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  • MartinaNYC
    MartinaNYC Posts: 190 Member
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    I'd leave it as it is: HALF MARATHON! Who cares if non-runners won't understand! If you call it a 21K people will get even more confused IMO...
  • TheBrolympus
    TheBrolympus Posts: 586 Member
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    There is this group, which I'm really kind of miffed about what they are doing, which dilutes the mystic of the Marathon:

    http://www.131marathon.com/

    If that bothers you, this one will probably drive you nuts.
    http://www.moocowmarathon.com/index.html

    "2.62 AND 1.31 MILE MINI MARATHON
    Here's your chance for the marathon experience without the distance!"

    I thought it was a joke when I first saw it.
  • fabiomuralha
    fabiomuralha Posts: 114 Member
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    There is this group, which I'm really kind of miffed about what they are doing, which dilutes the mystic of the Marathon:

    http://www.131marathon.com/

    If that bothers you, this one will probably drive you nuts.
    http://www.moocowmarathon.com/index.html

    "2.62 AND 1.31 MILE MINI MARATHON
    Here's your chance for the marathon experience without the distance!"

    I thought it was a joke when I first saw it.

    I thought exactly the same right now when I read that.. lol
  • ZenInTexas
    ZenInTexas Posts: 781 Member
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    There is this group, which I'm really kind of miffed about what they are doing, which dilutes the mystic of the Marathon:

    http://www.131marathon.com/

    If that bothers you, this one will probably drive you nuts.
    http://www.moocowmarathon.com/index.html

    "2.62 AND 1.31 MILE MINI MARATHON
    Here's your chance for the marathon experience without the distance!"

    I thought it was a joke when I first saw it.

    I thought exactly the same right now when I read that.. lol


    This is ridiculous.
  • sjp_511
    sjp_511 Posts: 476 Member
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    Have you all never been asked what length marathon you ran or are running?

    You know, a 5k marathon, a 10k marathon and so on.

    :-)

    I get this a lot. I run mostly half marathons. FIL likes to ask about my upcoming races and would always ask the distance even though I had already called it a half marathon. He has learned - now he asks "is this half marathon also 13 miles?"

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