Tacoma Marathon? Really?

The word on the street (or at least on ThriceAllAmerican) is that Tacoma is getting a real marathon.  Seriously.  The Inaugural Tacoma City Marathon is May 13th, 2007.  There’s a marathon and half marathon course.  The full marathon starts and ends in downtown Tacoma.  It runs a loop down Ruston Way to Point Defiance, South to Hwy 16, and back to downtown.  I like it.  It’s been a while since I was a regular runner.  Maybe this will get me on the marathon training schedule again. 

Team Exit133 starts training today.  Who wants in?

Update: Several folks have asked about training schedule recommendations.  The training schedule I’ve used can be found here (Excel).  I’ve already loaded up the May 13th date for you.  If you need a schedule, there are a lot of them on the web.  Pick one and go for it. 

Link to the Tacoma City Marathon

Link to my marathon training schedule

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