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brethelm
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 Posted: 01/09/03 - 10:49 Post subject: It's Official....
I'm registered for the 2003 Chicago Marathon on October 12 - my first marathon. May God have mercy on my soul....
BRING IT ON, WINDY CITY!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/09/03 - 10:53 Post subject:
Congrats! 
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genie
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Posted: 01/09/03 - 11:12 Post subject:
Great choice for a first, bret! Tons of crowd support and a good fast course. You will kick ass for sure!
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shelee
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Posted: 01/09/03 - 11:53 Post subject:
Nice! 
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flarunner
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Posted: 01/09/03 - 12:48 Post subject:
Cool beans, Bret! You will do great! Great course and great crowds!
Rock on!
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 01/09/03 - 13:21 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Congrats! |
BIG FAT 1!!!
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Cappy
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Posted: 01/09/03 - 13:43 Post subject:
Best of luck Bret, you are embarking on a journey that many have tried, and few have done.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 01/11/03 - 09:07 Post subject:
Good Luck Bret!
We will want full details when you finish and keep us posted via training reports on how that is going.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 01/11/03 - 09:32 Post subject:
Brett-ster takin' the leap.....
Good luck with the training and the 26.2.
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copteacher
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Posted: 01/11/03 - 10:31 Post subject:
Bret it is one of the greatest things you will ever experience. Good luck.
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kristin31
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Posted: 01/11/03 - 18:59 Post subject:
Congrats!!! You picked a good one for the excitement of your first! Good luck with your training.
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brethelm
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Posted: 01/12/03 - 14:02 Post subject:
Thank you all very much!! Hey, you guys that have run Chicago before, any suggestions for hotel reservations?
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 01/12/03 - 14:31 Post subject:
Chiiiiiiiiicago... it's my kind of towwwwwwwwn...
We will be looking forward to hearing about your training, Brethelm!
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brethelm
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Posted: 01/12/03 - 14:56 Post subject:
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | Chiiiiiiiiicago... it's my kind of towwwwwwwwn...
We will be looking forward to hearing about your training, Brethelm! |
Will give updates regularly. In the process of ramping up after a lengthy layoff last year. Only 12 miles run this week (counting the two I'll do later today). Next week, I'm planning on 15 miles, followed by 18, and then 21 to get to where I was when I got injured in June. After that, I'll slow down my ramp up, but am aiming for at least 30 mpw by mid-April. If I'm feeling good, I'll try to ramp up higher. I'd love to be running a 40 mpw base, but that's certainly a stretch goal and may not be achievable this year. Keeping the pace as I ramp up very easy - between 11 and 13 minutes per mile. Keeping injury free is my main concern. Then my next foreseeable obstacle will be the heat of summer.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 01/12/03 - 18:35 Post subject:
Congrats, Bret. Summer will be tough but you can handle it.
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