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I will be at Syttende Mai 5/20, Corporate Challenge 5/25, Elgin 10 miler 5/29.

What a great spring we are having! I hope everyone is out there bashing out some miles.

is anyone running the north shore half marathon? i did it a few years ago and it was pretty good-- ill be heading back this june, too.

When is the North Shore Half? I plan to do Chicago in Oct as my first full marathon and thought a half some time before that would be a good thing to do. Thanks

Curt
Central IL

Thanks for the info and links, Nirvana, I don't know if doing the half just 3 weeks before the full marathon is right. What do others think about that? Or should I consider an earlier half before the Chicago Marathon? Sorry for too many questions.

Curt

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Nirvana91:
It's probably a better idea to try the one in Normal (if you're from Central IL) in September though.<HR>

Hi Curt, Another fellow central Illinoisan here (Champaign). I am also young (and some might say stupid), but I have run a half 3 wks before a full. Actually I ran a half (Delavan, IL) March 12, a full (St Louis) April 9, a half (Indy) May 6, and I will be running another full in < 2 wks (Bayshore in MI) on May 27.

Anyway, I'd encourage you to run the Bloomington half. I've done it twice and although it was hotter than heck this year, I had a great time. I will warn you though, it's hilly in the latter 3 miles. They have you go up and down 4 overpasses at a really bad stage in the race! If you're up for a tougher challenge, go for the Mahomet Half, which is held during the delightful month of August. If you can tackle it, the heat at Bloomington is nothin'! Ha ha! Last year, I ran Mahomet and Bloomington and followed up with Chicago. Bloomington and Chicago used to be 4 weeks apart, but now with Chicago later, if Bloomington doesn't change, they'll be 6 weeks apart.

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hey Nirvana91-

North Shore was my first half, too! you'll do great- good luck!

Thanks for the advise ks and Aminal, I just checked the Lake Run Club site and the half marathon in Normal is not on the race calendar and I do believe I heard someone the other night say they didn't think it was going to happen this year so I may have to look at the Mahomet half. Guess I will see where I am at that stage of my training. I do live in Normal and try to run a number of races in the area. Hope to see you somewhere this summer. I am also the race director(with my brother) for the Dawson Lake 5K on Aug 12th. There are race apps on our website. www.lakerunclub.org[/URL" target="_blank"> We will be having technical shirts this year if you are interested in that. Check it out. Thanks
Curt

quote:<HR>Originally posted by lx33me:
I just checked the Lake Run Club site and the half marathon in Normal is not on the race calendar and I do believe I heard someone the other night say they didn't think it was going to happen this year so I may have to look at the Mahomet half. <HR>

Oh dear, there go my plans! Maybe it will be cool at Mahomet somehow this year...

If there really is no Normal half, I may finally get my chance to race the Decatur Shoreline Classic 15K on September 16. Oh wait, on the Decatur site, they have the Normal half listed...Decatur Running Club[/URL" target="_blank">

Must just be an error. I am sure the club that puts it on (Lake Run) knows more than Decatur. Might have to check out the Dawson 5K, Curt. There aren't a lot of August races, and I keep looking to break that 20 min 5K barrier. Probably would've done it a long time ago had I not gotten myself into the slippery slope we call marathoning!

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