Good luck to everyone running the Pittsburgh Marathon tomorrow. Stay healthy, pace yourself, and enjoy the experience. It should be a lot of fun!!
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Good luck to everyone running the Pittsburgh Marathon tomorrow. Stay healthy, pace yourself, and enjoy the experience. It should be a lot of fun!!
Anyone here ever run it ?
Anyone here ever run it ?
Ran the half in 2015 and the full in 2016 and 2017. Can’t run it this year due to my daughter’s first communion tomorrow. Pittsburgh does a great job with the race.
I am 56 and did Pittsburgh Marathon and it was great in retrospect. Some points during it were painful and I questioned myself extensively. But anyone can do it. I truly believe that. If you follow the training and recognize your limitations it is a task than can be accomplished. Two years ago I did Philly Marathon and finished in 4 hours, 30 minutes and 27 seconds. This year, two years older and I finished in 4 hours, 18 minutes and 54 seconds. I took walk breaks for about 60 seconds when needed and still did better two years later.
The marathon is sometimes an anticlimax from the sixteen weeks of training you do. The training is the tough part because you generally are alone running and sincerely your mind is telling you to quit many, many times. The marathon has you surrounded by like minded goof balls who keep you going.
I wore my script Pitt running shirt and got a pick up every time someone said "Hail to Pitt" or "Go Pitt" all along the route.
I am 56 and did Pittsburgh Marathon and it was great in retrospect. Some points during it were painful and I questioned myself extensively. But anyone can do it. I truly believe that. If you follow the training and recognize your limitations it is a task than can be accomplished. Two years ago I did Philly Marathon and finished in 4 hours, 30 minutes and 27 seconds. This year, two years older and I finished in 4 hours, 18 minutes and 54 seconds. I took walk breaks for about 60 seconds when needed and still did better two years later.
The marathon is sometimes an anticlimax from the sixteen weeks of training you do. The training is the tough part because you generally are alone running and sincerely your mind is telling you to quit many, many times. The marathon has you surrounded by like minded goof balls who keep you going.
I wore my script Pitt running shirt and got a pick up every time someone said "Hail to Pitt" or "Go Pitt" all along the route.
So you heard me yell "Hail to Pitt"?
Congrats on your times and doing the marathon! It's more than physical, as you know. A lot (more than 50%) of running is between your ears. Your will and character need to be strong if you want to finish let alone do a PB. Marathons aren't for pussies. Keep it up. I'll be in it next year again. Also running the EQT 10-miler this November.
You're so right about the training, then what seems like a letdown or anti-climax during the Marathon. The Marathon is the training. The race is just the end of that part of the training and the part where you get to do this with thousands of others and achieve a goal. It's the fun part.
Are you doing any other marathons this year?
Not as many that happen from playing football. For you smart asses, there were 22 people treated in hospitals, all for minor conditions....turned ankles, some dehydration, elevated temperatures. That's out of over 25,000 runners. And no deaths. In one football game, you'll get more turned ankles, dehydration, broken bones and more serious conditions than in a marathon. And many that play football will die someday from CTE.
Ignorance is no excuse to ask dumb questions.
I am 56 and did Pittsburgh Marathon and it was great in retrospect. Some points during it were painful and I questioned myself extensively. But anyone can do it. I truly believe that. If you follow the training and recognize your limitations it is a task than can be accomplished. Two years ago I did Philly Marathon and finished in 4 hours, 30 minutes and 27 seconds. This year, two years older and I finished in 4 hours, 18 minutes and 54 seconds. I took walk breaks for about 60 seconds when needed and still did better two years later.
The marathon is sometimes an anticlimax from the sixteen weeks of training you do. The training is the tough part because you generally are alone running and sincerely your mind is telling you to quit many, many times. The marathon has you surrounded by like minded goof balls who keep you going.
I wore my script Pitt running shirt and got a pick up every time someone said "Hail to Pitt" or "Go Pitt" all along the route.
Keep the Marine Corp Marathon in November... flat and scenic.No. A lot going on remainder of year. Thought of doing philly again but just no time this fall.
football is played far more often than these marathons
what's next? cars are more dangerous than guns? maybe because more people use cars
I can tell you wouldn't understand, just by your reply to my post.
Like I said before, ignorance is no excuse. Stick to things that aren't over your head.
Back a bunch of years before I got married and a few years after getting married and having kids I ran with a running club.
I mostly ran 5 mile and 10k runs, with some 15k's mixed in. I was a decent runner with my best 5 mile time 30 mins 10 sec and my best 10k 39 mins 42 secs both on flat courses.
One time and it was the last time I ran a half marathon and I was so bored it was my last run over 10k. Luckily it was a flat half marathon in Fairfield CT on the roads next to the LISound beach.
My goal was to average 7.5 minute miles which I did for ten miles, hit the wall at ten miles, ran two 10 minute miles, finished with an 8 minute mile, found Mrs Buffett and the kids went to the beach and drank about 6 Coors Lights to recover!
The halfs and marathons aren't for everyone even if you run alot! They're a different mental game.
"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
Go PITT & CSU Rams!
Back a bunch of years before I got married and a few years after getting married and having kids I ran with a running club.
I mostly ran 5 mile and 10k runs, with some 15k's mixed in. I was a decent runner with my best 5 mile time 30 mins 10 sec and my best 10k 39 mins 42 secs both on flat courses.
One time and it was the last time I ran a half marathon and I was so bored it was my last run over 10k. Luckily it was a flat half marathon in Fairfield CT on the roads next to the LISound beach.
My goal was to average 7.5 minute miles which I did for ten miles, hit the wall at ten miles, ran two 10 minute miles, finished with an 8 minute mile, found Mrs Buffett and the kids went to the beach and drank about 6 Coors Lights to recover!
The halfs and marathons aren't for everyone even if you run alot! They're a different mental game.
"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
Go PITT & CSU Rams!
A guy in our area died of a heart attack sitting on his porch not to long ago.
Well that does it! Time to ban sitting on porches!