Exercise Log Blog

Once again, its getting to that time of year to remember about the Turkey Trot Relay.  Yeah, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, the leaves are falling, lots of Turkey will start coming towards our mouths, and there is no better time to plan to run it off than in the Turkey Trot Relay in Boise.  Get ready, November 22nd is the day!  9:00am is the time.

The Turkey Trot Relay continues to be one of the most fun themed running events in the area.  The goal of the race is to predict your team’s race time, not to necessarily be the first one to finish.  The teams consist of 4 people as a relay team, each running a 2 mile stretch around Ann Morrison park.  The winners are the team who most accurately guesses the finish time of their whole team.  And what do the winners get, of course, turkey!  It IS called the Turkey Trot Relay for a reason.

You are in luck!  Early registration for the Turkey Trot Relay is still open until November 17th.  You can pick up packets at Bandanna Running or the Treasure Valley YMCA, or you can visit the Y-striders website.

The 7th annual Zeitgeist Half Marathon will be held Saturday, November 1, 2008.  The race isn’t just for runners, its also open to walkers, too.  The Zeitgeist Half Marathon starts and finishes in the Optimist Football Park northwest of Boise.  With 1,181 feet of elevation gain over three hills, it is sure to be a challenging course, the course will cover both paved and dirt roads.   Luckily, there will be 6 aid stations including 8 portable toilets available on the course.

Zeitgeist Half Marathon finishers receive a long sleeve, embroidered, moisture-wicking, T-shirt.  The post race party will have hot food, cold drinks and a live band.  Overall awards and age group awards along with great prize drawings are provided as well.

Volunteers are welcome and appreciated.  Volunteers will get a short sleeve, embroidered T-shirt and are welcome to attend the post race party after completing their tasks.

Registration for the Zeitgeist Half Marathon can be done by picking up packets from local Boise running shoe stores, or it can be done online at the Zeitgeist Half Marathon website.

If you are looking for the most exciting race start of your life, try the Prison Break Half Marathon, 10K and 5K on October 25th.  Complete with flyover, riot squad, and escape sirens, it is sure to be a race that you will remember.

The Prison Break Half Marathon proceeds benefits the Boise Rescue Mission and the Idaho Peace Officers Memorial, so its a good cause.

The Opening ceremonies begin at 9am at the Idaho State Correctional Institute, with the race starting at 9:10.  After you have made your escape through the desert, you are treated to a buffet lunch afterwards.

The Prison Break Half Marathon early registration period has passed, but you can still get registered at Idaho Running Club, and to prime you for the event, packet pickup takes place in the couple days before the event at Aladdin Bail Bonds.  You can also pick up your packs on the day of the race out at the Prison before the race, where late registration ends at 8:30am.

Are you overly concerned about Fat loss?  Today I stumbled across a neat video on youtube that features an interview with a professional photographer and Photoshop expert showing how those hollywood hotties keep up their good looks and never seem and ounce too heavy.  Would you believe that it’s not a diet, but the “miracle” of modern technology that keeps them in such good shape.

One aspect of the video is the way in which technology can alter images to create what appear to be physically impossible results.  The other element is a discussion of what it means in our modern society to be ever reaching for the impossible.   Is the level of fat loss that you want inspired by realistic ideals?

If you feel like you’re working hard but just can’t achieve the fat loss results that you want, you might want to ask yourself if what you’re after is attainable and healthy.  Ultimately, you will find yourself much more satisfied striving for an achievable goal, and one that will keep you health, than to try to look like the somewhat unrealistic images you see in magazines today.

 

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In Boise, Idaho this weekend, the City of Trees Marathon / Half Marathon 2008, which is the final marathon / half marathon of the City of Trees Racing Association racing year, is in the books.  Luckily, the rain that hit us here on Saturday subsided long enough to allow the race to happen with typical October weather for Boise.

The City of Trees Marathon was an official USATF certified race, sorry guys, no headphones or music.  Here are a couple maps, one of the City of Trees Marathon, and one of the City of Trees Half Marathon.

If you are looking for City of Trees Marathon Results, then head on over to the results page for the 2008 race.

One thing I noticed going through the results is that the winner of the City of Trees Marathon for the guys was David Derkacs, which if you may remember, was the winner of the Fit for Life Half Marathon that we interviewed after that race a few months ago.  Looks like he is continuing to dominate distance racing in and around Boise.

Since the marathon is basically a tour of most of Boise, I thought it was a pretty good idea that the City of Trees Racing Association puts on a guided race tour on Saturday, that also doubles as a tour of Boise.  That’s a very generous thing to do.  Looking at the race registrations, there were a lot of people from out of town doing the race, glad they allowed them the opportunity to see our great town a little closer and see why we all enjoy living here.