Mini Marathon ? newbie.

Moon Dog said:

I have been running at the Y for about six months. I run 3miles a day four to five days a week. A
friend has as me if I would like to train for a mini marathon in May.

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

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I have been running at the Y for about six months. I run 3miles a day four to five days a week. A
friend has as me if I would like to train for a mini marathon in May. He said with me running12-15
miles a week now I could be able to do the miniin may. If I trained...I am 50 years old and just
running for about 7 months....I told him I may run a 5K, but the mini may be to much for
me.....Any comments.....thank you.

If you're currently injury free and add miles slowly, you should be able to do it.

If you're doing 3 a day now, you could likely handle 6-8 tomorrow as far as your cardio fitness is
concerned. The real question is the muscular/skeletal impact.

I say give it a try.

Setting goals such as this, especially those that you fear are out of your league, make running
that much more enjoyable and will give you a teriffic sense of accomplishment before you even get
to race day.

Besides, you're running 5ks every day. Where's the fun in that?

a.

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Moon Dog said:

I have been running at the Y for about six months. I run 3miles a day four to five days a week.
A friend has as me if I would like to train for a mini marathon in May.

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

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I think it's a marathon for midgets.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:57:26 GMT, Doug Freese <[email hidden]>

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Moon Dog said:

I have been running at the Y for about six months. I run 3miles a day four to five days a week. A
friend has as me if I would like to train for a mini marathon in May.

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

If he's calling it a mini-marathon, and it is in May...my guess is that he's talking about the 500
Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis. It's a half-marathon. But I've been wrong before...

-Fountainhead

Fountainhead said:

If he's calling it a mini-marathon, and it is in May...my guess is that he's talking about the 500
Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis. It's a half-marathon. But I've been wrong before...

One of scads. If you run mini marathon through a search engine there are hundreds of web pages
of this ludicrous term. I guess the mini marathon 50 yard dash has more pizzazz then just a 50
yard dash.

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Fountainhead said:

Doug Freese said:

Moon Dog said:

I have been running at the Y for about six months. I run 3miles a day four to five days a week.
A friend has as me if I would like to train for a mini marathon in May.

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

If he's calling it a mini-marathon, and it is in May...my guess is that he's talking about the 500
Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis. It's a half-marathon. But I've been wrong before...

You are likely correct. And if he isn't signed up yet, he's not doing it, since it filled up to the
25,000 runner limit. Then they added 5,000 slots and they sold out in 24 hours.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

Harold Buck said:

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Quoted message said:

If he's calling it a mini-marathon, and it is in May...my guess is that he's talking about the
500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis. It's a half-marathon. But I've been wrong before...

You are likely correct. And if he isn't signed up yet, he's not doing it, since it filled up to the
25,000 runner limit. Then they added 5,000 slots and they sold out in 24 hours.

--Harold Buck

Too bad for him, I guess. I'm actually entered in this race, but likely won't be ready able to run.
My shins have kept me from keeping pace with my intended preparation. I haven't given up yet, but it
certainly doesn't look very promising.

-Fountainhead

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Fountainhead said:

Too bad for him, I guess. I'm actually entered in this race, but likely won't be ready able to
run. My shins have kept me from keeping pace with my intended preparation. I haven't given up yet,
but it certainly doesn't look very promising.

I wanted to do it as well, but my 20-year HS reunion is that weekend, so I decided to pass. I'll do
it next year.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

They open registration the day after the race. I'll be running (plodding) my 6th or 7th this year.
It's a hoot. Maybe we will see you in '05, Harold.

Harold Buck said:

In article said:

Too bad for him, I guess. I'm actually entered in this race, but likely won't be ready able to
run. My shins have kept me from keeping pace with my intended preparation. I haven't given up yet,
but it certainly doesn't look very promising.

I wanted to do it as well, but my 20-year HS reunion is that weekend, so I decided to pass. I'll
do it next year.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

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What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is

similar to "a little pregnant." <<

I've heard it applied to both a half marathon - can't remember which one - and a women's 10K in
Central Park. It's like the Metric Half Marathon I did in the fall - it's a ridiculous concept
but it's also the name of the race (in this case actually the Flower Mound Metric Half
Marathon). Incidentally, the Metric Half Marathon was 13.1K; a little over eight miles.

Mike

dude a 5k ssounds great / or you can tack on another minure and do a 10k (slower pace) /glad u are
here honk if U run 2 a honky tonk plodzilla

Moon Dog said:

I have been running at the Y for about six months. I run 3miles a day four to five days a week. A
friend has as me if I would like to train for a mini marathon in May. He said with me running12-15
miles a week now I could be able to do the miniin may. If I trained...I am 50 years old and just
running for about 7 months....I told him I may run a 5K, but the mini may be to much for
me.....Any comments.....thank you.

Quoted message said:

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

To real runners, a marathon-class distance is longer than your blood sugar reserves, or at least
30km (20 miles). The exact race distance is little over 26 miles.

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(rick++) said:

Quoted message said:

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little
pregnant."

To real runners, a marathon-class distance is longer than your blood sugar reserves, or at least
30km (20 miles). The exact race distance is little over 26 miles.

Yeah, I think everyone knows that a Marathon is 26.2 miles. The argument was over the term "mini-
Marathon."

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

Harold Buck said:

In article said:

Quoted message said:

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

To real runners, a marathon-class distance is longer than your blood sugar reserves, or at least
30km (20 miles). The exact race distance is little over 26 miles.

Yeah, I think everyone knows that a Marathon is 26.2 miles. The argument was over the term "mini-
Marathon."

26.2 mini-miles.

Scott

rick++ said:

Quoted message said:

What pray tell in miles or Km's is a "mini marathon." The term is similar to "a little pregnant."

To real runners, a marathon-class distance is longer than your blood sugar reserves, or at least
30km (20 miles). The exact race distance is little over 26 miles.

Now I know the definition of a "real runner." I've been looking for that definition for years. 😉

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