Sorry for the lack of new content around here -- there was the holiday weekend, of course, but I've also been turned into a pure content seeker (as opposed to a content creator) by Justice O'Connor's resignation and the resulting/pending firestorm. This last is made all the more embarassing by the fact that there's been no news since the announcement, and the whole commentating world has been put into a sort of limboish holding pattern, awaiting the Word of Bush. Still, I seek the latest.
Meanwhile on the home front I've decided to try for the Chicago Marathon, which is still 14 weeks off. I've been running reasonably consistently with a friend, but we have yet to really kick into training mode, so I guess the time is now. If anybody has any marathon related experience or advice, especially as regards training schedules, please leave it in comments or email me (though discouraging comments are discouraged). My primary objective will be not to fall down dead at the end of the 26.2 miles as Pheidippides supposedly did; I'd also like to avoid the extra mile.
Good luck on the Marathon!
I tried Hal Higdon's (sp) and he has an computer / internet based system that sends you reminders.
I'm sure you will crank through it. Plan your food intake situation is my only advice. Coincidentally when I ran the Chicago marathon I hadn't really thought about or dealt with the nutrition issue and it made it tougher. The course is beautiful and the crowd is energizing. You will like it.
This business about taking care of my diet is the biggest advice people have been giving me, and it's kind of surprised me. For the past few months I've kind of stopped eating lunch, and I've never been much a breakfast eater, so I guess I'll have to change that around a little bit.
How many marathons have you run?
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