I won’t be doing the Detroit Marathon after all. My son Jason is going to do the OBX Marathon and I will be doing it also. I think that he may only do the half, but he may try and do the full. This is in The Outer Banks of North Carolina along the coast. We are going to try and talk my other son Michael into running also, but I’m sure he will only be doing the half. He seems to have a lot going on lately, including just recently getting engaged to his girlfriend Heather. I’m assuming that she’s not pregnant because the wedding is not until next spring. But then again she could be I guess. She can have the kid in like February or March, and still get married in May or June and no one would know. Mmmm. Anyways, the marathon is November 9th which actually gives me a couple more weeks of training. Yahoo.
This past week was my first full week of training and I actually felt good. I’m running in the morning (5:00 a.m. for god’s sake!) which is good because it’s much cooler than at 6:00 after work. This whole week it’s supposed to be in the 90’s, so the early morning runs are looking good to me.
My gym closed down already, after being open for only about 6 months. Can you say embezzlement? Now I’m not sure what to do about a gym. I don’t use it that much but it’s nice to have when I do use it.
Has anybody done the OBX Marathon? I’d like to hear from you if you have and get your opinion.
I was diagnosed with MS about 4 years ago and I am one of the lucky ones. I don't have too many problems associated with it, and the disease has actually slowed down. I took up running 3 years ago just to see if I could do it. So far I've run 3 marathons in a year and a half.
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
OBX? Nice one! I haven’t done it, but know plenty of people who have. From what I’ve heard the inaugural year there were several teething problems, but the race organizers did a good job last year and it was a very successful event.
One year I will definitely run OBX, but I’ll be doing Richmond again this year on the 15th November….way too close to the 9th for comfort.
The Outer Banks is a great place though - you’ll have a wonderful time!
–Steve
June 26th, 2008 at 2:44 am
I havnt done obx marathon . But dream of doing it
June 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
You’re such an addict. Your last week of training, you were talking about not running a marathon for awhile, and maybe, maybe doing some halfs in the next year. But oh no, you decide to start training right away for a full one. Not sure how you do it. Have you been getting advice from Roger Clemens?
Definitely looking forward to the race. Mike’s in too.