You go Evan! Best of luck in the marathon.
Thanks Pete! It is my third one, but the first since 2015. If it were a 5K then I'd just pick a different one; those are held all over the place practically every weekend. Marathons are harder to come by... the funny part is it normally takes a week-ish to get my legs back after running 26.2. This time I have two days and then we start setting up for VCF East. :)
I used to run a double century (210 miles) bike ride for a local bicycle club. One day I get a call from a NJ runner wondering if he can do it running. I was left dumb founded as I couldn't figure out where he'd find logging in 2 sections of our ride (largest gap is about 50 miles between towns). I don't know if he did it but I did share the route with him.
"Ultrarunning" is a whole other sport. I know several people that exist in both worlds. The entry-level ultra is 50K, then it goes 50M, 100K, 100M. Some of my friends do the 100M distance. Now THEY are crazy! :) But even they wouldn't fathom double that distance. If I reach my marathon time goal this weekend (I missed it last time I ran one), then a 50K is one of my next goals.