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Marathon Training: Shorten the Long Run

hbakker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:41:53 +0000

The long run is essential when training for a marathon, but, it doesn't have to be a full marathon (26.2 miles). Find out how far your long run should be to have the endurance needed on race day.
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US Marathon running resurgence

hbakker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:30:29 +0000

Marathon running has seen a resurgence in the US
The original Boston Marathon in 1897, with a length of 24.7 miles, boasted 15 runners with eight finishers and a winning time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 10 …
North Americans picking up the pace

Guelph Mercur

2010 Boston Marathon Entrance Closes Earlier–11/13/2009 Why?

hbakker — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:09:23 +0000

Basil & Spice

Why did 2010 Boston Marathon Entrance Close Earlier?
From Basil & Spice
Dane Rauschenberg makes a case for making the Boston Marathon a little more difficult to get into. I'd have to agree, it's getting a little ridiculous having to sign up in November. There must be a lot of frustrated people who were planning to get qualified in December or January.

This race may need to move to October!

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2010 BOSTON MARATHON CLOSED

hbakker — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:14:14 +0000

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Registration is closed for the 2010 Boston Marathon. Registration began on September 9, and the Boston Athletic Association is unable to accept additional entries.

The 114th running of the Boston Marathon — the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon — will take place on Monday, April 19, 2010, Patriots’ Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The 2010 Boston Marathon will mark John Hancock Financial’s 25th consecutive year as principal sponsor of the event. It is also anticipated that participants in next year’s race will exceed the $100 million milestone in terms of total funds raised for charities since the B.A.A.’s Official Charity Program commenced in 1989.

Mix up your routine for a marathon

hbakker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:01:26 +0000

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Some great ideas about how to mix up your training and prepare for Heartbreak. This article provides an example daily training schedule.

Mix up your routine for a marathon
From The Desert Sun
There's a stretch during the Boston Marathon called Heartbreak Hill. Araby Drive in Palm Springs is mine. This training was especially helpful for …

Boston Prep 16 Miler

hbakker — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:33 +0000

Anybody interested in having our own “Altitude Adjusted” version of the "Boston Prep 16 Miler" on Sunday, January 24, 2010. This would be a good time to get the crew together to see where we are in our training.

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October Results

hbakker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:31 +0000

First off, congratulations to Erik Zeitlow for a great month of marathon racing. Erik found time to squeeze in two marathons in the month of October. Just weeks after running the Ultra relay legs in the Colorado Relay, Erik ran the Blue Sky Trail Marathon in Fort Collins on October 4th. I was there to give him some support on that chilly Sunday morning. I watched as he moved his way up and passed several runners. For those familiar with the Blue Sky trail that runs between Loveland, Co and Fort Collins you know that this isn’t the easiest trail to run on let alone race. It has many hills and loose shale which you can easily loose your footing on. I believe at one point in the race he did just that and took a spill. This didn’t stop him from taking 7th overall and finishing in a little over 4 hours. Pretty respectable considering the course was long and 7 of the top 10 all had times between 4 and 4 1/2 hours.

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While the rest of us were getting ready for Halloween and filling our bellies with peanut butter cups Erik took a family vacation to the Hoover Damn to partake in the Hoover Damn Marathon on 10/31. According to the race director, this is becoming one of the Nation’s “Must Do” races. It is ran on 100% on paved and packed dirt trails completely removed from vehicular traffic. It traverses the Mojave Desert runs through historic railroad tunnels and allows for sweet views of Lake Mead. He must have felt very recovered because he dominated the field and took 2nd OVERALL! His chip time was 3:20:55. Way to go Erik!

Then there is Ted Danielson AKA “I’m going to go easy on this leg” (Ted also ran one of the Ultra legs in this years Colorado Relay. On one of his legs I believe it was an 11 miler, he ran 6:00 min miles). He ran the Half Marathon in this year’s Denver Marathon on October 18th and finished in 1:24:14 and finished 4th in his age group. Great Job Ted.

Both Ted and Erik will be competing in 2010 Boston Marathon along with a group of other Altitude Adjusted runners.

I also want to give props to Clint Boston who was once again named “Coach of the Year”. Clint is the Cross Country Coach at Green Mountain High School.

Keflezighi climbs mountain in Mammoth

hbakker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:18:50 +0000

A little inspiration for all of those on the injured reserve list:

Just 18 months after “crawling around the floor like a baby,” Mammoth’s Meb Keflezighi was celebrating his victory in the New York Marathon….View Article Here

“You have to be focused…You can’t be distracted, you have to do the small things.”

Cheating Starts Before the Race Does

hbakker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:51:27 +0000

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Here's An interesting article about why the Boston Marathon makes it so hard to enter, and how often runners sneak in by trading or buying one another’s entries. Also includes a link to some Boston marathon qualifying statistics if your looking to qualify.

2010 Boston Marathon Close to Capacity

hbakker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:09:35 +0000

Not much time left…Word from the Boston Marathon office is that the race is within 1800 runners of filling its 25000-runner limit.