A Marathon in the Slow Lane…
Posted on November 13, 2009
We seriously doubt anyone running the Blue Ridge Marathon is going to set any personal records. Pretty sure that if you do a Boston qualifying time here you’ll win the Boston Marathon. Heck, if you qualify for the Boston Marathon on the Blue Ridge Marathon we’ll probably give you race entries for life (see us after the race). – Race Committee
Enjoy this article from the New York Times:
After a 10-kilometer road race this summer, a friend apologized for missing me at the finish line. The truth was, she hadn’t lost me in the crowd. She just didn’t wait long enough.
I’m a slow runner. A really slow runner. In that field of 625, I finished in 619th place
There was a time when I was embarrassed by my painfully slow pace, but not anymore. Since I began training for a marathon this spring, I’ve discovered that the view is a lot more interesting in the back of the pack. Read more…
After 3 days of rain we are celebrating with some free entries
Posted on November 13, 2009
We’ve endured 3 days of constant rain and the sun is finally poking its head out. To celebrate we are giving away a few race entries.
We’ll select a few winners at random on Monday (11/16). Here’s how you enter:
- In the blog comment section below this post, list your favorite running website (be sure to include the http://)
- You must also post this to the Blue Ridge Marathon Facebook Fan Page.
After running the New York City Marathon, Karen Ostergaard immediately began looking around for her next big adventure.
Posted on November 12, 2009
The 32-year-old mom from Asheville finished the 26.2-mile race on Nov. 1 in 3 hours, 25 minutes and 31 seconds, feeling good and strong. So she started planning for a marathon in the spring, and found the inaugural Blue Ridge Marathon on the Parkway, set for April 24.
“I checked out the Blue Ridge Parkway marathon online, and it sounds perfect,” Ostergaard said. “I was looking for something challenging. I love the hills.”
She should get her fill of hills at the Blue Ridge Marathon and Half-Marathon, which will both start and end in Roanoke, Va., on the northern section of the parkway, as part of the yearlong celebration of activities honoring the parkway’s 75th anniversary.
Read the entire article by Karen Chávez with Citizen-Times.com>>>
Natural Running, Barefoot Running & Efficient Running
Posted on October 29, 2009
Courtesy of The Running Front…
Develop efficient form with lightweight shoes and barefoot drills
The natural running movement is quickly becoming a revolution. Are you onboard yet?
Thanks to the advancement of lightweight high-performance running shoes plus a best-selling book and recent stories in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Washington Post and National Public Radio, to name a few, the natural running movement has become quite the rage in recent months.
Natural running is running the way the human body was meant to run in its purest form — namely, barefoot — across a solid surface. That means running with good mechanics and a efficient gait that focuses on landing lightly on the midfoot/forefoot (the ball of the foot, but not the toes) and quickly lifting your foot off the ground instead of pushing off with excessive muscular force. Natural running can help make you a stronger, more efficient runner who is less prone to overuse injuries. Read more…
Winners Announced – Favorite Ad Contest
Posted on October 29, 2009
About two weeks ago we put up four ads we were working on for the Blue Ridge Marathon on the parkway and asked for your feedback. It is really great to see an event and its ads being created by runners.
If you didn’t get to see the ads and comments click here.
Based on the feedback from you and the race committee we’ve settled on ad #1 – “Some Marathons Require You To Find Another Gear. This One Requires 4-Wheel Drive”. Our goal is to utilize the others with modification in the near future. Stay tuned and thank you again for your feedback.
To thank you we are giving away four free entries to either the full or half marathon. We used a random number generator to give us four random numbers (28, 19, 22, 52). We then started with the first comment posted on the ads and counted down to the random number.
This is how we concluded that the following people are the winners of this contest.
- Kim Painter
- John Cremers
- David Tosch
- Brandon Hill
If you won, please contact us for the next step. If you didnt, stay tuned as we plan to continue to randomly give away entries.
