Posts filed under 'Marathons'
Our archive of articles about that famous long distance race – the 26.2 mile marathon
Looking for an interesting and challenging marathon? You might want to check out the Great Wall Marathon in China. The video provided here is courtesy of Dr Ableson, who completed the marathon this year.
Thanks go to Dr Tarveen Ahluwalia DC for providing me with this wonderful video. Tarveen was a pacer in a recent running clinic I taught and is also a running clinic instructor, as well as a…
If you show some interest in the strange world of ultra running, then you probably spent last week in shock.
The Western States Endurance Run from Squaw Valley to Auburn is not just any 100-mile race. It is the 100-mile race. It is the first foot race of that distance to have been held, and it has been going strong for 35 years. Even though plenty of people have difficulties believing…
The following is excerpted from a document recently discovered during an archaeological dig near Athens. It appears to be a running log with the name Pheidippides scrawled upon it. I translate it here from the ancient Greek, invoking the Muse as I do so.
August 31, 490 BC:
Sunny, with a little bit of wind. Did my final long run today. Was a bit of a struggle. These new Nike sandals don't…
Congratulations and Best of Luck to everyone who is running the Boston Marathon on Monday April 21. You all have your reasons for running this race. Do any of these resonate?
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Recent Posts from 21stCenturyMom's Blog…
Thanks to Melissa for sharing this with us just moments ago:
Dear Complete Running Team,
I am emailing to see if you can post a reminder about "Spirit of the Marathon" premiering in Canada tonight!
The film will be showing in 52 Cineplex theaters across Canada at 7:00 PM local time. Tickets and theater information can be found at www.cineplex.com. I've attached a press release as well and image…
So you've run the Marine Corps Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, the New York Marathon and even the Flying Pig Marathon, but now you're looking for something a little different. Although running a marathon anywhere is a unique experience in the scope of life's experiences, some marathons add to the interest by virtue of their location and courses. Take, for example, the Marathon du Medoc. It features a show before the…
I don't know how many other Californians take Patriots' Day off, but I'll be camped out in front of the television instead of at my desk.
Once again the Versus network will be broadcasting the Boston Marathon live on Patriots' Day, April 21, from 9:30 to 12:30 Eastern time, with a rebroadcast at 4 p.m. Eastern.
I'm a latecomer to watching marathons and other track and field events on TV. I have…
Yes, it's a provocative charge, but what else can you say about a Reuters story by Alastair Himmer headlined, "Tokyo marathon runner solves mystery of sore nipples"?
I do not come to this judgment in a hasty fashion. I love running. I love reading about running. I love writing about running. I have a high tolerance for the minutiae of the sport which make for less-than-scintillating stories.
Nevertheless, I suspect the story…
You have never seen so many fit and healthy people in a movie theater.
Spirit of the Marathon had a nationwide, one-night showing in some 460 theaters. It was an event and film worthy of its subject matter.
Many of us have been waiting a long time to see this film—long enough to remember when it was called Land of the Gods: The Legend of the Marathon and the producers were looking…
It's a public relations predicament when 15 percent of your marathoners don't receive an accurate finishing time – or any time at all. But when you discover that perhaps all of your 24,000 marathon finishers have inaccurate times, that's a nightmare.
Preliminary reports from the December 9, 2007, Honolulu Marathon indicated as many as 3,500 were missing from the results due to problems with a new disposable timing tag system designed…
Ah, the joys of technology.
It was only a few years ago that most road races still used manual timing for individual runners. The preferred method was to tear off a perforated part of your bib number and hand it to a volunteer as you went through the finish chute, where your time was recorded.
The advent of electronic chip timing was revolutionary, ensuring that each runner received a time coinciding to…
Except for the traffic problems they cause, you would have to say that big city marathons generally receive positive coverage in the press. This shouldn't be too surprising. Many newspapers and other media outlets sponsor marathons and there is little question that the races spur the local economy.
Sure, you get a few nay-sayers from time to time, but marathons have lived a pretty charmed existence when it comes to public…
Most folks out there who are reading this are already familiar with the untimely death of 28-year-old running phenom Ryan Shay at the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City, on Saturday, November 3. Ryan collapsed at mile 5.5 and was pronounced dead at Lenox Hill Hospital shortly thereafter.
This news has rocked the distance running community, as Ryan had an incredibly promising career and had already…
Triumph and tragedy collided at today's Olympic Men's Marathon Trials in New York City's Central Park, in which 25-year-old Ryan Hall placed first, while another talented runner, 28-year-old Ryan Shay, collapsed and died.
Hall, of Mammoth Lakes, California, broke away from the pack in Mile 17, finishing in 2:09:02. Dathan Ritzenhein, 24, of Eugene, Oregon, placed a strong second in 2:11:07. Brian Sell, 29, a member of the Hanson-Brooks Distance Project…
This post is a tribute to all of the members of the RBF who are heading to Staten Island early tomorrow morning to run across the bridge, through Brooklyn and Queens, into Manhatten, over to the Bronx and back to Manhatten to the finish line of the New York City Marathon in Central Park.
Our own, able bodied competitors such as Runner Susan, David and Out of Shape Guy will…
On Sunday I will cut short a weekend of debauchery and beach walking to toe the line at the Nike Women's Half Marathon. I could skip it and just hang out with my bookgroup but I won't. I will rise at some obscene hour of the morning and hit the road at 5:00 AM to make sure I am ready to go when the gun goes off at 7:00…
Thanks everyone for your comments on my Chicago Marathon: Defending... post. It seems a lot of us were thinking the same thing.
After posting the article, I started seeing other blog posts written by people who had taken part in, or who were spectators at the Chicago Marathon, and it gave me an idea to collect Chicago Marathon story links and put them into a post.
So, if you:
participated in the Chicago…
Yes I know, Mark beat me to the headline but really, can you sing the praises of a 2:04:26 marathon finish too often? Not on a site called the Complete Running Network!
For this video you need to be able to sing in German, or at least be able to understand it. Since most of us don't I recommend sliding the placeholder to the right and…
The fall round of the World Marathon Majors begins Sunday in Berlin. Haile Gebrselassie will make his third attempt at a world record, having run 2:06:20 two years ago in Amsterdam and 2:05:56 last year in Berlin, both victories. Paul Tergat's world record of 2:04:55 was also set in Berlin four years ago.
To Gebrselassie's advantage are victories at the New York Half Marathon over a strong field last month and…
We got a great email from NOVA today telling us about their upcoming show, NOVA's Marathon Challenge.
In cooperation with the Boston Athletic Association and Tufts University, NOVA was granted unprecedented access to the Boston Marathon course. In the summer of 2006, we began following 13 hopeful novices as they took the first step toward completing the 26.2-mile race in April 2007. The participants come from diverse backgrounds - a…
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