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Do's and Do Not's of Running a Marathon by the Oatmeal.

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  • KateRunsColorado
    KateRunsColorado Posts: 407 Member
    So awesome.

    I loved the "RacePhotoRipOff.com" - Buy this Photo for $349.99 OR Buy all your photos for eleventy trillion dollars. It's a bargain!"
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    I saw that on FB, and it popped up this link too. Enjoy!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsMw10KVVCk
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    Oh how I love the Oatmeal.
  • DavidMartinez2
    DavidMartinez2 Posts: 840 Member
    I cheated this month and skipped to this article rather than read this months issue of RW in order.
  • wombat94
    wombat94 Posts: 352 Member
    Was just coming here to post this.

    This is awesome!

    Now I know exactly what to expect on race day for my first marathon!

    :)
  • ColorfulWeirdo
    ColorfulWeirdo Posts: 113 Member
    In my first marathon, someone commented how great I was doing and how I was one of the first females they saw that day and I was so inspiring.

    I sobbed for the next mile and a half.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I choke at aid stations lol
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    I choke at aid stations lol

    I had water coming up my throat and down my nose once... Not fun! lol
  • KateRunsColorado
    KateRunsColorado Posts: 407 Member
    ^^ Haha, me too...now I just walk through them.

    Although, I'm going to have to reevaluate when I start trying to BQ...I'm going to need every second I can get, lol.
  • lockeddoor
    lockeddoor Posts: 103 Member
    I feel way less bad about the fact that I always stop to drink water. How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me, but I tried ONCE. Only once. Snorted the water, choked, laughed at myself, and decided it was okay to physically stop to just drink it like a normal person LOL

    I'm soooo sad that the Beat the Blerch marathon sold out before I could get in. :(
    It's being held on the same trail I already run on my distance days! It's 8 miles from my house! I will definitely be there next year though!
    I'm considering going down there anyway, even though I can't run, and holding up a funny sign or something :)
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I feel way less bad about the fact that I always stop to drink water. How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me, but I tried ONCE. Only once. Snorted the water, choked, laughed at myself, and decided it was okay to physically stop to just drink it like a normal person LOL

    I'm soooo sad that the Beat the Blerch marathon sold out before I could get in. :(
    It's being held on the same trail I already run on my distance days! It's 8 miles from my house! I will definitely be there next year though!
    I'm considering going down there anyway, even though I can't run, and holding up a funny sign or something :)

    Totally do that. And take pictures!
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me...

    There really is technique to it. When you grab the cup, grab it with one or two fingers inside (this is why all volunteers should hold the cup from the bottom). Then, pinch the top closed so there is only a small spout like opening for the water to flow through. Then you can control the flow of the water into your mouth.
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me...

    There really is technique to it. When you grab the cup, grab it with one or two fingers inside (this is why all volunteers should hold the cup from the bottom). Then, pinch the top closed so there is only a small spout like opening for the water to flow through. Then you can control the flow of the water into your mouth.

    ^^This.

    I was super impressed that the volunteers at almost every aid station on Sunday held out cups holding the bottom.
  • DavidMartinez2
    DavidMartinez2 Posts: 840 Member
    Twice in the past month I have had volunteers pull the cup away from me. Not cool.
  • Soobies
    Soobies Posts: 8
    OMG This is beyond awesome... lol totally made my morning... time to sign up for my races. :D
  • tkillion810
    tkillion810 Posts: 591 Member
    Love his comics!
  • rjmudlax13
    rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
    All 100% true!
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I feel way less bad about the fact that I always stop to drink water. How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me, but I tried ONCE. Only once. Snorted the water, choked, laughed at myself, and decided it was okay to physically stop to just drink it like a normal person LOL

    I'm soooo sad that the Beat the Blerch marathon sold out before I could get in. :(
    It's being held on the same trail I already run on my distance days! It's 8 miles from my house! I will definitely be there next year though!
    I'm considering going down there anyway, even though I can't run, and holding up a funny sign or something :)

    Go volunteer to be a blerch! With as many runners as they are going to have I am sure they will need blerch volunteers.
  • SteveTries
    SteveTries Posts: 723 Member
    Love it. Hilarious....and so true.
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,933 Member
    How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me...

    There really is technique to it. When you grab the cup, grab it with one or two fingers inside (this is why all volunteers should hold the cup from the bottom). Then, pinch the top closed so there is only a small spout like opening for the water to flow through. Then you can control the flow of the water into your mouth.

    It's one of the many things you need to train for. Seriously, my coach told me to practise drinking while running (as well as refuelling while running). And, yes, correct technique is everything.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    How on earth people drink water from a cup while running is beyond me...

    There really is technique to it. When you grab the cup, grab it with one or two fingers inside (this is why all volunteers should hold the cup from the bottom). Then, pinch the top closed so there is only a small spout like opening for the water to flow through. Then you can control the flow of the water into your mouth.

    It's one of the many things you need to train for. Seriously, my coach told me to practise drinking while running (as well as refuelling while running). And, yes, correct technique is everything.

    The gear guy on Runner's World did a video of how to do it. I was going to post, but I can't find it :sad:
  • Dofflin
    Dofflin Posts: 127 Member
    Ah so funny! Makes me want to stop running around my streets and actually enter something - then I can talk to other runners and not just be that crazy runner friend who is always randomly running and eating a **** tonne of food for "no reason". Hahaha :P
  • lockeddoor
    lockeddoor Posts: 103 Member
    Thanks for the tips! I was wondering why they held the cups out the way they did during the half I ran. I am going to practice. There is a track a block from my house, with benches, and I'm going to place some half-full dixie cups of water on those benches and just run circles and try to drink without stopping, and google some videos to see how it's done. The neighbors (whose windows overlook the track) are going to think I've gone absolutely insane.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Thanks for the tips! I was wondering why they held the cups out the way they did during the half I ran. I am going to practice. There is a track a block from my house, with benches, and I'm going to place some half-full dixie cups of water on those benches and just run circles and try to drink without stopping, and google some videos to see how it's done. The neighbors (whose windows overlook the track) are going to think I've gone absolutely insane.

    That means that you are a runner.

    Tips:
    - Grab the cup at the top rim with one finger inside
    - Crease it slightly to form a funnel
    - Dump it into your mouth
    - Pitch it generally toward a trash bin
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