Running and Jogging, Road Race and Leg Race

Running.slimmer-fitness.com is a quality website providing you with running articles, events, news, gear and a great running photo gallery. Read "Don't Let A Cramp Cut Your Run Short!" Cramps are a runners nightmare, and one that any serious runner has either experienced personally, or has watched another runner suffering. Find the cramp solution in this article by Julie Donnelly, LMT.

Ever wonder what is behind the ubiquitous runner's high? It might be closer to the drug-induced equivalent than you would think. Find out more about the "Runner's High" in this FitNews article. Runners have always known that the best cure for the blues is a nice, long run.

While you're here be sure to read about the three classifications of runner's pain. In the article, The Pain Factor you'll learn all about psychological pain, phantom pain, and sport injury pain due to sprains, strains, cuts, bruises, and broken bones. Author Louise Roach will show you some positive measures to help strengthen the body’s weak points.

For those of you who are training to run a marathon, be sure to read our marathon tips for runners at all levels. These marathon tips include a lot more than just hydration, training, and attitude.

Run Your Own Race - At Your Own Pace provides a personal account of author Eileen McDargh's personal running experience while running the annual Turkey Trot, the largest holiday race in California. How many times do we let others set the pace, ignoring our own goals, our abilities? How many times do we judge our success or our failure by what others have done? Read what Eileen McDargh has to say about all this.

This site is also about starting your own running routine and training to run a marathon, cross country race, road race, or track. When most people start an exercise program one of the main reasons they will stop is due to a lack of motivation.

By reading "How To Start a Running Program" by Jason Barger we learn that running or jogging is one of the best ways there is to lose weight fast. It burns tons of calories and gets your body burning fat. Running strengthens the heart, lungs and can be done just about anywhere at anytime. Read Bargers insightful information in this informative article.

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Marathon Events

Marathon and Half Marathon
P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and Half Marathon - Mark your calendar for January 15, 2006 for the third annual P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. Fantastic running weather, two really fast courses and 60 live bands combine for one rockin' event. Spend your holiday weekend in the Valley of the Sun and register today. more...

Marathon Only
The Coca-Cola Zero Rock 'n' Roll Marathon will finish in a secured area at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Point Loma. Participants receive a mylar blanket, one pair of SPENCO sandals, Dasani water, POWERade, a PowerBar, and a finisher's medal. The Finish Line Festival features live music, refreshments and food, and one well deserved complimentary beer. more...

Marathon, Half Marathon, and Relay
The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon offers a variety of events for its participants. The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon is unlike any other marathon. It combines the intensely personal challenges of running a marathon with the emotion of a shared national tragedy. The OKC Marathon is not about runners, it is about life.

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon is a Boston qualifying USATF sanctioned event on a certified (OK-03019-BB) 26.2 mile single loop course. Championship Timing ensures everyone receives an accurate time (awards are based on gun time). more...

Trivia
According to Runner's World Magazine, "The start of the 1912 Boston Marathon looked to be a bit of a mud bath, but with a time of 2:12:18, Mike Ryan set a course record that would stand for nine more years. (The route was just shy of 25 miles long until 1924.) 'Well, I told you I would win,' he said afterward."

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