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Posted May 24th, 2008 in Running (Updated November 21st, 2008)

I am a half-marathon and marathon runner, and today added an off-topic section to my blog to cover the running events I run; although it has nothing to do with LAMP programming etc it's something important to me and I want somewhere to post it but don't want to start a specific running blog at the present time. This post looks at the upcoming events that I am planning to run in 2008.

Sri Chinmoy Auckland Domain Half Marathon #1 May 25th 2008 1:36:31
Christchurch Marathon June 1st 2008 3:49:20
Sri Chinmoy Auckland Domain Half Marathon #2 June 29th 2008 1:37:52
King of the Mountain Half Marathon ? July 6th 2008  
Run Auckland Half Marathon ? July 13th 2008  
Sri Chinmoy Auckland Domain Half Marathon #3 July 27th 2008  
Sri Chinmoy Auckland Domain Half Marathon #4 September 14th 2008  
The Legend Marathon OR Arthur's Half Marathon September 20th 2008  
Auckland Marathon November 2nd 2008 3:54:13
YMCA Auckland Domain 10k November 20th 2008 42:18
ADRA Half Marathon November 30th 2008  

This schedule is subject to change and I may run some additional events.

I have entered all 4 of the Sri Chinmoy Half Marathons already (and raced 1 so far) as well as the Christchurch Marathon (which I have now run).

"The Legend" has been a 35km course until this year; I only just discovered when writing this post they have increased it to a full marathon this year. The course is the toughest marathon course in New Zealand so I may be better to just stick to the half marathon version this year. I'll make a decision later in the year after I've done some long hill runs in training. Update June 3rd: I have decided after running the Christchurch Marathon not to run The Legend Marathon. I may or may not run the half marathon version instead; I'll have to take a drive out there and check out the course before making my decision.

Update June 30th: I've added King of the Mountain and the Run Auckland Half Marathons but with a ? next to them as I'm not sure if I will run them or not. I'll decide the day or so before and enter on the day if I do decide to. July 6th: OK so I've decided not to do these two now. I've been so busy with work I haven't run since the Sri Chinmoy last weekend. I'll concentrate on training for the next Sri Chinmoy now.

Update September 21st: I wasn't able to run Sri Chinmoy #3 because I was sick or #4 because I was away. I haven't been running enough recently for various reasons and wasn't up to running Arthur's Half either. So now it's getting the rest of my training sorted for the Auckland Marathon on November 2nd.

Update November 21st: I've added the finishing time for the Auckland Marathon but haven't written a post about it. I'll be starting a separate running blog soon and will post about it there. Also added was the YMCA Auckland Domain 10k which I decided to run as a speedwork lead-up for the ADRA run at the end of the month.

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