Comments on: Where I pull a half-marathon out of nowhere & bore you with the details http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/ Where I hold onto the last vestiges of my sanity. Sat, 18 May 2013 04:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9444 John Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:58:43 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9444 I remember working my way to 5k, thinking that I’d be insane to ever think about doing more . . . never mind tying 9 of them together for a marathon.

But, well, I think my insanity has no bounds.

]]> By: John http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9443 John Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:57:49 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9443 There was chocolate provided during the race . . . there was chocolate before, and during, and after the race.

But I’m an oddball, and I hate chocolate, so I avoided it. I swear, I actually started avoiding the break areas, because they kept on trying to force me to each chocolate, and that would have just made me vomit.

As far as fist-pounding . . . I find that when six-foot-something, 250+ pound guys with shaved heads run up to you with their fist out . . . well, a fist-bump isn’t really what people think of.

I did go to Elizabethtown College, and I have a major-league crush on Kirsten Dunst. No, I do not believe these are coincidental.

I like to think that it’s me, and not the rush of exposing one-self to a throng of highly-trained athletes, that leads to the boobage.

]]> By: John http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9442 John Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:54:05 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9442 I’m very, very glad that you had a great weekend :-)

]]> By: John http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9441 John Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:53:24 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9441 Agreed – totally. I hope, some day, to be at a point where I can treat 26.2 like I treat 13.1 at present . . . but I’m not there. But if I have two hours free? Yeah, I can, and want, to run a half.

And we do need to run together. Badly. If I had a bucket list, well, a three-way run with you & @juliecgardner might just be at the top of the list.

]]> By: John http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9440 John Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:52:07 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9440 Hershey is a family-friendly place . . . but flashing has actually become part of the park experience (they introduced a water park, and there is a water slide that has claimed many a bikini top). The actual route is only in the park for a few miles . . . the rest of the run is through residential zones, and that’s where the flashing occurred.

And I’ve been obscenely lucky with regard to injury . . . I’ve had my share of injuries, but few have been running-related. I thank my running style (I wear Vibrams, so I’m basically barefoot) . . . if I don’t look out for my form, continuously, I go from “ok” to “oucy” really quickly. Every step, I have feedback of how I’m doing.

]]> By: Missy | The Literal Mom http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9394 Missy | The Literal Mom Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:26:03 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9394 Glad you did it. Our marathon and half were last weekend too. I did not run, as I’m still working on running farther than 2.33 miles. This week? 2.35 here I come!

]]> By: Megan (Best of Fates) http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9386 Megan (Best of Fates) Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:56:01 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9386 1. Sleep is where it’s at. Which is in bed. Sleeping.
2. This race better have chocolate in it, or I’m going to be rather disappointed.
3. You went to a college named Elizabethtown?? Is this your way of confessing a deep, creepy love of Kirsten Dunst?
4. Good job not pushing your children off the bed. It’s the little victories.
5. You should have tried fist pounding. Everyone loves fist pounding.
6. Wait, what? My perception of runs is now forever altered. And slightly boob-ier.
7. WHY DO I not take mocking signs along and cheer for marathons? Clearly I’ve made bad life choices.
8. THERE WAS NO CHOCOLATE. Total rip-off.

]]> By: Duffy http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9383 Duffy Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:11:07 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9383 I had a great weekend. Thank you. Also, you make me laugh. Lots.

]]> By: Mad Woman behind the Blog http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9382 Mad Woman behind the Blog Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:19:13 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9382 Duuuuuude, we so need to run a half together. Between scouting out T&A and our general asshattery, we would have the most fun two willing adults can have while sweating in our clothes, in public, while our spouses watch, without getting arrested.

]]> By: Jess http://daddyrunsalot.com/2012/10/23/where-i-pull-a-half-marathon-out-of-nowhere-bore-you-with-the-details/#comment-9381 Jess Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:50:12 +0000 http://daddyrunsalot.com/?p=1009#comment-9381 John stop it. You keep pulling out all these runs and I still sit here like a gimp. Ok, I retract. Thank you. I will keep on with the PT and eventually run. Even if I settle for a 10k. Or 5. Whatever, beggars can’t be choosers.

Also? Nice job on the girls’ away weekend for Duffy and handling the toddlers solo.

And also again? I’ve never been flashed. But isn’t Hershey a family place?!

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