INCOMING!

[drainboy]

In three weeks, right now, I'll have just finished the whole day-of-turning-30.
In four weeks and 36 hours I'll be starting to run in Rome. By the end of that run I'll have covered 26.2 miles.

I am far more worried about the latter.

The first may move me inexorably closer to death.
The second may actually kill me.

Comments

[eldan]

wow. Good luck, old man.

[andrewducker]

Gosh you're old.

I'm glad that the temperature won't be that high in Rome when you're doing the marathon tho.

[channelpenguin]

You mere whippersnapper you!

Do you plan to cover the whole distance in training at any point? Does seem to be recommended.

[drainboy]

My training has fallen behind somewhat but I shall certainly be doing 3 hour runs beforehand...that should take me to around the 20 mile mark. I've no intention of actually running a Marathon in training for running a Marathon. What would be the point??

[channelpenguin]

It's apparently psychologically very valuable to know that you have actually covered the distance before - even if some of it was at a walk. And physiologically it's at >20 miles that the problems tend to set in IIRC.

Hey, what do I know, the very furthest I have ever run in one go was 2 miles. I hate running. I'll walk or cycle all day, though.

Still, it's cool to be of a species that can run things to death. Saw a programme in which an african guy just ran after this antelope until it keeled over of exhaustion. 2-3 days or something. Then he had to carry it home, I suppose.

So you are getting off light!

[drainboy]

The longest official race is 3,100 miles across the States.

It was won this year by a teacher from England. He managed 50 miles a day for 2 months.

Now that's proper endurance.

[andrewducker]

So are you up for a going-clubbing taking-E visit the weekend of your 30th then?????

[drainboy]

Not sure about what I'm doing for my Birthday, but you are certainly welcome to come down. Doubt I'll be doing much in the way of E though as it wipes me out training wise for a few days afterwards.

We can arrange a clubbing session somewhere, somewhen after I've Marathoned it.

[green_amber]

Oops that was me BTW..

[drainboy]

In which case, yes, I'll bowl the E in and we'll have an A1 tip-top clubbing jam fare. A sandwich of fun on ecsatsy bread, wrapped in a big bag like disco fudge.

It doesn't get any better than that.