Posts by wrm2105

No need to get off your high horse. Running your first 20 miler is a HUGE achievement--I have very fond memories of my first 20 mile run. Congratulations, and good luck with the rest of your training!

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It's really difficult to carbo-load without gaining weight. It is assumed that you will gain some weight during a carbo loading phase, just because you end up storing extra water while you accumulate glycogen (which comes from the extra carbs that you consume). It's only temporary; you should see your weight start to drop again once you've done loading.

In terms of foods, I try to keep it simple when I carbo-load: pasta, brown rice, and potatoes are staples for me. Sometimes I'll treat myself to pretzels or bagels. But there's no need to find or rely on fancy stuff to help with loading.

Congrats on everything you have so far to prepare for you first marathon. In the past twelve months I have completed two marathons and one 50K race, with another marathon coming up in three weeks, so I know how you feel. All of these jitters and concerns are perfectly normally and to be expected.

One thing to keep in mind with the forecasted temperature that you posted is that it is the expected HIGH temp, which you will most likely encounter by the time you have completed the race. Try to look for the expected low temp for that morning--the temperature at the time the race starts will be closer to that. My biggest concern for you is figuring out how to stay warm while you wait for the race to begin, as once you start moving, you will definitely warm up.

The key point to remember is to wear layers, and if at all possible, consider wearning or buying an inexpensive or old jacket or sleeveless vest as your outermost piece of clothing. If it's something that was extremely inexpensive or something so old that you don't care about, then you can easily ditch it during the race. But given the expected high temp, my guess is that you won't be needing to get rid of it.

I can't speak for how to account for Raynaud's disease, but as someone whose hands get cold easily, gloves play a crucial role in my cold weather gear (I wear gloves anytime the temps are lower than 50 degrees). I also make it a point to wear a wool cap, since a lot of our heat escapes through the head. Do whatever it takes to keep your extremities (head, toes, hands/fingers) as warm as possible, while keeping into account the rule that you should dress for conditions 15-20 degrees warmer.

One final suggestion is to do a short run outside during the middle of the week (maybe Tuesday or Wednesday) in the clothes that you plan to wear on race day. Please don't wear something on race day that you haven't worn on a previous run. Hopefully the temps on the day of your "dress rehearsal" will be close to what you will encounter next weekend, which will allow you to see whether you dressed warmly enough or not. You can then make adjustments based on how things went that day.

The following link will give you a guide to how you should be dressing up. Enter the expected weather conditions, and it gives you some suggestions as to how to dress:

http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/whattowear/0,,s6-240-325-330-0-0-0-0-0,00. html

Good luck!

As usual, spirochete is right on the money here. My first pair of running shoes was the Asics Gel Nimbus 9--I loved them. But I couldn't deal with the subsequent models. If you want to stick with the same model that you're used to, definitely look online--I'm pretty sure your preferred model is still out there.

Good morning, everyone--7.1 miles today.

Very odd sighting yesterday--we were driving home yesterday from my sister's and I saw a red/maroon color car in front of me and the license plate said, "JENKA". I took another glance at the plate and saw that the plates were from Georgia. I thought, "Hmm--could it be???"

Made me wonder...

Hi, 5.3 very easy miles this morning.

Sorry for not checking in the past couple of days. I promise to update totals to reflect the progress on our new challenge.

Meanwhile, I've put in another 25 miles in the past two days (11 on Wednesday, 14 today).

Hi, 6.4 miles this morning. More later today...

Original Post by rk1:

Ran 15 miles today on sunday long run.  5 weeks to Marathon and now I know why they say running a Marathon is easy ... Its the training that killls You

 

 Who says that running a marathon is easy?   Actually I think that the first 15-20 miles of a marathon are easier than the training, but the last six miles are worse. Great job on the LR!

Welcome back, minie13!! I'm extremely happy to see you back--please remember to keep the progress slow and steady (one of those "Do as I say, not what I do" suggestions).

Are you ready?????

18.1 miles today

 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

 We have done it!!

WE HAVE RUN AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!

*****************CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!****** *************

Original Post by jenka:

Wrm, did you run another 6 miles last night?  Heh, why don't you knock out those last 14 miles today, then?

 No I didn't. We were at 32.75 MTG after jfk's post (1653). Egrabowski's mileage (5.5) dropped us to 27.25 (post 1654). So your 5 miles (post 1655) should have lowered us to 22.25, right??

Hi there all you globe trotters, 10 miles today.  I figured that I shouldn't do the remaining miles on my own today . But seriously, I've never run that many miles in one day, and with the Chicago Marathon exactly one month from today, I can't risk injuring myself by trying to set a distance PR.

37.25 miles to go!!

I think that a victory lap around Australia would be fun and something "relatively short-term".

I'll be back later to post my mileage for today.