Marathon Weekend 2019

[FFigawi]

What happens if he wins?

He gets to pick the design, of course

 

[rteetz]

He gets to pick the design, of course

So no face paint! I might take you up on this just so I can win and not get the face paint. This could be the best motivation ever!

 

[SarahDisney]

Oh no, what have I done...

 

[Princess_Nikki]

So no face paint! I might take you up on this just so I can win and not get the face paint. This could be the best motivation ever!

@Keels will NEVER allow this bet to happen!! Muahahahahahaha!!!!!

 

[rteetz]

@Keels will NEVER allow this bet to happen!! Muahahahahahaha!!!!!

Why’d you have to bring her into this!

 

[Keels]

I wondered why I felt my ears burning.

 

[rteetz]

I wondered why I felt my ears burning.

Nothing to see here...

 

[jennamfeo]

So no face paint! I might take you up on this just so I can win and not get the face paint. This could be the best motivation ever!

I don't think that's how this works. You can't walk up to a face paint booth and ask for the "no face paint" face paint.

 

[Keels]

It’s all fun and games until I include a ringer that is 99-percent guaranteed to hit all mileage every week to help secure #Pandamonium2019.

 

[rteetz]

I don't think that's how this works. You can't walk up to a face paint booth and ask for the "no face paint" face paint.

So I just don’t walk up at all.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Signs up for a marathon, loses motivation to run. Sounds about right, right?

After registering for Dopey, I envisioned a glorious first training run with the marathon becoming real. Instead, all 3 runs since have challenged me and tempted me to throw in the towel early on in two of them for pain or convenience reasons. I hope it's just good practice for the marathon when I absolutely do not want to throw in the towel. It's perhaps naive hope, but I believe that if I put in the training and avoid injury on race day, I can will myself to that finish line no matter what the race throws at me.

 

[Dis5150]

I absolutely need motivation so I am down with @SarahDisney's suggestion!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

In light of comments from @jennamfeo and @rteetz ... what do you guys think about some sort of running competition/game? Like, you post your planned mileage for the week at the beginning of the week, and anyone who hits 90% of their mileage or more gets something? (And by something I mean a certificate or bragging rights ... or maybe a super cheap plastic medal for the people who have hit their goal the most by marathon weekend.)
Anyone interested in something like that? Would that help motivate some of the people who are struggling?

It's an interesting idea. Accountability works wonders to keep my motivation where it should be.

Last Saturday I felt an extreme tightness in my upper right calf less than 8 minutes into my run. I tried to power through it to see if it would go away. It didn't. But I didn't want to quit, so I slowed down and made it to the end of my run just fine. When that happens during a non critical training period, it's so much easier to shut it down when clearly I did not need to stop. I just needed to recognize that for whatever reason, I needed to go slower that day.

 

[jennamfeo]

I did do a few RunBets and they did help me make sure I got my miles in. The first game I did, I bet $10 and won $1.80. The second game I did I bet $40, and won like .65 and said to hell with this.

 

[Dis5150]

FONM (Fear of No Money) won out over FOMO for Dopey! Back to running the marathon as a stand alone race this year. At least that is the plan.

 

[cavepig]

In light of comments from @jennamfeo and @rteetz ... what do you guys think about some sort of running competition/game? Like, you post your planned mileage for the week at the beginning of the week, and anyone who hits 90% of their mileage or more gets something? (And by something I mean a certificate or bragging rights ... or maybe a super cheap plastic medal for the people who have hit their goal the most by marathon weekend.)
Anyone interested in something like that? Would that help motivate some of the people who are struggling?

Great idea, Sometimes seeing others workouts makes you want to get out there just so you can post that you did it too! Virtual hi-fives go a long way for motivation.

 

[FFigawi]

Great idea, Sometimes seeing others workouts makes you want to get out there just so you can post that you did it too! Virtual hi-fives go a long way for motivation.

We have a group set up on Strava where you can see people's workouts, enter challenges together, etc. I don't know the link off the top of my head, but I'm sure @DopeyBadger does.

 

[cburnett11]

We have a group set up on Strava where you can see people's workouts, enter challenges together, etc. I don't know the link off the top of my head, but I'm sure @DopeyBadger does.

It's on a spreadsheet somewhere, I'm sure... lol.

 

[SarahDisney]

It's in @DopeyBadger's signature.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/disboards-community-195761

Very useful if you're not me and you actually like paying attention to Strava.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

We have a group set up on Strava where you can see people's workouts, enter challenges together, etc. I don't know the link off the top of my head, but I'm sure @DopeyBadger does.

I think I just searched for it in Strava when I first signed up. And then I knew I had found it because @DopeyBadger runs were showing up in the group.