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My wife and I got the above medals for completing the 2009 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Half Marathon and Marathon, respectively, this past Sunday. Each is 2.75″ in diameter. And you might have thought when you saw the title of this blog post that I wrote about how there seems to be something of …
I ask this question because of something that I saw last Saturday. I was at the expo for the San Antonio Marathon the next day, and the Rock ‘n’ Roll folks were selling finisher shirts. I bought one, but I also had an odd feeling about it. After all, I had not even started the …
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Here is a question for anyone who is not an elite runner: Do you believe that it is unethical to start near the front of a race, if you know that you will not complete the race at the pace designated for that portion of the racers? I ask this question as a follow-up to …
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I ran the San Antonio Marathon yesterday. Okay, I ran and walked it. But that was my plan all along. What was not my plan was to get a positive split. What was not my plan was to walk what felt like much of the distance from mile 19 to the finish line. And what …
I saw an inspiring article the other day in The Columbus Dispatch online. The article was about Jim Tornes, a Columbus, Ohio, resident who was planning to walk his 50th marathon on 1 November 2009 — in New York City. As I am writing this I am about to participate in my 3rd marathon. So …
The Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon does not follow a loop pattern, so you may find it extra helpful to visualize the route before participating. Here are two versions of the route: Printable PDF-based map from the Rock ‘n’ Roll folks Animation (no longer available) produced by San Antonio Express-News Researchers have repeatedly confirmed …
A fellow participant in my marathon-fitness training program told me yesterday (Thanks, Fran!) about an article in The New York Times that appeared three days ago. “Plodders Have a Place, but Is It in a Marathon?” is the title of the article. The article quotes Adrienne Wald, Head Cross-Country Coach at College of New Rochelle, …
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Did you know that a marathon is LONGER than 26.2 miles? It’s true! What various sports authorities called a marathon distance varied quite a bit from 1896 to 1924. But the marathon distance has been officially recognized around the world as 26.21875 miles since 1924. That’s right: There is an extra nearly 2/100 of a …
The 1969 movie “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium”, starring Suzanne Pleshette, inspired this blog post’s title. Quoting the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), “A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days.” is a simple description of the movie’s plot. But the real inspiration for this post comes …
CanCare, one of the “Run for a Reason” charities benefiting from the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon, reported today that it has about 50 spots that were available only to charities — and now they are available to the public! The Team CanCare website has all the details about registering for …
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