Blisters on my fingers,
Blisters on my toe,
Blisters on, well...
You don't even want to know!
Excuse me while I go die...
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AIIEEE did it!!!
AIIEEE did it!!!
Completed my first marathon! 3h 8m 8.2s.
Blisters on my fingers,
Blisters on my toe,
Blisters on, well...
You don't even want to know!
Excuse me while I go die...
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Blisters on my fingers,
Blisters on my toe,
Blisters on, well...
You don't even want to know!
Excuse me while I go die...
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annabassand
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Congrats!!
And No, I don't wanna know
But again Paris:
Congrats, sorry to hear about you death, but what, there is a rower born everyday
And No, I don't wanna know
I did one: but it is no fun, not before, not during and not afterwards!I've never done it and don't think I ever will
But again Paris:
Congrats, sorry to hear about you death, but what, there is a rower born everyday
Tyn
M42H
"We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well and live."
"Nobody move! I've dropped me brain!"
M42H
"We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well and live."
"Nobody move! I've dropped me brain!"
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Couch Potato
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- Joined: March 16th, 2006, 6:02 pm
- Location: Huntingdon
Now that I have recovered enough to walk back downstairs to my computer..., Thanks!
I'd like to say that I was motivated by a desire to test my endurance, to climb into that rarefied company of fellow marathoners, to..., you get the picture..., but actually I just wanted the "Coveted" Marathon Mug!
I actually had plenty of CV capacity for the marathon, I probably could have kept up my pace all day. The problem is my legs and butt, which were not happy at all, and still aren't for that matter.
I'd like to say that I was motivated by a desire to test my endurance, to climb into that rarefied company of fellow marathoners, to..., you get the picture..., but actually I just wanted the "Coveted" Marathon Mug!
Reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated, but your sympathy overwhelms me!Tyn wrote:Congrats, sorry to hear about you death, but what, there is a rower born everyday
It's funny, I had quite a bit left when I finished, more than enough to go sub 3 hrs, but I had visions/nightmares of making it to 42,190 m and then getting a cramp and not being able to finish. Next time...Couch Potato wrote:Many congratulations, and a good time not knowing what you had let yourself in for - the pain will subside and then the " I'm sure I can get under three hours" will creep in!!
I actually had plenty of CV capacity for the marathon, I probably could have kept up my pace all day. The problem is my legs and butt, which were not happy at all, and still aren't for that matter.
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icomefrombirmingham
- 2k Poster
- Posts: 249
- Joined: July 13th, 2007, 2:48 pm
- Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
FANTASTIC!
Well done.
Can you let us know what preparation you did before attempting the marathon?
I am planning one soon...well I say planning...what I mean is that I know I can do HMs with no trouble, so I "plan" to do a 2 hour piece, and if that goes ok, then it's a FM for me.
Did you have a pace in mind and stick to it? Or did you just row within your comfort zone?
When does the pain set in? Before the HM point...in the secong half...after 2 hours...?
How did you handle hydration? Did you stop, or did your rig up something to let you keep rowing?
Did you eat anything in particular...before, during?
Did you leave any time (day/days) between your last practice and the marathon...i.e. did you rest up before the event?
I am very curious.
Brent
Well done.
Can you let us know what preparation you did before attempting the marathon?
I am planning one soon...well I say planning...what I mean is that I know I can do HMs with no trouble, so I "plan" to do a 2 hour piece, and if that goes ok, then it's a FM for me.
Did you have a pace in mind and stick to it? Or did you just row within your comfort zone?
When does the pain set in? Before the HM point...in the secong half...after 2 hours...?
How did you handle hydration? Did you stop, or did your rig up something to let you keep rowing?
Did you eat anything in particular...before, during?
Did you leave any time (day/days) between your last practice and the marathon...i.e. did you rest up before the event?
I am very curious.
