I just got home from a 1/2 marathon, a friend of ours talked us into trying it. It is called the frozen snot in Lock Haven PA. It isn't your average jog down the road kind of race. You go up two mountains with really steep inclines and then back down the other side that is just as steep over and over again. There is a few huge boulder fields that are just crazy hard to get through. I can only imagine how sore I will we tomorrow. I enjoyed it but it was really rough. Anyone else ever do anything like this?

This was from a couple years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iiUzet6nIM

Wow congrats on just entering! I used to love to run when I was boxing and again in the military. Wish I would have kept it up. I have a client that does those 100-mile in 24 hour runs....cant imagine!!

100 miles in 24hours I pant in a car doing that anymore.

in this race I finished 79th out of 250 people and it still took me over five hours to go 13.5 miles.

Nice work!
I log 1,200 running miles or so each year. Am training for a full right now coming up in a few months. Ran 9 miles this morning.
I'm 52 and this will only be my 2nd full marathon but I've ran 17 half marathons so thought it was time to step it up a little more.
Running has changed my life. I used to weigh 210 and smoked. Now I'm 175 and and run four times a week. has really helped with endurance trapping too, I can walk forever it seems.
Good job again and way to go!
Jim

Thanks guy, I should have also added that this is the first race I have ever ran...pick a heck of one to start with.

I had to run from the den to the bathroom this evening. And I almost made it in time. No matter, it is Saturday. Bath day.

Good job!

Instead of running...I go ice fishing, shooting, kayaking, drive my muscle car, mow the lawn,snow plow the driveway, work, trolling for trout in the summer, do some trapping, BUT ..I do know some runners....it's a disorder for sure, iam not wired like that.

I run... when something is chasing me... and I'm out of ammo.



All kidding aside, I admire anyone with that much dedication.

Mike

I use to run a bunch.. More walking and Hiking now tho..

JabNE- those full marathons are a deal a guy only has to do once! I'll admit I didn't properly train for it, but now that I know how I felt that next morning I can't imagine trying to prepare for that again!

My doctor told me if I didn’t start running I was going to die! I asked how long do I have doc??

I’ve run a few marathons, but trail running is a different beast. A little northeast of Lock Haven is Hyner View. I ran the Hyner Challenge there. That was a kick in the pants. Congrats on running what sounds like a tough first race.

I used to run but that was back before Forrest Gump made it fashionable. Not long distances but I ran five miles a day, day in/day out. Loved it.

Congrats on the half!
I love running!

My wife runs 5k’s I really admire how much effort & time she and people like her put into it

If you have Netflix, look up The Barkley Marathons. This is a race for the insane

I ran to the stove the other day when my pot of noodles started boiling over. Took about 2 hours to recover from that.

Not me, but my wife does a few full marathon's each year. She also does the " Tough Mudder" runs. This fall she plans on doing Ely portage 1/2 marathon. She will have to do the half marathon while carrying a canoe. She is one tough grandma.

I admire how hard she( or anyone) works to compete in any kind of distance run.