Same! In college I didn't eat for the first few months because people always ALWAYS made comments about food. Took me a while to get over it.
I feel self conscious sometimes because I eat three times while I'm at work (morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack). I'm hungry! HOW ARE *YOU* NOT HUNGRY?!
Me too except I'm not all that self conscious about it unless I have to bust out the scale. A few weeks ago I was at training all week and I packed all my meals (3 of them per day) and I let everyone at my table know not to laugh at me because I eat all the time. Turns out one of the other chicks was doing the same and others in the training thought I was smart especially about my food choices. Why yes, yes I know.
My H says to me probably 3 times a week - "I didn't have time to eat today." What?!? How do you not have time??
YES. My H will be like "you don't need to pack me a lunch for tomorrow. I didn't eat today."
WAT?!
Mine does this too.
HOW ARE YOU NOT RIPPING PEOPLE'S HEADS OFF BY 11 AM?!?!
Sidebar--
I make mason jar salads every week, and I dump them into a bowl the size that one would fill with mashed potatoes at a family dinner (so, not small). My CW told me that this size salad would be too small for her because she typically eats a mixing bowl sized salad (as in a half bag of spinach from costco.) I am amazed at this and wished I loved eating green things that much.
The RE and OB both cleared me to run, WOOOHOOO!!! Now to see how it goes later after 3 months on the bench.
And those "I forgot to eat!" people can go jump off a cliff. I'm hungry for lunch by 10:30am and cave by 11am 95% of the time. This usually results in having 2nd lunch at around 1:30pm.
Congratulations on being cleared!
Count me as another one who is incredulous at forgetting to eat. I eat like a freaking newborn... I literally eat something every 3-4 hours.
Hey, this is a random mostly because it's SUCH absurd planning ahead - but @vtcupcake and whoever else has done pittsburgh - with all those hill would it be a ridiculous choice for a first marathon? which I am not planning to do until 2018. I LIKE PLANNING OK?
My home turf is in no way flat but having also lived in pittsburgh, I realize that my hills are just...hills. Not elderly mountains.Â
But something about when you were talking about picking this race stuck with me, and I fell in love with the idea of going back to pittsburgh to run a marathon. I went to school there and I still have a bunch of friends and family there. I have memories all along that course. But...ummm...your recap...those hills? I mean...am I just setting myself up to not have a good time?
It's not like I have a shortage of spring marathons around here. Including nice flat ones. I could do my first locally and put pittsburgh on the bucket list for a later year. If I do a 2018 marathon I don't see myself as a once and done marathoner...pretty sure I'll try it again if I do it once so I can hit PGH eventually.
I think your first marathon has to mean something big to you- either who you run with, for, or where. Because there are ugly cry moments of training, especially as you enter uncharted waters with distance, time on your feet, exhaustion, etc that you need motivation to get you through. Picking a marathon because "X person did it" or "it matches my home terrain" don't quite fit those categories for me.
Also, after coming down a bit from my high this weekend, I'm not sure I'd run it again. The first half of the course is wall-to-wall crowded because of the half marathoners and it's tough being a last corral person when you're lined up as a 10min/mi pace person next to a 16 min/mi pace person that starts walking right in front of you as you cross the start mat (the rest of the corrals were spaced in 30 second increments). There were at least two miles of silent dead zone on the back half. There are demoralizing relay racers that start fresh at mile 22.5 that whiz by you. The travel and lodging logistics because of everything happening in the city were a clusterfuck. This race also has a history of alternating too hot with too X- X this year was muggy.
Just my .02.
Totally agree on a first marathon should mean something to you. Paris was special because it is one of my favourite cities in Europe. That said, I also wouldn't run it again; too crowded and I would be trying to recreate something that was magical.
wawa, I wouldn't do Pittsburgh as my first marathon just because it is in the spring. Training in the winter around here can be a bitch. I tried for a spring marathon last year and failed miserably. I much prefer fall, where you train in the heat and then it is (in theory cool) for race day.
YES. My H will be like "you don't need to pack me a lunch for tomorrow. I didn't eat today."
WAT?!
Mine does this too.
HOW ARE YOU NOT RIPPING PEOPLE'S HEADS OFF BY 11 AM?!?!
Sidebar--
I make mason jar salads every week, and I dump them into a bowl the size that one would fill with mashed potatoes at a family dinner (so, not small). My CW told me that this size salad would be too small for her because she typically eats a mixing bowl sized salad (as in a half bag of spinach from costco.) I am amazed at this and wished I loved eating green things that much.
Goodness, it would take me all day to eat that much spinach.
wawa, I wouldn't do Pittsburgh as my first marathon just because it is in the spring. Training in the winter around here can be a bitch. I tried for a spring marathon last year and failed miserably. I much prefer fall, where you train in the heat and then it is (in theory cool) for race day.
