HFP RACING – If you need some motivation to get signed up and committed to your 2013 race season, HFP’s 4th Annual Spring Sale is quickly approaching at the end of March.  We’re offering 20% off all HFP Racings events from March 29-March 31 at Midnight. Use the code “HFPSPRINGSALE2013″ when registering for the following events:

• Little Smokies Triathlon
• FIT Family Series
• Deer Creek Triathlon & Duathlon
• Maumee Bay Triathlon & Duathlon
• Mason Tri-umphiant Triathlon & Duathlon
• Caesar Creek Triathlon & Duathlon
• Armco Triathlon & Duathlon
• Commit to be Fit Multisport Festival powered by Giant Eagle
• Linwood Triathlon & Duathlon
• Portage Lakes Triathlon & Duathlon
• Great Buckeye Challenge
• Wells Fargo Advisors Triathlon & Duathlon
  
• Ashland University Triathlon
• Miami University Student Foundation Triathlon
• O’Bleness Race for a Reason (use code “HFPSPRINGSALE2013RR” for this race)
• SOMC Tri for your LIFE

Over the last 24 years HFP Racing has been blessed to have played a significant role in the building of multisport within the Mideast region. HFP Racing is committed to producing our events that support our core values and mission statement:

“To provide a world class race experience with a family

friendly feel for the benefit of our valued customers.”

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HFP Racing has always been a family owned business with the heart of the business being a commitment to our customers… our extended family. HFP Racing is pleased to bring you the launch of our new family focused website, featuring a smart phone friendly layout, quick & easy online registration process from our friends at imATHLETE, more detailed course maps, Google venue locator maps, hotel/motel information, much more useful relevant event details AND all the information on our exciting 2013 season.

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is the pinnacle of achievement for elite athletes and everyday runners alike. On Sunday, October 13, 2013, runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries will set out to accomplish a personal dream by reaching the finish line in Grant Park …more

Registration

Registration for the 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will open on Tuesday, February 19, at 12 p.m. (Central Standard Time). The registration fee is $175 for U.S. participants and $200 for participants outside of the U.S. Registration will close when the participant capacity of 45,000 is reached.

Event Entry Requirements:

• The 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon has a required maximum net finish time of 6 hours and 30 minutes (h:mm:ss / 6:30:59).
• Participants must be 16 years or older on race day, October 13, 2013, to register. Participants 16-17 years of age must have a statement signed by their parent or legal guardian permitting them to participate.
• Sale and/or transfer of race entries/bib numbers is strictly prohibited. All entry fees are non-refundable, and may not be deferred toward a future event.
• Read the Official Event Rules & Guidelines

Good Day my running friends. The winter cold days are here (see my time-line for post regarding low 20″s running) and it’s really tough to get motivated to get out there at 5:30AM on those days BUT it is very necessary and important to continue a solid running or exercise routine. So if anyone wants to join me in this excruciating effort please let me know. I’m willing to meet you on your side of town in the early AM mornings. just looking for some motivation. Good luck in your winter routine. Go ahead and chime in on this topic on our Facebook group page.

The Straight Street Hill Climb™, the most grueling sub-mile race on the planet, is scheduled for Sunday Nov. 18. Begun some 36 years ago by the Clifton Track Club, the oxygen-depleting sprints up the city’s steepest inclines is back and so is the bike challenge.

The races are a fundraising event for the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby, which usually directs its efforts at going fast downhill.

“It’s two minutes of self-inflicted torture!” said Doug Newberry, president of the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby, referring to the average winning time for the running event.

The Soap Box Derby will award the prestigious King of the Hill trophy to the fastest runner and cyclist for the day.

Registration fee for the event is $10, or $20 with a race T-shirt. The single entry fee allows you to run or pedal up the hill — or both — if you want to do “The Double”

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The Big Day

Thanksgiving Day Morning
Thursday, November 22, 2012
9:00 A.M.

The Big Place

Start and Finish at Paul Brown Stadium
FREE Parking

It’s time to lace up your sneakers once again and join The Urology Group and ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer on Saturday, September 8, 2012 for the sixth annual Great Prostate Cancer Challenge®, a 5K race to support ZERO’s mission to end prostate cancer.

