Comments on: Gearing up for Marathon #2

By: christi in ma

christi in ma — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:15:22 +0000

Frank brings up a great point. You rocked that Dopey training for sure. What an amazing challenge. But it was a lot of work. Add in the miserable winter and of course running seems like punishment. Maybe you’ll find some running joy doing some local 5Ks and 10Ks this spring in the nice weather? Instead of dreading a long run, you can look forward to a short run just for fun. Either way you should be super proud of your accomplishments!

By: Frank@The Fat Runner

Frank@The Fat Runner — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:51:58 +0000

I’m gonna go ahead and play Devil’s Advocate for a second here. I know people have been recommending you take a break (which is by no means a bad idea) and all but lets do the flip side just for arguments sake.

Maybe it is important that you do run a marathon (and specifically Rn’R DC) to get out of your mental and physical “funk”. It’s not that you ran a marathon and are running another one so soon. I think it’s the fact you ran DOPEY as part of your first marathon. Running a marathon is difficult enough but you threw in all these other variables to the equation and succeeded.(congratulations again btw) The problem now is (maybe) that when your mind and body think “marathon”, they subconciously think “Dopey” and all the extras that come with it. Putting it that way, it may be important to actually do a normal marathon as soon as you can so your mind can adjust accordingly. Of course, I could just be full of hot air but I thought I’d throw in another angle to think about.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:20:10 +0000

I am so right there with you! My running has been so (pardon my language) half assed since Dopey. I just have that same burnt out feeling which is frustrating since I had really hoped to train for a half or full PR, but it’s not looking like that’s going to happen.

I hope DC went well for you guys, can’t wait to hear about it! And hopefully you can take a much deserved running break now!

By: Meranda@fairytalesandfitness

Meranda@fairytalesandfitness — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:39:02 +0000

I’m so excited for the two of you. You guys are going to to do great! ( I do share some of your same concerns on running though, so I can relate)

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:52:38 +0000

Best of luck! You are truly an inspiration!! I’m planning on doing Dopey based on your feedback and other blogs and I’m pretty sure that’ll be my first and last marathon (it takes a huge commitment!). I’ll be thinking about you on Saturday from the Windy City!

By: Lauren @ Lauren's Glass Slipper

Lauren @ Lauren's Glass Slipper — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:25:40 +0000

Love that medal!! So excited for you and Todd! Best of luck to both of you this weekend – I’ll be cheering for y’all in spirit here in Texas! :0)

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:14:01 +0000

Those medals are gorgeous, good luck!

By: Stacie @ SimplySouthernStacie

Stacie @ SimplySouthernStacie — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:03:17 +0000

Good luck, girl! I know you will do great and can’t wait to read all about it!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:18:22 +0000

The course there is SO beautiful, and the support is amazing, you can totally do this! I have been struggling as well, with post Dopey blues, but once the season starts back up and the weather improves, the mojo will come flooding back!
can’t wait to see the pics!