Oh yes, this is very true. Plus it seems like more people train for fall marathons in this area. Every running club has a training program and there are group runs a plenty.
wawa, I wouldn't do Pittsburgh as my first marathon just because it is in the spring. Training in the winter around here can be a bitch. I tried for a spring marathon last year and failed miserably. I much prefer fall, where you train in the heat and then it is (in theory cool) for race day.
Yeah the thing is that Fall is tough for me because we have a lot more competing activities in the summer. We don't do shit in the mornings in the winter, but august/September are prime wake up and get on the boat weekends. Also backpacking. Biking. Etc.
I know I'm running a risk with weather, but logistically I can't see how I'll swing 3+ hour runs in the late summer/early fall. For now anyway.
If it's not Pittsburgh it'll still be spring, just something local.
Or I do a spring half next year and decide that spring races suck and I figure out a way to make summer long training happen.
Almost 10 marathons now, not a single one other than Boston has "meant something" to me. They mean something to me now, looking back, but they were just races that fit into my schedule or interests. I've done okay.
I would pick one that you're excited about. One that sounds fun to you for whatever reason, but I wouldn't put pressure on it having to mean something. You're running your first marathon, that has enough meaning & it should be the main motivation you need.
irene adler I eat a shit load of dark leafy greens every day. I'd say probably a little more than a regular grocery store bag a day, not a Costco sized bag. But half of mine are blended up in my smoothie so I'm basically drinking my greens. Who the hell has time to eat half a Costco sized bag of spinach every day?
Hey, this is a random mostly because it's SUCH absurd planning ahead - but @vtcupcake and whoever else has done pittsburgh - with all those hill would it be a ridiculous choice for a first marathon? which I am not planning to do until 2018. I LIKE PLANNING OK?
My home turf is in no way flat but having also lived in pittsburgh, I realize that my hills are just...hills. Not elderly mountains.
But something about when you were talking about picking this race stuck with me, and I fell in love with the idea of going back to pittsburgh to run a marathon. I went to school there and I still have a bunch of friends and family there. I have memories all along that course. But...ummm...your recap...those hills? I mean...am I just setting myself up to not have a good time?
It's not like I have a shortage of spring marathons around here. Including nice flat ones. I could do my first locally and put pittsburgh on the bucket list for a later year. If I do a 2018 marathon I don't see myself as a once and done marathoner...pretty sure I'll try it again if I do it once so I can hit PGH eventually.
TBH, I find hills to make a course more interesting and I end up running faster. Flat is boring. So yes, it'll be tough, but you'll make it.
Exactly @sessalee . I've never been bored on a hilly course.
my 5k PR was on the hilliest course locally. My first half was Pittbsurgh which isn't as bad as the full but there's a good climb at the end, followed by a downhill to the finish. It's fab.
Almost 10 marathons now, not a single one other than Boston has "meant something" to me. They mean something to me now, looking back, but they were just races that fit into my schedule or interests. I've done okay.
I would pick one that you're excited about. One that sounds fun to you for whatever reason, but I wouldn't put pressure on it having to mean something. You're running your first marathon, that has enough meaning & it should be the main motivation you need.
I've never had a particularly meaningful race, and yet I've been completely fulfilled. Even ironman was just the one that worked best for my family's schedule. my first marathon was a dinky race in February in AZ, none of which was motivating to me, but it was my first marathon and so it was amazing.
ETA: I should say, though, that I'm not a very sentimental person, nor am I in to motivational quotes or things really, so part of me might be a little bit broken.
Hey, this is a random mostly because it's SUCH absurd planning ahead - but @vtcupcake and whoever else has done pittsburgh - with all those hill would it be a ridiculous choice for a first marathon? which I am not planning to do until 2018. I LIKE PLANNING OK?
My home turf is in no way flat but having also lived in pittsburgh, I realize that my hills are just...hills. Not elderly mountains.
But something about when you were talking about picking this race stuck with me, and I fell in love with the idea of going back to pittsburgh to run a marathon. I went to school there and I still have a bunch of friends and family there. I have memories all along that course. But...ummm...your recap...those hills? I mean...am I just setting myself up to not have a good time?
It's not like I have a shortage of spring marathons around here. Including nice flat ones. I could do my first locally and put pittsburgh on the bucket list for a later year. If I do a 2018 marathon I don't see myself as a once and done marathoner...pretty sure I'll try it again if I do it once so I can hit PGH eventually.
TBH, I find hills to make a course more interesting and I end up running faster. Flat is boring. So yes, it'll be tough, but you'll make it.
that's true...running when I visit my sister or grandma in south jersey on the flat flat is BOOOOORING.
