Good Luck On the Marathon Amyloves....

[Mardigrasbaby35]

well, this really isn't jazz fest related, but Amyloves.... is running a marathon this weekend, so i thought it was appropriate anyway - good luck!!!!

[tangledupinblue]

Holy COW, how many miles?
Proud of you. That is great! :)

[ibjamn]

Run Baby Run!!!! You GO, chica!!!

[ozzie]

Good luck and goodonya Amyloves... don't forget to tie your shoelaces! :D

[pokerchick66]

I want pictures.

[grisgris]

Run Amy run. Scoop will have you a cold refreshing Abita Beer at the finish line. Good luck

[ScoopJohnD]

Run Amy run. Scoop will have you a cold refreshing Abita Beer at the finish line. Good luck

Well I'll be handing her one in spirit......and rooting like mad from Joisey. And I'm sure she'll fill you all in but I think it's a half-marathon which is 13 miles. I don't know if she's doing that or if there are other races that day. Sometimes they have different distances running at the same time. Whatever....it's still great and we're sending Threadhead spirit your way and some COLD CRISP REFRESHING ABITA!!!

WOO HOO!!!

[ohio]

Go girl!

[Lostcajun]

Whoooo whoooo go!

[pokerchick66]

Run Forrest.

[mightyradgumbo]

GO AMYLOVES!!!!!!!! WOOHOO

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[Mardigrasbaby35]

Well I'll be handing her one in spirit......and rooting like mad from Joisey. And I'm sure she'll fill you all in but I think it's a half-marathon which is 13 miles. I don't know if she's doing that or if there are other races that day. Sometimes they have different distances running at the same time. Whatever....it's still great and we're sending Threadhead spirit your way and some COLD CRISP REFRESHING ABITA!!!

WOO HOO!!! okay, so i got it a little wrong, but h#ll, ONLY 13 miles is way impressive ... RUN AMY RUN!!!!

[Amyloves...]

It's a HALF, definitely a HALF!!! Yall are so sweet! It's 13.1 miles and it's Sunday morning at 7 sharp. Ouch. The weather was looking really really crappy but now they've changed their minds and it looks like all the r*&^ should end during the night tomorrow AND they've dropped the temp a bit. Supposed to be low 50's which is perfect. It was funny cause earlier in the week they said 60% chance of r*** early Sunday morning and temp in the low 70s. Jimmy said, "Well, there's still a 40% chance it won't r$#@ and since they're wrong 80% of the time, the odds are in your favor if you think about it." Too funny.

So anyway, YES, I'm doing it so I'm taking it easy this weekend till then. Just a couple of Abitas tonight and some healthy pasta (Jenn? Recipe?) tomorrow night. Then Sunday I'll be jogging just ahead of the street sweepers.

Thanks so much yall!

[Priestboy]

Go 4 it, Amy! As one who has "gone the distance" in a few of these events, I know that just the fact that you're out there is awesome enough, so run like the wind (and don't take any "foreign substances"...until after the race, that is!;) ). Ruuunn, Amy, Ruuuunnn!

[ohio]

mama always said life is like a box of gym shoes...

[saturn]

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/newsissues/100501/image_marathon.gif

Go Amy Go!

[piscesgirl]

We're rootin' for ya, sistah!

[steeleye]

Go, Amy! Road raced myself many moons and 20 pounds ago. Start slow and leave some gas in your tank for later in the race. Good luck!

[Corona]

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/newsissues/100501/image_marathon.gif

Go Amy Go!
what she said!!! Wahooooooooooo!!!!!

[Orleansnj]

Go AMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rosetree]

Here ya go Amy......eat up!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/rosetreeglass/pasta.jpg

....and come home with one of these!!!!!http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/rosetreeglass/goldmedal.jpg

Good luck Grrrrl !!!!

[LaTiDa]

Even thinking about runnig a marathon is most impressive to me!

Go Amyloves!

[MormonMatthew]

Hey Now Amy, Best wishes from Salt Lake I am sure you will do great, Matthew

[NeenAtlanta]

Even thinking about runnig a marathon is most impressive to me!

Go Amyloves!

