Volunteers Wanted! The Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon for Via is Sunday, September 11, 2011 and Via needs your help! Volunteers are needed along the course to support more than 3,000 runners and walkers. Volunteers do a number of things like cheer on the runners, staff hydration stations and help keep runners on course. Come [...]
By Stephen Brown You have trained long and hard for your big race. You have sacrificed happy hours, desserts, and a little extra sleep for months to make sure you meet your race day goal. You have sunk a small fortune into running shoes, running gear, drink mix concoctions, energy bars and gels. However, your [...]
PHILADELPHIA (September 16, 2010) – In November, the City of Philadelphia will welcome more than 20,000 runners and over 50,000 spectators at the 2010 Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend. Beginning Friday, November 19, and running through Sunday, November, 21, Race Weekend is the most action-packed series of events in the Marathon’s 17-year history, with extended health [...]
PHILADELPHIA (September 16, 2010) – In November, the City of Philadelphia will welcome more than 20,000 runners and over 50,000 spectators at the 2010 Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend. Beginning Friday, November 19, and running through Sunday, November, 21, Race Weekend is the most action-packed series of events in the Marathon’s 17-year history, with extended health [...]
BETHLEHEM, PA – More than 2,600 runners and walkers participated in Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon for Via on Sunday, September 12, 2010. Two hundred and three teams, 438 Full Marathon and 802 Half Marathon runners hit the streets running, while 200 walkers participated in a 5K Walk to help raise money for Via of [...]
PHILADELPHIA (September 7, 2010) – In November, the City of Philadelphia will welcome more than 20,000 runners and over 50,000 spectators at the 2010 Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend. Beginning Friday, November 19, and running through Sunday, November, 21, Race Weekend is the most action-packed series of events in the Marathon’s 17-year history, with extended health [...]
PHILADELPHIA (September 7, 2010) – In November, the City of Philadelphia will welcome more than 20,000 runners and over 50,000 spectators at the 2010 Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend. Beginning Friday, November 19, and running through Sunday, November, 21, Race Weekend is the most action-packed series of events in the Marathon’s 17-year history, with extended health [...]
The 17th annual Philadelphia Marathon is sprinting to the finish line and reaching its capacity, as organizers turn their efforts to making Philadelphia marathoning’s best host city. More than 20,000 runners, families, spectators and residents will enjoy an expanded calendar of Race Weekend activities. Registration has surpassed last year’s total at this time, with more [...]
I stick close to home in the spring and summer (this, after all, is my regular gig). So in the fall and winter, I hit the skies and go on a few four, five, six day trips. But this is the first winter I’m also training for a marathon. Of course I’m going to keep [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s pretty cold outside. Here are a few cold weather tips from amateur runners in colder climates(and some close to home because, well, it is pretty freaking cold out there). Bill McDonough has layering advice: “A thin, moisture-wicking base layer to start; with a warmer mid-layer; then wind and water [...]
