I ran another marathon today...

[mavsluva]

My wife has been training for the Dallas White Rock Lake Marathon for quite some time now and my plans were to attend the event as a spectator in support for her. Well, those plans changed quickly last night as I received some bad news about a young boy who's in my youth ministry group who passed away from brain cancer yesterday. So, I decided to run the marathon in honor of this young boy who passed away. I made it through the entire marathon and it was both his spirit and will to live that enabled me to finish the race. That had to be the case because I had not run in over 6 months.

Grace and Peace,
Mavsluva

[Panzerfaust]

Awesome man...let me know..i might run a marathon sometime.

[italianplayboy09]

thats really great man, i wish there were a lot more people like you in the world

[cj1capp]

wonderful and Inspritrational!

[perfectbeast2001]

sorry to hear the bad news but glad you turned it into a positive action. Good on you mate.

[Foskamink]

doing what positive you can in sad times!
respect

[l2elapse]

thats awesome, how long is that?

[mavsluva]

26.2 miles, Justin. I finished in 4 hours and 36 minutes.

[l2elapse]

26.2 miles, Justin. I finished in 4 hours and 36 minutes.

next time invite me ill meet you there

[mavsluva]

I've calculated that I burned about 3200 calories during the event. Lets just say that I've taken full advantage of the replenishing process!

[mavsluva]

And just for the record, I am sore as can be today. I do NOT recommend running a marathon w/o training for it!

[mousetraps]

haha, ill be running my first one in june, i hope its not so bad

[Logan13]

My wife has been training for the Dallas White Rock Lake Marathon for quite some time now and my plans were to attend the event as a spectator in support for her. Well, those plans changed quickly last night as I received some bad news about a young boy who's in my youth ministry group who passed away from brain cancer yesterday. So, I decided to run the marathon in honor of this young boy who passed away. I made it through the entire marathon and it was both his spirit and will to live that enabled me to finish the race. That had to be the case because I had not run in over 6 months.

Grace and Peace,
Mavsluva

Congrats, man I hate running long distance. It takes alot of concentration and I just get bored too easily. I did have some marathon sex this weekend though............

[StoneGRMI]

And just for the record, I am sore as can be today. I do NOT recommend running a marathon w/o training for it!

For someone like myself, that can only run 5 miles or so before getting winded, how much training do you think it would take to be "ready" for a marathon? I've always been interested in giving something like that a try.

[mavsluva]

You know, it varies per person. There are several training schedules that you can find on the Internet. Here's an example:

http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_sch_2.html

Running is like a trade in that it becomes easier with more practice. The key to long distance running is finding your "running zone". Ones running zone is the point to where both your heart rate and breathing levels out equally. This enables you to continue running until your legs eventually tire out. One of the most common mistakes that most beginner runners make is that they start out running at a pace that's too fast for their own good. The key to finding your running zone is to manually force yourself to breathe slowly. Breathing more slowly allows your heart rate to slow down as well, which in turn, allows your body to find it's comfort zone. It typically takes me about a mile to find my runners zone.

[l2elapse]

i cant even run a mile without being exhausted