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Used to run. 2 mi/day, often 6 days a week. This was back in the day when it was very un-frum to do. I would catch all manner of snide and nasty comments. I started with really crummy shoes, and sort of flat feet. Two years of that gave me plantar fasciitis. A sports podiatrist made me arches with one side about 3/4" higher, because he measured from hip to ankle and there was a difference. With these and fancy shoes I lasted about a year of running untill it became too painful. Years later, I learned from chiropractors and Osteopaths, that it is possible to twist your pelvis by missing a step or other minor tramas, and that my legs were not 3/4" off. In my Hazolah carrer, I would run as necessary, but today, I am just a 50+ that walks like a madman.
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NY Mom, Yep! Thanks so much for the encouragement, and information. I need all the help I can get. This is going to be my first marathon, so I'm extremely nervous.
It was nice seeing Jewish people at the Expo yesterday. There was also a Jewish family who had a booth there. Hope everyone got their bibs already, I only found out only a week before the expo, that you have to pick it up there Thursday, Friday and Saturday, because they don't mail it or give it out on race day.
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for all those running the marathon tomorrow...just something interesting to know: there will be 40 israelis running with/for mayor barkat (of jerusalem)...you might spot them with "team barkat" jackets :)
good luck!Posted 4 months ago # -
So, yoshi, how was it? How did you do? Hope everything went well!
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Bais Yaakov maydel, Thanks so much!
It was an amazing event! I want to thank everyone who cheered us on!
How did it go for the rest of you?
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cousin won a medal
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I usually run when i'm late for minyan, or when i have to move the car for alternate
side parking in the morning, this happens pretty often.
This is how I get my exercise.Sometimes when the wind gets hold of my hat, I am also forced to run after it.
Somehow it almost always finds it's way into a nice puddle.
This is how I get my mussar.Sometimes when i go away on vacation I use the hotels exercise room.
When i'm on the treadmill I usually look in the mirror while running.
That is when I get my mussar & exercise simultaneously.Posted 4 months ago # -
NY Mom, Thanks! It was incredible! Even though I thought my legs would fall off, I actually finished the 26.2 miles! I never thought my body was capable of doing such things. There were times I wanted to cry, but I somehow crawled myself through that finish line, alive!
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Congratulations yoshi!!
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wow that's incredible yoshi!!
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mybat, Thanks! :)
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congrats yoshi.
What was your time?
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Hurray for Yoshi! That's amazing!
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Awe Thanks so much everyone!
It (somewhat) reminded me of having a baby.
While going through the pain and agony you think, "I will never do this again, what was I thinking, Waaaa."
Then a few days pass, and you think, "okay, I'm ready for another!" (maybe more time needs to pass after having a baby though lol).
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Congratulations Yoshi!! Wow. What an inspiration!! Yasher Koach. May you continue to go onto bigger and better things...
I was actually at the expo on Friday (as an observer) and was at the marathon in Central Park (yes, also as an observer).... I must say, I was floored and I actually cried a few times.
Watching people stream by me, from all walks of life, all ages, abilities etc, was cool. It hit me that each person trained for months even years to get to this point (I was watching at Mile 26.1). It really gave me alot of chizuk about sticking to goals and what can be accomplished with patience, fortitude and hard work.... If an amazing physical feat like this could be done, kal v'chomer the spiritual ones!!
As R' Ratz says, "the physical world has hidden elements of the spiritual world in it. If you look right, you can learn about the spiritual world from almost all things physical...
Seeing the many kinds of disabled runners made me cry all over again.... 1 man with no arms, raised his tiny stubs (what his upper arms would be) amidst the soaring cheers, another hand cyclist had a prosthetic leg attached to the back of his bike, and plenty of others. Old people, heavy people, very short people.....some people and me thinking, "if they can do it, I can do it!"
26.2 just seems like so much.
Yoshi, tell us how you did it. What helped you through all the training, training and running the race?
Share with us some words of running wisdom.Posted 3 months ago # -
Ashreinu, Thank you so much for your kind words!
The race was absolutely incredible and magical, but there were times when things got so tough, I didn't know if I was going to pass out or not. I may have shed a few emotional and physical painful tears from time to time. How I was able to crawl through that finish line still amazes me today when I think about the whole experience.
I would suggest for someone to train for a good full year for a marathon. Maybe even enter in some 5ks, 10ks, 1/2 marathons, etc races, while training, just to give yourself a feel for what the real race day could be like. I wish I could say that I trained for the proper amount of time, or that I read up on everything regarding racing, but I didn't, and boy was that seriously irresponsible and dangerous of me. I trained very little prior to the race. I kept pushing off training, or only running here and there once in a while.
Come race day, I was incredibly nervous, my recent long runs were no more than 8 miles. As I began to run, I felt as if I was gliding along the paths. This feeling stayed strong within me for the first 15 miles which was done in 3 hours exactly. Then suddenly I felt sick to my stomach, my knees were giving out, I had the shivers. I slowed down significantly, but I didn't allow myself to stop because I knew that the moment I stopped moving, I would not be able to go on with the race. After some tears, nausea, chills, and some purging, not to mention how much pain I was experiencing, I made it through the finish line. And to top it off, the volunteers, and cheerers were absolutely incredible! (Not to mention the nice solid medal they gave me the moment I passed the finish).
As I may have mentioned before, not too long ago I started having this love for running. To elaborate on that "love" and "experience" would take me literally hours to write.
Thank You All for the amazing support, and good luck to those who are in the midst of training for a race. To all those avid runners out there, keep up the amazing work, and if you are thinking about, or in the process of becoming a runner, don't give up, anything you accomplish, even if it's less than a mile, it's more than you would do if you had not picked up your feet to begin with.
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First fifteen miles!? How far was your race?
Your post caught my eye as I have begun to train for 5-kilometer races. I run in a long skirt, which by the way are much cooler than pants, and also cover my hair. I am running up hills but don´t expect that will be a problem--the hot sun here in Brasil will be the real challenge.
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Chamanit, The marathon was 26.2 miles. That's awesome to hear that you run in races as well! My first race ever was a 5k.
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Chamanit: First fifteen miles!? How far was your race?
If you read previous posts, you will see that Yoshi ran the NYC marathon - 26.2 miles.
Yoshi: Amazing story! Don't know how you did it!!!
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