The Joe Nation 2007 NYC Marathon Log

Well done Mr Joe-the-Nation! Congratulations not only for the good time but for the place as well!!!

I see that he completed the run because he posted in another thread last night. What was yer time and place Joe?
I get vicarious bragging rights from you , because whenever I talk with some of these young weight lifting bucks at the coffeeshop, I can now proudly say that "I know a guy whose 60 years old who finished the NY marathon in a time of-------.


Farmer (still walkin in the swamps even though there are hunters out there) man

Congratulations, Joe! We all knew you could do it!!!

Very well done. Keep on keepin' on, Joe.

Congratulations.

Survival with dignity is all.

Heard the first time this year ... Run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, a running like a son-of-a-gun ... the NY marathon must have been the starting signal.

Congratulations Joe! Keep on truckin'.
e(oowwee I'm so sore)oe

My true admiration for you, Joe. The measly 5Km runner vows to the marathoner.

Few people know how difficult is your feat. How many times you said to yourself "it's crazy", but kept on training and running and going, all the way to the finish line.

BRAVO!

Is the little dickens still asleep?

"My official time was 5:27:47."


He's added it to his sigline too.

Much more later. I have to go soak in a tub. They say that you always feel good the first morning after a marathon and terrible on the next.

We'll see. Right here I'm pretty happy.




Joe()Nation

<grin>

The thrill of victory!
The agony of de feet!

What's the difference?
The agony of de feet goes away.

JoeNation is the bomb!


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love that picture of a happy man




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,he's faster than Katie Holmes, 28 year old actress, who finished Sunday's race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds

Well, you'd run too if you had the Scientologists chasing you.

Joe -- you rawk!

Great pics!

Still looking forward to the account of the race itself, but I can wait. I'm not impatient at all. Really. Take your time. No problem.

<sits patiently>

The coachs, the running books, the experienced runners whom I know (like George, who has been a consistently positive voice) all say the same thing:
Don't start out too fast.
Watch how much you drink, use thirst as an indicator.
In the middle stretchs of First Ave, save something for the end.
In the last three miles, it's your mind, not your thighs, that will lift you.

I'll talk about all this in a moment but first:
YES! I beat Katie Holmes!!
I just looked up her splits.LINK
She was four minutes behind me at the Half
and ten seconds aheadof me at the 35K mark (about 22 miles)
but then I whipped her fanny in those last miles
and pulled away to finish more than two minutes ahead of her!!
Hah! 30 year Female....

(RIng!BRRR RING!!)
(Excuse me .. I have to take this call...
Hello? ....uh......... Yes, Mr. Cruise...how are ...... er, no.. no!.. it was more a figure of speech than any actual whipping or actually touching of any kind... .......yes, I know..... Yes... I'm actually a big...er no, .. uh, really, it was just a exurberant phrase.... yes, ....yes.... uncalled for... I shall, I shall watch my exuberance in the future... yes sir. Have a nice day)))

(Whew)

More tonight, but here's a hint: You know you are in trouble when you are wearing a 4:45 hours pace team tag at the beginning but you are running with people wearing 3:30 hours tags and at the end you are being passed by a couple wearing banana suits.

Joe(is that a guy dressed as a wookie??)Nation

That's hilarious.

So, the hint.

Errr, you'll be wearing a banana suit next year?

Aerodynamics or something?

Hunh?





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JoeN did it! JoeN did it!

Is that a banana suit or are you just...



never mind