Everyone Should Run A Half Marathon
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Amy H.
Yep, I know, the title is a bit over the top and has a touch of bully - but it's hard to quench my excitement for the half marathon. It is my favorite distance! It's the perfect distance for most runners and especially us slower runners. It's not too long that we need to plan for the entire day away and its not so short that it is obvious h...
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Take It and Run Thursday: Half Marathons
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Amy H.
Welcome to Take It and Run Thursday!It's our way to bring together the knowledge of all of us ordinary runners. It's the virtual equivalent to putting our virtual heads together. Even though many of us aren't elite athletes, coaches or authors, it doesn't mean that we haven't earned a well deserved PhD in running. Whether you are starting o...
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Part II: Everybody Should Run a Half Marathon
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Amy H.
I really appreciated Amy’s inviting and enthusiastic post about half marathons. She nailed so many great reasons for hooking up with a half marathon race. As part of Half Marathon Week at Runners’ Lounge, I wanted to add some additional points and provide some resources about half marathons.The pace is comfortable A common guidelin...
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See Jane Run Half Marathon report
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Amy G.
They ran out of chocolate! Last Wednesday I trekked into Oakland to pick up my race packet for the See Jane Run Half Marathon. Packet pick-up was at their Oakland store either Wednesday or Friday, in SF in Thursday or before the race on Saturday. I decided to get it out of the way early. It's a nice little store with a very good selection of...
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my first half marathon!
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kristen k.2 Comments
this weekend I ran my first half marathon and it was amazing! I ran grete's great gallop (part of the norwegian festival), named for grete waitz, who won nine nyc marathons between 1978-1988... more than any other runner in history.I finished in one hour, forty-eight minutes, running 8:11 miles... I placed 1384 out of 3871, 359 out of the 1837 w...
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German Half Marathon Championships
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Tom H.
2004/2006 Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler runs 1:09:45 at the German Championships Half Marathon. Elite runners gathered yesterday in Calw for the German Half Marathon Championships. Martin Beckman dominated the race and won ahead of Florian Neuschwander and Lennart Sponar. Normann Stadler: “I am pleased with my performance test and a s...
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Half Marathon Training Progress
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Dr. Heather S.
There are 17 days until the half marathon. My longest run has been 11 miles, which I finished in two hours. That's a pace of 10:54. I felt great afterward. Now my goal is to get faster. I want to run the half marathon in 2:10; that's 9 minutes faster than my time almost 5 years ago when I last ran one. So, Mary has me doing speedwork and t...
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The Hotness Ran a Half Marathon
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kittenagogo
Stef completed a half marathon on Saturday. Amanda and I went to Boulder City to cheer her on at the finish line. I have sunburn and it looks like I am wearing a v-neck tshirt of paleness.
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[Half] Marathon Race Pace
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Pigtails F.
Today the schedule called for 7 miles at marathon race pace, which for me would be around 9:30’s. (I just jumped over to the McMillian Calculator which told me that based on my most recent 5k time (which I adapted from my last 3.5 mile race) I should be running the marathon at 9:31’s. Wow, I thought for sure it would be 10’s. A...
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My first half marathon
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Kirk ..
I just got back from Baltimore. My first half marathon is in the books.I got to the expo to pick up all my stuff late Friday night. The race was sponsored by Under Armour so we all got some really cool shirts. Every level got a different color. The half marathoners got blue. I like it. It’s pretty sweet. We also got a bib and a disposable ...
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