Thursday, February 2, 2012

Time to Start Training for Your NW Marathon!


If you've got a marathon coming up in the spring or summer, you better get the training cranked up. I personally have the Newport Marathon on June 2nd, and just started my 18-week training plan this week. So if you're shooting for pretty much anything between April and July, it's about time to get serious on the training.

And looky here! There are plenty of marathons to choose from:

Yakima River Canyon Marathon - March 31 - Yakima, WA
ORRC Vernonia Marathon - April 15 - Vernonia, OR
Whidbey Island Marathon - April 15 - Oak Harbor, WA
Wenatchee Marathon - April 21 - Wenatchee, WA
Eugene Marathon - April 29 - Eugene, OR
Lake Lowell Marathon - May 5 - Nampa, ID
Tacoma City Marathon - May 6 - Tacoma, WA
Vancouver International Marathon - May 6 - Vancouver, BC
Famous Idaho Potato Marathon - May 19 - Boise, ID
Windermere Marathon - May 19 - Spokane, WA
Capital City Marathon - May 20 - Olympia, WA
Coeur d'Alene Marathon - May 27 - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Run for Water Marathon - May 27 - Abbotsford, BC
Green River Marathon - June 2 - Kent, WA
Newport Marathon - June 2 - Newport, OR
Three Sisters Marathon - June 9 - Redmond, OR
Timberline Marathon - June 2 - Government Camp, OR
North Olympic Discovery Marathon - June 3 - Port Angeles, WA
San Juan Island Marathon - June 3 - Friday Harbor, WA
Bear Lake Idaho Marathon - June 8 - Fish Haven, ID
Edge to Edge Marathon - June 10 - Ucluelet, BC
St. Joe River Marathon - June 10 - St. Maries, ID
Winthrop Road Marathon - June 10 - Winthrop, WA
Vancouver USA Marathon - June 17 - Vancouver, WA
Pacific Crest Marathon - June 23 - Sunriver, OR
Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon - June 23 - Seattle, WA
Bellevue Ghost Marathon - June 24 - Bellevue, WA
Foot Traffic Flat Marathon - July 4 - Portland, OR

Whew! And that's just through July 4th! Find a race, find a training plan and get running. Let's go!


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