[MudGrrl]

I ran my first marathon this past weekend.

It was the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC on Sunday.
34,000 runners.
I don't know how many spectators. I'm gonna guess lots.

The crowd was absolutely great. Lots of signs, lots of energy, plenty of bands to keep the runners entertained. Some people were giving us food (baby ruths and pretzels). Some were passing out vaseline.
The weather was perfect (mid 50's, sunny, light breeze).

Somebody did die.... which is appropriate, because the first Marathon guy (named Marathon...who would have guessed) died after he ran 26.2 miles.

At miles 22 and 24, I drank beer (thank you, hashers).

I finished with a time of 5:19 (not record setting....).
I have a medal.


I still hurt.



I will post pics.

 

[MudGrrl]

I'm somewhere towards the back.......

 

[TreeSaw]

WOW!!! Congratulations on an incredible achievement.

 

[binary visions]

At miles 22 and 24, I drank beer (thank you, hashers).

Is that why you got the medal?

Congrats!

 

[JapaneseZero]

Congrats! that pain will be with you for a few days. you should try and do something light... no impact like riding to get the blood flowing and move some of the lactic acid out.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Good Job!

 

[splat]

Nicely done!

 

[douglas]

damn, awesome job & thats a crazy amount of people racing


what did the person die of?

 

[I Are Baboon]

That's awesome. Good for you, MudGrrl.

 

[Wumpus]

the first Marathon guy (named Marathon...who would have guessed) died after he ran 26.2 miles.

The legend is that Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens.

If you reaaly want to do the true run -- The Spartathlon

 

[DNA]

Good for you!

 

[JapaneseZero]

damn, awesome job & thats a crazy amount of people racing


what did the person die of?

Heart attack at about mile 17. Another person had a heart attack at the starting line and was surround by the cheif heart surgeon at Georgetown, an EMT, and a resident doctor. he lived... and the doctor rode to the hospital with him in the ambulance, got back to the race and still ran

 

[MudGrrl]

Is that why you got the medal?

Congrats!

The medal is simply because I finished.

The beer is because I was celebrating not being kicked off the course for being too slow.

 

[MudGrrl]

Congrats! that pain will be with you for a few days. you should try and do something light... no impact like riding to get the blood flowing and move some of the lactic acid out.

I went and walked around Potomac Mills yesterday....
shopping is good therapy.

 

[JapaneseZero]

I went and walked around Potomac Mills yesterday....
shopping is good therapy.

Agreed.

 

[DirtyBlonde]

congrats! lucky you!

get a sports massage to help with removing the latic acid...light cardio on the bike too. but massage will also help with any stress to the muscles...

what can i say?! i'm the massage therapist here...touch is always the way to go!

 

[Jeremy R]

First off, Congrats!
I know what kind of training you have to do to finish a marathon.
34,000 people is a ton.
I am just wondering if all the people made it harder?
When I ran that 10K Cooper River Bridge Run, there was like 33,000 people and I felt like I was running sideways more than foward half the time. It barely even got spread out by the finish.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Vaseline?? What for?

<--- Running n00b.....

 

[MudGrrl]

I am just wondering if all the people made it harder?

It was pretty packed in the beginning, but there was a pretty demanding hill at mile 2, so that thinned out the pack...

and towards the end, it looked like we were just survivors of a plane crash.... all hobbling and just trying to survive!

The course did finish on a hill, but there were so many cheering people there that they just carried us through it. I was concentrating on finishing the dmn thing, I almost didn't hear or see OMGF.

 

[Wumpus]

Vaseline?? What for?

<--- Running n00b.....

??????

 

[MudGrrl]

Vaseline?? What for?

<--- Running n00b.....

chafing


blisters

hot spots (pre-blisters)



I greased the hll out of myself with BodyGlide. My toes were greasy. I was having a major problem about a month or so ago with long runs and massive blisters....

I didn't get any blisters on Sunday, thank goodness.

 

[MudGrrl]

??????

HA HA HA HA


I didn't need those.

I will say at one point that I thought my boobs were bigger.
So, I was running and trying to figure out if my boobs got some poundage goin' on.

 

[Wumpus]

I was having a major problem about a month or so ago with long runs and massive blisters....

Have you tried using two pairs of socks?

 

[MudGrrl]

I got me some Wright Socks... which is like wearing two pairs of socks.

They work well.

 

[ktmsx]

congrats....that is quite an acomplishment......

 

[MudGrrl]

Thank You


I'm just happy to be alive

 

[reflux]

Vaseline?? What for?

<--- Running n00b.....

Chafing and bloody nips are teh suck. This isn't as much a problem for women, thanks to bras, as it is for men. I use band-aids for the nips, and bodyglide for other areas.

 

[reflux]

Thank You


I'm just happy to be alive

Btw, congrats on the finish. The Jan would be the impressed.

 

[MudGrrl]

The Jan would be happier if I were to be crushing souls with my massive thighs.............



I don't think I crushed any souls.




edit: where are my manners.... Thanks for the Congrats!

 

[llkoolkeg]

Jeez...I'd love to say I did that just once, but even when I ran every single weekday morning(a few years back), it was only for 35 minutes or so. I imagine that the sense of accomplishment will help you get through the resulting pain, however. Hell, it's been some time since I've biked a distance like that all at once!

 

[DNA]

Chafing and bloody nips are teh suck. This isn't as much a problem for women, thanks to bras, as it is for men. I use band-aids for the nips, and bodyglide for other areas.

No sh!t! I had that happen a couple of times this summer on really long runs. I will sweat off band-aids in 5 or 6 miles, so I use a layer of New Skin under that.

 

[MudGrrl]

I knew a guy who walked two miles.....


shirtless





and insisted upon putting band aids on his nips.

 

[llkoolkeg]

I knew a guy who walked two miles.....


shirtless





and insisted upon putting band aids on his nips.

It must be some new-fangled fetish.

 

[peter6061]

Congrats... that's quite an accomplishment.

It's amazing that 34,000 people run that and there is still a waiting list to get signed up.

 

[Jorvik]

Congrats... that's quite an accomplishment.

It's amazing that 34,000 people run that and there is still a waiting list to get signed up.

I know lots of guys (myself included) who got screwed out of running it because spots were filled up too fast.

 

[Westy]

Nice work Mudgrrl. Reason #2 why you are my hero.

 

[MudGrrl]

I know lots of guys (myself included) who got screwed out of running it because spots were filled up too fast.

The DAY of signup, I went to lunch and was seriously worried that it was going to fill up during lunch.... I signed up as soon as I got back (It had only been open an hour).

then I realized the torture that I was in for.

You have to sign up as soon as it opens. Set a reminder. Mark it on your calendar. Or just hope someone gets injured during training and you can take their number.



I told OMGF that I had signed up and all he said was

"Have Fun.
Good Luck.
Don't Die."

I kinda want to put that on a T-shirt.

 

[MudGrrl]

Nice work Mudgrrl. Reason #2 why you are my hero.

Thank you, Westy!




It's because I drank beer during miles 22 and 24, isn't it?

 

[douglas]

Nice work Mudgrrl. Reason #2 why you are my hero.

what is reason # 1 ?

 

[MudGrrl]

I'm an atheist AND an ordained minister



(no lie)