Brent
6'2.5", 228lbs[img]http://www.c2ctc.com/sigs/img1247165781.png[/img]
>>FANTASTIC!
>>Well done.
>>
>>Can you let us know what preparation you did before attempting the marathon?
>>
>>I am planning one soon...well I say planning...what I mean is that I know I can do HMs with no trouble, so I "plan" to do a 2 hour piece, and if that goes ok, then it's a FM for me.
>>
Thanks Brent, that's pretty much what I did. My current workout schedule is to row 75 min, 6 days/wk. In preparation for the FM, over the last month or so, I rowed a HM, 2 hr row, and then another HM.
>>Did you have a pace in mind and stick to it? Or did you just row within your comfort zone?
>>
I picked a pace ahead of time and stuck with it. I tried to avoid too much negative splitting because I wanted to be sure to finish. This was actually harder than I expected, I think because I was not really stressing my CV system. In the end I still wound up with an average split 1.2 s/split lower than my target (2:13.8 vs 2:15).
>>When does the pain set in? Before the HM point...in the secong half...after 2 hours...?
>>
This is a funny one. For me, I knew I was physically capable of doing the marathon, it's the psychological factor that's the problem. On Friday I was feeling pretty good and I thought "I think I'll do a marathon tomorrow". Almost immediately, my thighs started to hurt, I started getting back twinges, my knees..., you get the picture.., all psychological. In any case, I was pretty sore after 75 min, but the real discomfort didn't set in until the last hour. Actual pain didn't hit me until I'd been off the rower for about 30 min.
>>How did you handle hydration? Did you stop, or did your rig up something to let you keep rowing?
>>
I drank 2 cups of coffee and ~8 oz of water before I started. At about 75, 120, and 165 min, I drank, gulped more like, ~6-8 oz of water; each drink cost me ~5-7 strokes.
>>Did you eat anything in particular...before, during?
>>
I usually row on an empty stomach, but for the marathon, besides coffee, I ate 1 whole granola bar (~120 cal), and after each drink I ate ~1/2 of one. I was able to keep rowing while I ate because I wasn't breathing so hard that I was worried about choking.
>>Did you leave any time (day/days) between your last practice and the marathon...i.e. did you rest up before the event?
>>
No, regular row Friday, marathon Saturday, but I did time it so that I had my normal day off (Sunday) to recover. It remains to be seen if I will have recovered enough to get back to my regular schedule tomorrow.
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>>Well done.
>>
>>Can you let us know what preparation you did before attempting the marathon?
>>
>>I am planning one soon...well I say planning...what I mean is that I know I can do HMs with no trouble, so I "plan" to do a 2 hour piece, and if that goes ok, then it's a FM for me.
>>
Thanks Brent, that's pretty much what I did. My current workout schedule is to row 75 min, 6 days/wk. In preparation for the FM, over the last month or so, I rowed a HM, 2 hr row, and then another HM.
>>Did you have a pace in mind and stick to it? Or did you just row within your comfort zone?
>>
I picked a pace ahead of time and stuck with it. I tried to avoid too much negative splitting because I wanted to be sure to finish. This was actually harder than I expected, I think because I was not really stressing my CV system. In the end I still wound up with an average split 1.2 s/split lower than my target (2:13.8 vs 2:15).
>>When does the pain set in? Before the HM point...in the secong half...after 2 hours...?
>>
This is a funny one. For me, I knew I was physically capable of doing the marathon, it's the psychological factor that's the problem. On Friday I was feeling pretty good and I thought "I think I'll do a marathon tomorrow". Almost immediately, my thighs started to hurt, I started getting back twinges, my knees..., you get the picture.., all psychological. In any case, I was pretty sore after 75 min, but the real discomfort didn't set in until the last hour. Actual pain didn't hit me until I'd been off the rower for about 30 min.
>>How did you handle hydration? Did you stop, or did your rig up something to let you keep rowing?
