Anyone in San Diego interested in setting up a thread to encourage each other to train for the Carlsbad Marathon or Half Marathon in January? Here's a link if you want more information:

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I'd like to train for the half marathon, but would love to have a group of others who are losing weight and getting healthy and have the same goal. It can be all online or we can meet for training sessions when it makes sense.

Thanks! Susan

I'm bumping this up because I did start running this week and darn it, I want a training buddy! :biggrin2:

Good luck!! I'm entered in the Kansas City Marathon in October (doing the half) and the Disney Marathon in January (2009) in Orlando. I don't "run", but I am going to walk really fast. Don't care if I win, only if I FINISH!!! D.

Can I walk in these marathons? I'm sure I can walk one eventually . . . I do 7 miles right now fairly easily and that's with not a whole lot of trying. A marathon might make me work harder.

Most Marathons (and half-marathons and 10K) you CAN walk, it depends upon the organizers. Disney (and some others) require you maintain a certain segment time, i.e. Disney Race for Taste you have to maintain a 15 minute segment (mile) for the entire race. The Disney Marathon is a 16 minute segment. That is a pretty fast walk and they can pull you off if you do not maintain it. But, some other ones just require you to finish in 7 hours and that's it, so my advise is...TRY IT!! You have gone through so much and you have proven you can accomplish so much, just prove to yourself you can do this also. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, just that you cross that line!! Take care. D.:smile:

Can I walk in these marathons? I'm sure I can walk one eventually . . . I do 7 miles right now fairly easily and that's with not a whole lot of trying. A marathon might make me work harder.

I don't know. I thought I would be further ahead in training by now so I doubt that I'll be ready to run a 1/2 marathon that soon but I'm willing to set up training goals with you (or anyone else) so we can at least see how well we're doing and begin to pace ourselves. Any interest?