Treadmill Dance

I've been working on a post about my goals and training plan for this fall.  I plan to share my ideas with you once I've finalized my schedule, which includes figuring out which marathon I'm going to run.

Until then, here is a man showing off his sweet dance moves...on a treadmill.
Can we talk about how coordinated he is? And how I would likely fall flat on my face if I tried to do anything other than run on a treadmill?

Tuesday Inspiration: Larry Macon

Larry Macon turned 67 on New Year's Eve.  He also ran his 113th marathon of the year on that day.

From My San Antonio:  

 "Heading into Saturday's race, Macon...had amassed almost 3,000 miles running in 2011, gone through a dozen pairs of shoes and logged roughly 200,000 miles in flying. He now has run 823 marathons during his lifetime."

Once I got over trying to figure out how this could be possible, I was awed and impressed by Macon's achievement.  Then, still curious (read: extremely baffled), I started to think about the logistics and the physical toll such a feat is likely to take.  

Thank goodness for the Internet and this profile of Macon featured in Runner's World in 2009. 

From the article:  

"Just consider this back-to-back performance: In August, he finished the Frank Maier Marathon in Juneau, Alaska, at 12:30 p.m.; drove to the airport for a 2 p.m. flight; landed in San Francisco at midnight; then started that city's marathon at 5:30 a.m. Or there's the time he drove from the finish of the Cow Town Marathon in Fort Worth, Texas, to New Orleans (which took him 12 hours), arriving five minutes before the start of the Mardi Gras Marathon. And thanks to holidays like Memorial Day and races with Saturday night starts, he squeezed three marathons into one weekend five times in 2008." 

The mere fact that he's able to get to one marathon to the next in such a short time frame is impressing.  Paired with his ability to run up to three marathons in one weekend, and you could probably convince me that Macon is superhuman.

Your Daily What

I'm always impressed by women who are able to continue running during their pregnancy. I've been following this blog for a while and met a pregnant woman briefly during the National Half Marathon.

This news story from the Chicago Marathon is incredible:

As marathons go, Amber Miller's time of 6 hours and 25 minutes in the Chicago Marathon is not that impressive.  What is noteworthy, however, is that she was 39 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a daughter a few hours after crossing the finish line on Sunday, the Daily Herald reports. -USA Today

Thank you, Jane, for the link!

Tuesday Inspiration: Amy McDonaugh

For today’s Tuesday Inspiration, I’d like to share a piece about the winner of Sunday’s Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, Amy McDonaugh.  Beyond finishing a marathon in 2:58 (so fast!!), she is inspiring because she runs despite being legally blind.

Flying Pig Winner is Legally Blind, Positively Inspiring

Incredible!