Philadelphia Marathon Report

[ChristaH]

Congrats on your PR! I guess these things are kinda like bearing children. The pain is awful in the moment and you swear you are never going to do it again, but then, you just can't help yourself! LOL!

 

[JillC LI]

Congrats on your PR! I guess these things are kinda like bearing children. The pain is awful in the moment and you swear you are never going to do it again, but then, you just can't help yourself! LOL!

When I ran the NYC Marathon I had a long time to kill before the race began so I sat down near and struck up a conversation with two young women. One was also running her first marathon and one was running her second. The latter one said that it took her several years to run a second one because she had to wait for her brain to forget the pain it was in for! LOL. That certainly calmed my first marathon nerves...not! I definitely think the analogy is true for giving birth.

 

[ChristaH]

I have had several people tell me that once I do a half, I am going to want to do a full. I love a good challenge, but I just don't see that happening. I may fulfill my need for a challenge by pushing for a faster time in a half, but I just don't see my body holding up for a full, nor do I have the time to commit to training that much. I will run my first half in January and turn 50 in March. If I take care of myself and be reasonable, I'll be happy to run one or two halfs a year well into my 50's.

 

[JillC LI]

I have had several people tell me that once I do a half, I am going to want to do a full. I love a good challenge, but I just don't see that happening. I may fulfill my need for a challenge by pushing for a faster time in a half, but I just don't see my body holding up for a full, nor do I have the time to commit to training that much. I will run my first half in January and turn 50 in March. If I take care of myself and be reasonable, I'll be happy to run one or two halfs a year well into my 50's.

I kind of did things backwards. I had never run longer than a 10K when I decided to train for and run a marathon. My first "half marathon" was just a training run for the Full, and it wasn't part of a formal race. But you are right that it is all about making the time commitment to training. And there's nothing wrong with running Halfs well into your 50s! In fact, I think it's fabulous.

 

[Kristia]

I kind of did things backwards. I had never run longer than a 10K when I decided to train for and run a marathon. My first "half marathon" was just a training run for the Full, and it wasn't part of a formal race. But you are right that it is all about making the time commitment to training. And there's nothing wrong with running Halfs well into your 50s! In fact, I think it's fabulous.

I was backwards too. Decided to run a marathon without having run ANY races or any distance of any kind.

The childbirth analogy is funny because after my sister ran her first half marathon she said that it was worse than childbirth lol. She said she may be open to doing another half but I don't think I will be able to get her to do a full now that she experienced a half!