After reading Dean Karnazes’ book Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner , and learning of his 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, I became intrigued. The one for New York state is of course on in New York City. That’s a long drive from Rochester. But the one in Cleveland , OH is much closer. It is going to take place on October 20, 2006. It is not an actual marathon, but they will be running the actual course of the Cleveland Marathon. There will be a police escort, and rolling road closures. The rough time of the course will be 4:30 to 5:00 hours or 10:00 to 11:40 minutes per mile pace. That is still kind of fast for where I am at now. I know I can complete a Marathon, even if I have to walk some or most of it. But my brick walking pace of 4.3 mph is slower than the pace needed. I can jog fast or run faster, but then my heart rate goes up, and I know I wouldn’t be able to hold that pace for 26.2 miles. I am going to keep pluging away. I might try to sign up, and I could at least stick with the group for a half marathon, maybe… I don’t know. It would be fun though.

Posted by Rob in Running on August 29th, 2006 |