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May 2, 2024

Hi there,

Welcome to this week's MarathonGuide newsletter! What an amazing couple weeks of running we've had! Let's dig into this week's edition!

Are you ready to #RunIndy?
Join us in downtown Indianapolis for the 2024 CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Half Marathon, & 5K!

The courses are flat, fast, and ideal for first-time participants, elite athletes, and everyone in between.

White River Marathon

Welcome to the redesigned White River Marathon (Half & 5K) for Kenya! This is one of the FLATTEST and FASTEST courses in the US! If your goal is to PR or qualify for Boston, this race is the place to do it!

Write a Marathon Review & enter to win $150 in race cash!

Have you recently run a Marathon and interested in writing a review about the race? If so, we're giving away $150 in race registration credit for any race of your choice to one lucky winner!

Simply visit any race on our website and on the race detail page, click the "Write Review" button. Then, submit your review and reply back to this email letting us know. You'll be entered to win!

We want to thank last month's survey sponsor - Thrival - and congratulate Julie B on winning the 1-month supply of Thrival bars.

Many amateur runners run as if they are still doing their primary daily activity, e.g. sitting at a desk. The tight lower back and tight hip flexors from sitting has resulted in a running gait that has the body leaning too far forward and the head tilted back.....Read the whole article here!

5/5/24 - Toronto Marathon (Toronto, ON)
6/08/24 - Jackson River Scenic Trail Marathon (Covington, VA)
6/09/24 - Independence Series - NY (New Paltz, NY)
7/08/24 - Heartland Series - IN (Anderson, IN)
7/13/24 - Eisenbahn Marathon (West Bend, WI)
7/20/24 - Mesa Falls Marathon (Ashton, ID)
7/21/24 - The San Francisco Marathon (San Francisco, CA)
8/4/24 - Camarillo Marathon (Camarillo, CA)
8/10/24 - Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon (Bend, OR)

5/18/24 - White Peak Marathon (Thorpe, United Kingdom)
6/08/24 - LGT Liechtenstein Alpine Marathon (Bendern, Liechtenstein)
6/23/24 - Waterford Viking Marathon (Waterford City, Ireland)
7/5/24 - Nachtmarathon (Marburg, Germany)
7/21/24 - Fairlands Valley Challenge (Stevenage, United Kingdom)

Canadian Olympian Kate Van Buskirk wins marathon debut in Tennessee

Athletics Integrity Unit introduces ruthless testing method to catch drug cheats ahead of Olympic games

PHOTOS: Scenes from the Big Sur International Marathon

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon (Oklahoma City, OK - 4/28/24)
Big Sur International Marathon (Carmel, CA - 4/28/24)
Glass City Marathon (Toledo, OH - 4/28/24)
Newport Wales Marathon (Newport, Wales, United Kingdom - 4/28/24)
Illinois Marathon (Champaign-Urbana, IL - 4/27/24)

Chickamauga Battlefield

Marathon

Choose your Battle! Four Scenic Road Races. One Memorable Day!

Other destination races

6/9/2024 - Lake Placid Marathon (Lake Placid, NY)
The course is a combination of flat, rolling and some hills and runners enjoy mountain views, open areas, shaded areas, a class III trout stream and beautiful Mirror Lake along the way.

6/10/2024 - Maine Marathon (PORTLAND, MAINE)
With a starting line that overlooks Salt Lake City, the course winds along the East Canyon Reservoir with stunning views of aspens and various rock formations that flows into grain fields and unique farmland barns.

10/24/2024 - Atlantic City Marathon (Atlantic City, NJ)
Fun. Fast. Flat. Run New Jersey's Oceanfront Marathon & Half Marathon Race Series

12/15/2024 - Rocket City Marathon (Huntsville , AL)
The Rocket City Marathon has been a fixture in North Alabama for over 45 years. Enjoy a scenic, Boston qualifying course that runs through parts of historic Huntsville, through the Space & Rocket Center, through the Botanical Gardens, and finishes inside the Von Braun Center.

That's it for this week! Have a great weekend, everyone!

- The MarathonGuide team