Get full race info: Great Prostate Cancer Challenge

Come run with us in 2012!

2011 was a great year with a record turn out of more than 20,000 participants. With international appeal you’ll run through both downtown Detroit and downtown Windsor. Experience the historic neighborhoods of Detroit and the only underwater mile. Come run the 35th Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon on October 21, 2012.

The Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon announced today that the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers (MDCD) will be the title sponsor of this year’s International and US-Only Half-Marathon races.  Also announced today is that finishers in all events will receive a commemorative medal prominently featuring a 1953 classic Corvette ….READ

Register: http://www.freepmarathon.com/register

Close to 12,000 participants from all over the world are expected to take part in this international sporting event. Scheduled events: the Marathon, the Half-marathon, the 10 km race, the Health 5 km and the Kids Run (5-km reserved for 7 to 14 years old participants). Everybody is talking about it!

The SSQ Quebec City marathon has received great reviews… here are a few:

- Cheapflight.com Website, April 2011 : Top 10 marathons across the globe

- Runner’s World UK, May 2010 : 10 Best City Marathon

- Running Attitude, May 2010 : 10 marathons pour vraiment changer d’air

- ESPN – List of 50 “Destination” marathons in North America

- Runner’s World, January 2007 : Marathon Guide’07 – Category “Far away but close to home”

Registration: http://www.couriraquebec.com/sites/marathon-html/inscription-en.html

For five years, thousands of cycling participants of all abilities and ages enjoy bike riding in the annual non-competitive, family-oriented Ride Cincinnati event, while at the same time, raising important funds for Breast Cancer Research.

The Ride Cincinnati’s scenic course begins in the southern corner of downtown Cincinnati at Yeatman’s Cove in Sawyer Point and continues over the pedestrian-only Purple People Bridge, then meanders through several cities in Northern Kentucky. The course returns cyclists back to the Ride Cincinnati Celebration Party at Sawyer Point.

Destination markers along the course guide participants to choose the length of their own personal ride.

The 2012 Ride Cincinnati event will take place on Sunday, June 10th with the first cyclists leaving from the Yeatman’s Cove starting line at 6:30 a.m.

Ride Cincinnati is the first cycling event to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Ride Cincinnati was founded in 2007 by Dr. Harvey Harris, his family and two friends, whose families have been touched by breast cancer. This event is dedicated to the life of Marlene Harris and all others who have, and continue to be, affected by this terrible disease.

Online registration will remain open until Friday, June 8th at 8:00pm.

After Monday, June 4th at 5:00p.m. the registration price will increase to $45 per adult and $20 for children 12 and under.

Event Schedule

62.8 miles…………………… 6:30am

45.2 miles…………………… 7:30am

26 miles……………………… 8:30am

8.2 miles…………………….. 9:00am (Families and supervised children welcome)

Kids’ Rally………………….. 11:00am for children 8 and under (1-mile ride through Sawyer Point)

Celebration………………… 9:30am – 1pm (food, entertainment, kids activities, music and more!)

Registration-Adults – $35.00 Includes a t-shirt and backpack

Children (12 and under) – $15.00 Includes a t-shirt and backpack

Late Registration starting Monday, June 4th at 5PM $45 adults, $20 children 12 & under

2012 Ride Registration Form

Course Map

Kids Ride

Celebration Party

Directions to Yeatman’s Cove

Parking

Safety

Well my running friends, it’s that time of year again….Spring! which means there are a million different opportunities to achieve those once unobtainable goals. Are you gonna run your first 5k?, how about trying your hand at a smooth 10k? or go the distance with a half-marathon! OK maybe on your bucket list this year is to do what few can do… a full marathon.

Whatever inspires you to go the distance, whatever reason’s you have, that gets you out the door for those 5AM training runs, those hard fought training miles, the stats you keep to improve your times..always going for that PR, whatever the reason, just enjoy this awesome sport and find yourself being tested and defined.

Schedule your next marathon: Marathon Guide