Disappointed at NYC Marathon--Should I go back-to-back?

Blaming the weather for your winter injuries is nothing more than an excuse. Poor warming up and/or cooling down w/ stretching etc. is the reason for those. Oh, and probably gunning all your runs too. Run slower!

Good luck in the vengefest!

hunter 3 wrote:

He's real. Been posting on these boards for a while. Good luck with the run, kid!

Troll Hunter #2 wrote:

You can easily find the name of someone 47 years old from VA running 3:04 at NYC with the identical 13.1 split OP posted. As to the backstory, who knows, but why would it be made up? Too elaborate. I'm calling this guy real.

Thanks! People have always said I do not look my age, and so I still kind of think of myself as a "kid"...just a kid from Brooklyn who likes to run.

all better wrote:

Blaming the weather for your winter injuries is nothing more than an excuse. Poor warming up and/or cooling down w/ stretching etc. is the reason for those. Oh, and probably gunning all your runs too. Run slower!

Good luck in the vengefest!

Good points here. I probably could warm-up better, but I am often pressed for time, too. I know we all are, and so I am just sayin'...

Hopefully, I will at least get the hang of it this winter, as I do not mind being outside in winter, at least on most days.

Vengefest?! Well, yes...I never speak of getting revenge on a person, but can certainly feel that way in regard to a race. :-)

great advice wrote:

outsiderunner wrote:

I live in the mountains, not in the DC suburbs...big difference in terrain and weather. Winter has been bad enough for me to be injured twice. Both injuries occurred in the same conditions (nearly identical), as I have said...one in January (temp of 19, with a windchill of 5) and one in February (temp of 19 and a windchill of 4)...just checked my log.

Hey partner, I've got some advice. Don't run in weather like that.

I have to agree that's probably too cold to be running outside. If you are going to run in that kind of weather you should take it easy and be very careful to not overdo it. You should definitely take some extra junk-warming precautions.

Yes, those days are too cold for running. Normally, we do not get too many of them here, but there are always at least a handful of them every year. I do not call myself the "outsiderunner" for nothing.

After last year's injury, I decided not to go out on those days. They are just too cold, even for an outsiderunner.

Man. You make excuses for you and everyone else..."unfortunate circumstances."

Put your big boy pants on.

outsiderunner wrote:

one in January (temp of 19, with a windchill of 5) and one in February (temp of 19 and a windchill of 4)...just checked my log.

Ha. That's borderline singlet weather up here in Canada.

seriously how much of this thread is trolling or one guy posting under different usernames

anyway, i don't foresee it going too well on sunday, but hopefully you prove me wrong

Ps- the winter conditions you are complaining about are not that bad

I think you'll go sub-3. You need to go for it.

outsiderunner wrote:

I do not feel burned out at all.

You will... about 20 miles in.

I live in Michigan and ran through last winter. 19 is not bad. I've run at

Honestly, unless the ground/footing conditions are poor, those temps are totally manageable if you have the right clothing. People run in even colder just fine.

what-he-said wrote:

Honestly, unless the ground/footing conditions are poor, those temps are totally manageable if you have the right clothing. People run in even colder just fine.

C'mon guys. The guy gets hurt. It's right there in his log.

I don't know why this guy/possible troll even made the thread. His mind was already made up. He just wants to have pretend "dialogue". Also outsiderunner and angry Johnny are obviously the same IP addresses.

Just did my last pre-race run. Just a little four-miler and it felt good. Nice day for running, with very little wind. Wind conditions look even worse for Sunday...forecast now predicting 28 mph. I do not even know if I have run in wind that strong. I would have to check my log, but probably 22 or maybe 25 is the strongest I have faced in a training run. All I can remember about such a run was that I could barely breathe and it seemed a waste of time.

Consider another race?

If you are trolling, 8.5/10

outsiderunner wrote:

Just did my last pre-race run. Just a little four-miler and it felt good. Nice day for running, with very little wind. Wind conditions look even worse for Sunday...forecast now predicting 28 mph. I do not even know if I have run in wind that strong. I would have to check my log, but probably 22 or maybe 25 is the strongest I have faced in a training run. All I can remember about such a run was that I could barely breathe and it seemed a waste of time.

You may want to rethink running it then, You may end of getting hurt.

outsiderunner wrote:

Just did my last pre-race run. Just a little four-miler and it felt good. Nice day for running, with very little wind. Wind conditions look even worse for Sunday...forecast now predicting 28 mph. I do not even know if I have run in wind that strong. I would have to check my log, but probably 22 or maybe 25 is the strongest I have faced in a training run. All I can remember about such a run was that I could barely breathe and it seemed a waste of time.

And here comes yet another excuse. A++

Excuse? For what? Who would want to race in 28 mph winds? I make no excuses, and want to run this weekend.

In regard to considering another race...I have considered Philly, and the posts in regard to Philly have been helpful. Do not know if I want to head up to Philly, and the race is quite early (7:00 am). The forecast calls for similar winds in Philly, too. Weather-wise, it just does not look like it will be a good weekend for marathoning, at least on my part of the East Coast.

Perhaps the forecast will change.