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Escher
02-21-2004, 01:12 PM
Anybody in traing for a marathon?

I completed my first marathon about a year and a half-ago, and I was thinking of trying to do it again....
Laura
02-21-2004, 04:25 PM
Hi Escher,

There are a number of runners on the Virtual Running Buddies threads who are training for marathons -- for some it is their first, and others are quite experienced. We love new people to join our weekly thread, you will find a lot of help and support there as well.
615bride
02-24-2004, 07:28 AM
Where is Les? He's the resident expert :D
I ran one in Dec but am taking a break....
Leslie Ferguson
02-24-2004, 01:05 PM
bride - et al. I'm here. Passed through the other day and saw Laura's comment.

FWIW - I'm working on my 6th since November 2000 - next race is April in Boston (but I'll be running at the Shamrock Marathon in Va Beach as a long run in about 4 weeks). I'll help with any questions that you may have about training etc. I've done all kinds of strange and testing marathon programs so I have a little bag of tricks to get ready for them.

Happy trails,
Les
syzygy
02-24-2004, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by Leslie Ferguson
FWIW - next race is April in Boston

Happy trails,
Les

Les,
You will have to let us know your BAA # so that we can watch for you and cheer you on! :) :cool: :)

Best of luck to you!!
Leslie Ferguson
02-24-2004, 09:16 PM
Originally posted by syzygy


Les,
You will have to let us know your BAA # so that we can watch for you and cheer you on! :) :cool: :)

Best of luck to you!!
From one Leslie to another...
Certainly will let you know the number. I think I'm getting even more jazzed about the race every day.
Les
SusanMac
02-27-2004, 09:26 AM
Escher - which marathon are you thinking of?? I'm doing a 1/2 in May and want to find a full for fall. Definitely check in over on the Virtual Running Buddy boards. We have folks training for Disney, Ottowa and Boston, and a few that just finished winter thons.
TLee4
03-01-2004, 07:13 AM
Originally posted by SusanMac
I'm doing a 1/2 in May and want to find a full for fall.

Come do Chicago!! October 10.

Terri
SusanMac
03-02-2004, 11:32 AM
Hi Terri - I've thought about doing Chicago off and on. Some years it seems insane because it's so large. Other years, I think the "bigness" of it might be kind of fun. One timing issue is that DH's Ironman is in Mid-sept. So, I'm hoping we'll both be relaxing in Europe with lots of wine and cheese somewhere come October :-) Ooohh...maybe I should look at autumn European marathons?!
Leslie Ferguson
03-30-2004, 07:21 AM
Bumping back to the top...

Boston Bib numbers are out - I'm sporting #7414.

More information about the Boston Marathon can be found at the Boston Athletic Association (http://www.baa.org) website.

Peace,
Les
Leslie Ferguson
03-30-2004, 09:09 AM
Funny... it didn't take the last time. Maybe this one.
Les
Escher
04-01-2004, 04:24 PM
I'm thinking about doing the one in Chicago... I saw an advertisement for it at the Detroit Marathon, and my gears started turning....

I think I'm definately going to try to do one a year from now on....