Kristin Armstrong @ NYC Marathon

h squared wrote:


even the person with the most perfect home life will probably be saying
just this at mile 24 of their first marathon. i'm supposed to run a
marathon in a few weeks, and it's about 50% due to the fact that kristen
ran a sub 4 hour on her first try. (i wondered if i could do that too....nope...)

Miles 18-20 are the worst. Miles 24-26 are easy if the crowd is any
good. Good luck.

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:47:55 -0600, "Philip W. Moore, Jr."
wrote:

The kind of money I have doesn't buy happiness, but $60,000,000.00 Kristen
got from Lance would make me abso****inglutely ecstatic!!!


True, but all the money in the world can't replace what it is to have
a husband who is there for you. THat remark she made about lance using
training to sublimate his emotions was a nice way of saying he was
never there for her. He never did exactly come across as father or
husband of the year, anyways. Money is just money, let's face it, it's
great to have, it can buy great stuff but it's not going to replace
true lovin'. Although, since I just joined the legion of the newly
single, I am sure that kind of money would insure that I don't remain
alone for too much longer.

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:47:55 -0600, "Philip W. Moore, Jr."
wrote:

The kind of money I have doesn't buy happiness, but $60,000,000.00 Kristen
got from Lance would make me abso****inglutely ecstatic!!!


True, but all the money in the world can't replace what it is to have
a husband who is there for you. THat remark she made about lance using
training to sublimate his emotions was a nice way of saying he was
never there for her. He never did exactly come across as father or
husband of the year, anyways. Money is just money, let's face it, it's
great to have, it can buy great stuff but it's not going to replace
true lovin'. Although, since I just joined the legion of the newly
single, I am sure that kind of money would insure that I don't remain
alone for too much longer.

even the person with the most perfect home life will probably be saying
just this at mile 24 of their first marathon. i'm supposed to run a
marathon in a few weeks, and it's about 50% due to the fact that kristen
ran a sub 4 hour on her first try. (i wondered if i could do that
too....nope...)

Miles 18-20 are the worst. Miles 24-26 are easy if the crowd is any good.
Good luck.

I wonder if it's similar to a century? I used to find miles 55-60 very
tough... seemed like so much ahead, and yet I felt like I'd already run
myself into the ground. Once to the 2/3rds mark it seemed not so bad,
although it was still pretty tough up to about mile 90.

That was then, this is now. Age brings patience, which I think is vastly
under-rated. People push the wisdom thing, but I really haven't seen any
evidence I'm afflicted with that! But patience- knowing that the task is
doable can be a very calming and performance-enhancing thing. I now feel
stronger at mile 80 than I do at 20, and that makes such a difference
overall.

When I raced, patience was generally lacking, and it cost me nastily. I had
a tough time letting people fly past on a climb, even though I knew those
were the guys who were going to blow up. So off I'd go, chasing them down at
a pace that wasn't optimal, and then blow up myself later on. Sigh.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

even the person with the most perfect home life will probably be saying
just this at mile 24 of their first marathon. i'm supposed to run a
marathon in a few weeks, and it's about 50% due to the fact that kristen
ran a sub 4 hour on her first try. (i wondered if i could do that
too....nope...)

Miles 18-20 are the worst. Miles 24-26 are easy if the crowd is any good.
Good luck.

I wonder if it's similar to a century? I used to find miles 55-60 very
tough... seemed like so much ahead, and yet I felt like I'd already run
myself into the ground. Once to the 2/3rds mark it seemed not so bad,
although it was still pretty tough up to about mile 90.

That was then, this is now. Age brings patience, which I think is vastly
under-rated. People push the wisdom thing, but I really haven't seen any
evidence I'm afflicted with that! But patience- knowing that the task is
doable can be a very calming and performance-enhancing thing. I now feel
stronger at mile 80 than I do at 20, and that makes such a difference
overall.

When I raced, patience was generally lacking, and it cost me nastily. I had
a tough time letting people fly past on a climb, even though I knew those
were the guys who were going to blow up. So off I'd go, chasing them down at
a pace that wasn't optimal, and then blow up myself later on. Sigh.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Your are 100% right. But right now I've got a 1997 Suburban that's giving
me **** and could use the money...hence the remark about the 60 million she
got from Lance. Lance possesses single mindedness. I have it in my
professional career and my own wife has a hard time with it on occasion, so
Kristin's remark hits home.
wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:47:55 -0600, "Philip W. Moore, Jr."
wrote:

The kind of money I have doesn't buy happiness, but $60,000,000.00
Kristen
got from Lance would make me abso****inglutely ecstatic!!!


True, but all the money in the world can't replace what it is to have
a husband who is there for you. THat remark she made about lance using
training to sublimate his emotions was a nice way of saying he was
never there for her. He never did exactly come across as father or
husband of the year, anyways. Money is just money, let's face it, it's
great to have, it can buy great stuff but it's not going to replace
true lovin'. Although, since I just joined the legion of the newly
single, I am sure that kind of money would insure that I don't remain
alone for too much longer.

Your are 100% right. But right now I've got a 1997 Suburban that's giving
me **** and could use the money...hence the remark about the 60 million she
got from Lance. Lance possesses single mindedness. I have it in my
professional career and my own wife has a hard time with it on occasion, so
Kristin's remark hits home.
wrote in message
...
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:47:55 -0600, "Philip W. Moore, Jr."
wrote:

The kind of money I have doesn't buy happiness, but $60,000,000.00
Kristen
got from Lance would make me abso****inglutely ecstatic!!!


True, but all the money in the world can't replace what it is to have
a husband who is there for you. THat remark she made about lance using
training to sublimate his emotions was a nice way of saying he was
never there for her. He never did exactly come across as father or
husband of the year, anyways. Money is just money, let's face it, it's
great to have, it can buy great stuff but it's not going to replace
true lovin'. Although, since I just joined the legion of the newly
single, I am sure that kind of money would insure that I don't remain
alone for too much longer.

"Philip W. Moore, Jr." wrote in message ...
The kind of money I have doesn't buy happiness, but $60,000,000.00 Kristen
got from Lance would make me abso****inglutely ecstatic!!!



I always liked this quote about money and happiness:

"Money doesn't buy happiness. But it does buy the kind of misery we all enjoy."

If anybody knows the source please add it in.

Andy

"Philip W. Moore, Jr." wrote in message ...
The kind of money I have doesn't buy happiness, but $60,000,000.00 Kristen
got from Lance would make me abso****inglutely ecstatic!!!



I always liked this quote about money and happiness:

"Money doesn't buy happiness. But it does buy the kind of misery we all enjoy."

If anybody knows the source please add it in.

Andy

From: (amh)

"Money doesn't buy happiness. But it does buy the kind of misery we all
enjoy."

FWIW:
"Money can't buy happiness, it can only rent it."