Question:
I recently started running (about
3 months ago). i've already run
2 5k's and a 7 mile race called
Bix in Davenport Iowa. Anyway, now
that it is over I need a new challenge--something
to motivate me to keep running.
so I've been thinking about running
a half marathon by next summer.
Does anyone know of a good one?
preferably in the midwest although
I would be willing to travel for
it if necessary.
Answer:
Try the O'round the Loch 1/2 in
Emmetsburg, IA around St Pat's Day.
Or the Drake Relay's 1/2 (my favorite)
in Des Moines in late April. Or
the New Prague 1/2 in New Prague,
MN in early May.
Try the Fox
Cities Marathon in the Appleton
WI area on Sept 27,1998. For more
info, call the marathon office at
(920) 830-7259. There is a web page
but I'm not sure of the URL but
a search can find it.
There is the
Holiday Inn Half Marathon in Rochester,
MN in mid to late August. In 1998,
it will be August 22. In April,
there is a 20K. In May, there is
the Med City Relays and Marathon.
(You can run half the Med City Marathon,
and a partner can run the other
half.) For more information on races
in the Rochester, MN, area, go to
the web site for the Med City Marathon,
and click on Rochester Track Club.
