Tokyo Marathon, annual 26.2-mile (42.2-km) footrace through Tokyo that is held each February. The Tokyo Marathon is one of the six major world marathons, along with the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, and New York City races. The Tokyo Marathon is the m
This was the area you were in the longest. During the race, Dan and I ran with our friend Adam-it was his first full marathon. Our general plan was to run at a pace with a goal of sub 4 hours. We were generally on this pace most of the time, and would only slow down during ...
Competing in the2016 Boston Marathonis something I have been working towards for about 5 years. After I ran my first marathon in 2012 and finished in 4 hours I really thought qualifying for Boston may be a possibility. I needed to beat 3:55 and felt like I could do it with better trai...
After dedicating countless hours to marathon training, it’s just as crucial to invest time and effort into choosing the right running shoe for race day. Unlike your everyday trainer, a marathon racing shoe must strike a balance between providing enough stability to maintain your form over 26.2 ...
In 2013 two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon approximately five hours after the race started, resulting in three deaths and more than 260 injured spectators and participants. Thesubsequentsearch for the suspects in the terroristbombingled to a deadly shoot-out and a manhunt tha...
The Evo 1 does not feel quite as protective and supportive as other super shoes and they left me feeling more beat up than usual.” Trevor’s Race Armed with the latest race rocket, Trevor headed to the start ready to take a big shot at an OTQ. Two-plus hours later, he fell shy ...
Jackie’s life, as she got married in the morning just before the race. After she got married at 7 a.m., just before the race, Jackie’s dad ran with her as the father of the bride. She remembers that she was injured at the time and they completed...
from Durban back to Pietermaritzburg. Also, there are different colored bibs. 【4】 For example, if one finishes nine Comrades marathons, he will get a yellow bib. If one finishes ten or more, he will get a green bib. The race ends within 12 hours. 12 hours after the race begins, th...
Didn’t cost me a dime, and probably saved thousands of wasted hours trying to please them. I’m not a people pleaser anymore, though I haven’t yet gotten to the point that I can say “none of your business” to anyone outside of the anonymous surveys demanded of me after I buy ...
the half-marathoners around an hour later, which doesn’t matter since the half marathon finishes about 2-3 hours earlier than the marathon anyway. Maybe there was a reason they did it that way, but it seemed odd to me and made the race a lot less enjoyable for both groups I’m ...