Last Friday night {I am THAT behind on blogging ya’ll}, my friends Melissa and Kim came over to watch “Spirit of the Marathon“.
It’s an excellent movie, documenting 6 individuals, all at different levels athletically training for the Chicago Marathon. This movie is very inspiring and completely motivating… you seriously want to go out for a run right after… that or sign up for a Marathon. Kim has plans to run the Houston Marathon and is trying to convince me to do the same. I’m not sure I want to run the Houston Marathon… so we’ll see. Melissa has a baby on the way, so her running shoes are taking a break, but we intend on helping Mel get back into running after baby is here. 
Spirit of the Marathon gives you the history of how the marathon got started, as well as shows you how each person trains and handles this event. I think its perfect movie for anyone thinking of doing ANY race. You’ll love it.
GIVEAWAY!!!
The super sweet Tessa from Strange Little Duck has offer one lucky Team Giles reader to win this fancy shirt…
I’m quite proud of my 13.1 accomplishment, and think you should too Whether you’ve completed 13.1 miles or intend to in the future, this shirt is a perfect remind of how far you’ve come or where you’re going!
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Here’s how to enter:
- Leave me a comment telling me if you’ve ran 13.1 miles or intend and if you did a race, tell me which one you did
- Tweet this baby out! Be sure to include me @TeamGiles
- Link this giveaway to your blog, if you don’t have a blog tell your friends on Facebook or something and let me know in the comment section
- And, become a friend of Strange Little Duck on Facebook {do me a fav, and tell me in the comments too, that you are a friend now}.
Good luck everyone! Giveaway ends Thursday, May 13th at Midnight. Giveaway is open for all U.S. residents.
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I ran the Des Moines half marathon last October! It was my first longer barefoot race!
I tweeted about this giveaway!! I love that shirt
I posted a link to my blog’s sidebar!
http://barefoot-angieb.blogspot.com/
I just friended Strange Little Duck!
Because I won the last giveaway I don’t think I should be entering this one but I still wanted to respond
I did 2 great half marathons and I loved both. I did Winter Half at Hampton (NH) and the Great Bay Half (NH). I also posted the giveaway on my blog’s sidebar.
i am running my first half June 6th so this shirt would be perfect. great giveaway
im running my first half in october and am so stoked! Thank you for inspiring me! that shirt is TOO cute!!!
I ran the Gusher Half Marathon in Beaumont TX on May 1st!
Oh you know you want to! Then we are totally doing the Flying Pig in Cincy next year! lol!!! It’s got our names all over it (but…um…not cuz we are piggies…I was thinking because we like pink)! =D
I have yet to enter a race. I would love to do it one day though. Maybe me and Sam can do one together! lol!
You should totally do Houston with Kim! That way I can live through you guys!!
I’m in week 5 of the Couch to 5K program and I’m hoping to run a half either late fall or early winter!! It’s my goal for 2010!
I’ve linked to your giveaway on my sidebar!
I just linked back
@I Run Because…I Can
I have run 13.1 a number of times and it’s my favorite race! My first was Nashville Rock N Roll
I haven’t run 13.1 yet! Working up to it. I’m planning on doing the Disney Princess Half-Marathon in March 2011. Far away, but it will probably take me awhile to be able to run that consistently since I just started running and usually just do 3-4 miles a day.
I linked back http://runtothefinish.blogspot.com/2010/05/3-changes-challenge-last-check-in.html
I tweeted!
I linked it on my blog!
I’ve run 2 half marathons (My first ones ever!) so far this year and I have to say, right now it’s my favorite distance to race. The first one was the Riverton Half Marathon and the second was the Provo City Half. It’s an amazing distance. I LOVE IT!
I just added that movie to my Netflix queue! Can’t wait to see it. I have never run any races. (Sad story) but my sister and I have aspirations of running some (asap) in memory of our dad. He was a runner, he died 2 years ago. I need a good training plan. Is there a specific plan you used?