I'll miss it this year because I'm out of town this weekend. But there will be people near the water stop after mile post 10 on the half route handing out Christy's donuts.

Are those nerds that hand out bacon going to be around this year? That was a nice touch.

Makin' Bacon broke up some time ago due to a nasty dispute and subsequent breakup.

So nasty that sealed court records forbid it from ever being discussed.

Well, had planned on going for a PR but that's in the trash with the forecast so I'll likely take you up in the beer offer. Of course the last time I ran the full in houston was 2017, when it was even hotter. Last 5 years I've only done the half and every year has been perfect weather.

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Makin' Bacon broke up some time ago due to a nasty dispute and subsequent breakup.

So nasty that sealed court records forbid it from ever being discussed.

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They were porkin' with other people?

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I'm not a runner at all, but I'm very confident I could go out and mostly walk, but partially jog, a marathon on no prep.

Edit - See the time limit is 6 hours. Thought it was 8. That would make it a little tighter. But still do-able

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CDUB98 said:

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Part of me want to attempt another, but I'm not sure my knees can handle it and I'm also having way more fun riding my bike.

I large part of me really wants to do the Palo Duro Canyon 50 miler though. I love trail running and that's my old home. I'd need to lose about 15 pounds to even think about it though.

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When I ran it, they had the geriatric loop I believe. Kinda like the bunny hill on the slopes I imagine.

New York 4 times Houston twice. You?

6th, and my first Houston. Had been gunning for 3:5x, but oh well. Race time in 9 hours!

Good luck to you numbskulls. Hope to hand some beers to a few of you.

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I'm not a runner at all, but I'm very confident I could go out and mostly walk, but partially jog, a marathon on no prep.

Edit - See the time limit is 6 hours. Thought it was 8. That would make it a little tighter. But still do-able

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There's people who absolutely do this every marathon. My aunt jog/walked the Marine Corps Marathon in DC with no training and no running background. It was awful for her, but she finished.

Good luck to all the runners today!

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Good luck to you numbskulls. Hope to hand some beers to a few of you.

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4:09'52". Thanks for being out there. I saw your tent at mile 24 and yelled CDUB. 8 energy gels, 2 Gatorades at every stop, 5 shots of Albuterol, 400 mg of caffeine, 4 oz of pickle juice...but still cramped about mile 23. Just a bit too warm today - gave it what I had.

Whether by fate or circumstance, I missed meeting anyone. I wish I had met everyone.

But, I drank a lot of beer and handed out a lot of beer. It was a fun day.

Congratulations to all you finishers.

CDUB98 said:

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Whether by fate or circumstance, I missed meeting anyone. I wish I had met everyone.

But, I drank a lot of beer and handed out a lot of beer. It was a fun day.

Congratulations to all you finishers.

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I stopped by on my bike around 12:30. I was there to cheer on those who needed cheering. There was an older gentleman there and I asked if there was an Aggie with the tent. He said he had no idea about anybody's college so I left to go cheer on more runners.

If you were wearing your Aggie ring and a blue shirt and a backpack, you walked right by me.

I remember seeing the ring, which is why I remember, fuzzily, the other details.

No - red long sleeves and bike gloves

Thanks for showing up today in only a way that is so uniquely Houston. Great crowds. Great support. Love this town.

Watched a bit at the marathon/half-marathon split on Bissonnet. There was a volunteer there asking everyone who had marathon tags but chose easy if they were sure they wanted to go the half-marathon route. Every single one. Rub it in next time, brotha.

I also have to admit those who run the full marathon holding a ****ing pace setter sign are the real heroes. "I'm not only going to run a marathon, I'm going to do it holding a ****ing sign." Jesus....

The reason I think Milkman might could do it is the first time I "ran" New York I was fat and slow and jogged the whole way and finished at 5:16.01. Got much much fast (by two hours) before I gave it up … but what he says doesn't seem crazy to me. Depends on how good of an athlete he is and how fast he walks/jogs. One year in New York Eric Heiden ran a sun 3:00 without any training. So it just depends.

Everybody is different. I know people who could simply slack in marathon training for 3 months and not finish.

My good friend growing up and college roommate runs the houston half with basically no training every year, other than being in soccer leagues & CrossFit classes, in sub 1:30. Ran a 1:27 this year and had food poisoning Thursday - Saturday.

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Watched a bit at the marathon/half-marathon split on Bissonnet. There was a volunteer there asking everyone who had marathon tags but chose easy if they were sure they wanted to go the half-marathon route. Every single one. Rub it in next time, brotha.

