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For those who will be running the AT&T Austin Marathon on February 17th, 2008!

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Gym / Health Club: 144
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Run: 379
Sports / Activities: 23
Swim: 8
Walk: 66

Recent Posts

How'd It Go for Everyone? by: mikeyg83 - Feb 19 2008, 9:14AM So, the question is, How'd everyone do?   snyderdr and i ran together the whole way and things went great!  i hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed the hilly course.

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Training? by: mikeyg83 - Nov 5 2007, 9:14AM Congratulations are in order for snyderdr, who came in approximately 540th place for all timed runners in Austin Race for the Cure. ::applause:: I have now taken 1 week off from running, did an easy 4.5 miles on Saturday, and will begin my training again for Austin (15 weeks from now). My plan is to follow the same running schedule (a 16-week plan), beginning with week 2 starting tomorrow. That way I can use the easy mileage to get back into things and build back up to marathon distance. Good luck all!

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Training? by: snyderdr - Nov 3 2007, 11:18AM I'm slow too - my goal is merely to finish, and walking is certainly okay in my book.  If I can finish Austin then I'll set my sights on time for a future marathon...  one thing at a time, though.  Anyone from Austin racing for the cure on Sunday??

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Training? by: derek11 - Nov 1 2007, 3:13PM this will be my 3rd.  i ran the Nike Women's marathon Oct. 2006 and the Rock n Roll in San Diego June 2007.  there were like 15000 ppl for Nike and i think 200000 ppl for Rock n Roll.  i'm a beer drinker more than a runner.  so that means i'm slow.

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Training? by: mikeyg83 - Nov 1 2007, 8:29AM Thank man, I'm very happy with it.  Now I'm trying to think "ok, what's next??" as if I'm some sort of pro!  I better attempt a few more to make sure it wasn't some sort of fluke.  I was talking to my friend (Barrett) about finishing a marathon and he thought I should try the Goofy Challenge (part of the Walt Disney World Marathon in Orlando).  That is where you run the half on Saturday and then the Full on Sunday.  You get a medal for both races, plus a 3rd medal for the challenge.  Not yet for me!  The other thing that peeked (peaked?) my interest was a half ironman, but I don't currently bike and am only mediocre at swimming.  Those are 2 much longer term potential goals.  Is this Austin 08 Marathon going to be everyone's first?  I think for MCM there were 30000 registrations, like 20500 ran, and of the 30000, 10000 were signed up for their first marathon.  I wonder how typical it is (assuming the numbers are correct) for about 1/3 of the field not to actually participate.  I know the 20500 is close to accurate because of the results saying so, and the press covering the race always threw out 30000 as the number of registrations.   I may be thinking of a different race, but I think the Austin marathon is capped at about 6000, so it'll be interesting for me to see if there is a difference between 20000 and '6000' (possibly only 4000).  I feel like 4000 is still so many people, but maybe as the race goes on it'll thin out a lot.

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