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Since the beginning of August, you can now list US endurance races by regions as well as by states in the calendar pages. US State calendars and new regions calendars Previously, you could view the endurance races of a specific state (ex: Californian marathons). Some of you requested a to have broader view of american races. I you live in Rhode Island for example, you certainly would like to list a...
The moment I tried running with a Buff® Headwear for the first time, I fell in love with the piece of cloth. Now when ever I run, it’s either on my head or in my pocket. Buff® headwears are great to get protected from the sun, wind, rain, snow, cold or heat. What I like the best is that you can wear it the way you like : as a scarf, a headband, a bandana, a helmet liner, a dust mask,...
One week after launching the advanced search for the members of ahotu Marathons, we launched today an new module to help you find specific races in the calendar or in the blog. The module is available to every one. You just have to click on “Search” in the the main menu. I hope you’ll like it....New on ahotu Marathons: Advanced Search, and more
We just launched a nice collection of improvements for ahotu Marathons. Many of these were done to answer requests from users, so thank you for telling us what you needed and how you use the website. A simplified Calendar The first improvement deals with the calendar. The different tabs have been removed to simplify the page. Many of you found akwark to see the “Overview” tab instead of...You may have notice that I have missed a few of our weekly interviews. I would like to apologize for that. I know from the mail I receive that you like theses posts. Don’t worry they are coming back as soon as next week. Our next interview will make us travel to Australia, Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland,Algeria, Belgium, the US and India. The trip around the planet isn’t over yet....Uruguay is the 90th country covered by 42k195.com
We have just added Uruguay to our marathon database. photo credit: pviojo We have registered two marathons so far : Maratón de Montevideo Maratón de Punta del Este If you know any other marathons ran in Uruguay, please let us know in the comments. This enhances our coverage of South America....Who has never heart of Facebook? During the past few years, Facebook has become one of the most if not THE most active social network on the web. More than 60 millions users have created an account. And I’m part of it. I joined a few month ago to keep in touch with old friends. Recently, I had to face this basic fact : Thousands of runners coming from all over the world are visiting 42k195....The first issues of an new series of interviews
At the end of January, I was brainstorming to find a new kind of post I could publish on this blog. As the topic of the blog and the main site (42k195.com) is worldwide marathons. I was asking myself a simple question. Who would be the best to talk about the diversity of marathons around the world ? The answer came as a flash : the marathons organizers. So I decided to give it a try. I first aske...Ecuador is the 85th country in www.42k195.com
Ecuador is the 6th South American country registered on the web site.There is only one marathon registered yet for Ecuador : the maratón de Guayaquil which will be held on October 7th.Where will you run your next marathon ?...800 marathons have been registered in www.42k195.com
I’m glad to announce that 800 marathons have been entered in the race database.Number 800 is the Timberline marathon. A trail marathon run in Oregon on the slopes of Mt Hood in the middle of September.It follows the Pacific Crest Trail from historic Timberline Lodge high on Mt Hood to down to Timothy Lake. The race is organized by Rogue Multi-Sport, LLC.Timberline marathon isn’t the onl...700 marathons have been registered
The marathon directory continues to get bigger. We have collected 700 marathons worldwide in 83 different countries. <!—more—%> #700 is the San Juan Island marathon that was held at the begging of the month in Friday Harbour.This marathon reminds me a lot of good memories, since I had the opportunity to spend a month there when I was a teenager. But I that time, I didn’t e...A squidoo lens about marathon calendars
I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about Squidoo, the new Web 2.0 plateform created by Seth Godin.Squidoo lets it’s users create lens (Web pages) about a subject, providing information about the topic, links to other web sites, books,… Once the lens is created users, can vote for them and add comments.It is so easy to use that I wanted to give it a try. I created my first lens.Gess ...600 marathons have been registered
600 marathons have been registered on 42k195.com The 600th marathon comes from South Africa. It is the Knysna Forest Marathon witch will be held next July on the 14th. Where will you run your next marathon ?...Goodbye original designToday, we can say goodbye to the original design of www.42k195.com. Since Novembre 2006, the home page showed the list of the next marathons. But studying the navigation paths of our visitors on Google analytics, it became clear that most of them didn’t figure out that the marathons list could be viewed on a map.That’s too bad because we are convinced that searchi...500 marathons have been registered on 42k195.com The 500th marathon is an american one. It is the Charlottesville Marathon in Viginia. Our coverage of the marathons in the States isn’t complete yet, but we already provide information on 105 different marathons. Marathons in the States We also have recently entered the CLICO Trinidad and Tobago Marathon wich help us cover now 80 different cou...We wish everyone a great, an injury free, a new 2007. We hope to see you back in January to help you figure out what marathon you’ll run next spring. There are plenty of exciting races still available for registration. Do not be afraid to enter smaller marathons. Do not be afraid to enter a race in a foreign country. If you want to run, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life,...On each marathon page, you can now easily locate the five marathons that are closest.Either on the map, or in the ‘Closest marathons’ section.Say you couldn’t register for the ‘Marathon du Médoc’ in France, but still want to run a marathon around Bordeaux. You can know immediately spot the marathons eligible.Just one more thing…We also added an ‘external l...The 400 marathons level has been reached. The 400 marathons are scattered on 79 different countries. <!—more—%> The last marathons references where in malaysia. Marathons in Malaysia http://marathons.ahotu.com/race/ http://marathons.ahotu.com/race/penang_bridge_international_marathon http://marathons.ahotu.com/race/putrajaya_international_marathon If you like the site or would ...Bermuda international Marathon
Have you ever thought of running a marathon in Bermuda(s)? Bermuda is the 69th country to enter our database and its marathon is # 340. It will be held during the Bermuda International Race Weekend on January 14th. The online registration is available. Why not run in Hamilton after the Christmas break ? http://marathons.ahotu.com/race/bermuda_international_marathon Where will you run your next ma...320 marathons have been entered so far. 320 was the Picnic Marathon which is considered as Great Britain’s hardest marathon. It will take place in June 23rd 2007. http://marathons.ahotu.com/race/picnic_marathon Where will you run your next marathon ?...Beyond the most famous marathons as New York, Chigago, Berlin or London, www.42k195.com lists a great number of marathons worldwide and allow you to select them on a map or using the next races schedule. This site is dedicated to all marathoners who whish to combine running and the pleasure of trips and discoveries. They will discover among others Athens marathon, Luxor’s, Omsk’s in Sib...0
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