Can Hup and Steph handle the San Francisco Marathon?

Posted By Hup | March 24, 2009

Today when I was done working out and was grabbing my stuff from the 24 Hour Fitness locker room I noticed a t shirt that a guy was wearing next to me. The shirt had a logo on the back that included the Golden Gate Bridge, a tennis shoe and some text that said In Training — 7/26/09 — San Francisco.

Me, being the genius that I am asked the guy, “So, are you running a marathon in July?”. He confirmed that he indeed was going to run the San Francisco Marathon and that it was going to be his first time giving it a shot. He also said that he’s run a couple of half-marathons before, but that in his mind running a full marathon is the real deal. I would have to agree with that statement.

I then started telling him how Stephanie has said that she won’t marry me until after I run a marathon (not to mention it’s #5 on our 50 Goals For 2009) and how we’ve talked about running one together before our wedding date on August 29th. To that he asked what the heck I was waiting on and told me that I had better get moving on it if I’m serious.

This actually got me thinking about whether or not Stephanie and I could actually be ready in just 4 short months for a marathon. I mean, it’s almost exactly one month before our wedding, which is perfect timing and not to mention that the long distance training runs will give us plenty of time to hash out the rest of our wedding details.

I mean, we did dominate an 8k a few weeks back — how much harder can a marathon be?

I have a feeling that I had better get some inspiration from the Ultra Marathon Man, Dean Karnazes. You know, the guy that ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. That makes training for and running one marathon pretty easy, dontcha’ think?

So what do you think? Can we handle the San Francisco Marathon? Let us know in the comments.

Filed Under random thoughts

We think that you might also like these, too:
  • The first long run of our San Francisco Marathon training
  • Hup and Steph will see you at the 2009 San Francisco Marathon
  • Marathon training update: the big 2-0 is now behind Steph!

    • Talkies (we love hearing from you!)

    4 Talkies! to “Can Hup and Steph handle the San Francisco Marathon?”

    1. Hup and Steph will see you at the San Francisco Marathon : Hup and Steph on March 25th, 2009 11:43 am

      [...] – Stephanie had tweeted that we were officially running the San Francisco Marathon (which we just talked about for the first time last night) and she was starting to add our training schedule (that she [...]

    2. Fayza on March 25th, 2009 12:06 pm

      I totally think y’all can handle it. Four months is cutting it a wee bit close, though. When I ran a half-marathon, I trained for four months (but I don’t think I was as in-shape as you two), and my friend who ran a full marathon trained for five (she worked out regularly before that). Take good care of yourselves, cross-train on the days that you’re not running to build muscle strength, give up the drinking altogether (yeah, seriously, altogether), be ready to run early and long on the weekends (your social life will take a bit of a hit; be forewarned!), and you should be a-okay.

    3. Hup on March 26th, 2009 1:38 pm

      That’s some awesome advice, Fayza. But, are you sure that I need to stop drinking? Oh, geez.

    4. Beth on March 27th, 2009 5:34 pm

      It’s all about pacing yourself so you don’t get wore out too soon.

    What do you want to tell us, hmmm?