I'm doing this thing
Mar. 31st, 2015 12:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kirkcudbrightI'm doing this thing in May: half-marathon on Saturday, full marathon on Sunday.
This is stupid on a number of levels, not least (in fact, mostly) that it's 6 weeks from now, and I haven't been training, although I haven't stopped running entirely either, so that's like low-level training, right? And then there are the coaches who say you shouldn't do races back-to-back, meaning within a couple months of each other, and you should definitely take a week off running entirely after running a Big Race. But maybe that just means I shouldn't run Seven Sisters the weekend before, right?
There's no discount to register for both races, but the Challenge does include a "free" finisher's jacket and an extra medal, so that's something?
There's apparently a thing where I can have it spam my progress to Facebook and/or Twitter in real time, but I haven't decided whether I hate you enough to do that. Lemme know if you're that much of a voyeur (and you think I should be that much of an exhibitionist).
This is stupid on a number of levels, not least (in fact, mostly) that it's 6 weeks from now, and I haven't been training, although I haven't stopped running entirely either, so that's like low-level training, right? And then there are the coaches who say you shouldn't do races back-to-back, meaning within a couple months of each other, and you should definitely take a week off running entirely after running a Big Race. But maybe that just means I shouldn't run Seven Sisters the weekend before, right?
There's no discount to register for both races, but the Challenge does include a "free" finisher's jacket and an extra medal, so that's something?
There's apparently a thing where I can have it spam my progress to Facebook and/or Twitter in real time, but I haven't decided whether I hate you enough to do that. Lemme know if you're that much of a voyeur (and you think I should be that much of an exhibitionist).
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Date: 2015-03-31 03:42 pm (UTC)I'm sure you already know this, but you should take off as much time as you need. Plenty of people don't take much time off. You've done this running thing for long enough that you're the best judge of what your body can handle. If you are in actual pain after the first race, don't do the second. If not, go for it.
If the progress notification thing is similar to what my past races have been, then there is often a website where anybody can go and sign up to have your checkpoints sent directly to them via email or IM. If you offer that link out, people who want to watch can sign up on their own. (If that's not an option, nevermind)
Most important, don't forget to have fun!
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Date: 2015-04-02 02:31 am (UTC)no subject
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