Great Races
Bands almost every mile, ends at a brewery- 'nuff said
http://www.boilermaker.com/ |
Runs along beautiful coast of Maine, TONS of spectators, Joan Benoit Samuelson started it, ends at Portland Headlight
http://www.beach2beacon.org/ |
Run up a Colorado 14'er, starts in the cute town of Manitou Springs, ends on top of the famous Pikes Peak
http://www.pikespeakmarathon.org/ |
A Bacon Station, a slip & slide, voted by Runner's World as one of the best 10ks, ends with a lap around the CU Stadium to cheers- feel like you're a rockstar
http://www.bolderboulder.com/ |
LOADS of costumes- pilgrims, turkeys, Santas, etc. HUGE party in the Convention Center afterwards- start your Thanksgiving Day off right!
http://www.ymcabuffaloniagara.org/turkeytrot.html |
My old Hoboken running team runs this- TONS of costumes- best name of a race ever- the HoBOOken- Halloween race
http://hobooken5k.com/ |
My friend and her husband run this race to support a cure for Cystic Fibrosis (their son has it)- it has an incredible close-knit, community feel- even the local high school football team runs it!
http://www.facebook.com/OConnellsRun |
Near my hometown- a trail race in the adorable little ski-town of Ellicottville- super fun! Watch out for the bear statue....
http://www.heartrateup.com/ultratrailrun852012.html |
Helpful Sites
http://www.goodformrunning.com/
Did you know? You can run 9 races with the New York Road Runners and Volunteer at 1 to obtain guaranteed entry into the NYC Marathon? Check it out here: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/about/9_1_guaranteed_entry.htm
Running short on inspiration- check out Margaret Hagerty!! http://runnerswhoinspire.blogspot.com/2011/04/margaret-hagerty-88-year-old.html
Did you know? You can run 9 races with the New York Road Runners and Volunteer at 1 to obtain guaranteed entry into the NYC Marathon? Check it out here: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/about/9_1_guaranteed_entry.htm
Running short on inspiration- check out Margaret Hagerty!! http://runnerswhoinspire.blogspot.com/2011/04/margaret-hagerty-88-year-old.html
A marathon OR MORE! in every state?
Four down, 46+ (darn you, District of Columbia!!!) to go (red=completed; green=scheduled)
Map is from http://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_map_-_states.png
Map is from http://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_map_-_states.png