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Spending time with your kid - even if she's 30 - is a great thing. Doing it in a healthy manner is ever better!

Good on you, I wish I was in good enough shape to run a half marathon. Have fun!

Have fun and enjoy the burn!

I ran a half marathon once. Once.

I was actually training for the Marine Corps marathon in D.C. and had been running 5ks and 10ks pretty much every weekend. I was even on the BN running team. Until I ran the half marathon the furthest I had gone is maybe 10 miles. I was pretty good until mile 10. But then I hit a wall.

You want to talk about losing your man card? Around mile 11 I got passed by a woman pushing a fucking baby stroller. I mean it was one of those fancy running strollers but still...

Somehow I made it to the finish line. When I got there I ran over to my group of friends and fell to the ground face down. A couple race officials ran to me and started trying to pull me up and were yelling at me to get up because I was going to cramp up. I simply laid flat and yelled into the earth "I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING!" over and over until they finally gave up. My friends did nothing the whole time but laughed at me. After 10 minutes or so I got up and got some spaghetti and a couple bottles of water.

Then we went to the liquor store, I bought a bottle of Crown and we went to a friends apartment and I got blackout drunk.

I realized that day that 13.1 miles was the farthest I would ever run and to this day it has been. I don't regret that decision at all. Though sometimes I think about getting me a 13.1 sticker and putting it on my car and posting my fat ass up next to it and trolling the running snobs are R.E.I. with it

I did find this a couple months ago when digging through some old Marine corps stuff. It's a reminder of the time I failed at a goal and accepted it with a smile.

Good luck to you and hopefully you don't do as bad as I did!!

In no way is that a man card infraction. It's pretty cool actually.

Just don't plaster one of those silly 13.1 stickers on your car and we're good.

ETA: Pale Horse, that whole story had me rolling. Lol.

Awesome and good luck. I assume you know how to prevent chaffing.

My son and I ran his first marathon last December. It was great!

I think I’ve got a 14-miler on the calendar for tomorrow with a full Ironman in May. Why did I sign up?

Your man card is automatically protected when you take the time to do something special for daughters and granddaughters, especially if it's embarrassing or humiliating. Ya dun gud!

Although it is not for me to judge, I feel certain that your man card is safe. In fact I suggest that you have it bronzed.

No man card violation here. Unless you fail to run the race in full mouse costume. With tail.

Doing something out of your comfort zone with your daughter as she encourages you to do it, is the very definition of "man card." Job well done!

So you're running a marathon in the Florida climate for your daughter while wearing a Disney costume?
Sir, you should require a 3 man team to carry such a heavy man card.

If you run half a marathon, you're only half a man. Be a real man and do the whole thing.

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Originally posted by 12131:
If you run half a marathon, you're only half a man. Be a real man and do the whole thing.

Just run the half marathon twice!

My daughter is only 8. I pray to god she wants me to do this with her in 20 years

Sounds like you have prepared for this so the best advice I can offers is good luck. Report back after and I will add congrats.

I going to guess you have been eating well since you say you lost 20 lbs. As motivation remember running far you can eat anything you want.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Russ59:
Awesome and good luck. I assume you know how to prevent chaffing

Yeah the chaffing I didn't consider was my nipples. Bloody mess by the time I finished.
That wasn't pleasant.
Like others, when I was done with 13.1 I knew that would be my Max distance.

~psst~

Uber. Just throwing that out there.

If anything, this adds a sharp serrated edge to your man card!

Being a great dad (No matter how old your kids) is about as manly as it gets!!!

You sir won the internet today!!!

Would love to see some photos of you in action!

Participating in a physically challenging activity and making your daughter happy- those things earn you extra man-card points. Have fun and stay safe.