Best of All-Time - Races

The Yuengling Marathon, Half Marathon, and 8k
Virginia Beach, Virginia
March 19-20, 2011





This is one of my all time favorite races. I've raced here several times and the combination of the location and the weekend of races make it one of the most entertaining yet challenging running events that I have ever been to. The 8K takes place on Saturday, followed by the half-marathon and marathon on Sunday. This means that you can test yourself by rollin two days in a row with the 8k on Saturday and half-marathon on Sunday.  I tricked Kyle Moss (one of the top Master's runners in the USA) into doing that, his real race effort was only supposed to be the 8k. Jogging to the start of the half marathon Kyle was almost in tears because it was too cold and his legs hurt from the 8k, and yet he still ran 73 minutes and change for a top 25 finish.

You can try to wimp out and call the half-marathon on Sunday your easy long run after you raced the 8k hard on Saturday but the reality is that you are going to race the half no matter what once the gun goes off--it is no easy long run. Race temps are normally in the 50's and both races finish along the ocean. Competition is fierce that just adds to the fun and games.