Comments | stellavision: The phases of marathoning

stellavision

The phases of marathoning

Nov 25, 2008 13:19

You know how grief is supposed to have four (five?) phases? The marathon felt like that.

Phase 1: Numbness. This is what happens when you are running a race in 26-degree weather. It didn't help that I was in the last of 3 wave starts, so I had an extra 20+ minutes to cool my heels (literally). I couldn't feel my feet for the first three miles! ( Read more... )

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qaqaq November 25 2008, 19:20:57 UTC

You are amazing. Great job!

rpipuzzleguy November 25 2008, 19:27:42 UTC

Amazing stuff. Except for the shirt, of course. ;-)

stellavision November 25 2008, 20:18:00 UTC

The shirt was teh awesome. So there. ;)

I saw a lot of people wearing Chase Utley jerseys since he's #26, and two other people who'd done their names and "26.2" like I did. Guess I'm not quite as creative as I thought!

elainetyger November 26 2008, 05:02:03 UTC

Congratulations!

john_j_enright November 26 2008, 23:52:52 UTC

Great running! (and great writing too!)

Way to go! louaudioguy November 27 2008, 14:40:14 UTC

The phases sound very similar to when I ride bike for 40-50 miles. There's that stretch about 2/3 of the way through where the legs are just burning and the stitch in your side is killing you. I usually take a 5 minute break at that point to get the stitch out....but then the last 5 miles are grinding, but doable!

Great job!!!