Mercedes-Benz Marathon Weekend will be celebrating its 15th Anniversary February 12-14, 2016! Woo-hoo! Birmingham’s Premier Marathon Weekend Event (and one of my favorite weekends out of the year) includes: a Marathon, Half-Marathon, Relay, 5K, and Kids Marathon. The Mercedes Half marked a pivotal point on my running journey. Mercedes was my first half marathon and a distance I never thought I would desire to reach. Here I am, two full marathons and 11 half marathons later (and counting) and I’m loving every minute of it! Yes, I’m Half Fanatic which clearly means…never say never. In 2016, I will celebrate my 4-year runniversary by running the Mercedes Half! I’m grateful I get to celebrate this milestone right here in my city—The Magic City! #RUNBHM
MERCEDES MARATHON WEEKEND TRAINING INFO
If you are local, here is great info via The Trak Shak’s Facebook page:
The Trak Shak will have extended hours on Saturdays throughout the Fall and Winter for the official @Mercedes-Benz Marathon Weekend training! Check out: http://www.mercedesmarathon.com/training.php for a training schedule, and join the Birmingham Track Club (BTC) every Saturday morning at 6 AM for a well organized, paced, mapped out, water stopped long run! Our doors will be open for warmth, facilities and last minute purchases, of course! Join the BTC – Saturday Morning Long Run Group page for weekly maps and info!
If you are not local and plan to #RunMercedes and do not have a training plan, there is a FREE training plan provided by The Trak Shak above. Training plans are very beneficial to run (or walk) our best race while remaining injury free. You can read Jeff Galloway’s advice on the importance of having a Training Plan here. Jeff also has half marathon and full marathon training plans available. If you are interested in run walk run (interval style running), you can read more about that here.
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I can’t wait to celebrate the Mercedes Marathon 15th Anniversary, as well as, my 4th Mercedes Half Marathon! I’m also excited about the Jim ‘N Nicks B-B-Q Post Race Party! GET IN MY BELLY! Trust me, you will not want to miss it. View the weekend schedule of events here. Register for Mercedes-Benz Marathon Weekend events at mercedesmarathon.com/race-registration!
THIS JUST IN!!!
Register for Half or Full by December 31 and get your first name on your race bib so everybody will know you! Yes, race fans will shout your name.
I hope to see you at the 15th Anniversary!!!
