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So-called "Mini Marathons" (Read 343 times)

joescott


    Is this just an Indiana thing, to call half marathons "mini marathons"? What's next? A 5K that is called a "Mini 10K"? I find this odd ...

     

    Yes, it's odd.  None in this area, thankfully.

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    C-R


      I prefer to run ultra-mini-marathons.

       

      I didn't take you for a 50k guy. Go figure.


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      Trent


      Good Bad & The Monkey

        In southern Indiana, northern Kentucky and parts of Ohio, the word Mini Marathon refers to Half Marathons. I have seen that since I was a kid, some several decades.


        At the Nashville Country Music Marathon, the Mini Marathon is (was?) a 2.62 mile race.

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        Slower than I look

          I just got done running RnR Arizona HM and they had an odd mini-marathon that followed our course for a bit and then split off and went their own way.  I think someone said it was a 10k but I'm not sure.  All I know is that it merged back with us around mile 12 and suddenly I was blocked by some very out of shape slow runners.  It made for a strange finish flying past these people after running mainly with even paced runners for so long.  It must have been rather disheartening for them as well.

          duckman


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            Welcome to the neighborhood Duckworth. Run for the Sam Costa "Halt Marathon" in Carmel and then do the free Anti-Mini in Zionsville. That should make you feel better.

             

            Oh and yeah the mini thing is funny. You can call it Al and it's still 13.1.

             

            Thanks, C-R. The Sam Costa (and the Carmel Marathon) goes past my house. I may do the Sam Costa. I'm already registered for Carmel. And I'll avoid "mini marathons" until, inevitably, I get numb to this this odd half marathon nomenclature and embrace it as somehow normal.

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              Thanks, C-R. The Sam Costa (and the Carmel Marathon) goes past my house. I may do the Sam Costa. I'm already registered for Carmel. And I'll avoid "mini marathons" until, inevitably, I get numb to this this odd half marathon nomenclature and embrace it as somehow normal.

               

              Never heard of a "mini" until I moved to Indy.

               

              Carmel is a well-run event.  The anti-Mini is a nice low-key event, free and self-timed.  It's on a pretty trail just don't plan on any PRs (switchbacked boardwalk up and down 3 times).

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                At the Barkley 100, the 60-mile option (40-hour cutoff, which most runners don't make) is called the "fun run".

                 

                I've always found that an entertaining reinterpretation of the phase "fun run". I mean, entertaining as long as I stay a long distance away from it.

                It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

                C-R


                   

                   

                  Carmel is a well-run event.  The anti-Mini is a nice low-key event, free and self-timed.  It's on a pretty trail just don't plan on any PRs (switchbacked boardwalk up and down 3 times).

                   

                  Oh yeah. Carmel Half Marathon is a very well run event and fun to run.


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                  AnneCA


                    The "mini-marathon" name goes way back.

                    L'eggs_Mini-Marathon

                     

                    Not sure why this page only lists results through 1980 - it still exists.  It was the first race I ran, in . . . 1989 or 1990.  But, you know, those women's-only races, people just bucket list them and never stick with running.


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                      Oh yeah. Carmel Half Marathon is a very well run event and fun to run.

                       

                      Well, I was not specific as the Carmel Marathon is also well run...just not as fun.  But that's because marathons are just not as much fun as HMs... Smile

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                      jerseyrunner


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                        The "mini-marathon" name goes way back.

                        L'eggs_Mini-Marathon

                         

                        Not sure why this page only lists results through 1980 - it still exists.  It was the first race I ran, in . . . 1989 or 1990.  But, you know, those women's-only races, people just bucket list them and never stick with running.

                         

                        Yeah, I remember I ran one of those "mini-marathons" in 1980 or 1981. They were fun, but even then I thought the name was strange, especially since it followed the same course used by many 10k race events in Central Park.

                         

                         

                        seeEricaRun


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                          The "mini-marathon" name goes way back.

                          L'eggs_Mini-Marathon

                           

                          Not sure why this page only lists results through 1980 - it still exists.  It was the first race I ran, in . . . 1989 or 1990.  But, you know, those women's-only races, people just bucket list them and never stick with running.

                           

                          Maybe that's  when NYRR took over maintaining the results. 


                          ultramarathon/triathlete

                            The Mini Marathon has been around a looooong time. There's one way back in 1972 -- the Crazylegs Mini Marathon.  It's still going making it one of the oldest races in the country (and women-only)   Apparently "mini" had to do with miniskirts (according to wikipedia). Annoyingly they called it a marathon, though it was a 10k.   Now Oakley sponsors it.   It's now called a mini-10k, and while I don't recall seeing any mini skirts, the current outfits aren't bad either  ;-)

                             

                            http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2013/oakley-new-york-mini-10k

                             

                            Not to say this is not also an Indiana thing.

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                            SillyC


                              This is the New York Mini?

                               

                              The Mini Marathon has been around a looooong time. There's one way back in 1972 -- the Crazylegs Mini Marathon.  It's still going making it one of the oldest races in the country (and women-only)   Apparently "mini" had to do with miniskirts (according to wikipedia). Annoyingly they called it a marathon, though it was a 10k.   Now Oakley sponsors it.   It's now called a mini-10k, and while I don't recall seeing any mini skirts, the current outfits aren't bad either  ;-)

                               

                              http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2013/oakley-new-york-mini-10k

                               

                              Not to say this is not also an Indiana thing.

                               

                              That was my first 10K!  Oh, that's a great race!  Love or hate the name, it's a really good time. They do a fantastic job with the corrals.

                              daisymae25


                              Squidward Bike Rider

                                This is the New York Mini?

                                 

                                 

                                That was my first 10K!  Oh, that's a great race!  Love or hate the name, it's a really good time. They do a fantastic job with the corrals.

                                 

                                I did the Mini back in 2012 with some friends back in 2012. It was the 40th anniversary. I enjoyed the race itself, but getting there was a clusterfuck for me (long story). Probably the only reason I wouldn't do it again.

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