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.
In my 5 years of marathon running I have seen some awesome Slogans written on runners T-shirts. The best are those slogans written on the backside of runners T-shirts. If you are behind a runner with a slogan written on his backside, the message can either inspire you or piss you off! Slogans On running T-shirts that inspire 1. Pain is only temporary 2. Lets kick some ASSSSSS 3. Just do it 4. Its a piece of cake 5. I will let my running do the talking Running T-shirt Slogans that can piss you off 1. You are now last 2. If you cant keep up with me, be a spectator 3. At least am not last – from a runner who beat you to the finish line. 4. I dont know what shit you drunk this morning 5. See you at the finish
There is a lot of news flying around claiming that running barefoot is better than running on some fancy running shoes. Although am yet to try running barefoot there are many runners out there who swear by barefoot running, at least on grass. Running barefoot on tarmac is a big NO! Research on Barefoot running The latest research on barefoot running has been done by a team from Harvard University. The team studied runners from the United States and Kenya as they ran on tracks. The researchers found that while people run in a variety of ways, most barefoot runners tend to “forefoot strike — land first on the outer ball of the foot before bringing down the heel. Advantage / Benefit of Barefoot Running By contrast, more than 75 percent of runners who wear running shoes land on their heels first. The study suggests this is more likely to cause running injury. Detailed information is published on harvard univesity website on barefoot running.
I was going through my google reader when I noticed the following news item in the Guardian UK newspaper The story made my day!!
The reason given for cheating has something to do with the University entrance examination. In China those who finish in the marathon in under two hours and 34 minutes can add extra points to their score in the University entrance exam. Methods used for cheating Some of the methods the cheaters used were the good old method of taking short cuts, the now familiar one of hiring an impostor to race with your race number and the old classic of hiking a lift on a vehicle part way through the route. Taking a lift enroute was made famous by Rosie Ruiz when the unknown madam came in first at the finish of 1980 Boston marathon. It emerged that she had ridden the subway almost all the way, joining the route barely a mile before the finish line.
The last runner to cross the finish line at the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon was Diane Kassab (56) her finish time was 6 hours, 1 minute and 5 seconds. When asked by houston chronicle why she took so long to complete the race, this was her reply
Another interesting observation was that the former US president George H. W. Bush was at Mile 19 to give all runners a hand shake. I think that was brilliant of him. I tried to find photos from houston marathon 2010 and I found them at Flickr, see all pictures at stratblues page.
It is estimated the impact of hitting the surface while running on a road is 2-3 times your body weight. This impact is one reason why running does so much damage to runners knees, ankles and foot. One way of minimizing the impact is wearing marathon shoe inserts. How Marathon Shoe Inserts Helps When you run, your foot flexes and absorbs the shock on the body hitting a hard surface.Wearing shoe inserts while you are running can properly cradle your foot and its arches and give the much needed support to the ball of the foot. The ball of the foot is where the “spring” in your step occurs and eases your steps into a fast and smooth pace. The balance a good arch support shoe insert offers can make running fun and easy. Where to Buy Marathon Shoe Inserts Marathon shoe inserts can be purchased from your local running shoe store or you may order them over the internet.
The California International Marathon in Sacramento happened yesterday and as usual the wonderful spectators were on the side to take some amazing race photos. From a loving mom following her two sons running the Sacramento Marathon comes this race image.
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From a local news outlet I found this sacramento runners images
After 8+ hours of running this how dirty a marathon route gets!
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