STRONG WORK! I am sure you are a little disappointed that you didn't quite meet your goal, don't lose sight of the fact that you ran for 5 hours! You completed a marathon--Boo Ya! And I would also like to point out that it was only 32 seconds a mile slower than your goal. Even if you never do it again, you did it this time. Awesome picture and congrats!
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: erikag
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! you are mental but in the best kind of way! you have achieved so much and that is truly amazing!
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: SelinaMinus60
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haha!!! YES!! BRAVO!!!!! I enjoy your journals so much, gives me the oomph to go write mine lol You did fantastic time, I am so proud of you. You have truely come a long way to have overcome EVERY single goal you have set for yourself. I am honored to have you as a buddy, and motivating me to even think of a slight possiblitly of running in the outdoors (lol yeah, I mean a small 5k.) Wow, a marathon, JUST WOW. Go Dividedbyzero, you are a hero! oh, I am loving that trash all over that sign- tell me your gf made it! :)
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: cindyshine
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@Cindy: LOL no, that is just a random pic from the interwebs, but someone at the race had the exact same quote on their sign.
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: Divided By Zero
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Congrats on finishing. I mean that is an amazing achievement and I was going to suggest now you have that out the way you shoot for a time to qualify for the Boston or NYC lol but hey I figure you want to rest up and let all that pain subside. I am so inspired by your accomplishment so when I get down to a more comfortable weight I might try doing triathlons (1000m swim, 20k bike, 6km run). Gotta start really training now for Spring. But again congrats!!!
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: splendidhammer
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Wow. Check that off your "X things to do before I die list!" That's incredible. My hope is to run a 26 mile marathon either this upcomming thanksgiving or the next... I haven't started training for it running wise, but probably will start in April. We'll see. If you have specific tips, send em my way! Congrats again!
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: Ashface444
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That's awesome & I'm proud of ya man! Doesn't matter if you do one marathon or a dozen. Consider you're a "marathoner!" Way to go. Now...AHEM...your pic shows good form and a good quality running poise. Oh wait, that was at mile 1...right? (tease)
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: Pking
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Congratulations! Maybe it will be like childbirth, and you won't remember the pain so much after awhile and want to do it again ;) You look great in your picture! I'm so happy for your accomplishments!
14 Des 09 oleh anggota: amryk
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That's inspiring! Great job :)
15 Des 09 oleh anggota: anders44
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@Pking: I only straightened out my form because I knew a camera was on me. I ran most of the race looking like a drunken gorilla. LOL
15 Des 09 oleh anggota: Divided By Zero
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@amryk: Someone has already asked if I wanted to do another one, because they wanted to do it. I told them to ask me next year when I've forgotten how much it hurts. :)
15 Des 09 oleh anggota: Divided By Zero
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wow! congratulations! you are a marathoner!!! reading your journals make me want to try running, you are such an inspiration! I might wait until spring though, running in canadian winter is maybe not the best way to start...
15 Des 09 oleh anggota: jessyline
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LOl @amryk-I was thinking exact same thing! I ran exactly 1 marathon -over 10 years ago and will NEVER forgot the agony or the ecstasy-so much so that I have NEVER run another. I think you are onto something though-running half marathons became my thing after that and I felt just as pleased with myself. Now I run 5-7 miles as my top distance and still feel amazed! Wonderful job-the great thing is that the pain will subside but the sense of accomplishment will ALWAYS be with you :)
15 Des 09 oleh anggota: Densible
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@glen: The muscle soreness is starting to go away, but there is one spot on my foot that's killing me. I can walk barefoot fine, but it hurts to walk with shoes on. Not sure what's causing it, but I hope it's nothing serious (i.e. fracture). I'm thinking it's a strained tendon/ligament or maybe just a deep bruise.
16 Des 09 oleh anggota: Divided By Zero
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You are way more hardcore than I am. Great job!
16 Des 09 oleh anggota: Starladesiree
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If the foot pain doesn't go away soon go see a doctor. When I bruised the bones in my feet it was a truly awful couple of months before they healed up.
16 Des 09 oleh anggota: wintersmith
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Holy mackerel andy...I'm officially, totally & duly in awe of what you've accomplished - weight loss & marathons, you should be on Oprah. Conga-rats! Plus you have a killer-diller sense of humor. Thanks a bajillion for a totally (like, ohmagawd) excellent journal. I laughed out loud reading through some of your entries.
21 Des 09 oleh anggota: MsWahine
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25 Des 09 oleh anggota: information
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