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Marathon Runners Thread
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Since I am old as dirt I now live my running life vicariously. My niece, who used to watch me run the Bix 7 in a previous lifetime, just logged a 3:28 marathon over the weekend which hits her Boston qualification goal. 
I'm not sure I will be running it if it is that crowded. I ran the Reindeer Run around Lake Harriet up here one year. It is mid December and we mercifully got 4-6 inches of snow the night before the race. Why was I glad we got snow? It is such a full field that you can't pass anyone on the road. The snow discouraged people from running out on the occasional parking lanes so I could run out there and pick off a hundred or so runners and then get back in the pack when the parking lane was gone. I'm not a big fan of races with so much traffic that you can't run.
This reminded me of:Since I am old as dirt I now live my running life vicariously. My niece, who used to watch me run the Bix 7 in a previous lifetime, just logged a 3:28 marathon over the weekend which hits her Boston qualification goal.
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3 days complete rest, followed by short, slow easy runs for 3 days then no long/pace runs until 15 days after. General rule is one day of easy workouts for each mile of race ran hard. If you push the entire 26 miles you should take 3 weeks of easy afterward.
The last time I did LHF, ISU also hosted KU. At night. Coldest game in Jack Trice history! The creek crossings were delightful.
I remember seeing coverage of that with a thin covering of ice over the creek.
Somewhere I've got a picture of my shoes after the run. The laces were frozen together, had to sit in the car with the heat blasting to thaw them enough to take off.
Question for those who have ran Des Moines:
how difficult are the hills miles 2-8?
I’ve done Des Moines Half so I’m familiar with the water works - grays lake part of the course and I’ve also done the drake relays half marathon. Are the hills at Des Moines similar to drake?
how difficult are the hills miles 2-8?
I’ve done Des Moines Half so I’m familiar with the water works - grays lake part of the course and I’ve also done the drake relays half marathon. Are the hills at Des Moines similar to drake?
I've never done the Des Moines full, but the Drake Relays Half as always been an underrated hard course IMO. The hills in the Drake half are brutal.
As you can see, there's the long gradual one early, then some short, steep ones. The good thing about DM is they are all in the first half. I love that course and have run my top 2 times there (out of 15).
CycloneErik
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Not very bad at all. A couple of them wind a little, so you hardly notice.
The year I ran it, someone was playing the original Rocky theme from their driveway at the top of the hill. That helps more than it probably should.
So, they really aren't bad. I was used to NW Iowa hills at that point, though.
I'm not a marathoner but regular runner...anyone have any useful tips on extensor tendinitis on the feet? Had some issues lately and it's not clearing up. Had a calf strain back in September that's still healing so I'm sure it's connected.
Should probably just get PT but it tends to go away for a bit so it's not totally chronic.
Should probably just get PT but it tends to go away for a bit so it's not totally chronic.
It could be the onset of Plantar Fasciitis. I was a very capable runner and athlete until that entered my life 5 years ago. I tried to treat it on my own for a year, but finally went to a foot doctor for diagnosis and inserts. I was not a stretcher before, but Yoga has really helped along with ice treatment and rolling it on a lacrosse ball.
Yeah I roll with a tennis ball under the foot (that actually affect the knees, hips etc.) but this is top of the foot. I've had it before but this is lingering.
Side note a tennis ball or lacrosse ball or similar is possibly the best thing for rolling out tight areas. I get way more from that than a foam roller.