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CowboyJD
03-14-2010, 04:51 PM
Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Dallas, TX.

2:40:01.....I'm slow, but I'm damned persistent.
Poohness
03-14-2010, 04:53 PM
way to go!
MajorMike
03-14-2010, 08:26 PM
My wife ran that, too. She got something like 1.55.
WyomingOSUAlum
03-15-2010, 09:07 AM
Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Dallas, TX.

2:40:01.....I'm slow, but I'm damned persistent.



No wonder you haven't been around much lately. It's all that PT, isn't it?
MajorMike
03-15-2010, 01:59 PM
Dude, seriously, my wife is very serious about her running and only got 45 mins better than you (as a girl, no offense to the feminist sections), so that's pretty dern good. Especially for a first time! Yay for you.

I ran my marathon back in 02 or 03, the OKC one. I finished and was able to check that box on my "I did that" list and never plan on doing that again.
CowboyJD
03-16-2010, 08:10 AM
Thanks Mike. I was happy with my time for my first one. It was pretty much what I planned. I would like to improve for my next one whenever it is. Thinking about the Memorial in April.

I don't know that I want to check off the box for a full marathon. I can't imagine doing what I did this Sunday and only being halfway finished.
OSUFan
03-16-2010, 08:19 AM
Nice. I think it would take me 2 days and 40 minutes.
osuno1
03-17-2010, 02:25 PM
Great job JD. That is not slow for your first time. Awesome.

I am training for the full marathon at the OKC memorial this year, never done it before and never plan on doing it again. But it has been a good challenge for me!

Jenny
Lewis the Pike
03-17-2010, 05:28 PM
good work man!
MajorMike
03-18-2010, 09:51 AM
My wife crossed at 1.55 and said they were working on a guy at the finish line. Turns out some former ttek baseball player Mark Austry crossed at 1.47 and collasped and died at 32.

http://www.examiner.com/x-25448-Boulder-Running-Examiner~y2010m3d16-Man-32-dies-after-completing-Rock-n-Roll-Dallas-half-marathon
wood911
03-18-2010, 10:45 AM
Congratulations CJD!! My wife used to run the 1/2 marathon every year at the OKC Marathon. It made me tired just watching. It really takes self-discipline.
FloridaPoke
03-18-2010, 09:44 PM
The first year I was asked to run in one of those, I respectfully declined. That worked out so well, I haven't run in one since.
osutuba
03-19-2010, 03:16 PM
The first year I was asked to run in one of those, I respectfully declined. That worked out so well, I haven't run in one since.
I have decided to start walking after the baby is born in preparation to walk the Thunder Road 1/2 marathon (http://www.runcharlotte.com/races-halfmarathon.htm) in December.