Comments on: 2010 Plans

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:27:47 +0000

I’d love to join you all in Chicago but I don’t think I’ll have enough cash to make it happen. :-( I’m prioritizing my list of races for 2010 and, unfortunately, Chicago looks too far away and too expensive to make the cut.

By: Flo

Flo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:34:29 +0000

Betsy, you truly are a Marathon Maniac to the Nth degree. Congrats on your triple!! If I had a bowing emoticon, I’d put it here.

Weekend, we’ll get her next year for sure!

By: Chef Betsy

Chef Betsy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:11:17 +0000

I totally agree about the “serial marathoning” thing. What’s up with that? Me? I simply limit myself to three marathons in a weekend

By: Da Weekend Warrior

Da Weekend Warrior — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:04:03 +0000

Yeah, that slut sapped my energy near the end too… uh wait, uh nevermind… happy racing next year, LMAO!!

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:57:48 +0000

The train. I forgot about that. How very American of me.

By: Flo

Flo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:49:31 +0000

Julie, very interesting! Love to see you also increasing the marathon load, I think it makes a huge amount of sense since this hoping for one perfect race day where everything goes right is too damn stressful! :-) As for traveling, I’m also not fond of dealing with airports (plus the expense) so driving is good but also the train is another alternative. I’m doing that for Boston – it’ll mean less traveling time when all is said and done, cheaper than flying and it deposits me right near the hotel.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:10:20 +0000

I’m also toying with doing more frequent marathoning, although nothing extreme. Next year I may try three in a 13 month period, giving me around 12-13 weeks to train for each one. I don’t like having so much hinging on two races per year. The one crazy thing I might try is racing a full marathon 5-6 weeks after my goal spring race in NJ, just to see how I do.

Before I try more frequent racing of the full distance, I need to get a clearer idea of what I respond to best: long training buildups vs. shorter ones. I should get a clue in a few days about whether the latter approach has been effective. But some people (Jaymee being one example) seem to do well doing more than two a year. There’s also the travel issue, but I’m hoping I can find good candidates within driving distance.