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I completed the Chevron Houston Marathon on 30 January 2011. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the 2011 event. Exposition Good: Lots of booths, including vendors selling items often forgotten by traveling racers Good: Very organized for packet pickups Toilets Good: Several portable toilets inside George R. Brown Convention Center (near start/finish …
Chevron Houston Marathon held its 2011 event yesterday. Here are 11 lessons learned — or re-learned — from my participation. 1. Be flexible. Several Houston weathermen and AccuWeather.com continued to predict a high likelihood of rain and thunderstorms as the start time approached. And the marathon committee was very good about broadcasting email alerts about …
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I completed the Texas Marathon in the Kingwood neighborhood of Houston, Texas, on 1 January 2011. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the 2011 event. Exposition Not Applicable: No exposition! Toilets Good: Public restrooms and several portable toilets near start/finish line Good: Portable toilets at many water stations Start line …
I completed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on 26 September 2010 and the Tyler Rose Marathon on 10 October 2010, just two weeks later. So a marathon shootout of these two 2010 events is reasonable. And a comparison like this can help you to consider what is most important to you in a marathon. Here …
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I completed the Tyler Rose Marathon on 10 October 2010 — 10/10/10, in other words, the same Sunday as the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the 2010 event. Exposition Good: Held in the lead hotel for the race Good: Colorful variety of jersey, cap, …
I completed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on 26 September 2010. The weather was beautiful, I set a new personal record (PR), and it was one of my favorite marathons to date. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the 2010 event. Exposition Good: Well-organized Good: Open until 8 p.m. on Friday …
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2011 Houston Marathon registration opened at 6:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The 2011 Chevron Houston Marathon and 2011 Aramco Houston Half Marathon will be held on January 30, 2011. The marathon committee this year introduced a lottery system for standard registration. The committee says that it was motivated to go to a …
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Big Sur marathon tour videos viewable above are perhaps the best way to get a sense of what it must be like to complete the Big Sur International Marathon. The Big Sur marathon is considered by many to be one of the top three destination marathons in the United States. The Big Sur marathon has …
I got interesting news today from Houston Marathon Committee, Inc. Houston, Texas, has been awarded the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, a first for a single city to host both Trial races, beating out Boston and New York! What this means is that the top male and female U.S. marathon runners will be competing in …
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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