Reason #4 for running a marathon… If P.Diddy and Oprah can do it, I can do it!
Posted by: Katie on: October 6, 2011
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Another great one from runaddicts.net. P.Diddy, Oprah, George Bush, Will Ferrell, William Baldwin, Al Gore, even David Lee Roth are just a few of the celebrities who have run marathons. While most of them have respectable times, DLR’s time looks like he must have walked the entire 23.2 miles.
Here is a list of 25 celebs and their times: http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/06/18/famous-celebrity-marathon-runners/
Reason #5 for running a marathon…Rational is not what a marathon is.
Posted by: Katie on: October 5, 2011
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I got this from an article on runadicts.net. ”Rationality and marathoning don’t rhyme!” There is not much that is actually rational about setting out to run 26.2 miles. And my life is all about rationality, just ask my husband. He would probably say that I am over-rational. So deciding to run a marathon is sort of rebelling against my natural bent to only do things “rationally.” Rebel is not a word that one would usually associate with me, but in this instance, I will take it!
Reason #6 for running a marathon…history lesson.
Posted by: Katie on: October 3, 2011
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I love history, it is my favorite. In researching for posts I learned a little history about the distance of a marathon. Everyone (or most people) has heard the story about the legendary runner from Marathon, Greece to Athens, Greece who announced the defeat of the Persian army then promptly dropped dead (he didn’t have any aid stations on the way). But something I just learned is that the distance between Marathon and Athens is only about 25 miles, which was about the distance of a marathon (there actually was not a set distance) until the 1908 London Olympics, when it was a little more than 26 miles. The competition at the 1908 olympics became known as the race of the century, and the distance became sentimental.
So that is your history lesson for today. :-)
Reason #7 for running a marathon…Something to look forward to.
Posted by: Katie on: October 2, 2011
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Once you have committed to run a marathon, and you have selected which marathon you are going to run. There is a date on the calendar that is set in the future that you are about to organize your whole life around, and look forward to. When I committed to run a marathon last December, we were in a dark time. Mom was making only very slow improvements. None of us were looking forward to much in the future, because we didn’t know what the future held, and were not sure we wanted to know. Putting the marathon on the calendar felt like a step forward. A move that I could make in a positive direction. Something to look forward to.
Reason #8 for running a marathon…free therapy
Posted by: Katie on: October 2, 2011
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Running is a healthy way to deal with emotions. Running is therapy for free. It is hard to stay angry, to feel hurt, to stay stressed when you are running. There is actually a science to it. The brain releases endorphins during exercise. These endorphins are responsible for what runners call the “runner’s high.” Running literally makes you happy. :-)
Reason #9 for running a marathon…getting a tour of the city.
Posted by: Katie on: October 1, 2011
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When we were deciding which marathon to run, at first, I was looking for places I want to visit that I had never really been. My first choice was a marathon through Calafornia Wine country. Wouldn’t that be fabulous? A tour of wine country, on foot? Then I remembered how hilly the wine country can be, and nixed that off the list. So my next criteria was to do a run that was “flat.” ruling out much of Washington (which is ok to me because I wanted to go somewhere “new”). Then the description of the Chicago marathon caught my eye. It is known as a flat course good for runners to PR and sought by many to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I have been to Chicago, but not for an extended stay. We’ve always just been driving through. My husband spent some of his formative years outside of Chicago. So I am looking forward to my foot tour of Chicago. If you would like to see where we will be running, check out this map of the BofA Chicago Marathon: http://www.chicagomarathon.com/CMS400Min/uploadedFiles/Chicago_Marathon/Runner_Information/11%20Course%20Map%2009-26-11.pdf
Picture of Mom and her running girls.
Posted by: Katie on: September 30, 2011
Reason #10 for running a marathon…Makes you think of food differently
Posted by: Katie on: September 30, 2011
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Running in general makes you think about the stuff you put in your body and how it is going to help or hinder your run. The other night, I had sort of forgotten that I was going to run at the Y after dinner and putting the girls to bed. I had eaten a heavy dinner and drank a Pepsi to go with it. I decided to run anyway. Not only was it an “uncomfortable” run, but I felt the sugar crash pretty acutely. I ran less miles than I wanted to and felt bloated and frustrated afterwords. So I am reaching for tea more often now, and leaving the Pepsi in the fridge.
Reason #11 for running a marathon…cute running skirt.
Posted by: Katie on: September 29, 2011
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The first time I saw running skirts I thought “how uncomfortable!”. Then I thought about it a little longer, and realized that they might actually be super comfortable. Last night I was running in my regular shorts an noted how uncomfortable they where. They were riding up, sticking to my legs. So today I decided I was going to check out a running skirt. Not only are they cute, but they are incredibly comfortable. I am excited to try them out on my long run this weekend.
Reason #12 for running a marathon…a chance to find out what you are made of
Posted by: Katie on: September 29, 2011
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Running through pain and adversity really shows you what you’ve got. You have to dig deep. In training, adversity comes in the form of my schedule, pain and injury, and weather.On race day, the adversity is the miles between me and the finish line. Conquering these things helps me feel like I can overcome any adversity I encounter.
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