The Running Thread --2025

[garneska]

Congrats @camaker really no way to top that weekend. Glad everyone is doing well.

 

[Disney at Heart]

Congrats @camaker! What a roller coaster you have been on! It is wonderful that your daughter and granddaughter are doing well and that you were able to keep up the marathon streak.

 

[jpholic]

Race Report - RDC Marathon
This has really been quite the week, both in family and running life. My older daughter was due to have our first grandchild on Dec 10th. Unfortunately, she was admitted to the hospital with severe preeclampsia on Wednesday. After a hospital transfer, they decided an emergency caesarean was required, and he was delivered on Friday afternoon, 7 weeks early. Both mother and child are doing very well, but he'll be in the NICU for a week or two to help with his breathing. We're just happy they're healthy and thrilled to be grandparents.

After that, running the RDC Marathon this morning seems like an anticlimax, and, well, of all the marathons I've run, it was one of them. The weather this morning was perfect for a race, starting at 41 degrees and slowly rising to 58 degrees, with cloud cover just about the whole time. The course, however, was about the most boring course I've ever run, even if it was a relatively unchallenging one. The start line was at Southpoint Mall in Durham and started with a lap in the parking lot around the mall before heading out onto the American Tobacco Trail for a straight 12.5 mile out and back on a mix of crushed gravel and pavement. Spectator support was nonexistent and aid stations were a bit too far apart for my tastes.

My training was disrupted by knee pain over the last couple of months, which limited my number of runs and their pacing as I worked to get it under control. It was very much a case of "better to race undertrained than injured." My only goals for the race were to finish and assess the state of my hamstring under full load after the debacle of Marathon Weekend and losing 2 1/2 months of running due to it.

I'm happy to report that the hamstring held up just fine under the load of a marathon and I finished marathon #17 in 5:14 with steady pacing, consistent with my training. I realized towards the end of the race that this will also extend my streak to 10 consecutive years with at least one completed marathon. I'll take it.

Congrats neighbor on your new family member and the healthy race finish! I ran the Bull City Race Fest HM the weekend before to get in some long miles on my training.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

I just got back from the doctor. No issues, just a visit to check in get refills on meds, and April is when I last saw him. Also, keep in mind that this is the primary care doc that sent me for x-rays and MRIs last year when I hurt myself.
Him: You've lost 11 lbs.
Me: !!
Him: This was on purpose?
Me: Darned right it was! I've busted my backside to lose that, and shooting for 5 more.
Him: hmph

<sigh> It just wasn't the reaction I was expecting.
Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[DianaMB333]

I just got back from the doctor. No issues, just a visit to check in get refills on meds, and April is when I last saw him. Also, keep in mind that this is the primary care doc that sent me for x-rays and MRIs last year when I hurt myself.
Him: You've lost 11 lbs.
Me: !!
Him: This was on purpose?
Me: Darned right it was! I've busted my backside to lose that, and shooting for 5 more.
Him: hmph

<sigh> It just wasn't the reaction I was expecting.
Thanks for letting me vent.

Congrats on the weight loss journey…

 

[camaker]

I just got back from the doctor. No issues, just a visit to check in get refills on meds, and April is when I last saw him. Also, keep in mind that this is the primary care doc that sent me for x-rays and MRIs last year when I hurt myself.
Him: You've lost 11 lbs.
Me: !!
Him: This was on purpose?
Me: Darned right it was! I've busted my backside to lose that, and shooting for 5 more.
Him: hmph

<sigh> It just wasn't the reaction I was expecting.
Thanks for letting me vent.

Definitely feel your pain on this one. Lost 155# many years ago before I started running. Got no real acknowledgement or comment from the doctors until I put a few pounds back on and then it was "I don't like seeing your weight slip upwards like this." Honestly, weight comments are one of the main reasons I avoid the doctor's office.

 

[Professor_Cookie]

Race Report - RDC Marathon
This has really been quite the week, both in family and running life. My older daughter was due to have our first grandchild on Dec 10th. Unfortunately, she was admitted to the hospital with severe preeclampsia on Wednesday. After a hospital transfer, they decided an emergency caesarean was required, and he was delivered on Friday afternoon, 7 weeks early. Both mother and child are doing very well, but he'll be in the NICU for a week or two to help with his breathing. We're just happy they're healthy and thrilled to be grandparents.

After that, running the RDC Marathon this morning seems like an anticlimax, and, well, of all the marathons I've run, it was one of them. The weather this morning was perfect for a race, starting at 41 degrees and slowly rising to 58 degrees, with cloud cover just about the whole time. The course, however, was about the most boring course I've ever run, even if it was a relatively unchallenging one. The start line was at Southpoint Mall in Durham and started with a lap in the parking lot around the mall before heading out onto the American Tobacco Trail for a straight 12.5 mile out and back on a mix of crushed gravel and pavement. Spectator support was nonexistent and aid stations were a bit too far apart for my tastes.

My training was disrupted by knee pain over the last couple of months, which limited my number of runs and their pacing as I worked to get it under control. It was very much a case of "better to race undertrained than injured." My only goals for the race were to finish and assess the state of my hamstring under full load after the debacle of Marathon Weekend and losing 2 1/2 months of running due to it.

I'm happy to report that the hamstring held up just fine under the load of a marathon and I finished marathon #17 in 5:14 with steady pacing, consistent with my training. I realized towards the end of the race that this will also extend my streak to 10 consecutive years with at least one completed marathon. I'll take it.

Congratulations!

Our daughter was born 10.5 weeks early to a preeclamptic mother, and despite that and some turbo lag early development, she is now ahead of the curve on everything except her weight which remains below the curve.

(We weren’t sure which way her height would go, but she definitely doesn’t have her mother’s 5’2” height and will probably surpass her before she is 10)

 

[KCO5988]

Well, I pulled the trigger this morning and signed up for 2026 NYC Marathon with a charity! My first world major and in my home state! Now to get creative on fundraising!

 

[The Expert]

Well, I pulled the trigger this morning and signed up for 2026 NYC Marathon with a charity! My first world major and in my home state! Now to get creative on fundraising!

How exciting! I signed up last week for the 2026 Chicago Marathon with a charity -- also my first world major and my first marathon outside Disney! I already kicked off my fundraising (but I do work for a nonprofit so I had some ideas before I registered). I outlined my strategy in my training journal or (shameless plug) my fundraising page is here: https://teamotat26.funraise.org/fundraiser/kim-mcdaniel/

I would love to support you when you get yours set up. Best of luck with your training and fundraising!

 

[KCO5988]

How exciting! I signed up last week for the 2026 Chicago Marathon with a charity -- also my first world major and my first marathon outside Disney! I already kicked off my fundraising (but I do work for a nonprofit so I had some ideas before I registered). I outlined my strategy in my training journal or (shameless plug) my fundraising page is here: https://teamotat26.funraise.org/fundraiser/kim-mcdaniel/

I would love to support you when you get yours set up. Best of luck with your training and fundraising!

That's so exciting! I was trying to decide between the two but went with NY. I'm going to check out your strategy for fundraising tips haha and would love to support your fundraising as well!