Thursday, May 8, 2008

Applefest Half-Marathon sign up

I just signed up for the Applefest Half-Marathon on October 4 in Hollis, NH. It should be a nice race, and a number of friends from law school said they'd run it and train for it with me which is why I signed up.

This was the first race I signed up for after the New Orleans Marathon. I had initially thought about the Chicago Marathon which Maddy, Charlie and Irish Blue (among others) signed up for. However, I've recently gone through a bout of new problems (diminishing--the problems, not my knee) and I wasn't confident that I'd be able to run the race before registration closes (which is soon if it hasn't happened already).

My big beef with the Applefest race is their absolutely maniacal rules for headphones. In the signup, you have to agree that if race personnel sees you with headphones on the course, you will be pulled off the course. I get that it's done for insurance purposes, but why get so crazy about it? Oh well...

7 comments:

CewTwo said...

Congrats on keeping it going.

I am not sure what I think about headphones. I take them on long runs but don't always use them. In competitions, I don't tke them as there is always so much to see and experience.

Let us know hjow the training goes for you and for the group!

Susan said...

Crazy headphones rule!

Laura said...

I haven't raced in NH yet (goal of racing - not necessarily a marathon, but some kind of race - in all 50 states within the next 7 years), so when I first started reading I was like "ooh a NH half-marathon!" But no headphones? I would go absolutely nuts at my pace. Two hours of me with my own crazy thoughts is just too long.

Has anyone come up with some kind of implantable chip yet so I can listen to music undetected? :)

ShirleyPerly said...

I've never seen such a stringent rule about headphones but working for a race management firm, I can tell you that we do have to say no headphones, strollers, rollerskates, etc., are allowed for safety & insurance purposes.

Runner Leana said...

Pulled off the course? That is pretty maniacal. Hope it will be a great race for you though!

Runner Leana said...

Pulled off the course? That is pretty maniacal. Hope it will be a great race for you though!

J said...

We're signing up, too. The whole group of us!! Happy happy! Maybe we will run into each other there.