Just reading this thread makes me exhausted! :eek:

Way to represent the rest of us out-of-shape t-heads, Amy. Run baby run!

(LaTiDa - love your new sig!)

[Mardigrasbaby35]

Just reading this thread makes me exhausted! :eek:

Way to represent the rest of us out-of-shape t-heads, Amy. Run baby run!

(LaTiDa - love your new sig!)
just bumping this one up to the TOP - RUN AMY RUN tomorrow!!!!! We're all with you in spirit and make us threadheads proud!!!!

[Corona]

wahoooooo....have fun today. Hope the weather is okay for ya. We love ya hunni :)

[mariena]

Hey Amyloves,
I would love to hear your perspective about the run once it is over. I am training for one in September. I am not sure that I can do it, but I am going to try. It will be a trip of a lifetime for me. I am going to visit my mother's family in Germany and my husband and I will run the Berlin Marathon. He has run several marathons before but this will be my first. I am nervous and excited about it.
Mariena

[mariena]

Oh and good luck today. We are pulling for ya.
mariena

[Amyloves...]

Hey all....well I finished the F'ing half marathon. Started off great (for me) but crashed and burned during mile 7. Don't know what was wrong! REAL bad nausea, two blisters, and loss of my mojo I guess. I didn't train nearly as much as I should have but more than last year. However, last year was after The Thing and mostly fixing my house and I thought I could conquer the world! Man, when you get down emotionally it just rips you up where you feel like you're working so hard and have zero left in you. It's mind over matter really but I struggled and couldn't overcome it. Finished slightly better than last year, but last year I felt great and hung back because one of my buddies was struggling bad. This year they were good and I wasn't. I kept telling one of them who felt great to go ahead and he would yell, "I'm not leavin my wing man!!" I will do it again next year and will do better.


Mariena....lostcajun ran the full marathon here two years ago. I haven't done a full one but I can definitely tell you that you will not regret it. Funny thing...one guy with us doing his first half-mar (that we talked him into) wasn't feeling too much better than me. We got to the end and we're having a beer and he said, "I feel good that I did it but I can't decide if the running over the last couple of months and the last 2.5 hours was worth the good feeling. But I like to do stuff I've never done before." Literally like 6 minutes later he says, "HEY, next year, let's train and do the full marathon." The other two of us were like, "WTF is in HIS beer????" So it's a definite accomplishment even if you're reeeeeeal slow.

Thanks to all of you for your support and TH love.

[Corona]

Man girl, you did WAY better than most have us could have done. I 'm proud of you!!! :)

[rosetree]

Don't you dare feel bad!!!
You set a goal that you did not get, so what did you do???You ran/walked a freakin' 1/2 marathon..that's all!!! I'm sure that there are many of us who would love to be able to crash and burn after 7 miles...7 miles, I get tired doing 7 miles in a CAR!!!! ;)
You did a great job, you've had your highs and your lows...you learn from every experience...next year will be great....!!!

[Amyloves...]

Yall are so damn sweet. I came home and my 13 y.o. came out to the car all happy and HEY how'd you do?? and I just got SO choked up and emotional. It was so stupid but I'm telling you the emotions kick your butt! She was such a trip, "Mom, crying doesn't solve anything" (my words back in my face). She was such a sweetheart and asking me what happened, etc. I tell you, it's that I didn't like being the slow person in the group. Didn't care one lick about hanging back the last two years for the other slow person, it was that I didn't like it when I was the one holding them up. You know? SO, I just need to get over myself!

[Carolina Beadhead]

... I'm sure that there are many of us who would love to be able to crash and burn after 7 miles...7 miles, I get tired doing 7 miles in a CAR!!!! ;)
...

Rosetree, that the funniest thing I've read in awhile. Thanks for the laugh!

And, Amy, he's right! You DID GOOD! We (computer potatoes) are PROUD OF YOU! :)

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[pokerchick66]

Yea, really. I don't think you could pay me to get up early on a weekend morning and run seven miles.

