Registrations for 2011 Boston Marathon will open Monday, October 18 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, online at official Boston marathon organizers website. The 115th edition of the Boston Marathon will be on Monday, April 18, 2011.
Qualifying times for 2011 Boston marathon
The qualifying times remain just like they have been, read my post on qualifying times for Boston marathon.
Qualifying standards for the 2011 Boston Marathon must be met on or after September 20, 2009 at a marathon certified by USA Track & Field, the national governing body for the sport (or foreign equivalent).
The registration fee remains at $130 for American residents. The field size for next year’s Boston Marathon remains as it has been in recent past years.
Full registration information, including a list of qualifying marathons, and a list of the B.A.A.’s Official Charities for the Boston Marathon is at www.baa.org
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If you want to set a new PR or a course to help you qualify for Boston or New York marathon then you need to look at this list of fastest US marathon.
1. Chevron houston marathon in Texas
2. Austin Marathon
3. Lincoln National Gurad marathon
4. Rite Aid Cleveland marathon
5. Grandmas marathon
6. Chicago marathon
7. Steamtown marathon
8. Philadelphia marathon
9. California marathon marathon
10. Las Vegas marathon
Factors considered in compiling the list were : Flatness, weather, size of the field and number of turns.
Source running times
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If you are looking for a fast and easy marathon course to qualify for Boston Marathon, then you may consider Steamtown marathon. In fact, in 2006, 28 percent of all runners qualified for the Boston Marathon.
Reasons why Steamtown marathon is your answer for that elusive Boston marathon qualifier time.
What the press is saying
Runner’s World has called this race “One of the nation’s 10 fastest marathons.” The Running Times magazine reported that runners at Steamtown have finished faster than the national average for several years in a row.Running USA determined that Steamtown’s 2005 median time was at least 30 minutes faster than the national average and was the fastest of any 2005 U.S. marathon with at least 1,000 finishers.
What the runners have to say.
In a Runnersworld thread some runners reported to have set new PRs by upto 15mins.
The Steamtown marathon course
The course is not just flat it is downhill all the way (not the whole route but atleast most of the route) bad for quads but good for those who have prepared to run down hill.
The Perfect Scranton Pennsylvanian Weather
The race is held every October, when temperatures are relatively cool and the fall foliage is beginning to peak.
What the organizers promise
“The key to running Steamtown is managing the hills,” Cummings said. “Much of the first eight miles features significant downhills while the last few miles include several short, but challenging uphills. Many runners have set personal records here by wide margins. Others however, have failed to prepare for the hills and have crashed and burned, wondering how anyone could call Steamtown fast.”
For More information on race information, register, registratioon fee, visit steamtown marathon site
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2009 largest U.S. marathons, listed by number of timed finishers
1. New York City, 43,660
2. Chicago, 33,60
3. Boston, 22,843
4. Marine Corps, D.C., 21,405
5. Honolulu, 20,323
6. Walt Disney, Orlando, 14,948
7. Los Angeles, 14,125
8. Rock ’n’ Roll, San Diego, 13,391
9. Twin Cities, 8,474
10. Portland, Ore., 8,166
11. Philadelphia, 7,494
12. Rock ’n’ Roll, Phoenix 6,444
13. Grandma’s, 5,998
14. Rock ’n’ Roll, San Antonio, 5,906
15. Rock ’n’ Roll, Las Vegas, 5,888
Source: Running USA
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Nipples bleeding when running is a common running problem among male runners. The bleeding happens when your running T-shirt rubs against your tender nipples.
This is how the bleeding happens
When you run your t-shirt moves up and down, that movement rubs on your nipples. The friction on your nipples makes them tender. Open wounds form and blood starts to flow out. When the salt from your sweat rubs on the open wounds you start feeling pain. Experts call this Nipple Chafing!
How to Avoid Bleeding Nipples
- Apply a layer of vaseline over your Nipples, some marathons even offer Vaseline enroute.
- Put a bandage over the nipples. This will prevent direct contact.
Another funny solution that I found at a Runners world article on this topic was this one:
Here is an easy solution, although a slightly embarrassing one… wear a ladies sports bra. They hide easily under a t-shirt and stop the chafe! Go ahead and laugh it up… I’ll see you at the finish line… bloody nipple free!
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Different runners have different goals as to why they run a marathon. One popular reason is lose weight.
Fitness and dietary experts say marathons increasingly are the exercise equivalent of crash diets, with similarly disappointing results. There’s no evidence that running a marathon leads to lasting weight loss, marathon researchers say. And it’s unknown how often such runs initiate a lifetime of steady exercise. Indeed, in a long-term fitness sense, marathons are really sprints; the true marathon is the exercise program that lasts for decades, fitness experts say.
For you to lose weight from marathon running you have to make a life time commitment. Promise to keep running for the rest of your life because if you engage in marathon running you may see instant result but if you stop you shall region all the pounds you have lost.
