Your just running against a vortex, did you try circling the block the other way?

I did sign up for a Georgia race in June and it’s significantly less hilly than where I live so I’m not too worried about those first points, I will definitely do Baltimore at some point it’s just a question of which of the next ten years, I like mixing and matching between my city and scenic races so I’m fine with the city tour experience of racing as well.

Is it possible to carbo load too much? How much garlic is appropriate to put on your garlic bread

100% normal, it’s amazing what a good taper and carbo load will get you through for those extra race day miles.

I think it’s just that it can be layered with other things, generally are very plain (no designs as it’ll normally be under other things) and it’ll be a soft sweat wicking material as well

I have no idea how those are different from regular fries but I’m in for it after the race though.

I am now confused though as to if you two are trying to talk me into or out of Baltimore.

I will certainly let you know if I choose that one! Also if I do I will require some coffee and croissant recommendations!

Wait people do things other than drink coffee then collapse in a shower then take a nap after races?

People take seasons off?

I almost never struggle with sleeping in a hotel, and I’ve already worked the costs into my budget as long as I stay away from the stupid expensive ones like Disney, so none of those are factors to me , plus doing a race in every state challenge means that those are gonna happen.

With that one I would fly out a week early to acclimate and would definitely depend on my friend being willing to put up with me visiting for an entire week to save cost, but I’m a sign up early person and I feel if I ask them now they will probably say something about it being too far away to know yet so it would be a gamble on the lodging costs.

I do have that flagged as a NY option but for some reason it’s not on my radar for next year.

I do 100% have to do steamtown as my PA race because of my namesake (I promise to sing to song to everyone as I roll down the hill) plus my partner does like trains so we can visit the historic park.

The nice thing with Baltimore is I could take the train there, no driving or flying! And I would get a crab medal to go with my lobster claw medal from this year.

At the beginner distances run walking isn’t going to add that much time, I would recommend just starting with a couch to 5k plan

Define scenic? Right now I’m debating next fall’s marathon (I know I’m planning super far out it’s what I do) so currently I’m thinking between duke city, twin cities, Richmond (VA), Detroit, Baltimore and Steamtown for next fall. Twin and duke I would have to fly to but I have friends that live there so I might be able to wrangle free lodging not sure about lodging for the rest though, but I’m not closed to considering other fall marathons for next year.

Fist you have to stop long enough to actually heal, then you can try to restart again and build slower, also you don’t say how frequently you are running but as a beginner it shouldn’t be more than 3 days a week and they should be non-consecutive days

When you are stuck trying to decide between several different races which method of random selection do you turn to?

I just layer more shirts under the wind jacket. Also if you don’t already have a fleece lined turtleneck, they are wonderful I highly recommend!

I just got a Fēnix 7s pro solar.

Start by just going out for walks when it snows so you start learning how the snow and weather and surface treatments all react and you start learning how to read the surface, I live in a fairly snowy area and there’s really only a few days a year when it’s so bad that i skip runs. Also trail shoes help.

My other tips are to never go up a hill your uncertain of going down and slow walk tight corners.

Yep one week into taper, two to go! I’m happy with the training I’ve gotten in considering the short turnaround time, I’m still trying to decide if I should do one last speed workout this week and just make it less intervals or call it good on the speed work? Since I’m new to the speed work part of training I keep forgetting to look up at what point in the taper people drop it.