"Tyson's Run" is about someone's first marathon on Netflix (2022)
"Brittany Runs a Marathon" on Amazon Prime (2019)
"McFarland USA" on Disney+ (2015)
"Personal Best" (1982) rental between $3-4 on various platforms
"Run Woman Run" (2021) is currently unavailable for streaming
"Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners" (2022) on Prime Video
"Remember the Goal" (2016) on Hulu
"Overcomer" (2019) on Amazon Prime
"Spirit of the Marathon" (2007) on YouTubeTV or rental on other platforms
First Ladies of Running by Amby Burfoot Rodale Books (2016) ISBN-13: 978-1609615642
Forward by Shalane Flanagan, daughter of Cheryl Bridges
Runners profiled include Julia Chase, Roberta Gibb, Kathrine Switzer, Charlotte Lettis, Joan Benoit, Doris Brown, Francie Larrieu, Mary Decker, Jackie Hansen, Miki Gorman, and Grete Waitz
The Miles and Trials of a Marathon Goddess: 52 Weeks, 52 Marathons (2019) Tender Fire Books ISBN-13: 978-1732692725 by Julie Weiss, Ali Nolan, and John Hanc
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Marathon Training (2011) ISBN-13: 978-1615640584 by David Levine, and Paula Petrella. ALPHA (publisher).
P.S. David Levine is the coach of the LA Roadrunners and Julie Weiss is his wife.
My current obsession is RezRuns
Love the Digital Event Guides from https://www.youtube.com/@RunningInMakeup
On the topic of runDisney, you will see photos of people with vast stacks of medals. They will have a letterboard that says perfect season. You will begin to calculate the cost of a perfect season. You will wonder what these people do for a living. But a wonderful person named Brian Davis on runDisneyRun has done some number crunching. He only looked at the Florida races: Wine & Dine, Marathon weekend, and Princess. He ignored the 5k's because those are not timed.
Of those 56,948 unique finishers in seven races, how many only finished one? How many finished ALL seven of these races? What about other numbers of races? Well, here’s the breakdown:
...Runners with 1 out of 7: 35,690 (62.7%)
...Runners with 2 out of 7: 11,887 (20.9%)
...Runners with 3 out of 7: 6,445 (11.3%)
...Runners with 4 out of 7: 1,144 (2.0%)
...Runners with 5 out of 7: 1,188 (2.1%)
...Runners with 6 out of 7: 187 (0.3%, the least common club)
...Runners with 7 out of 7: 407 (just a tiny 0.7% of the total)
Of those 56,948 unique finishers in seven races, how many only finished one? How many finished ALL seven of these races? What about other numbers of races? Well, here’s the breakdown:
...Runners with 1 out of 7: 35,690 (62.7%)
...Runners with 2 out of 7: 11,887 (20.9%)
...Runners with 3 out of 7: 6,445 (11.3%)
...Runners with 4 out of 7: 1,144 (2.0%)
...Runners with 5 out of 7: 1,188 (2.1%)
...Runners with 6 out of 7: 187 (0.3%, the least common club)
...Runners with 7 out of 7: 407 (just a tiny 0.7% of the total)
So most people do just one race. Very few do all of the races.
How about the race weekends? How many can afford to do all three out of the three mentioned here?
...All 3 weekends: 1182 (2.1%)
...Just 2 weekends: 4802 (8.4%)
...Only 1 weekend: 50,964 (89.5%)
With Wine & Dine just under a week away, I'm having FOMO. I have to reassure myself that it's okay to have just four or five (or six) big races per year. Train for those. Save your money for those. You don't have to do every race that exists. You can have a nicer time doing fewer events.
2024 Race Weekends
Jan - Disneyland 5k (I don't think I would do this one again)
Mar - LA Big 5k
Jun - CdM Scenic 5k
Sept - SMC 5k/10k (I don't think I would do this one again)
Oct - Mission Inn
Dec - Holiday Half
Planning 2025
Jan - Citrus Heritage, Rose Bowl Half, Surf City, Disneyland, Carlsbad Marathon
Feb - Palm Desert Half, Firecracker, SRLA Friendship Run, Ventura Marathon, Mardi Gras Madness, Chinatown Firecracker
Mar - LA Marathon, San Diego Half
Apr - Mountains 2 Beach Marathon, Chesebro Half Marathon
May - OC Marathon, La Jolla Half Marathon, Seaside Marathon (Ventura), Verdugo Mountains 10k
Jun - Valencia Half, Red Rock Rumble, Griffith Park Trail Marathon Relay
Jul - Ditmars Wine Run 5k (Council Bluffs, IA)
Aug - Pride of the Valley 5K, America's Finest City
Sept - Santa Monica Classic, Disneyland Halloween Half
Oct - Long Beach Marathon, Moorpark Mammoth Run, Malibu Moves, Mission Inn Run
Nov - Drumstick Dash LA, Catalina Island, Run Malibu
Dec - Holiday Half, Santa Monica-Venice Christmas Run
The Mission Inn Run started giving out a pin and hat for legacy runners who have done the run 3 years consecutively.
Mar - LA Big 5k
Jun - CdM Scenic 5k
Sept - SMC 5k/10k (I don't think I would do this one again)
Oct - Mission Inn
Dec - Holiday Half
Planning 2025
Jan - Citrus Heritage, Rose Bowl Half, Surf City, Disneyland, Carlsbad Marathon
Feb - Palm Desert Half, Firecracker, SRLA Friendship Run, Ventura Marathon, Mardi Gras Madness, Chinatown Firecracker
Mar - LA Marathon, San Diego Half
Apr - Mountains 2 Beach Marathon, Chesebro Half Marathon
May - OC Marathon, La Jolla Half Marathon, Seaside Marathon (Ventura), Verdugo Mountains 10k
Jun - Valencia Half, Red Rock Rumble, Griffith Park Trail Marathon Relay
Jul - Ditmars Wine Run 5k (Council Bluffs, IA)
Aug - Pride of the Valley 5K, America's Finest City
Sept - Santa Monica Classic, Disneyland Halloween Half
Oct - Long Beach Marathon, Moorpark Mammoth Run, Malibu Moves, Mission Inn Run
Nov - Drumstick Dash LA, Catalina Island, Run Malibu
Dec - Holiday Half, Santa Monica-Venice Christmas Run
The Mission Inn Run started giving out a pin and hat for legacy runners who have done the run 3 years consecutively.
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