Woo hoo! Congratulations!

aw, thanks alaina. are you going to run this year?

wow, congrats. that sounds like fu...like you have a lot of hard times ahead of you. you'll do great. i would die after i hit brooklyn.

i'm kind of afraid that i will die, as well, but we'll see. i expect local blog coverage of my death.

will skutchie be running too?

he's supposed to, but has yet to sign up, unless he hasn't told me yet.

awesome! i also ran the requisite 9 races with yvan (my fiance) last year. i think he's going to sign up for the marathon. i'd like to, but i don't want to be too ambitious.

my races consisted of lots of 5k's, 4mi and 5mi (the longest i've run so far) races. i'm having trouble getting up for work, much less going for practice runs!

will this be the first year you are running the marathon??

jeannette, i can't get up during the work week for a practice run to save my life (i used to be able to, though-- 4:45 am M,T,TR,F). i ran 2 half marathons this past year (only finished one, though), and up until that point the longest i'd run, race-wise, was a 10K. it wasn't that bad. actually, by mile 10 i wanted to die, but that was partly because i'd burned up all my calories and didn't have anything to replenish them with.

so yes, this is the first time i'll be running. to quote skutchie, "I just want to finish." tack on: i just want to live through it...

Yep, I'll be running the marathon this year.

4:45am?!?! good god - i think the only time i've ever awoken that early was for a flight.

yeah - the IDEA of running the marathon is very appealing. whenever i get my NYRRC magazine/newsletter, i get all pumped to run. but then i remember the end of the last 5mi run i did and how painful that was. and then i realize my flabby body wasn't meant for long distances (it was meant for hot chocolate and foot rubs).

maybe the next half marathon you should bring some power gels of some sort. i get really depleted, even on the short runs.

i applaud you for your goals of running, finishing and living through it! :)

i havent registered yet. i think that i am dragging my feet for several reasons .

1 - growing up the fat boy makes me feel like it is something that will be the death of me. i am so nervous about it

2 - like many of the people that wrote comments, i am feeling that i am not ready. the longest race i ran was 10k and that was 16 months ago. i am dreading even the 10k we are running sunday, praying i can finish

3 (and likely the most important) - i can't believe i am not going to be here to train with calla. and so i am feeling really lonely about the notion of the race. i know that this is very complicated, particularly since it is about moving and missing all of you, my running partners in crime, and what that means for me in my life.

so i haven't registered. i will get over it, and register. i just can't bring myself to do it yet. though i am certain that i will

xox - skutchie