The NFL Detroit Lions snapped their 19-game losing streak with a win over the Redskins.
Quote of the Day
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's chairman Sheila Bair told reporters that the FDIC Fund's "...balance going negative doesn't mean we've run out of money." -- doh!
Advertising:
We're trying a new advertising supplier -- SlideUpAds -- it's different; we'll see... I'm so having the hardest luck for advertising suppliers. This company has been responsive, but they introduced a new system a few days ago and everything has gone haywire since. If you've seen a FORBIDDEN notice displayed in your window, that's caused by them. So... I am removing them for the time being.
note: active links will pop up in a NEW window; you will need to have any pop-up blockers deactivated.
If you hover your mouse cursor over the registration link or the registration form link, a tooltip may pop up with entry fee information and registration deadlines.
I don't update this section very often, but I did today (6/17/2009). The Los Angeles Marathon, traditionally held in May, is likely being moved to a cooler time in March of 2010, don't have a date yet.
For a very long time, maybe even years, I have told myself that I'm going to put together my own website listing of local runs that I personally am interested in. Frequently, I will dig deeply to locate information online for a particular run, because it's not listed on the major event calendars. Sometimes an event is listed on one calendar, but not another.
Sometimes an event is listed but there is no registration information, or no registration application form.
Then a week later, I may need to look up details of the run, and I have to go through the search once again.
How frustrating!
So here it is, finally. This is information on participatory running events (road races) in the Seattle area. The list may or may not include runs greater than 25 miles away, so Tacoma events may be excluded.
Initially, I am just "tossing" this list together, but over time, I will enhance it to be more useful. And I will attempt to keep it up-to-date, as time permits.
11/11/2007: Added form to accept suggested additions to the Calendar.
11/16/2007: Added click button to add site to Favorites.
11/17/2007: Added RSS-XML button.
11/26/2007: Because of interest in marathons, more have been added to the Calendar, even though they are outside of the immediate Seattle area. Visitors planning on coming to this area have been seeking running events that they can include as destination activities during their trips.
12/14/2007: It's frustrating to wait on run results, but some running events are still timed manually, so it takes awhile for them to record and tabulate all the participants' data, especially from the Jingle Bell 2007 Run which had RECORD attendance!
1/1/2008: Added some advertising links to try to generate a little revenue for the New Year. This is getting a little costly.
1/14/2008: Added registration information where available as tooltips (pops up when mouse hovers over registration keyword).
1/16/2008: I've decided to create another page that will include the entire state of Washington. There are many runs in Tacoma and Olympia that are not being represented, and up north also, and east. Those are just too far to go to from Seattle, but based on the searches for running events, there is plenty of interest, so I'm gonna do it.
3/20/2008: I have removed the category "Marathons outside of the Seattle Area." These will continue to be listed on the Washington Events Calendar. For the time being, I am retaining the listing of the major national marathons that we are interested in, viz. New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
5/1/2008: I am starting a section of "Running Tips" -- articles on the art of running, how to improve your speed, how to prevent and treat injuries, etc. Please be patient. It will take awhile to compose the material. Of course, any suggestions you have will be most welcome.
9/24/2008: Privacy Policy Notice -- We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
note: active links will pop up in a NEW window; you will need to have any pop-up blockers deactivated
Bookmarks:
To make it easier to come back to this site, Internet Explorer: click this button and then indicate where in your list of Favourites you want to place a bookmark. FireFox: click BOOKMARKS from the menu bar, and then indicate where in your Bookmarks folders you want to place a bookmark.
Instructions to subscribe to RSS feed:
Internet Explorer: right-click the XML logo, copy shortcut, paste into your RSS reader, where it asks you for the URL or for the Search Name. FireFox: click the XML logo and specify your RSS reader.
After you have subscribed to the RSS feed, you will be notified by your RSS reader whenever a change has been made to the Running Events Calendar.
Interesting Note:: The second day of the year MMX was palindromy day
In February, we tried out a new advertising supplier
We tried Sell and Tell Ads but they are unresponsive so we're discontinuing their ads.
In March, we tried ads from CBproAds instead.
it turned out that CBproAds is not reliable, so I'm quitting on them as well.
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