Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6187724)

Dang. The dead guy beat me.

I did, however, beat my personal best yesterday in the half-marathon. I ran the Denver half-marathon in 2:06:39, blasting my old record by 7 minutes and 4 seconds. SNR, I'll pm you with the details.

Originally Posted by SNR (Post 6187709)

Running is the dumbest form of exercise ever. I don't ****ing get how people can love that shit so much. It's not like you see physical benefits in added muscle/more chicks. You also have to put up with shin splints.

If you want to keep your heart healthy, there are hundreds of different cardial exercises you can do than run 26.2 miles in the span of a few hours.

Sorry if any of you are runners, but there's nothing I hate more on this earth than someone I know who makes a big fat deal out of their running regiment.

"How about we just schedule the meeting before the day starts? We can do it at 7 AM. That should be plenty of time."

"Weeeeeeellllll... I'll JUST getting done with my morning 10 mile run at that time and I'll need to shower and stuff.... you know... can we push it back to 8?"

If God wanted us to run, he would have given us wheels for legs.

Originally Posted by Infidel Goat (Post 6188634)

I think what is suspicious is that all three men died shortly after the 11 mile marker (assuming that the half marathon finishes at the 13.1 marker of the marathon course).

I am suspicious that they will find something in their system that was given to them by a spectator.

That being said, I'd still take water or gatorade at the legitimate aid stations if I were in a race...

Originally Posted by stlchiefs (Post 6188776)

Congrats to the other 1/2 and full runners yesterday. I did the KC 1/2 as well and am proud to say I beat the guy even though I fell off the training wagon the last month. Pike's Peak 1/2 is next! I will be sure to send you my training program when I get started SNR! :D

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6189048)

Oh, hey. I'm pondering that one as well. Do you know when signups are? I just was talking to a serious runner today and he said that it generally fills up within a day of opening up registration.

Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 6187784)

Breathing in the Detroit air, I'm surprised it was only 3.

Originally Posted by stlchiefs (Post 6189091)

March. From your time you'd be in Ascent Wave 2, which fills up in a few weeks.

General Registration:
Ascent Wave 1 - Full - Filled in ~4.5 months, 8/3 vs 7/25 in 2008
Ascent Wave 2 - Full - Filled in 3 weeks, 2 days vs 1 month, 3 weeks, 5 days in 2008
Marathon Field 1 - Full - Filled in 1 day, 10 hours vs 26 mins in 2008
Marathon Field 2 - Full - Filled in 5 days vs 50 mins in 2008

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6187724)

Dang. The dead guy beat me.

I did, however, beat my personal best yesterday in the half-marathon. I ran the Denver half-marathon in 2:06:39, blasting my old record by 7 minutes and 4 seconds. SNR, I'll pm you with the details.

Originally Posted by alanm (Post 6189180)

That's pretty respectable Kevin. :thumb::thumb:

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6189139)

So it doesn't fill up immediately? My guy today ran it in 2009 and he said it fills up in hours.

Let me know if you decide to do it. It's definitely on my list next year. I have a hard time imagining a more challenging half.

Originally Posted by stlchiefs (Post 6189249)

Oh I'm doing it for sure, it's the only reason I signed up for the KC half because you need proof of a prior 1/2 or full marathon to "qualify". I put that in quotes because a 2:30 half qualifies you for Pike's Peak 1/2.

I think the full marathon fills up much quicker though as there are a lot less spots for that. There are also some psychos who do a double: 1/2 on Sat and Full on Sunday.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 6189364)

Ah, okay. I'm definitely going to target the ascent for next year as long as I can keep running and getting into shape.

The guy I talked to today is really, really into running, and in fact just finished a 50-mile mountain race. Looking him up, it appears that he's in the 1:30 to 1:40 range on half-marathons and 3:15 or so in marathons. He did the Ascent in 3:15 and was in the top ten percent of male finishers.

I know a woman who did the ascent this year, too. She ran a flat half-marathon in 1:53 this summer in a race that we both ran, and her time in the Ascent was 4:49. She said it was not enjoyable.

I suspect that the ascent is as much about leg strength as it is endurance.

Originally Posted by SNR (Post 6187709)

Running is the dumbest form of exercise ever. I don't ****ing get how people can love that shit so much. It's not like you see physical benefits in added muscle/more chicks. You also have to put up with shin splints.

If you want to keep your heart healthy, there are hundreds of different cardial exercises you can do than run 26.2 miles in the span of a few hours.

Sorry if any of you are runners, but there's nothing I hate more on this earth than someone I know who makes a big fat deal out of their running regiment.

"How about we just schedule the meeting before the day starts? We can do it at 7 AM. That should be plenty of time."

"Weeeeeeellllll... I'll JUST getting done with my morning 10 mile run at that time and I'll need to shower and stuff.... you know... can we push it back to 8?"

If God wanted us to run, he would have given us wheels for legs.