You did good, Amy. I'm very proud of you. :)

[Mardigrasbaby35]

Hey all....well I finished the F'ing half marathon. Started off great (for me) but crashed and burned during mile 7. Don't know what was wrong! REAL bad nausea, two blisters, and loss of my mojo I guess. I didn't train nearly as much as I should have but more than last year. However, last year was after The Thing and mostly fixing my house and I thought I could conquer the world! Man, when you get down emotionally it just rips you up where you feel like you're working so hard and have zero left in you. It's mind over matter really but I struggled and couldn't overcome it. Finished slightly better than last year, but last year I felt great and hung back because one of my buddies was struggling bad. This year they were good and I wasn't. I kept telling one of them who felt great to go ahead and he would yell, "I'm not leavin my wing man!!" I will do it again next year and will do better.


Mariena....lostcajun ran the full marathon here two years ago. I haven't done a full one but I can definitely tell you that you will not regret it. Funny thing...one guy with us doing his first half-mar (that we talked him into) wasn't feeling too much better than me. We got to the end and we're having a beer and he said, "I feel good that I did it but I can't decide if the running over the last couple of months and the last 2.5 hours was worth the good feeling. But I like to do stuff I've never done before." Literally like 6 minutes later he says, "HEY, next year, let's train and do the full marathon." The other two of us were like, "WTF is in HIS beer????" So it's a definite accomplishment even if you're reeeeeeal slow.

Thanks to all of you for your support and TH love. Amy, you did better than last year and you DID IT - so i think that's absolutley AWESOME!!!!! On a side note, i have decided to do the CCC my firm is sponsoring a team and we're going to have a tent with crawfish and beer at the stadium at the end - email me at jenasmith34@yahoo.com if you're going to run and i'll give you the details so you can join in the beer and crawfish....

[mangoon]

Awsome job Amy. 7 miles is kicka**!!! I'd hurl after 7 minutes, let alone 7 miles.

[pokerchick66]

I swear to Gawd.

[Amyloves...]

Jogged 9 just two weeks ago and could have definitely done more. Just a different day! I'm an idiot for getting bummed about it. Yall are too freaking sweet. HEY I finished so I need to celebrate, right? And I didn't hold my wing men up as much as one of us did last year. Another Abita for me!! (Sorry Scoop....meant to say another ICE COLD REFRESHING ABITA BEER!!)

[rosetree]

Head to da Bar Ms.Loves, dinks are on me!!!!!!

[Amyloves...]

Woooo hooo!!

[Jada]

Good job Amy! I'm very proud of you! :)

[Amy Winette]

Girlie, I NEVER could have done 7 miles! You celebrate today!! :)

[UncleFester]

i am really impressed. its great that you finished and i even greater that you want to do it again next year. i have run 3 full marathons (26.2 miles) the last 3 years- believe me everyone the .1 and .2 matter- and i can relate to your overwhelming feelings after completion. the first one i ran when the starting gun went off i was running and crying for the first 1/2 mile when i finally told myself to get it together because i had a lot of running to do and needed my energy. my son was 2 when i did my first one and he ran the last 3 blocks with me. i have some pictures on myspace here http://www.myspace.com/mjtand if anyone is interested.

way to go again and hope you do it again.

[MormonMatthew]

Hey Now Amy. Great job!!! You have every reason to feel a sense of accomplishment and pride. I think its wonderful to set a goal and to see it through..... Look forward to catching up at Fest, Matthew

[Lostcajun]

I bow to you my dear friend. Ok, this is the deal, we run the half-marathon next year together!!!! I can barely run three right now, but you, Paul (I'm guessing he ran with you), and I will kick ass for the 1/2 next year. And the cool thing is that we will freaking laugh for all 13.1 miles. You are an inspiration.

Can I get a witness from the theadhead Amyloves fan club. Good Gawd, yalll, uhhhh huhhhh, aaaaaaahhhhheeeeeeiiiiiii.

[pokerchick66]

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwa!! Get on the good foot.

[ScoopJohnD]

Jogged 9 just two weeks ago and could have definitely done more. Just a different day! I'm an idiot for getting bummed about it. Yall are too freaking sweet. HEY I finished so I need to celebrate, right? And I didn't hold my wing men up as much as one of us did last year. Another Abita for me!! (Sorry Scoop....meant to say another ICE COLD REFRESHING ABITA BEER!!)

