How fast did he/you go? Do you know what number marathon that was in his schedule?Originally Posted by Feet in the Cowclaps
He did...and one of them was Chicago which I also ran. I beat him by one minute
How fast did he/you go? Do you know what number marathon that was in his schedule?He did...and one of them was Chicago which I also ran. I beat him by one minute
He did 3.28.
I would have liked to say it was his first and he was really fresh, but it was his 36th
http://enduranceis.typepad.com/endur.../22/index.html
Ha yes. Let's have a look at that link then........... wonder if it lists all the times for all the marathons, that's what I want to know now.
Hmmm, interesting. He seems to have run them very conservatively, mostly between 3.30 and 4.15. Tho noticed he ran the last one in 3.00!!
I had mixed views on this.
I bought it at Auckland airport and read it before I stepped off the plane in London. It was very readable, and a great story, but i just felt that at some stages he was a bit over the top.
Did anyone else feel this?
All the 'I'm a lean machine, 0.5% body fat, an ultimate athelete..' or words to that effect. I just felt it was a bit dissapointing, maybe he needs to be like that to promote himself and get the financial support through sponsorship etc. Generally I thought it was a very good book, very inspirational, and was a factor is me signing up for the WHW race again. Some great descriptions though.
Just leave out the bragging.
He's American he can't help it!
Iain don't forget he won't have written it himself it will have been ghost written so the author will have used some poetic license...although I do agree it did come across as a bit big headed.
The complete opposite to a good book, Survival of the Fittest by Mike Stroud. Stroud a physician and polar explorer recounts arctic trips and the 7 marathons in 7 days with Fiennes and studies how the body reacts to extreme exertion in extremes of temperature, hot and cold. Excellent read that covers many topics and areas and helps understand how our bodies react to exercise.
Bob Brown's "Road to Deca" is fun to start off with but gets a bit tedious*.
Bit like deca-ironman racing I suppose.
i watched the latterman show with his interview having a neutral Gait does help with having no injurys.
yep- you can eat on the run, not recomended..
i read through the big headedness and thought it was a good read.
then again it only took me 2 hours to read it.
me too Penguin, small pages and big letters, like a kids book
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