I also have to admit those who run the full marathon holding a ****ing pace setter sign are the real heroes. "I'm not only going to run a marathon, I'm going to do it holding a ****ing sign." Jesus....

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At the finish, HEB was handing out pints of chocolate milk. I downed 2 of those, plus a pint of some alkaline water. Made it into the hall, sat down for a while, then made my way over to the food court. I have no idea what they were serving - last thing I wanted was a plate of food. I tried to go sit down, and some 16 YO kid won't let me because I'm going in the exit. I didn't want a meal; I just wanted a chair. He's lucky somebody didn't kill him. I just went and sat on the floor for another 10 minutes.

Yes, people on a thread dedicated to running 13.1 and 26.2 miles are both out of line and accomplishing nothing. Weird belief.

CDub98 - grabbed a cup of beer running by but was on a much better pace than I ever expected so kept pushing.

Great job 94chem! People who repeatedly run full marathons impress me. I've done one and that was enough. Lots of damn work. You can totally half ass a Half Marathon but there ain't no half assing running 26.2 miles.

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Ciboag96 said:

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Watched a bit at the marathon/half-marathon split on Bissonnet. There was a volunteer there asking everyone who had marathon tags but chose easy if they were sure they wanted to go the half-marathon route. Every single one. Rub it in next time, brotha.

I also have to admit those who run the full marathon holding a ****ing pace setter sign are the real heroes. "I'm not only going to run a marathon, I'm going to do it holding a ****ing sign." Jesus....

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At the finish, HEB was handing out pints of chocolate milk. I downed 2 of those, plus a pint of some alkaline water. Made it into the hall, sat down for a while, then made my way over to the food court. I have no idea what they were serving - last thing I wanted was a plate of food. I tried to go sit down, and some 16 YO kid won't let me because I'm going in the exit. I didn't want a meal; I just wanted a chair. He's lucky somebody didn't kill him. I just went and sat on the floor for another 10 minutes.

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you should've beat his ass

Were there a lot of marathon runners that did this?

Eric Heiden the multiple gold medal winning speed skater with thighs like Earl Campbell?

Ciboag96 said:

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Watched a bit at the marathon/half-marathon split on Bissonnet. There was a volunteer there asking everyone who had marathon tags but chose easy if they were sure they wanted to go the half-marathon route. Every single one. Rub it in next time, brotha.

I also have to admit those who run the full marathon holding a ****ing pace setter sign are the real heroes. "I'm not only going to run a marathon, I'm going to do it holding a ****ing sign." Jesus....

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I don't think they're rubbing it in as much as just making sure. It's not super confusing but if you're running with headphones in on the left side and not paying attention it's easy to miss the turn for the full and go straight on to the Half.

I think they're just really making sure every person with a blue bib knows they're missing the Full turn.

Ciboag96 said:

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I also have to admit those who run the full marathon holding a ****ing pace setter sign are the real heroes. "I'm not only going to run a marathon, I'm going to do it holding a ****ing sign." Jesus....

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I've never run a race with a pace group before but I tried running with the 3:10 pacer yesterday (for the first 7 miles). He was fantastic. At every mile he was on pace to the second. Very impressive.

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Ciboag96 said:

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Watched a bit at the marathon/half-marathon split on Bissonnet. There was a volunteer there asking everyone who had marathon tags but chose easy if they were sure they wanted to go the half-marathon route. Every single one. Rub it in next time, brotha.

I also have to admit those who run the full marathon holding a ****ing pace setter sign are the real heroes. "I'm not only going to run a marathon, I'm going to do it holding a ****ing sign." Jesus....

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I don't think they're rubbing it in as much as just making sure. It's not super confusing but if you're running with headphones in on the left side and not paying attention it's easy to miss the turn for the full and go straight on to the Half.

I think they're just really making sure every person with a blue bib knows they're missing the Full turn.

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That's correct. Some people, including elite runners, have mistakenly taken the wrong turn. I've volunteered before and they hammered that point to us.

Congrats to those participating. Is chocolate milk a thing for distance running? I enjoy it just when walking to and from the fridge.

Participating?

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Congrats to those participating. Is chocolate milk a thing for distance running? I enjoy it just when walking to and from the fridge.

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It has sugars, carbs, calories, etc to replenish the body post workouts/runs.

Yes, chocolate milk is one of the best recovery drinks.

I was referring to the entire process of doing long distance runs including pre and post training.

How many socks are you trotting out this week?

Hmm. I missed the latest one from that idiot.

Yes you did.