<p>MOWC - wishing you and your running partner a beautiful day and a great run. Can’t wait to her about it. Did the Seattle marathon in snow, sleet and rain – yours will be a more pleasant experience, no doubt – with a significantly better time ;)</p>
<p>I think the streets of Philadelphia are hard on more than just your feet…
Concrete is bad. Asphalt is better. Dirt, cedar trails are best.</p>
<p>Go team go! This is great! And I was so proud of myself for simply exercising today.</p>
<p>I’ll admit I probably talked MOWC into doing this one, but she got me started doing this running thing. I had started biking to loose weight. She convinced me I could run, and has shared her wealth of knowledge with me.</p>
<p>My college D talked me into signing up for first marathon- Nike Womens Marathon, because she read in a running magazine that you got a tiffany necklace in a little blue box from a San Francisco Fireman in a tux. When we got in via lottery I almost freaked out. I hadn’t run more than 5 miles.</p>
<p>^^and she did great! Especially for a first marathon. And got the Tiffany necklace.</p>
<p>I"m all about the finisher’s medals and t-shirts!</p>
<p>Kudos to you both! I’ve been thinking of doing a walking marathon (just thinking, mind you) but I am just in total admiration of you runners.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion on chocolate cake. I’ve been craving chocolate all week.</p>
<p>Beer and chocolate… hope that is enough to get me to the finish.</p>
<p>I would sweat all the bug lotion off. Hopefully if there are bugs, they will get the 8000+ other people running. Will bring some for Sunday when we are planning on checking out Gooseberry Falls</p>
<p>Garland- The Nike Marathon is a very walker friendly marathon, as are several others. It is also a big Team Today fundraiser for the Leukemia Society</p>
<p>GolfingMom - is your conversation with MOWC public? Can you link to that thread?
I am in the beginning stages of “learning to run” and could use some motivational boost.
How much weight have you lost BTW? You can PM me.</p>
<p>We didn’t have a public thread, but I would be glad to help you get started. The mistake most beginning runners make is to go TOO FAST. You should be going really slow- so slow that you can talk. Otherwise, you wind up hating running.</p>
<p>Warning, the cake servings are huge, plan to split it! Fitger’s black bean burrito is great, and I read a review just today saying the wild rice burger is really good, too. Good luck to you guys!</p>
<p>Ok, so I am a fairly good hiker. Can also walk for a long period of time. HATE running.
What I am doing right now - there is a mile long loop in a Nature Park close to my house. I go there every day and mostly walk, with a little bit of running(more like jogging) for 3 miles. The loop is not flat, I tend to walk up and run down. I guess I end up running a little less than a mile and walk (power walk) the rest.
What would you suggest.
BTW - husband runs…</p>
<p>Split the cake? After a marathon? No way!!</p>
<p>Kelowna- it sounds like you are off to a really good start. Jogging is fine, especially on a trail that is not flat! Gradually extend the length of the running portions- just pick a tree ahead of you to get to.</p>
<p>Will try and report back :)</p>
<p>Good luck to you both! </p>
<p>I have never been into running, but I think I could be a contender for the Regis and Kelly High Heel-a-Thon! :)</p>
<p>Woo-hoo, go MOfWC, go-o-o-o-o! Rootin’ for ya here in sunny Seattle.</p>
<p>(My coworkers signed me up for the run leg of a triathlon. Yikes, I have not done any competitive running in ages, and I’m soo nervous).</p>
<p>I don’t blame you for not wanting to split a piece of cake after running that marathon! You both deserve to eat your own entire cakes!!! You would probably throw up because your body is trained with healthy food, but would be worth it going down!!! HA</p>
<p>YEA!! Good luck in the tri leg.</p>
<p>One of the reasons I even consider running is so that I can eat more cake. An entire chocolate cake to myself, :sigh:, I think a marathon might be worth that.</p>
<p>Well-my body is trained with both healthy and unhealthy food, I’m proud to report. I guess that’s a part of why I run! I would be freaking out more if I had not done a “practice” marathon in April here in Nashville since I felt I was ready. Otherwise, this would be my first since 2001. I did well at Country Music Marathon despite absolutely brutal conditions- heat and sun. I was one of the few still running in the later miles, it seemed. So-I have a tiny bit of confidence…but also the experience to know that a lot can go wrong over 26.2 miles.</p>