If you’re new to my blog you probably missed this post<\/a> last summer about Tour de France. I suggest you read it for a quick background. The question of that past last summer was:<\/p>\n Do you think Contador cheated to beat Andy Schleck? Do you think he broke the \u201cFair Play\u201d rule? Or do you think there\u2019s nothing wrong with taking advantage of the situation?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Funny how it’s back in the news. The new drama? CONTADOR IS A CHEATER<\/a>. Apparently he was doping during Tour de France. Contador claims that he ate “tainted meat” (right right right) and wasn’t cheating.<\/p>\n “The Spanish federation has proposed a one-year ban for Contador, rather than the standard two-year penalty, after his positive clenbuterol test at last year’s Tour.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Awesome. My opinion last summer when he won over Andy Schleck was that he was a jerk. I’m glad karma is biting him in the butt.<\/p>\n What makes me sad is that all these guys are amazing athletes and in such great shape. Their bodies are machines and yet they ruin the sports and tarnish their accomplishments by taking steroids and doping and cheating in other ways. I think the tennis star Rafael Nadal said it best HERE<\/a>. Basically, these cheaters ruin sports for everyone.<\/p>\n The other article that interested me this week was about how to run a marathon without any training<\/a>. Um, what?<\/p>\n “A few years ago Andrew Gertig ran the San Francisco marathon without any training. He finished in just 4 hours and 28 minutes… he made it through with a few Advil before the race, well-timed walking and water breaks, the periodic banana, and interesting conversations to distract from the pain.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Really? That’s all it takes to run a marathon? I haven’t run a marathon but I ran Hood to Coast and the general consensus of people who have done both HTC and a marathon–HTC is harder. Probably because of how much time is in between each leg of the race. Basically: just enough time to tighten up and get REALLY sore.<\/p>\n NYC Marathon<\/p><\/div>\n I think that I trained for Hood to Coast improperly<\/a>.\u00a0 I now believe I should have been running 25 miles a week to train properly. Had I not trained for HTC at ALL? I wouldn’t have made it across the finish line. I would have been broken after my first leg of the race.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/contador-300x180.jpg\" "\\"contador\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nRun a Marathon Without Training<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/a>I think it’s reckless and ridiculous for someone to say anyone can run a marathon without training for it.<\/p>\n