dangerf

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   by dangerf 14y ago

   Everything causes death; I would not discourage running a marathon based on your anecdote.
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   by dangerf 14y ago

   That's hardly good advice for a novice though. I agree somewhat for that a lot of people, they just need to get out the door and run, but there are too many people out there that think they need to run as much as possible. And that's how in
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   by dangerf 14y ago

   I agree with another poster, it is not a great idea to do both the Chicago and the NYC marathon in the same year, especially if it's your first. Training programs are really dependent on your previous experience. If you're starting as a non
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   by dangerf 14y ago

   A 21km run though is really insufficient though for your long run!
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   by dangerf 14y ago

   From the linked Huff Po article: "I was doing a lot of programming from home. I would write out the program on paper using Fortran [a programming language], then I would mail it in to key punch operators at NYU, they would punch the cards
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   by dangerf 14y ago

   Of course it's true that sexism exists - plenty of women do choose to be silent on issues of sexism. It is an incredibly hard to bring up such a personal thing when you want to be taken seriously professionally.