To Marathon or not to Marathon?

[Barefoot Dama]

we're checking out Cali right now....
Where abouts are you guys looking....
There seem to be some really great trails out that way!

You two get a room already...

 

[dutchie53]

In Chicago I ran with an English sociologist on a regular basis. It was great. He was a real natural runner--tall and skinny, and could run much faster and farther, but he'd slow down for our five miles together and then finish the rest of his workout at a faster pace. It'd be great to have another running partner like that again. I'm hoping to move out West somewhere in a year or two, wanna come with?

Lee, you have been warned about the lunatics in Oregon right? Zetti, Cali sounds safe but Oregon is out west too. Just saying.

 

[NickW]

In Chicago I ran with an English sociologist on a regular basis. It was great. He was a real natural runner--tall and skinny, and could run much faster and farther, but he'd slow down for our five miles together and then finish the rest of his workout at a faster pace. It'd be great to have another running partner like that again. I'm hoping to move out West somewhere in a year or two, wanna come with?

Come out this way! The Oregon ch. is always recruiting new people!

 

[Bare Lee]

Come out this way! The Oregon ch. is always recruiting new people!

I was think more Colorado, but Oregon or Washington would be a close second. I've only been through it on Amtrak many years ago, but it's gorgeous (and I don't use that adjective very often).

 

[NickW]

CO is not west, that's Mountain... Parts of Colorado are very gorgeous, I agree.

 

[Bare Lee]

Fine, be that way
How's your running going btw? do you thik you could swing the marathon?

I dunno. My experience with making distance jumps has not been too good so far. Let's say I get back to six miles soon, and then add a mile to my long run once every month. That's still only 18 miles by next October, when the TC Marathon is held. But perhaps if I keep my weekly runs to an hour or less, and just focus on one longer run per week, I may not break down so fast. I dunno. But I'm not going to push it. It's only been six days since I ran and I'm already starting to go nuts. Tomorrow morning I'm going to cycle a 20-miler I have mapped out to slake the thirst. The foot is healing up rapidly though, in another day or so it will probably feel no worse than the normal mild ache I get for a few hours after a longish run. Today I've just felt it a bit here and there, but I just did my back workout with 30 minutes of rowing afterwards and everything felt fine. I'm not being fickle here. I would love to run the TC marathon with you and Dutchie. Yesterday I met a neighbor who's about to do her third marathon, in Iowa.

 

[Bare Lee]

CO is not west, that's Mountain... Parts of Colorado are very gorgeous, I agree.

Here in Minnesota everything is west, east, or south. No north though, we call that Canada. I like Colorado because of the year-round sunshine, but Oregon is closer to the ocean, always a treat.

 

[Bare Lee]

we're checking out Cali right now....
Where abouts are you guys looking....
There seem to be some really great trails out that way!

Yah, opps, I jumped your post. But yeah, Colorado, but SF if I could afford it would be nice too. Oregon and Washington have their charms, but I don't know if I could deal with all the drizzle. No worse than Minnesota's snow and humidity, though, I guess.

 

[Bare Lee]

You two get a room already...

It's not us two, it's us four. Our wives both speak Portuguese. And my wife is a wannabe Brazilian. And all Brazilians think they're African.

 

[Bare Lee]

Fine, be that way
How's your running going btw? do you thik you could swing the marathon?

Opps, you were talking to Zetti. Nevermind.