I just really love the idea of that course. I look at the map and I'm all, "oh and there i'll run by that place my brother used to work, and there I'll run by that club I went with so-and-so that time when that thing happened, and there I'll run by the bar I went to on my 21st birthday when I puked in my glass and stole that guy's hat...and then you add running through pitt and CMU campus, past the place my BFFs lived for two years, past the place my now-husband lived for his super-senior year (i.e. 5th year masters)...there's just a LOT of memories there. And my brother and his family will probably come cheer for me. I wanna do it.
But then I look at the elevation profile from Carson up through campus and and I'm all...uhhhhh....uhhhhhh...maybe not?
though apparently the course is changing for construction in 2017 so I guess I'll see what it actually looks like in 2018.
Almost 10 marathons now, not a single one other than Boston has "meant something" to me. They mean something to me now, looking back, but they were just races that fit into my schedule or interests. I've done okay.
I would pick one that you're excited about. One that sounds fun to you for whatever reason, but I wouldn't put pressure on it having to mean something. You're running your first marathon, that has enough meaning & it should be the main motivation you need.
I've never had a particularly meaningful race, and yet I've been completely fulfilled. Even ironman was just the one that worked best for my family's schedule. my first marathon was a dinky race in February in AZ, none of which was motivating to me, but it was my first marathon and so it was amazing.
ETA: I should say, though, that I'm not a very sentimental person, nor am I in to motivational quotes or things really, so part of me might be a little bit broken.
I have my sentimental moments, but all in all I tend toward the cold fish side, so...it's nice to hear the other side too. Not like I need to make a decision right now, since I'm looking two years out. I'll keep it on my goal's doc as Pittsburgh and reevaluate after my first half in spring 2017.
Thanks for the input everybody. Particularly @sessalee and @vtcupcake with the opposing views on the course in question.
wawa , that sounds like it could make it a lot of fun and fly by for you. I have to agree that I have come to the conclusion that pancake flat is a bit boring and it really makes your body feel an entirely different type of hurt. A mix would be nice. I've run one local marathon. I was afraid it was going to be boring (and it probably helped a ton that I ran the first 22 miles with a friend), but knowing points that were coming up, running on training run roads, etc., really helped the miles go by.
ETA: So I guess that ^^^ wasn't really helpful. LOL Either option could be good for you.
I've never had a particularly meaningful race, and yet I've been completely fulfilled. Even ironman was just the one that worked best for my family's schedule. my first marathon was a dinky race in February in AZ, none of which was motivating to me, but it was my first marathon and so it was amazing.
ETA: I should say, though, that I'm not a very sentimental person, nor am I in to motivational quotes or things really, so part of me might be a little bit broken.
I have my sentimental moments, but all in all I tend toward the cold fish side, so...it's nice to hear the other side too. Not like I need to make a decision right now, since I'm looking two years out. I'll keep it on my goal's doc as Pittsburgh and reevaluate after my first half in spring 2017.
Thanks for the input everybody. Particularly @sessalee and @vtcupcake with the opposing views on the course in question.
Please note that I've not actually run it. That said, you've got a much more personal connection to the area than cupcake, so you may struggle less with it.
Post by CallingAllAngels on May 5, 2016 8:46:37 GMT -5
I love what y'all have to say about Fall marathons, and I may take this advice in 2017, but I feel like I would need to give up triathlon season to train for a fall marathon. I don't have time to train well for a marathon and swim/bike.
My H says to me probably 3 times a week - "I didn't have time to eat today." What?!? How do you not have time??
Mine too! He will come home after a 12+ hour day and will have had one cup of coffee in the morning and then nothing until like 9pm! Not even water. I would be dead on the floor
I love what y'all have to say about Fall marathons, and I may take this advice in 2017, but I feel like I would need to give up triathlon season to train for a fall marathon. I don't have time to train well for a marathon and swim/bike.
You can take what I say with a grain of salt b/c I still do Spring marathons
I love what y'all have to say about Fall marathons, and I may take this advice in 2017, but I feel like I would need to give up triathlon season to train for a fall marathon. I don't have time to train well for a marathon and swim/bike.
No, you live in the south. I feel like none of this really applies to us (though I recognize why this is a good idea for people further north). If you're going local, nothing about weather is reasonable. Lets remember Savannah.
Honestly, if we want a fair shot of weather being on our side, the time of year doesn't matter. Location does. Go west or go north.
My H bought a wet suit and is talking about bikes. What I get from this conversation is I need to shut it down, so as not to ruin my own summer training plans. Lol.
My H bought a wet suit and is talking about bikes. What I get from this conversation is I need to shut it down, so as not to ruin my own summer training plans. Lol.
it is comforting every time MH mentions how much he hates running....
we can bike together, that's fine. If needed we can get in long slow miles towing the kids since i ain't trying to win shit, so we can work around that. If he starts running through he's required to push the stroller.