Hello!
Welcome to our first-timers newsletter - a newsletter exclusively
for those individuals who will be completing their first marathon or
half-marathon on May 16, 2010. We greatly appreciate you choosing
the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon for your first distance event.
Between now and May
16, we will motivate you with inspirational quotes, offer up tips to
prepare you for the big day, provide you useless - but interesting -
facts, and answer any questions you may have about doing a marathon or
half-marathon. This last part is extremely important. Do not
be afraid to ask any question at all that is on your mind. There
really is no dumb question.
This special
first-timers program started four years ago. In that time, we have
helped over 5,000
first-timers train and complete their first marathon or
half-marathon. Their stories are very inspirational and
heart-warming. We are confident we can do the same for
you. By May 16, you will have run farther than you have ever
run in your life. You will experience things you have likely never
experienced before. And at the end of the day on May 16, you will
be able to say one thing - I DID IT!!! You will be a veteran
marathoner or half-marathoner.
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INSPIRATION
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"Nobody said it would be easy, they just said it
would be worth it." - Anonymous
This is one of our all-time favorite quotes, because it is
so true. Over the last three years, the most common
feedback we have received from first-timers after the event
was that they didn't understand this quote until after they had
finished the race - and that the quote is totally accurate.
Completing a marathon or half-marathon is not an easy
proposition. You cannot just roll out of bed on May 16 and do
26.2 or 13.1 miles. You must train for it. We will help
you. Keep in mind that as tough or long as the training may
be, it will be so worth it.
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TIP
Use your long runs
as prep runs for the race itself. You have sixteen opportunities
(long runs) between now and May 16 to prepare yourself for the actual
race. Use these runs to find out what works best for you.
Come race day, you do NOT want to try something new. You want May
16 to be "just another run" (although we know it is not).
Practice what to eat the night before, what to eat before the run, what
to wear, what to drink (we provide Gatorade and water - practice with
these), what to eat during the race, etc. The answers to these
questions will be different for each person. Find out now what
works best for you and you will have a great experience on May 16.
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DID
YOU KNOW . . .
In 2006, Runner's
World named the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon as one of the ten most
enjoyable races in the country. This followed a 2005 issue of
Runner's World that recognized Titletown Brewing Company's
Twenty-Six-Point-Two Brew, brewed exclusively for the Cellcom Green Bay
Marathon, as one of the best schwags (perks or prizes) found at a race.
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DAYS TO THE CELLCOM GREEN BAY MARATHON
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Again, thank you so much for choosing the Cellcom Green Bay
Marathon for your first marathon or half-marathon. If have any
questions, please e-mail the First Timers Director at firsttimers@cellcomgreenbaymarathon.com
or call the marathon office at (920) 432-6272.
Larry
Lueck Sean
Ryan
First Timers
Director
Race Director
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