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Well, well. Sometimes the size of a half-marathon medal is smaller than the size of a full-marathon medal at the same weekend event. Take, for instance, the “his & hers” medals that I got with my wife last Sunday at the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon, respectively: Completing either distance is …
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I completed the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon a couple of days ago, and the experience led me to this blog-post title. It was my fourth marathon (my third in Houston). I began the race with a specific goal: Complete it at or under 4:50:00. But I ended the race with a different result: I completed …
26.65 miles. That is the Mahoney-Meandering-Marathon Distance. The WHAT?! Bear with me. You can have your own meandering-marathon distance, too, but you might want to use mine for starters. (More on that in a moment.) 26.65 miles is the actual, average distance, rounded to two decimal places, that I covered over my last two marathons. …
Big Sur International Marathon organizers hold several other races the same day as this famous marathon: 21-Miler 10.6-Miler 9-Miler 5K 3K Until today, my “Pace Tables for Runners and Walkers” special report covered only these five, popular distances: 50K Marathon Half Marathon 10K 5K Starting today, my “Pace Tables” report is “Big Sur”-ready! That is, …
Some SpryFeet.com visitors have found that they enjoy their walking or running workouts more when they take their dogs with them. In fact, some research suggests “that people who walk dogs are more consistent about regular exercise and show more improvement in fitness than people who walk with a human companion.” So these SpryFeet.com visitors …
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