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As the name suggests the Boston marathon is held in Boston (Massachusetts, USA) on the 3rd Monday in April which is a public holiday for Patriots Day. Anyone running in Boston has earned their place there by running a time better than the qualifying standard for their...
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Finishing off an overseas holiday with a race probably isn’t every traveller’s cup of tea but for a runner, finding a quite large local race held the day before leaving home, it’s a no-brainer to do it. In an ideal world the race would’ve been early in the holiday,...
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Falling in Love with Paris Marathon Paris is known as the ‘City of Love’ and I certainly fell deeply in love there in April this year – with the French capital’s marathon, that is. The 41st Schneider Electric Paris Marathon – one of the biggest in the world – was held...
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Location: Istanbul, Turkey Events: 10k, 15k, 42.2k Three weeks after I completed the Berlin Marathon we were in Istanbul and the Eurasia Marathon happened to be on (I don’t think Shelley actually believes this was a coincidence). We’d had a relaxing 3 weeks in Berlin,...
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Location: Berlin, Germany Events: marathon I went into the 2010 Berlin Marathon with high hopes after doing a sub 69 minute half marathon PB at the Gold Coast Marathon 12 weeks earlier. I was aiming to break 2 hours 30 mins at Berlin and had a plan to go through half...
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Location: Singapore Events:5k, 10k, 21.1k, 42.1k To begin, this Marathon is not for the faint-hearted. Starting a little behind time closer to 0030 on Sunday 26th March with humidity at 88% at gun start and a temperature of 28°; many including myself were sweating...