>>
I drank 2 cups of coffee and ~8 oz of water before I started. At about 75, 120, and 165 min, I drank, gulped more like, ~6-8 oz of water; each drink cost me ~5-7 strokes.
>>Did you eat anything in particular...before, during?
>>
I usually row on an empty stomach, but for the marathon, besides coffee, I ate 1 whole granola bar (~120 cal), and after each drink I ate ~1/2 of one. I was able to keep rowing while I ate because I wasn't breathing so hard that I was worried about choking.
>>Did you leave any time (day/days) between your last practice and the marathon...i.e. did you rest up before the event?
>>
No, regular row Friday, marathon Saturday, but I did time it so that I had my normal day off (Sunday) to recover. It remains to be seen if I will have recovered enough to get back to my regular schedule tomorrow.
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icomefrombirmingham
- 2k Poster
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- Joined: July 13th, 2007, 2:48 pm
- Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Thanks for the info!
It's good to know there are other non-scientific rowers out there (if you'll forgive me for saying so?). I have always been lead to believe that to do a marathon in anything required a very specific and structured training schedule, proper nutrition before and during and scheduled hydration before, during and after. From what you describe, your approach wasn't nearly so formal...and it gives me hope!!
When you say "negative splitting", I assume you mean rowing faster than the pace you had set for yourself?
What were your HM times like before the marathon?
I row for about an hour, three days out of four. So not so different to your normal rowing schedule.
At the moment I am at 860,000m...I am trying to co-ordinate doing the marathon when I am within 42,195m of my one million mark. So I will row through the million and complete my first FM on the same row. I am not sure if the timimg will work out. I haven't done a 2 hour piece yet. I have until Nov 26th to get my million in in my first six months...but am thinking of completing it by U.S. Thanksgiving.
Congratulations again and thanks for the pointers.
Brent
It's good to know there are other non-scientific rowers out there (if you'll forgive me for saying so?). I have always been lead to believe that to do a marathon in anything required a very specific and structured training schedule, proper nutrition before and during and scheduled hydration before, during and after. From what you describe, your approach wasn't nearly so formal...and it gives me hope!!
When you say "negative splitting", I assume you mean rowing faster than the pace you had set for yourself?
What were your HM times like before the marathon?
I row for about an hour, three days out of four. So not so different to your normal rowing schedule.
At the moment I am at 860,000m...I am trying to co-ordinate doing the marathon when I am within 42,195m of my one million mark. So I will row through the million and complete my first FM on the same row. I am not sure if the timimg will work out. I haven't done a 2 hour piece yet. I have until Nov 26th to get my million in in my first six months...but am thinking of completing it by U.S. Thanksgiving.
Congratulations again and thanks for the pointers.
Brent
6'2.5", 228lbs[img]http://www.c2ctc.com/sigs/img1247165781.png[/img]
The hydration bit was worrisome because 3+ hrs is a long time for me to go between bathroom breaks and I didn't want to overdo it. As a result, I probably let myself get a little dehydrated because I didn't want to have to stop. Next time, I'll probably drink a bit more.
I was using "negative splitting" to mean rowing faster than my intended pace; I hope that's correct. My two HM times were 1:32:21.9 (2:11.3) and 1:29:07.9 (2:06.8).
I had originally intended to row the FM back in July, but then I injured my knee and couldn't do it. I then thought about rowing it to break 10 M m, which I should do by the end of the year, but I was worried I might again get sidelined at the last minute and decided there's no time like the present!
Good luck!
Daniel
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I was using "negative splitting" to mean rowing faster than my intended pace; I hope that's correct. My two HM times were 1:32:21.9 (2:11.3) and 1:29:07.9 (2:06.8).
I had originally intended to row the FM back in July, but then I injured my knee and couldn't do it. I then thought about rowing it to break 10 M m, which I should do by the end of the year, but I was worried I might again get sidelined at the last minute and decided there's no time like the present!
Good luck!
Daniel
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