2010 Cowtown half and full marathon provided the largest running field over the weekend, 21000 runners turned up. With such a large field I was disappointed to see the winning time was in the low 2.30s. This picture tells you why?
See more great pictures of 2010 cowtown marathon at steelbyte photostream at flickr
It was a great weekend of marathon running, I found pictures from some of marathon races that happened over the weekend. 2010 Hyannis Marathon Race photos & Pictures The local paper had a great photo taken at the start of the race : a picture of Dad with his wheel chair bound son just ahead of the leading pack. See photo at cod times site 2010 Gasparilla Half & Full Marathon photos & Pictures The notable thing about thsi race was the 41 year old winner, Terri Rejimbai won the womens half in a time of 1 hr 22 mins. See pictures at st petersburg website 2010 Cowtown marathon photos & pictures The largest running field over the weekend, 21000 runners turned up. I wondered why the winner had a slow finish time in the low 2:30s. This picture tells it all
See more pictures at flickr 2010 Standard Chartered Hong Kong marathon photos & pictures See photo of the winner at peoples website
The Rock N Roll Mardi Gras Full & Half Marathon took to the streets of New Orleans on Sunday morning. Forty-five bands rocked on 24 stages across the entire half-marathon and marathon courses. 16,000 runners came up dressed in the best marathon costumes that made it a good day for stock photos, sports photo galleries & sports photo library. Special mention goes to Philip Lawrence, who made Sunday’s run his 107th marathon in 24 years. One great photo from Rock N Roll Mardi Gras Marathon was this one!
See More Mardi Gras race photos at Deessnke flickr photostream
The more you train the stronger you get, but when training gets too much it leads to fatigue. When fatigue builds up you experience reduced performance and risk sudden training injury. It is important to take breaks from your regular training to allow muscle recovery. Tips for speedy muscle recovery
All the above will all add to the big picture of good recovery and reducing injury. The tips can also be followed by runners who want a speedy recovery from a half marathon or a full marathon.
I was looking for some awesome photos from 2010 Pasadena marathon and I found them at flickr. A marathon finisher of note was Carlos Saturno of Culver City, CA. At 60, Saturno finished 16th overall with a time of 3:08:04. This picture is from a half marathon runner. I don’t know how he managed to take some great photos on the run and still managed a finish time of 1.41.
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Organizers of ING Miami marathon have an aggressive plan to get over 20,000 to register ofr the 2011 ING Miami half and full marathon. Registrations for the 2011 race opened on the morning of 2010 event and this is the sweetener for early registrants The first 200 registrants for the marathon and first 200 for the half marathon get a 50 percent discount — $27.50 for the 13.1-mile race and $40 for the full marathon. The next 200 registrants for each event will pay $33 for the half and $48 for the full. Those prices will be in effect through 11:59 p.m. Feb. 9.
ING Miami half and full marathon 2010 took place over the weekend.Some interesting stories of everyday heros who finished the race were posted on miami herald. My favorite inspiring story was this one.
I Loved the never say die spirit! For photos from ING Miami marathon check out Flickr page of Ariany Wilson Photography
Runners planning to run a race should pay attention to their nutrition during the last week before planning to run a 5k , 10K , half marathon or a full marathon. Nutrition last week before the big race Increase your daily intake of carbohydrate, particularly whole grains, fruits and vegetables, during training. An increase in daily protein intake is also recommended, with the balance coming from dietary fat. Carbohydrate is the major fuel used during training, and both carbohydrate and protein may help facilitate muscle recovery. Practice fluid and carbohydrate intake, both as water and sports drinks, during training so that you are comfortable with the procedure during the marathon. Know the sport drink that will be used in your marathon, and train with it. You may also wish to experiment with carbohydrate gels (some contain caffeine; see comment below on Running a faster marathon); if the marathon provides gels at points on the course, try to experiment with the specific brand. P.S. Remember to take plenty of sleep during the week so that, even if you don’t sleep on the eve of the race, it won’t matter.
2009 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon. I finished in a time of 2:57:29, one minute slower than 2008…..a rather disappointing race. Pre Race I travelled from Embu to Nairobi on Saturday. When I arrived in the city I realised I had forgotten my racing short back home and I had to buy a new short. Luckily I had arrived early and I had time to go shopping and buy a new Reebok short. A friend of mine was working at the marathon secretariat and he invited me to the offices. The lifts at the building were not working and I was forced to walk up nine floors.(what a waste of my energy) Instead of staying in a hotel I stayed at the home of my childhood friend Alex who lives a walking distance from Nyayo Stadium, the start and finish area of the marathon. Alex and his girlfriend Miriam were running the half marathon. The Race The first kilometres were fast. I had trained to run at a pace of 4 minutes a Kilometre. I had hoped to see a 5K mark and calculate whether I was within my pace but I never saw any markings of distance. In the runners guide it was indicated there would be markings every 5K but this was lacking on the course. SHAME ON THE ORGANISERS! Without markings I just followed the fast moving crowd and made my own mental estimates. As usual my breathing was hard at the start but I knew things would get better and easier the longer I kept running. After 1 hour of running my breathing never got easier, I guese I was running faster than my planned pace. After 1 hour 15 minutes we hooked up with the half marathon crowd and the course now got more crowded. I found myself weaving from side to side trying to overtake the half marathon runners. I got back at Nyayo stadium at 1 hour 35 minutes, at this point the half marathon runners headed towards the finish line while the full marathon runners were supposed to repeat the circuit. After parting with the half marathon crowd, I looked ahead of me and shocked to see an almost empty road, it was clear many of full marathon runners had decided to drop out of the race at that point. The idea of repeating the circuit was too bitter to swallow for many runners! Doing the second circuit was hard because I was running alone. It is at this point when it started raining and I remember at one time I thought………this sucks am done with marathons!……… Although my legs were feeling fine my chest was having a harder time. Make no mistake, I wanted to go faster…I would look at my watch and say ok legs, lets speeeeedup! and I would think I was going faster, but then I would check the watch a little while later and, nope, no faster! After 2 hours and 10 minutes of running I got at the final turning point and I was now on the home stretch. At this point I could feel the smell of fresh bread from a bakery on the route. The smell of bread induced a feeling of hunger. I started having this imagination of eat a post race meat pie. I guese I was getting delusional! As the clock hit 2.40, the finish line was out of sight and it was clear my goal of 2.45 finish was way way out of reach. My target now was to atleast match my PB.At this point I met up with Miriam, my friend’s Girlfriend. The half marathon was proving too hard for her to handle. As I overtook her she tried to run after me begging me to wait for her……….I just couldn’t…nothing personal! Luckily for me a determined young lady who had an elite badge on her chest caught up with me at this point. I chased her tooth and nail. Although it was physically hard on me she kept me on my toes. She was my white knight, she pulled me to the end. We crossed the finish line together at 2 hours 57 minutes 26 seconds. Uh! what a relief. At least I stayed under 3 hours. After The race My recovery has astonished me. Two days after the race and am feeling like I can run another marathon next weekend. With the 2009 Marathon gone I can’t wait for next year. 2010 I will have another opportunity to get a crack at it. 2.45 is my target.
To predict your marathon time, race shorter races about a month or less than the marathon. Marathon Time Calculator For a 10K race, multiple your time by 4.67 to predict your marathon time. For a half-marathon, multiple your time by 2.1. For example, a 10K time of 45:30 would predict a marathon time of about 3:32:30; a half-marathon time of 1:35 would predict a marathon time of about 3:19:30. Good Luck |
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