50 States Marathon

So many people love running marathons in every state that two groups exist to help members network and track such a goal.

50 States & D.C. Marathon Group U.S.A

50 States Marathon Club

The 50 States Marathon Club has 1,239 members in the U.S. and nine other countries, while the 50 States and D.C. Marathon Group U.S.A. has about 900. (And yes, they really do count the District of Columbia separately.)

The 50 States and D.C. group, founded in 1989, used to limit membership to those with marathons in 20 different states. A few years ago, the membership requirement dropped to those who have run marathons in 10 states.
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And in Europe??! I also want to join to the EU marathon club!!!

Wirefly National Marathon

Wirefly National Marathon is a marathon created to help people. The Wirefly National Marathon benefits local DC charities It will be on March 24. Please join to the race to run or simply to support the participants.

Our new race course will be exciting as we retain all the charm of last year's half marathon while marathoners get a faster route that highlights both the iconic depth of our Nation's Capital with the emergence of new and established neighborhoods.

You can do your registration online here. The only pre-requisite is that you must have run a race before, with a easy time. You can see on this page the set of organizations that will be the beneficiaries of the race. Also in the site you can check all the details about the race course, the elevation profile for the marathon and also for the half marathon, if you choose the smaller race.
Awards: The Wirefly National Marathon is pleased to announce that this year's event will award up to $10,000 in prize money to our top competitors in the Marathon and Half Marathon.
The Wirefly National Marathon is pleased to announce our partnership with the M Street Hotel located in the heart of the District of Columbia.

But before all, you need to train. The Wirefly National Marathon have announced in their site three teams that are the official training programs:

• team in training
• pacers
• charm city run

You can join with any of them to schedule you preparation to the race.
I leave here the contacts: email, fax and address.

Racedirector@nationalmarathon.com
Fax: 202-223-2648
1725 I Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

Don't forget, the important is to participate, and of course will be nice that you don't give up and finishes the course

log update

Today I run 20 min, plus 4 x 2 min fast with 3 min easy run in between and 10 min cool down. Here is the log update. It was the first time I use my HRM to memorize my training with repetitions. It's very good to keep the times of each lap. I use it to store the time of the lap, and the time of the rest time in between. So to read it in the end is just read one value and skip the next one, and so on. The only cons is that could have the lap time in a bigger digits in a special mode for repetitions traning.

Running log update

First update of my training schedule / running log, with the first run. Should be the second but I miss the first one :( !! Not a good start, but I stay working late at Tuesday. Today I do a tempo run 55 minutes, that 15 min of them were running fast.

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Yet the training schedule

I found another training schedule here on coolrunning, and I want to do some comparisons with mine. I choose the advanced one because it's for the goal 1:30 and under. This one has no rest days (!!!) , much more miles per week, but less repetitions training and less speed work. Maybe the one I choose is not for the under 1:30 goal time, but I think is better for me, because I already have a lot of miles run I just can be adapted to my weekly routine.

Dead Sea Ultra Marathon for 2007 - Press Release

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Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Raed Bin Zeid, the organizing committee for the Society for Care of Neurological Patients's (SCNP) Dead Sea Ultra Marathon (DSUM), recently announced that doors are now open for registration for the marathon's 14^th edition. This year, the marathon is scheduled to be on the 13^th of April, and is sponsored by several locally based and internationally based entities including LGE the event's title sponsor since its launch in 1993.

The event which is expected to witness a large number of participation both from Jordan and abroad, shall allocate its proceeds for the benefit of treating Neurological patients in Jordan.

The organizing committee is now in the process of finalizing all the logistics for the run, and coordinating with all other relevant parties and security forces to guarantee the highest levels of safety and security for the individuals participating.

The DSUM is held annually on the first or second Friday during the month of April, with a pre-set run map starting from Amman and ending in the Dead Sea, also known as the lowest point on earth, giving the opportunity for people of all age groups to participate, even for the ages of 15 and under.

The marathon consists of 5 runs, the Ultra Marathon track which is 48.7 KM Long starting from Amman International Motor Show road and ending at the Dead Sea, the Marathon track which is 42 KM long starting at the Salam gas station and ending at the Dead Sea, the Half Marathon track which is 21 KM long starting from the Hanna Coffee shop and ending at the Dead Sea, the 10km Fun Run beginning and ending at the Dead Sea, and last but not least the Junior Marathon which is a 4,2 KM run also beginning and ending at the Dead Sea.

Those interested in registering for this event are invited to visit the Society for Care of Neurological Patients Headquarters in Shemisani. Upon registration each participant shall receive a bag, which contains a rules and regulations booklet, and other items.

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Half Marathon Training Schedule

This is my new schedule training program, to start next week, and to finish 12 weeks later ready to run an half-marathon. Tuesdays easy runs. Wednesdays tempo run: fast periods in the middle of the run.At Thursdays I will run repetitions of distance if I have a track, or time periods if I don't. Saturdays will be the long runs and Sundays a free program. Sunday and Friday are rest days. For each day I will annotate with the training done, so this will be also a running log for the next weeks. This program is based on the Hal Higdon Intermediate and on Advanced Half Marathon Training Programs.The goal is to run another half-marathon at my best time 1h27 and the second goal will be to drop this time to 1h24.

Today's run

I cancel today's run because I have a family dinner, instead of it I must run Thursday.
Also I'm consider to use again this old schedule training program to prepare for some half-marathon for the next 3-4 months. Maybe I need to adjust the program again for my daily routine, or pick a new program from haldigdon's site. Soon I will publish here my calendar for the next months