Comments | dathon: Good luck, Manta

dathon

Good luck, Manta

Oct 17, 2009 15:48

Even though I'm not running a half marathon tomorrow like I planned earlier in the year, I'm still doing my part for mantaraggio and carbo loading today.

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theholyinnocent October 17 2009, 20:43:49 UTC

Do you have to run to have that? Because...yum.

GOOD LUCK, MANTA!

mantaraggio October 17 2009, 20:56:51 UTC

Hah, if you had to run to have that, I would have to run every single day of my life. Which I don't - I'm not that crazy.

...

Yet.

Thanks!

dathon October 17 2009, 21:27:26 UTC

Nope. You wouldn't even be doing it for yourself; it can always be in support of one of your friends somewhere who surely might be running the next day. Or the day after that.

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mantaraggio October 17 2009, 20:56:06 UTC

Thanks! I just printed out my pace band. I didn't work as hard as I aimed to this summer (big surprise), so I'm going for a ten minute mile. That would be a finish time of 2:11, which is only 4 minutes off my time last year. So... I think that's not asking too much. If I do better, then the rest is gravy (on top of my delicious, delicious carbs).

dathon October 17 2009, 21:34:55 UTC

I'm always amazed at what a change of 4 minutes actually entails, especially as the time goes down. By the time you go from 2:15 to 2:11 to 2:07, you're taking off about 40 seconds per mile. Of course I know that the math isn't variable, but the effort and the accomplishment certainly is.

My point? Eat your gravy on top of delicious carbs. Wait... I mean a personal best is always a good thing!

mantaraggio October 17 2009, 21:09:59 UTC

Totally unrelated, by this crazy friend of my crazy running friends just ran two ultra marathons in ONE WEEK. Nothing like someone running one hundred mile race, winning, and then doing it again to make your ten minute mile seem sad and pathetic.

dathon October 17 2009, 21:49:44 UTC

Ultra marathons! I can't even imagine. It's very funny how he describes his experience and mentions all the competitors by name.

make your ten minute mile seem sad and pathetic

The thing that gets me about that is how easily almost every runner I know (including me, for sure) gets sucked into that comparison thing. Think about the percentage of people in the world who can actually run a half marathon. My friend M used to run at lunchtime with a group in Penn State and they were all marathoners. Most of them were doing speedwork and talking about qualifying for Boston and she ended up feeling less than, even though she has run two sub-four hour marathons.

mantaraggio October 18 2009, 18:18:57 UTC

It's very funny how he describes his experience and mentions all the competitors by name.

Hah! Well, I guess when you're involved in a sport in which only three people participate, you would get to know them all pretty well.

sravenk October 18 2009, 11:40:18 UTC

We were just talking yesterday about how fun it would have been if you could have joined her on the run. She's probably warming up at the start line right about now. I am off to cheer her over the finish very soon!

dathon October 19 2009, 15:47:14 UTC

You're awesome to go to two places during the race to support her. It's always such a boost to hear people cheering.

sravenk October 19 2009, 23:49:00 UTC

Well, the race passed by a place very near where we live, which was conveniently near a subway station so that I could zip to the end of the race by the time she made it the rest of the way there, so it was easy-peasy. I do like to cheer my girl on. I'm so proud of her!