I was out and just got back......WOO HOO AMY!!!!! No way you should feel bad. It''s okay to kick yourself for not trying but you did the exact opposite of not trying and more. You did better than last year AND you didn't give up and finished when you weren't at your best which says alot about you. You should be proud of yourself!!!

WOO HOO AGAIN!!!

[ozzie]

Amyloves... you're a bloody inspiration and I couldn't be more proud!

[glinda]

Wow! Congrats Amy! Way to go.

[Amyloves...]

Yall are NUTS!! Lostcajun....got your text and message and now on here and you're loopy my friend. Paul didn't run w/ me but just called and he had already talked to Jimmy. He said, "Sometimes you just don't have it. But you finished!" I'd love it if you were here next year. And hey....mariena up there asked about marathons so help her out. Gawd 13.1 is SO freaking long, it's hard for me to imagine doing double that.

Fester, thanks so much. I couldn't open your pics though!

MGbaby...ran the CCC the last two years and plan to do it again. Odd thing is, both years the 6.4 mile CCC seemed harder to me than the 13.1 mile half-mar cause it was so muggy. I'm thinking this year it won't seem so bad! I'll let ya know and meet up sistah.

Ozzie and Scoop and the rest of you sweeties.....big fat hugs and kisses at ya! You all have made my day.

[mrSteve]

In honor of you Amy I took the puppy for a 7 block walk in the snow and slush this afternoon, I need some couch time now!

[ohio]

3 CHEERS FOR AMY!

[ibjamn]

Amy, you RAWK, girl! Be proud of your accomplishment! I would love to be able to walk one block, be proud that you ran MILES!!! :)

[mariena]

Hey, just got back and saw your message. Congrats. You did great. I can't wait until I am able to run 13 miles. My husband and I ran an 8 miler this morning. So, I am should get there soon.
mariena

[mightyradgumbo]

Amyloves;
Take your victory in your efforts. The ability to attempt what most people find difficult or crazy is bigger than the result. Keep your chin, and more importantly your feet ;) , up, bay-bee and my offer is still on to run the sunday morning race during fest (I know...not the time to think about running LOL)

[mariena]

Amyloves;
Take your victory in your efforts. The ability to attempt what most people find difficult or crazy is bigger than the result. Keep your chin, and more importantly your feet ;) , up, bay-bee and my offer is still on to run the sunday morning race during fest (I know...not the time to think about running LOL)

What race?

[steffie]

Amy girlfriend you rawk!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you have a nice hunni who's gonna give those wonderful feet of yours some lovin'!!!!

[mightyradgumbo]

What race?

awwww, man I can't find the thread where the race was first listed. I tried to search for it but only got the crescent city connection race on April 7. There is race on the first Sunday of fest, I believe it is. I think it is a 10K. Maybe Amy or someone else local (or the original poster) can help me out finding the info.

[rosetree]

MRG: I found this on the NOTC website...
http://www.runnotc.org/races/2007/forrest.html
Run, Forrest, Run!!!!

[mightyradgumbo]

MRG: I found this on the NOTC website...
http://www.runnotc.org/races/2007/forrest.html
Run, Forrest, Run!!!!

Yeah, that is it...thanks, RT. Mariena, this is the one I was speaking of.

[Mardigrasbaby35]

Yeah, that is it...thanks, RT. Mariena, this is the one I was speaking of. okay, i MIGHT be in, ya think we can get a group together?

[mightyradgumbo]

okay, i MIGHT be in, ya think we can get a group together?

yeah, that would be cool. Priestboy will prolly run if I do so counting you me him amy and mariena that is five. Who else is in??? LOL

[NeenAtlanta]

Congratulatons Amy! Don't worry about the tears, lots of chemical changes when you run. And like you said, it's as much a matter of mind as body. But you hung in there are perservered. Way to go!!

[mariena]

yeah, that would be cool. Priestboy will prolly run if I do so counting you me him amy and mariena that is five. Who else is in??? LOL

My husband will run with us.
Mariena
PS Thanks for the link, that looks like fun