August 31st, 2008 will be the 8th Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach, VA. “Rock ‘n’ Roll” as its known locally is a tremendous event and one of the major races of the year for runners in the Hampton Roads area. However, not everyone loves the course and you’ll often hear people moaning […]
Sign up online for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon before March 20th and use coupon code VBVIP to save $10 on your entry fee.
Registration will close when the magic 20,000 runner limit has been reached, so make sure you hurry as the race has traditionally filled up very early in previous years.
The eighth […]
Yesterday, Haile Gebrselassie ran the second fastest marathon in history [2.04.53], to win the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, 27 seconds shy of his own record set in Berlin three months ago.
A suicidal early pace, however, shows that even the very best athletes sometimes get it wrong. Gebra made the halfway mark in 61.27, a massive […]
If you’d like to win a $15 gift certificate to www.RoadID.com, head on over to Run Bulldog Run where I just launched a fun, free competition.
If you exercise outside, you need RoadID! Feel free to check out a previous post of mine which highlighted several of their great products.
Kale Running have just announced a new venue for the 2008 Virginia Duathlon - a popular multi-sport race traditionally hosted in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which next year is moving to Chippokes Plantation State Park. Chippokes Plantation is a scenic locale located between Petersburg and Smithfield on the southern banks of the James River; just a […]
Just spent a few minutes updating my “countdown timer” to include all the races I plan on running in the early part of 2008. Hopefully this will keep me motivated and focused on staying fit and healthy over the upcoming busy Holiday period. You can see the countdown in action at the bottom right of […]
Welsh Athletics celebrated 100 years since the first Welsh Track and Field Championships was held in 1907, and took the opportunity to induct five members into their newly created hall of fame.
The “Famous Five” are Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, Colin Jackson, Lynn Davies, Steve Jones and John Disley. All were present to join in […]
If you’ve been keeping up with the news on my other blog, you’ll know that yesterday I [crazily] signed up for this weekend’s 2007 Richmond Marathon. This year marks the 30th anniversary of “America’s Friendliest Marathon” and good news for the event organizer’s - it’s also going to be the biggest in the event’s history! […]
Less than 10 months after giving birth to baby Isla, British runner Paula Radcliffe stormed home to win the New York Marathon. For 25½ miles, Radcliffe was shadowed by Gete Wami of Ethopia who followed Radcliffe’s every move. Throughout the race Radcliffe tried several times to shake her opponent, gaining a slight advantage only to […]
Last year, Lance Armstrong described the 2006 ING New York Marathon as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done”, but vowed to return and run again in 2007. True to his word, Lance trained harder and smarter, and ran an impressive 2 hours, 46 minutes, 43 seconds to finish in 698th place - 13 minutes faster […]
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