Comments on My Dirt Road Anthem: Wednesdays Randoms

I LOVE Game of Thrones!! I am reading the 3rd book...

2012-05-31T13:53:49.874-06:00

I LOVE Game of Thrones!! I am reading the 3rd book right now and LOVE the series :D

UGH...I WISH I could talk about my first marathon ...

2012-05-31T09:07:58.141-06:00

UGH...I WISH I could talk about my first marathon experience...I'm still waiting on that one. how many times can you sign up for races and NOT be able to run them come race day? Ha!

You will be great...no doubt about that! And, I cannot wait to hear all about it and read your race report. You have trained hard and diligently...no worries!

haven't gotten into Game of Thrones yet...watching the Hatfield and McCoy History channel mini-series right now being that I am from KY...scary to watch it and think, "Wow, this really happened in my state?"

I haven't seen the Games of Throne, but I just...

2012-05-31T06:45:02.088-06:00

I haven't seen the Games of Throne, but I just recently learned you can download more than just songs from iTunes. Yeah, I'm dumb! :)

My daughter downloaded Instagram for me the other day...I have no idea what it does, therefore haven't used it. Yeah, read "dumb" above!! I just need more hours in the day I guess to learn these things. I got a Twitter account a year ago and never even logged into it. Ha. One day.

So excited about your upcoming marathon. You'll get the marathon addiction after you get over the "hate" part, like Cory mentioned!

I'm excited for you and your first 26.2. You a...

2012-05-30T23:00:00.943-06:00

I'm excited for you and your first 26.2. You are going to love it! (Well, somewhere along the way you'll probably hate it. But after you're done hating it for a few miles, you'll really, really love it.)

I can not believe you just said "taper"....

2012-05-30T22:09:42.748-06:00

I can not believe you just said "taper". It just seems like yesterday you signed up for Missoula! I am VERY excited for you to join the "marathon club"- its great.

PS- Instagram=AWESOME. I am obsessed!

I'm going to read the Game of Throne books...m...

2012-05-30T19:44:51.112-06:00

I'm going to read the Game of Throne books...my friend leant it to me. But the first few chapters are a bit dark and overwhelming I've found. How did you find it getting into the books?

I wonder if there is a group in your area you coul...

2012-05-30T14:52:44.940-06:00

I wonder if there is a group in your area you could do a practice run with in order to try out a pace group. If not, you can just try it out at your marathon and see how it goes then.

I don't have Instagram and am not an Apple person but looking into it.

I keep seeing Game of Thrones pop up as a book sug...

2012-05-30T13:32:14.118-06:00

I keep seeing Game of Thrones pop up as a book suggestion here and there. I'm so bad at picking up new tv shows, so I don't know if I'd do that, but a book for sure.

I've never run with a pace group. I would think you may want to start with the group and then adjust as you are comfortable.

You're going to do so awesome!

I have borrowed Game of Thrones season 1 from a fr...

2012-05-30T12:42:49.724-06:00

I have borrowed Game of Thrones season 1 from a friend. We haven't started watching it yet, we were waiting for summer when there isn't a lot of new programming. Plus, we are going to add HBO this summer for a few months and we can watch catch up on season 2 episodes we have missed.

Good luck on your marathon! I'm sure that you&...

2012-05-30T11:24:11.099-06:00

Good luck on your marathon! I'm sure that you're very excited. And nervous! I haven't gotten the guts up to go that far yet. I've registered for a 30K this summer so I'm getting there. Baby steps.

I LOVE Game of Thrones! I feel like a total perv watching it sometimes though. Some days HBO really likes to push the envelope I think! LOL Enjoy!

I love instagram so I'll follow you....when I ...

2012-05-30T10:51:52.437-06:00

I love instagram so I'll follow you....when I figure out how to. So far I'm only following people that follow me as I have no clue how to operate it other than to post photos to twitter ;)

AND YAY for you becoming a marathoner. I can't believe so many people ask you that - I've only been asked once. Maybe it's because by looking at me you can tell I can't run far ;P

and "only do halfs" PLEASE you rock those babies!

I dig Instagram! My goal for my 1st was to get acr...

