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Running stories, runner tips and running links are what this web site are all about.
Go here for a complete list of running links. Look here for a really neat kids running site. A 26.2 Mile Journey. In his own words, a runner takes you along as he completes his first marathon. Also, check out his web site where he leads you through his training log, one month at a time. I found it refreshing to see the honesty and depth with which he made his entries. Enjoy this first-time marathon with him!
by Bob Blickenderfer. OK, maybe I wasn't really running' like a rabbit, but - I did it! And I only missed my race goal by a little over 13 minutes. My time - four hours and 43 minutes and some seconds (Don't have the official time yet.) Walt ran in under four hours and 20 minutes and Dan, my regular racing partner who wasn't going to run this originally, ran in four hours and 48 minutes (somewhere around there). And I just have one thing to say to those people who wrote and told me all this training and all the pain would be worth it if I completed the run. You are absolutely right! Greatest feeling I think I've ever had. More on that later. My wife, my sister, my niece and myself went to Cleveland the night before and got a room. Nice view of all the action and right at the starting line. It was nice. We walked over to see the stadium, then spent a nice quiet evening watching TV. I drank a sports mixture and ate pretzels all evening. Surprisingly, I slept well that night, except when we were all awakened by the guys testing the PA system in the middle of the night. Wanted to wake up by 6, as the race was at 8 a.m., but I woke at 5 and that was the end of the sleep. I laid in bed until 6, then ate an English muffin and a Met-RX Energy bar, and drank about 20 oz. of Sports Aid. Took a pain pill also as a precautionary measure. I met the guys, then Dan and I lost Walt and his nephew, and didn't see them again until we passed during the marathon, they were coming back and we were still going. It was probably a good thing, though, as Walt's pace might have done us in early.
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