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Posted by David Hanenburg on 20 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, road running, running
Don’t forget to check out the live online coverage of the 112th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday April 21st. Coverage starts at 9:30am Eastern on WCSN.com. Best of all, it’s FREE!
Enjoy!
Posted by David Hanenburg on 18 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, misc ramblings, road running
Baby!
Time to go and run that little marathon they have up there.
The race is on Monday, I repeat Monday. Strange day for a race but it is a civic holiday (Partriots’ Day) in the state of Massachusetts.
You can check out the progress of all your running friends on the Boston Marathon website come race day.
I [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, marathon, road running, running, training
Ryan Hall provided the world another glimpse into what he is made off. This video from GodTube follows along with one of his key workouts in preparation for the London marathon, a nice little 24 mile run with some impressive tempo work.
Ryan’s physical abilities are quite inspiring but what impresses me the most is his [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 03 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, marathon, road running, running
Here are a couple Boston Marathon videos put together by Adidas.
“Reasons to run the Boston marathon”
What are your reasons?
Enjoy!
2007
2006
Posted by David Hanenburg on 26 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, race reports, road running, running
In preparation for any race it is beneficial to know the course. One way of doing this is to read other people’s race reports. With Boston only about a month away, I thought I would hunt around and find some Boston race reports to add to the preparation toolkit. Enjoy!
I have grouped the reports by [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, road running, running
I found this cool video that was taken while driving the entire Boston marathon route. If you are new to the course this is definitely worth checking out. It definitely provides a level of familiarity that will be nice on race day.
A commenter also included a video time reference with respect to location on the [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 16 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, road running, running
With the Boston Marathon only a little over a month away, I thought I would dig around and see what interesting stuff I can find on the event.
MAP
Let’s start off with the course map of Boston Marathon.
Some things that caught my attention while looking at the map:
It is a point-to-point event. I would assume [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 05 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: interview, marathon, road running, running
There is a good little interview of U.S. marathoner Ryan Hall on Competitor Radio. This 25 year old runner is extremely impressive to watch. After going sub 1 hr (59:43) at the Houston half marathon and winning the Olympic trials (2:09:02) recently in New York City , this guy has definitely shown us he has [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 02 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: family, race reports, road running, running
Saturday was the first official race start for the entire family at the Tal Morrison Classic! Wendy was running the 5k and Griffin and I took on the 15k.
Whenever we have something going on early in the morning, Griffin decides to sleep in. Funny stuff. Most mornings he wakes up between 6:15-6:30 am but on [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 17 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, marathon, road running, running
In case you missed it the first time (me), all you runners (5k, marathon, ultra, and beyond) may want to check out the encore screening of Spirit of the Marathon, this Thursday February 21st at 7:30pm. (select theaters) I would imagine almost any endurance athlete would probably enjoy this flick.
This movie follows six athletes (first [...]