAT THE *@#*$@ WERE YOU THINKING??? YOU WILL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!!!"

I finished, took me 4 hours and 40 minutes, not bad for never having trained. All I did was my usual 4 mile runs every other day, but I think all the walking we did in Iraq must have also helped because I attempted another marathon last year here in the U.S. and I had to finish at the half because my ankle was acting up, I didn't train like I probably should have.

This year I'm not going to try, but once I get my weight back down to 180 I'm going to work my way up the distance to 20 miles for practice runs and a year from now give it another shot.

Anyone else every try a marathon?

Wizardsrt-4 · 04-02-2009, 10:14 PM

Damn dude your a trooper..in both senses of the word

But I haven't ran one yet but im sure one day i might try and do it!

See the real problem is that...I HATE RUNNING!

I did soccer for years but thats different than being in cross country where all you do is run

RedlineRacer4 · 04-02-2009, 10:18 PM

<----- was a cross country runner lol

and i haven't done one yet but plan on it ...

i'm in the northwest and there is a pretty big running community up here!

i did run about a half marathon in approx an hour and a half.... cant remember

RTShadow · 04-02-2009, 10:23 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by RedlineRacer4

<----- was a cross country runner lol

and i haven't done one yet but plan on it ...

i'm in the northwest and there is a pretty big running community up here!

i did run about a half marathon in approx an hour and a half.... cant remember

7 minute mile pace roughly, that's pretty dang good for someone in a first time half marathon.

I wish I would have ran a marathon at the age of 24, when I was in the best shape of my life.

Wizardsrt-4 · 04-02-2009, 10:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by RedlineRacer4

<----- was a cross country runner lol

and i haven't done one yet but plan on it ...

i'm in the northwest and there is a pretty big running community up here!

i did run about a half marathon in approx an hour and a half.... cant remember

i figured some1 on here would be one lolz.

I just didn't understand it. All you guys did was RUN. Thats it!

There was no ball involved or leaping over something or anything.

just RUN!

RTShadow · 04-02-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wizardsrt-4

i figured some1 on here would be one lolz.

I just didn't understand it. All you guys did was RUN. Thats it!

There was no ball involved or leaping over something or anything.

just RUN!

There is a real mental element to distance running, and by mental I mean that you have to really use mind over matter to push yourself beyond where your body thinks you should be able to go, and also mental as in, a bit crazy

Wizardsrt-4 · 04-02-2009, 10:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by RTShadow

There is a real mental element to distance running, and by mental I mean that you have to really use mind over matter to push yourself beyond where your body thinks you should be able to go, and also mental as in, a bit crazy

yeah i got ya.

But still when i played soccer,we hated the days where all we did was run and not play ball..

we would look @ the cross country ppl and think "damn that sucks...thats all they get to do..RUN!" lol.

RedlineRacer4 · 04-03-2009, 09:43 AM

yeah RT is right there is alot of mentally pushing yourself harder.... i ran competitively for 6 years so i have a bit of experience

..... and wizard there is another reason why all we did was run and not use any balls or bats or anything like that

.... we're just to uncoordinated

Wizardsrt-4 · 04-03-2009, 09:54 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RedlineRacer4

yeah RT is right there is alot of mentally pushing yourself harder.... i ran competitively for 6 years so i have a bit of experience

..... and wizard there is another reason why all we did was run and not use any balls or bats or anything like that

.... we're just to uncoordinated

makes sense...

i just didn't understand the fact that all you do is run and....yeah thats it.

I mean id rather just run on my own then have a coach yelling @ you after you did 8 miles and says "THATS ALL YOU GOT!" lol.

friend088 · 04-03-2009, 10:21 AM

I admire anyone who can run a marathon. After a few miles I'd be too worn out. Smoking FTL.
Tennis, however, is a different story.

Alpha-Omega · 04-03-2009, 11:19 AM

I never have, but I want to. I want to see if I can make it the whole way.

The only training I would do is the cardio I do every day. 4-5 days a week I'm on the treadmill for 30-35 minutes and the other 2-3 days I run 5 miles outside.

It takes me about 40 minutes to run the 5 miles...don't know how long I could keep that pace up. I'm not dying at 5 miles so I wonder just how far I could go.

Alpha-Omega · 04-03-2009, 11:21 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by friend088

I admire anyone who can run a marathon. After a few miles I'd be too worn out. Smoking FTL.
Tennis, however, is a different story.

Come visit in DFW and I'll play tennis with you all day long...

friend088 · 04-03-2009, 05:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Alpha-Omega

Come visit in DFW and I'll play tennis with you all day long...

Are you any good?

Alpha-Omega · 04-03-2009, 06:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by friend088

Are you any good?

I don't really know. I'm better than the people I get to play against, but that may not mean much, lol.

Stop by during vacation and we'll find out

RedlineRacer4 · 04-04-2009, 04:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wizardsrt-4

makes sense...

i just didn't understand the fact that all you do is run and....yeah thats it.

I mean id rather just run on my own then have a coach yelling @ you after you did 8 miles and says "THATS ALL YOU GOT!" lol.

no i hear ya ... all i ever got asked by people in other sport during high school was "why do you run for fun"

well....
1. its the only thing i'm good at

2. its not really for fun... its to beat the other person

... oh and man "run forest run" got sooooooooo old .... i had kids yellin that at me and i swear the movie was older then they were!

thats another thing we had a kid named "Forest" on our team