{"id":88,"date":"2007-10-12T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-12T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=88"},"modified":"2008-08-05T06:03:48","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T14:03:48","slug":"marathons-and-race-directing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/marathons-and-race-directing\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathons and Race Directing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been some recent news about where Chicago Marathoners might re-try a marathon.  One is the <a href=\"http:\/\/half-fast.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/denver-marathon-waives-entry-fee-for.html\">Denver Marathon<\/a> which is actually this Sunday (Oct 14) but they have waived the entry fee for Chicago runners.  Another as reported in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2007310110006\">Indy Star<\/a> is the Indy Classic Marathon, they have expanded the entries and re-opened registration.  I have some hesitations about suggesting this for anyone because of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=52\">past history<\/a>.  I&#8217;d recommend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianapolismarathon.com\">Indianapolis Marathon<\/a> on October 20, but the registration ends today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blog Land! Attention Race Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I was recently encouraged by this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.problogger.net\/archives\/2007\/08\/21\/make-a-reader-famous\">article<\/a> to write about the blogs I read and share why I read them, with you my readers.  So here it goes!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As an avid runner I enjoy participating in well run (no pun intended) races and other running events.  There is nothing worse than going to a race and it is poorly run.  Whether its no water on the course, poorly marked course, or messing up the awards race directors have a lot to think about.<\/p>\n<p>After directing 3 5K races I have experienced both sides of it and <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.racedirector.org\/images\/hlogo.gif?resize=138%2C38\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"38\" align=\"right\" \/> commend race directors and their teams (paid and volunteer) for all the hard work.   I found the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racedirector.org\/\">Association of Running Event Directors<\/a> while working on my first 5K and added their blog to my RSS feed so I can stay up on what they have to say.  I never actually became a member, because that would cost money!<\/p>\n<p>They have a lot of good resources for the first time event or even new ideas for the old tried and true.  Many race directors would spare lots of hard work and agony of trying to establish a quality event by checking this site out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Technorati tags: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Marathon\">Marathon<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Blogs%20I%20Read\">Blogs I Read<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Race%20Directors\">Race Directors<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\n&nbsp; src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n\/\/ --><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/6da0dbcc-c408-43f2-9df1-ea8a519e7a88\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Zemanta Pixie\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been some recent news about where Chicago Marathoners might re-try a marathon. One is the Denver Marathon which is actually this Sunday (Oct 14) but they have waived the entry fee for Chicago runners. Another as reported in the Indy Star is the Indy Classic Marathon, they have expanded the entries and re-opened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,4,14,73],"tags":[84,679,63],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-i-read","category-information","category-marathon","category-rci","tag-events","tag-marathon","tag-road-running"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-1q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/indy-classic-marathon-date-changed\/","url_meta":{"origin":88,"position":0},"title":"Indy Classic Marathon Date Changed","author":"crossn81","date":"August 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"According to the Indy Star the date has been changed from Sept 8 to Nov 3 after event organizers met with city officials. The event had over 12,000 participants registered for this year's inaugural race. The event's website had this to say: Due to other events taking place in Downtown\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marathon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marathon","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/marathon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/november-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":88,"position":1},"title":"November Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"December 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I still can't believe its December already! This year has gone by so fast. Here are the highlights from November (and some from October since I forgot to do this then). Race Reviews Drumstick Dash 4.5 miler on Thanksgiving Day! 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