3 Marathons in 4 days
“The stupidest thing I planned to do” Why? Last year I knew a guy that ran the quadzilla (4 marathons in 4 days). He passed me up before the halfway point at the Seattle marathon never to be seen by me again. That had my curiosity up. How was he able to do that? Mark Casey and Heidi Kriss were also pressuring me to do this for most of the year. I really did not want to do it. I feared training myself to run slow and/or hurting myself. It sounded painful and dangerous. I wanted a way out where I could save my precious pride, so I developed an exit plan so I could quit anytime during their run if I felt like it. In the end I thought that I’m not much of a runner, especially a fast one, and maybe I will learn something to help me reach higher levels of performance. Then, if others with less levels of fitness can do it, so can I. Also if I can do it, why would I not at least give it the best shot I could? The training I packed in several long runs week after week. I pract