Some of you may remember my suicide ride, and how I like to punish myself every once in awhile to cleanse not only my body, but mostly my mind. Well, my mind needs an emergency trip to the dry cleaner lately and it's beginning to hatch a really, really stupid idea. Maybe you've been reading this blog for awhile and you know that stupid ideas are pretty much the only ones I follow through on.
On October 27th fellow blogger and dear friend The Angry Runner is coming up to Beantown from The Constitution State so we can both run the 5k Trick or Trot in dresses. He will be dressed as a prom queen, and I will be running in a 3-lb bridal gown. Good times will be had by all, and I'm sure there will be great pictures and blogging as a result.
...But then...
...then another exciting idea occurred to me...
When I was on the Cape last weekend I kept seeing all these spraypainted arrows on the ground
with the letters CCM underneath. I started to wonder what CCM could possibly stand for. The answer seemed pretty obvious, especially since I saw big numbers painted on the ground in the mid-20s and counting down... I didn't know Cape Cod had a marathon. I've been toying with the idea of running Boston next year as a bandit (since I could never qualify), and I thought maybe I should look into alternatives. But this morning, just out of pure, innocent curiosity, I looked up "Cape Cod Marathon" just to see when it was. Just to see if it would fit into my Vineman buildup. I swear I didn't know it was going to be the day after Angry's and my race, October 28... But really, what's a 5k? Would it really have that much of an effect on an untrained marathon? That little devil on my shoulder's starting to whisper in my ear.
So... what should I do? What do you think? For more evidence you can read about marathon 1 and marathon 2.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
I feel a stupid idea brewing...
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9 comments:
I would be honored to be the first to say:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
To me, untrained marathon = blown tendons, ITBS, an acute heart condition, and the ICU. I can't have my Claire in the ICU. Yes, I'm being overly cautious and maybe a bit paranoid, but the idea makes me shudder in fear. The 5K would have little to no effect...but damn.
On the other hand- Follow your dreams. I now officially make no sense...
Ummm is that October 28th of this year? or next?
To me an untrained marathon says GI distress. On the whole course.
I just realized I had never read your previous marathon posts. They were good reports. I liked the thing about not looking like you are punching someone in the ear. Which reminds me I just ran a marathon. Have I mentioned that? But the thing is: No finish line picture. Fucking jackasses.
Anyhow, the 5K would have absolutely no impact on your marathon, if you were to run it. Is it flat?
Well I admire your determination, but a marathon is too long a distance to go into untrained. Trust me I put in 4 months of hard core running and swimming tore my knees up on central's track and lost a week of valuable training and even that short a rest took a toll. While the early miles (1-13) will be relatively easy the last half of the race jumps out of no where an smacks you like a concrete wall. I thought I was well trainned with on 4 runs over 15 miles and 1 over 20 for Nashville but I was walking at mile 23. If you are looking to do a half or they are offering a marathon relay I would be glad to team up with you to kick its ass.
But in my semi-professional opinon you need at least 2to 3 runs in that are over 15 miles....granted I do know a guy on HEAT that did IM Lake Placid on 0 run training and finished in under 13 hours...so in all essence do what you feel your body can handle if you think you can slay the marathon then you go girl!
All I needed was one person to say that I couldn't do it. I got 2, and they're boys. I say, BRING IT!
Well, I guess I say, If I can get the 80 bucks together before this weekend, BRING IT!
I have no doubt that I can do it, although it may be painful and woefully slow, but the suffering is the point. Maybe I'll run it as a bandit anyway, but I AM a t-shirt junky...
HEY!!! I never said you COULDN'T do it. I said you SHOULDN'T do it.
I can't stop you, dearest Claire, but I can spout my risk-averse rhetoric.
Ugh, do you really NEED to put yourself through all that suffering?
You are crazy. And I can't figure out if its the good kind of crazy or just the crazy kind of crazy. But after your post of thinking of running a marathon in...what 2 weeks...on...NO training...my sudden concerns with my 1/2 this weekend on minimal amount of training have lost all punch.
You could just bike along side and be a random insane spectator? Just a thought... that might channel your craziness.
Claire, can you meet in the middle and just win the half marathon component?
If you DO decide to do it, please include pics in your RR.
Please.
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