Eric Zorn, a popular Chicago Tribune columnist, chronicled with passion and humor his training for the 1998 Chicago Marathon. Along the way he convinced scores of other novices to follow suit. But after three successful marathons, Mr. Zorn gave it up, and he eventually regained the 40 pounds he’d lost.
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If you’ve never run a marathon or you’re trying to run your fastest time ever, you may consider registering and running in one of these flat marathon courses around USA. Most of this marathon allow you to qualify for Boston marathon.
Chicago Marathon.
Chicago is a flat and fast marathon. Many of over 30,000 runners run it for its speed. The only downside is that the weather can be unpredictable some years, too hot of too cold defeating the flat course advantage.
Philadelphia Marathon
This Pennsylvania marathon has a flat course, the fact that the marathon is ran in late November when the weather is cool gives it an ideal marathon environment for a fast race.
Carlifornia International Marathon
Held in Sacramento California, the marathon is touted as “The Fastest Course in the West.”
Cleveland Marathon
Held in cleveland Ohio in Mid May.
Flat marathons around New York
Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon
This Albany New York marathon, Running Times magazine calls it one of the fastest marathon routes in the country.
Wineglass Marathon
The marathon is held in Corning New York. The Wineglass Marathon yields one of the highest percentages of runners qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
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Long time among ago I loved Nike running shoe but I fell out of love with Nike the day I bought my first Saucony Running shoes.
I still think Nike shoes are good for racing but when it comes to marathon training I prefer Saucony.
Latest Nike LunarGlide+ Shoe.
NIKE, Inc. have introduced the Nike LunarGlide+ Race Collection to celebrate the brave achievements of marathon runners worldwide.
The Nike LunarGlide+ Race Collection features nine shoes that combine city-inspired design touches.
The collection includes shoes for Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, London, New York City, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo along with a shoe for the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco.
Nike is celebrating the unique individual flavour of the world’s top marathons with color and iconic imagery that represent each city.
They have a Nike Lunarglide shoe for men and a Nike Lunarglide shoe for women.
If your city is not on that list, DONT BUY THE SHOE……off cause am kidding!!!!!!
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Marathon business is a competitive business. In the USA alone over 400 marathons are organised each year targeting something like 400,000 runners.
The big marathons such as New York Marathon, Boston marathon and the Chicago marathon have no problem attracting runners, they dont even need to spend alot on marketing because it is the runners that come to them. But for many marathon races how to attract runners is a big headache.
Any race director who is organising a marathon and is wondering how he can attract more runners needs to read the following case studies. I read them from raonoke dot com.
Case Studies of formers struggling marathons and how they solved the problem
The Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee
The race started 10 years ago with hilly course, and participation fell off from 7,500 the first year to 6,300 the second year, said Adam Zocks, the race’s general manager. Organizers flattened the course and added a half-marathon. Last year, the races had a combined 31,000 participants.
The Mount Rushmore Marathon.
The mount Rushmore marathon in the black hills of South dakota which had a mountainous course has seen steady growth in recent years, says Steve Kurtenbach, president of All Sports Central, which organizes the race. He attributed part of that to adding a second, easier marathon course that now draws more runners than the original.
From this two case studies is clear that if the marathon course is hilly and tough a marathon race will find it difficult attracting willing runners, if a race directors manages to convince some novice local runners to participate, they will have a hard time such that they will not participate again.
But what about a race that with an easy flat course but struggles to attract runners.
Few marathon race can survive on local participation. The race director and the organisers must target runners from out of town. To get out of town runners to come the organisers must give them a good reason, rather than the marathon alone, as to why they should visit the town.
Like the organisers of country music marathon added “part of the Country Music Marathon’s success was people realizing that Nashville was a great destination apart from the race.”
Another well market marathon is the Suntrust Richmond marathon, the marathon targets first time marathon runners with the tagline “America’s most friendliest marathon”
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With hundreds of marathons held around major cities in the US not all marathons are the same. Some marathons are harder than others and some are easy to run.A good example is Boston marathon, even without its requirement for proof of running a previous marathon, the hilly boston route would be handful for a marathon newbie.
Most beginners choose to run nearer home but if you are an adventure seek you can choose a marathon from a different city. In choosing a marathon to run a beginner should ask is the course flat or hilly.
If your goal is an easy marathon, I think you may benefit from US Airways article that listed some easy marathon across US.
Writer Larry Olmsted had a few simple criteria for choosing his first marathon: good weather, a flat course, a fun atmosphere and a high volume of registrants to lower his chances of coming in last!!!!!!
Easy beginners marathon
These were some of the marathon listed.
1. Honolulu Marathon – It was the writers no one pick because of a flat course
2. Chicago Marathon -Flat course but beware, the marathon has a history of horrible weather on Dday.
3. Marine Corps Marathon
4. Twin Cities marathon – Down side of this marathon is Leave your iphone home, ear phones are banned from twin cities.
5. Las Vegas marathon – It is the only marathon in the world where you can run and get married. For those married they can renew their wedding vows.
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