Any runners in here??

Hey everyone, I am thinking about registering for the San Fran Half Marathon, and was wondering if anyone here is going to be entering themselves? I am not a really fast runner or anything like that, actually I have been running for just a couple of months now and somehow my daily 5ks have turned out to be around 10-13 miles, so I decided I might want to try a 1/2 marathon. I have run it a couple of times this last week at my house, and think that i should be able to make it, but i was wondering if anyone was entering, and is going to be running in the 2hr class, if they wanted some company? I will be flying up from LA and staying in San Fran for the 3 day event, then turning around and coming right home. So hit me up, or if there are any runners in here, please shout out, running has turned out to be a big deal for me, and I would love to meet other runners as well.

 

I run I'd totally enter if I lived in Cal. I ran my first half marathon in Houston and went about 1:26. Marathons are really a lot of fun, the atmosphere is amazing. You'll get caught up in the adrenaline and it'll be over before you know it. Just have fun with it!

There was a thread a while back with a few more runners here.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/sports-hobbies-interests/12118-any-runners-here-tacomaworld.html

 

Thanks, wow, i seriously doubt i will come close to a time like that my first time out. But i have found myself feeling really at ease during my longer runs. I just hope that i do alright, actually i just really hope i don't mess up and break any rules, LOL.

 

im X-running all over the streets. does that count??

 

I used to love to run (5:30 Mile) then I joined the AirForce and how PT is run just killed all the fun in it

 

Yes, my PT runs do kill the fun in it. Here we have tons of mandatory wing, ABW, & MX group, runs, and they are so slow and unorganized, i just hate it. But i find that if i run a nice long run b4 them, that i do not hate them that bad.

 

<-------- Loves to run

I'm running about 6 days a week right now. I'm mainly practicing for 5k's but plan to do the Half Marathon in October and a Full Marathon in December. I've ran the half before, but never the full.

Unfortunately I'm on the other side of the country else I would join you. Keep us posted on how you do, and share any experiences you may have

 

Well, the old lady put the ixnay on the San Fran 1/2 Marathon for me, said it was alot of money for just 24hrs, she said that i should try running a couple of the ones around here first and see if i do ok before i start flying around to do em. So i agreed with her, and am going to be hitting up whatever local 1/2 marathon i can get into.

On another note, i ran a 14 miler this morning out in the desert sun, it was a new run with lots of hills, and it went pretty well, until i got home and took off my sock, which was all bloody, turned out that i cracked a toenail in half somehow while running, oh well, but it gets better, i hurry over to the sink and rinse it out with hydrogen peroxide and through some neosporin on it with a bandage, i sit down and take off my other sock finally, and I see a toe just bent all crooked, dislocated or broke it, dunno, but i popped it back in place and now its just swollen. Kinda weird that i didn't even notice them until i got home, and they both didn't even hurt until awhile after my run. I really can't recall any real hard spots or anything during my run, but i guess it just happens sometimes, LOL.

Here are some pics, But don't look if at all squeamish:

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Ouch, that looks brutal. I usually have problems with toenails on some toes digging in to the sides of my other toes whenever I do long runs. And I never notice it until after I get back home and take my bloody sock off . I don't think i've ever had a toenail split on me before though, lol. Let us know how that half marathon goes!

 

Good deal man, will do. Looks like there are a couple coming up soon, and i am in the middle of trying to convince my Squadron to let me go and run in the AF Marathon, well at least the 1/2'r. The toe thing is just weird, but got them both taped up pretty good for my run tomorrow morning, so hopefully they don't hurt to bad, LOL.