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January 10, 2009, Saturday Run to Read Half-Marathon Fairmont, WV

January 19, 2008, Saturday Diamond Valley Lake Marathon Hemet/San Jacinto, CA Marathon/Half/5K

February 2, 2008, Saturday East Beach Half Marathon/5 K run/walk Norfork VA

April 5, 2008, Saturday Eisenhower Marathon Abilene, KS Marathon/Half/10K/5K/Wa

April 19, 2008, Saturday Salt Lake City Marathon/Half Marathon Salt Lake City, UT

April 21, 2008, Monday Boston Marathon Boston, MA

April 26, 2008, Saturday Main Street 5 K Sparta, NJ

April 26, 2008, Saturday Country Music Marathon and Half Marathon Nashville TN

May 5, 2008, Monday Belfast City Marathon, Belfast, Ireland. Billed as the "Friendliest Marathon in Europe".

May 10, 2008, Saturday Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Santa Barbara, CA--Sister run to the Napa Half on July 20

May 10, 2008, Saturday Big Lake Half Marathon Alton NH Live Entertainment, Beautiful Course.

May 17, 2008, Saturday Beach to Bay Marathon Relay Corpus Christi, TX This is a relay race for teams--Always held on Armed Forces Day

June 7, 2008, Saturday Heart of the City Half Marathon, Burnsville, MN

June 14, 2008, Saturday Helvetia Half Marathon, 10K, Hillsboro, OR near Portland.

June 21, 2008, Saturday Mayor's Marathon Anchorage Alaska Marathon/Marathon Relay/Half/5 mile/Kids Cup

June 21, 2008, Saturday Grandma's Marathon and Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon Duluth, MN

June 28, 2008, Saturday The Red Cross Big Five Marathon & Half Marathon Run in Africa

June 28-29, 2008 Saturday start The Western States Endurance Run 100 mile run starting at Squaw Valley, CA and ending in Auburn, CA

July 19, 2008, Saturday The Great Tibetan Marathon and Half Marathon, Leh, Ladakh, Tibetan Plateau, India Run at the Top of the World

July 20, 2008, Sunday (I know this is Sunday!!! But it is close to home and beautiful course.) Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon Napa, CA--Sister run to the Santa Barbara Half on May 10

August 9, 2008, Saturday Run With Paula Crawfish Crawl 5K, Hillsboro, OR near Portland.

August 23, 2008, Saturday Run With the Horses Marathon/Half Green River, WY

September 6, 2008, Saturday Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, NH (CHaD) Marathon & Half Marathon Relay, Hanover, NH

September 20, 2008, Saturday Mount Desert Island YMCA Half Marathon & 5K, Bar Harbor, ME Register Early...run limited to 400 entrants.

September 27, 2008, Saturday Lake Tahoe Marathon/Half Marathon/10K Lake Tahoe, CA

September 27, 2008, Saturday Wicked Half Marathon Salem, MA

September 28, 2008, Saturday Hampton's Marathon/Half-Marathon East Hampton, Long Island

October 4, 2008, Saturday St. George Marathon St. George, UT

October 4, 2008, Saturday Applefest Half Marathon & Two Person Relay Hollis, NH

October 11, 2008, Saturday Hartford Marathon/Half/5 K run/walk/Marathon Relay Hartford, CT

*Injuries A-Z. Offered by Runner's World with excellent links to injury description and treatment.
*Runners Rescue. Contains a good listing of possible injuries and suggestions.
*Common Injuries in Runners. Tips to avoid running injuries offered by About.com.
*Prevention of Running Injuries. Offered by SportsInjuryClinic.net containing recommended treatments for injuries.
*The Anatomy Of A Runner. Runner's World in UK describes the body's components and how they become damaged.

Liability/Safety: I just returned from the Ukraine where I took a holiday. Interesting country, and very different in some ways from good 'ol USA. Relating to our issue here, if Yuri in Ukraine walks down the street, trips and falls on a bit of sidewalk that is incorrectly protruding, he cannot sue the city or the land owner. It is Yuri's fault for not watching where he put his feet! If a runner fails prudent caution and runs out in front of semi, whose fault is that? The race officials? Or the city or property owner? I think not! We spent too much time in this country being responsible for other people's stupidity and trying to protect them from themselves. On the other hand, if Yuri gets drunk and smashes my car with his, Yuri may go to jail for that, but I will have to repair my own car. How fair is that? NOT!!! There are two sides to the liability/safety issue, but people need to learn to be more self responsible.

Unfair Advantage: It may be that the elite runners up front of the race competing for prize and status should not wear earphone to prevent them from receiving information which could give them an advantage over others. But what about the rest of us? The last time I ran a half marathon I was so blazing fast that five full marathon runners finished ahead of me. Exactly what kind of advantage was I going to receive???