Running a half marathon tomorrow.

[TerryMason]

If the weather is nice enough I'm going to run my first half marathon tomorrow. I've done a few 5Ks in the past, but nothing this long.

Anyone else here a runner?

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Sweet, best of luck to you. I run on the road to train, but most of my running is offroad Tough Mudder - Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet

 

[TLCJ5]

Good luck...."run Terry run"....

 

[superj]

I ran my whole life until a knee injury playing basketball last year. Keep your form up and stick to your pace.

I had to move to cycling which is nice. Not hard on the body and see a lot more stuff since you go a lot farther distances. I try and do 25 miles a day but have done 50 and 70 miles.

As a runner, the most I have done was 10 to 15 miles when I was in high school. I always did the long events in track and ran cross country. And in the army, I loved the long run days. I love running

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

superj, what was your knee injury? I had an ACL replacement and running has really helped it heal and become pain-free. Running Tough Mudder's #3 and #4 this year

 

[SteelHeadz]

Good luck Terry!!.. That's awesome Bounty_Hunter!! My Brother has been active like you have. He's rolled over and slamed on his head, fallen on his shoulder and still keeps on going. I've had a knee injury several years back during sparring (Tu Kong) . The socket on my left knee shattered and the small pieces of bones went in between the socket and grounded in the cartiledge. It took me a little while before i finally went to go see the doctor and had surgery. They ended up rebuilding my knee and socket and installed a titanium wire across from my thigh down to my lower leg with screws and plates. It was a hard recovery process during physical therapy but now i'm convinced that it's better than it ever was. I weigh around 160lbs and can leg press 480lbs. 2 sets of ten and 1 set of 20. I did however find out that long strides on a run is not as it use to but i can still do a short marathon.

 

[blkrubi88]

Hope it went well for you Terry. My Wife is running her second half marathon in the past month today. Just like some others, I don't run due to an old knee injury.

 

[Rebel_Frontier]

I used to run a ****load, at least 4 miles every time, 3 times a day. Up until I wrecked my Harley which really put me out of commission for a while. I ran marathons every once And a while. Good luck terry

 

[TerryMason]

The half marathon went better than I expected. I finished in 2 hours 20 minutes, which beat my expectations (heck, I just wanted to finish). I love how most of these races have live bands, food and beer at the finish line

They gave out these PowerBar energy gels during the race that tasted like like butt, but worked great. They had caffeine in them, and seemed to really give me a good boost. I may have to pick some of them up in the future.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Great job Terry.

I use Gu Gel during long runs if you want to check it out.

 

[superj]

something happened to my miniscus and if i run, i cannot walk or support weight on my right knee. the doc said they don;t see anything in the mri or xrays so it should be ok but its not.