Marathons, Half & Full
Marathon Day: Is it safe to run 26.2 miles sick?
Imagine. You’ve trained for months, logging hundreds of miles, in all sorts of weather conditions to prepare for your marathon. Then ten days before your big event you start to feel badly. You develop a persistent cough coupled with tightness in your chest and troubled breathing. Thinking all you need is some medication you head [...]
More Cow Bell! Marathon Running and Training Tips
Running a marathon is a great personal challenge that requires dedication and perseverance. I have run five marathons with steady improvement with each attempt. I am occasionally asked for marathon training and running tips. These are my top tips:
1. Have a good reason to run a marathon. It takes about 16-20 weeks of training to [...]
A Year Long Marathon
A marathon, or even a half marathon, is a race distance that many people may have no desire to accomplish. It takes a special kind of person to take an interest in and complete these types of advanced running events. However, the action, and even the dream or idea of, completing one always brings about [...]
Lexington Half-Marathon
Next spring, runners and walkers in central Kentucky will have a new race option. On Sunday, March 28th, 2010 Lexington, Kentucky will be hosting their first Half-Marathon Run/Walk! The event will also offer a 5K and 1-mile run/walk.
Lexington is known as the “Horse Capital of the World” and the course will give participants the best [...]
Gracie’s Gear Supports Team Bear to Fight Childhood Cancer
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is coming up on October 11th and at least 70 of the expected 45,000 runners will be participating in support of a special cause. Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Inc. (BNPCFI) was founded in 1992 in memory of eight year old Barrett “Bear” Krupa, who passed away after a [...]
Keep Them Coming Back
When planning your first event your sights are usually set on creating an organized race with no major problems or emergencies while also bringing in some much needed funds for your charity. That alone is a major accomplishment. However, if you plan to make your run/walk a recurring event you also have to give some [...]
Run for Congo Women
If you are looking for a cause to run for this may be it. Whether you run, walk or bike on your own, or participate in an organized fundraising event, there are many ways you can support the project Run for Congo Women.
Women for Women International is an organization that works with women in conflict [...]
State-to-State Half Marathon
Ever wanted to go for a run and then claim you ran in two states afterward? If you happen to be in the Oxford, OH area on Sunday, September 27, 2009 you can!
The State-to-State Half Marathon is ready for its seventh year of success. The course starts and ends in the Oxford’s Uptown Parks. As [...]
When It’s Too Hot
This summer has been a hot one so far for many places across the U.S. When it comes to training and heat, it’s important to our health that we take note. Exercising in the heat isn’t about pushing through or overcoming an obstacle. It can be a dangerous situation which isn’t worth risking your life for.
Dehydration will be [...]
Racing on the Road
Summer is a time of travel for many people and as a fitness advocate maybe you enjoy taking your exercise on road. A number of people do this by traveling to a specific destination for an event or looking up an event in a place they may be visiting.
While I haven’t yet traveled to [...]