2012-05-30T10:40:17.677-06:00

I dig Instagram!
My goal for my 1st was to get across the finish line. I started training after a half Ironman and I only had 9wks to train for it. I was a bit uncertain how it would go. It was fine and I accomplished the goal to get across the line. ;-)
You my friend, are going to kill it!
Aim High!

I'm halfway through reading it :) And I didn&#...

2012-05-30T10:14:19.483-06:00

I'm halfway through reading it :) And I didn't prepare well enjoy for my ill-fated and rather disastrous marathon, so my goal was to finish without being picked up by the hurry-up van. Not a problem you will be facing!!!

I need to get on this game of thrones bandwagon PR...

2012-05-30T10:06:04.411-06:00

I need to get on this game of thrones bandwagon PRONTO!
I can't wait to read your Missoual marathon report- I'm still dreaming of doing it next year!

I haven't gotten into Game of Thrones but I...

2012-05-30T09:45:19.189-06:00

I haven't gotten into Game of Thrones but I've heard a lot of good things. You are such a strong runner that I'm confident your first marathon is going to be a fast one. There are a few runner bloggers that set A, B, and C goals and I like the idea of doing that.

your marathon is going to be here before you know ...

2012-05-30T09:43:30.385-06:00

your marathon is going to be here before you know it! you have trained so hard...i can barely wait for you to be a marathoner:) for my first i began training with a time goal but then had a few week setback with a bum foot so i ended up going in with the goal to just finish but hoped for under 4:30. I ended up with 4:19:59...i totally shocked myself because i wasnt sure how i would feel. but i think about the "feelings" of my first marathon so often. seriously. some of the best moments of my life were on that day! loved every second! cant wait for you to experience that!

Mike loves Game of Thrones. He read the books and ...

2012-05-30T09:15:02.710-06:00

Mike loves Game of Thrones. He read the books and then watched the show and thinks it's amazing. I can't really get into it, though.

For my first marathon, I had no idea what to think, either. I let Chaz help me figure out reasonable goals and I went from there. I knew I could run faster than 4 hours, so that was my goal. As for the pace group, you might want to talk to people that have run the race before. The pacers at Hartford were AWFUL, my pacer burnt me out in the first half running way faster than his promised pace (he brought people in a good 7 minutes faster than he was supposed to), so I ended up dropping off and finishing slower than I probably could have otherwise. I did, however, meet someone in the pace group to run with for the whole race which REALLY helped.

I haven't gotten into Game of Thrones yet, but...

2012-05-30T08:59:31.836-06:00

I haven't gotten into Game of Thrones yet, but I should….whenever I resist a huge trend, I end up caving and loving it (Twilight, Hunger Games). And I just got on Instagram too - again, why did I wait so long? I love it! I'm sure you know about the McMillian website, but I find that to be a great tool to get goal times for other race distances. And as for the pace group, you don't have to necessarily run right with them, you could just keep them in sight.

You are making me marathon envious!!! I want to ru...

2012-05-30T08:51:38.916-06:00

You are making me marathon envious!!! I want to run another one but I'm dealing with foot problems. You are so awesome running all those miles. Isn't it funny saying, 'only 14 miles.' That was one thing I loved about training, how your perspective of distance totally changes. But- that's what gets you through the marathon... seeing the 20 mile marker and thinking 'only 6more to go.' You forget that you already just ran 20. hehe oh and My husband and I watch Game of Thrones. I like it, but he is OBSESSED! He's reading the books too.

Ah! George Martin - how you mess with my head! Gam...

2012-05-30T08:46:55.612-06:00

Ah! George Martin - how you mess with my head! Game of Thrones is my guilty pleasure - my husband and I can't wait for Sunday night, once the kids are asleep, to watch the latest, wicked installment - season ends this weekend!
Almost there! I've got family in Missoula - what a great place for a marathon!! I have no doubt you'll BQ.

Wow!! I have been missing from the blog world for ...

2012-05-30T08:40:38.095-06:00

Wow!! I have been missing from the blog world for a while and am just now reading you are doing a marathon!! That is so exciting! If anyone can do it and do it well, it is you! Can't wait to read more about your journey!

My first marathon I had the goal of under 5 hours ...

2012-05-30T08:23:33.366-06:00

My first marathon I had the goal of under 5 hours and finish. Well I got one...I finished! I joined Instagram too...I'm still learning how to use it though! You're going to rock that marathon! I can't wait!