A discussion from Facebook

Blanche:

March 3 at 9:27pm

I noticed that registration has started for Portland! I think we should register this weekend to make sure we get a spot! Plus the price goes up in a couple weeks.

I'm also going to register for RFTC this weekend!

Let's make it happen girls! It's our year! :D

Dorothy:
Uh oh if I register then I actually have to *do* the marathon.

And on FB I fanned the Peoria RftC group and it said that if you register now the send you your shirt and bib...no packet pickup.

Rose:
For me, once I am signed up to do something then it officially becomes "real" and I am stuck doing it. Before that, well, its all talk. I *will* sign up for it if you guys are.

BTW - I am also running the GW Classic on April 25th - which is a 10 mile run, so I am under the gun at this point.

Blanche:

March 4 at 10:11am

YEAH! I saw that about the packet being mailed out. Excellent. It will save you a trip and everything else. :)

And I'm the same way. Signing up is a big step, but I think like Rose said, then it will be 'real'. I don't think ***** actually believes that I'm going to do it. haha I wonder why?! LOL

I get paid tomorrow, and I AM signing up for both! I'm going to RFTC AND Portland with or without you! haha

And a 10 miler on 4-25?!? e gads! That's really soon! You're right, I'm no match for your bodacity or your awesomeness. ...good thing there's no charge. hee hee

Love you both!


Dorothy:

March 4 at 10:35am

I know for a fact that it will not seem real until I pay. PLUS ***** will harass me mercilessly if I sign up AKA pay money.

I get paid tomorow too, so I am going to sign up for Portland then. (I'll sign up for RftC later, but i KNOW I am doing it and there is no deadline/cutoff.)

Rose is far too awesome. But we all knew that.


Rose:

March 4 at 10:37am

I am a bit nervous about the 10 mile, but it will be okay I think. I ran 5 miles on the treadmill the day before it broke and that was no issue at all, so I just need 5 more miles between now and the end of April. I think that is doable. I ran the Cherry Blossom last spring (which is also 10 miles) on virtually no preparation and that was pure HELL because it has a time cutoff so you have to run at a certain pace or they will divert you off the course at the 5 mile mark!

Also, let me just say now that preparation for a marathon is PURE HELL, but its a good hell, if there is such a thing. Its a hard thing, but a great reward. After I ran Philly I said "never again" - but for you guys, I will do it again. :)!!!

Dorothy - are you in or out???

Blanche:
Well to be clear, i don't plan on running a marathon. =) mostly walking with some jogging is more like it. lol

Rose:

March 4 at 11:02am

That means you are going to walk for SEVEN HOURS. Running for 5 is terrible, walking for 7 sounds almost as bad.

Am I walking or running?

Dorothy:

March 4 at 11:05am

And to be equally clear, if I tried to *run* I would be driven across the finish line by the ambulance while they used the paddles on my heart. :-)

Walking for me. Which is the whole idea with Portland: the Walker Friendly Marathon.

Maybe I DO need one of those "If found on the side of the road, drag across finish line" shirts. ha ha ha

And Rose I see we cross posted, but I am in.

I "trained" before (using the plan in The Non-Runner's Marathon Guide) and got up to the 14 mile long run when I had the brilliant idea of hiking the Grand Canyon and has blisters so bad I couldn't walk for 2 weeks much less walk far and I never got back on track.

I am glad that the bulk of the training will be over the summer because my schedule is way better then (I am on first shift instead of second).

I guess I need to get out the book and see what kind of time frame it is. Actually I just need to add it to the calendar. :-)

Rose:

March 4 at 11:07am

Just so we are all fully informed on the pain and suffering that lies before us (is that correct usage of "lies" grammer snob of whom your mother warned)?

I am totally in, just trying to not think about it. Kind of like having a second kid - focus on the reward, denial for all the other parts!!

Dorothy:
Yes, I completely plan to walk.

i read an interesting article once about why they have "Clydesdale" cattergories (separate win categories for big/heavy runners) because it takes a lot more *work* for a 6'5" 195lb guy to run 10 miles than a skinny little person. And I mean that in a physics term. It just is more mass so more energy needed.

And this week I was listening to a radio show and a DR wast alking about a study about how overweight people lived longer in some scenarios (details are unimportant) and he said that if you took a fat person and could remove all the fat there is a lot of muscle under there. Just thing that a person who is 100 lbs heavier than you...how HARD it would be to carry a 100 lb backpack al day every day.

Soooooo because of this, I totally plan to walk and I am completely OK with that. :-)

And yes, I am aware of the suffering ahead. (too bad this thread isn't on the blog.....)

and lies is correct. :-)

And you may walk or run, doesn't matter. I don't think we will actually all cross at the same time (and it would be unfair for the last one *coughMEcough* to slow everyone down. ) But when I DO cross....you guys will be there because you will have already crossed. And that is going to feel AMAZING!!! (I actually just had a chill thinking of it)

Rose:

March 4 at 11:23am

Well, I cried when I finished Philly. NOT because I glad to be done (although I was), but because ***** and the kids were at the finish line.