Palos Verdes marathon
course was hilly and tough, for serious runners, crowds now wants flat and easy so they can finish
Palos Verdes marathon
course was hilly and tough, for serious runners, crowds now wants flat and easy so they can finish
American pols who had integrity.
The I Love Rimbey Road Race. Two laps around the epic town of Rimbey, AB
Marathons with only runners.
From Illinois:
Nick's 10K (Dolton, IL)
Oglesby 10K
Park Forest 10 Miler
Panther Pant 20K
Chicago Distance Classic 20K
WLS Run For The Zoo 8.9 miler
beantownbomber wrote:
Freedom Trail in Boston
Milk Run too
Brian's Run! How did I forget that one? Great 10K in West Chester PA. I ran it 8 times in the 80's / early 90's. Hilly but somehow fast at the same time.
Marshall Clark 4 mile road race in Saratoga, California.
Fiesta Bowl Marathon.
I general, I just miss cheap road races. There used to be one in my town called the Ten Dollar Ten Miler. Pretty much was what it said. Ten bucks got you a bib and off you went. Great little race, long gone.
Marathons that didn't include a half and a 5k and a 10k at the same time.
Cascade Run Off
Firecracker Mile in Metro Detroit every July 4. It was held on a flat, six lane road and went exactly a mile west to east. It was held just before that town's July 4 parade, so there were thousands of people lining the course cheering on the runners. Paul McMullen ran it once and earned over $1000 for breaking four minutes. He and his wife had just had a baby, so he joked that he jumped in the race for "diaper money".
Wow - Nick's Sports Page in Dolton!
Never ran their race, but loved the Ball jars of beer, all the pizza you could eat on Fridays and the movies on the big screen TV during "lunch hour". Would get back to work late - all those darn slow trains!
Barabbas wrote:
No, I don't mean the Incas. With the proliferation of for-profit gimmick events, I find myself missing some of the great regional (I live in the mid-Atlantic region) races of the past. Not only were they mass-participation events, but we showed up to RACE for little to no money - for the glory. No lead pack of Africans miles ahead of the hobby joggers (of which I have begrudgingly become one), but a lead pack bashing away with a steady stream of warriors right behind with no gaps in the field to be found. Here are the ones I miss...
New Jersey 10 Miler
Asbury Park 10K Classic
Midland Run 15K
Philadelphia Independence Marathon
Philadelphia Distance Run (new R&R version can't compete)
Penn Relays Marathon
any Browning Ross series race (miss ya Brownie!)
Never got to run great ones like the Cascade Run Off of the Maggie Valley Moonlight Run. What are some of the great extinct races you miss?
My 1st thought was the Midland Run. great race. All the local Nj and pa studs would show up.
Anyone know if they still have the trail series and leathermen's loop in Westchester N.Y.? Lots of fun in April and another race in October.
I was one of the race directors. What a great race we had and what a great host restaurant!! Course records 29:02 Dan Henderson and 33:25 Patty Murray.
A race that was born of a couple beers at Nick's Sports Page.
I remember that killer hill at the start (pounding quads at the finish). Beautiful course though.
Always wanted to run the Maggie Valley Moonlight Run 5-miler. Love those NC mountains.
In the Milwaukee area....Mayfair Marathon in Wauw
atosa, and the Carroll College Pioneer Run in Waukesha. Frank Shorter won the Pioneer Run one year.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon