Where is best marathon to run?
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Obviously an opinion, but St. George, Utah is the best. You will have gorgeous red rock and blue sky to distract you and lots of volunteers to aid you along the way. It is in October, but you have to get in the lottery earlier.
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actually, the best 1 mile time ever ran to date was by Hicham El Guerrouj from morocco, in Rome, Italy on july, 7 1999. In a time of 3:43.13
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Top 10 USA races for 2005\nING New York City Marathon 36,872 \nChicago Marathon 32,995 \nHonolulu Marathon 24,219 \nCity of Los Angeles Marathon 19,985 \nMarine Corps Marathon 19,110  \nBoston Marathon 17,549 \nRock 'n' Roll Marathon 15,934  \nNew Las Vegas Marathon 8,186 \nTwin Cities Marathon 7,753 \nDisney World Marathon 7,726
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This classic will give you the inspiration, "The Complete Book of Running" by Jim Fixx.  Other than that, a Calendar in which you can enter your miles, times, and experience (i.e., good, excellent, etc).
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Most high schools and colleges have running tracks.  Check your phone book for local schools.
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Phoenix is, unfortunately, a great place to get creamed by a car.  Bikes get little respect on the roads.\n\nThe Arizona Canal itself and the system of Salt River Project canals run through Scottsdale all the way to Glendale, are worth a look.  It's a smooth trail (decomposed granite), but is NOT paved.  A road bike won't work, but it is nice for running and biking (with a mountain bike or crossover).\n\nThe trails are nice, and go for miles in every direction.  They cut through golf courses and other nice areas.
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Running is the best way to go!
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www.homestarrunner.com :P
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You almost answered your own question? To run a marathon, it is not "What is the first step?"  "It is the first step!" every journey begins with one...
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The Best is the Amazing Race, cause you find yourself really getting involved in the show. The worst was Flavor of Love!
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I'm training, too - and I also find it's tough to find a trail marathon - not as many out there.\n\nThis will only answer half your question - but to find a good trail marathon where you live (or maybe you're willing to travel to one?) You can go to MARATHONGUIDE.COM and you can sort by date, location, etc under the race schedule section.\n\nFor a great experience running a trail marathon, as with any marathon, you'll really want to have the marathon picked out first before you train so you know what kind of terrain you'll be racing on... "trail" means a lot of different things in different areas of the country. I would also recommend searching the internet for running clubs near your city or in your county and ask them who the "die hard" trail runners are in your area -- they will be the best source of accurate info for you! Universally, running clubs are full of friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful people full of info about running where you live.\n\nAlso, check out the links to trailrunner.com for further help & info - they're great!\n\nGood luck & I hope any of my drivel has helped!
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These are my favorite running websites. If you can find a local running club in your community they can probably help you find a training group. \n\nhttp://www.runnersworld.com\n\nhttp://www.marathonguide.com
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Mad River is one of the greatest ski areas ever (it's definitely not a 'resort).  It's worth going just to be on the last remaining single chairlift left in the US.  \nfavorite runs are Paradise and Fall Line.  I'd tell you where my favorite secret stashes are, but then they wouldn't be secrets, would they?  I can only say this: explore the woods, they are some of the best trees anywhere, but be careful- there are cliffs and drops that come out of nowhere.
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The Olean YMCA had a half marathon event in March.  Info is available here:\n\nhttp://www.oleanymca.org/index.php?SpecialEvents
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What location would you "scope out" if you could go anywhere?
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haha. I have run 3 marathons and I can say its better to be cold than hot! Last year when I did NY it was too warm- this should be better today! ;)