Martian 5k Race
This race is part of the Martian Marathon
Course Description:
Course Information is not available at this time.
Race Information:
The marathon course is a Boston Qualifier. All the Martian courses are USTF Certified, wide, traffic free, beautiful and lightly rolling.
Marathon & Half Marathon Starts at 7 am
Certification numbers are:
Meteor 10K - MI07003SH
Martian Half Marathon - MI07004SH
Martian Marathon - MI07005SH
Aid stations every 2 miles with Absopure water and Ultima. Two GU stops in the Half and 4 GU stops in the full marathon.
Bathrooms every 5 miles, maybe even some real ones with flush toilets!
Note: There is a 6 1/2 hour time limit for this race!
The only issue is gravity, which we are in process of correcting. Scientists from both Mars and Earth are working together on a diversionary, planetary, orbital plan that should reduce gravitational pull for up to 4 hours on April 4th and 5th, 2009. This displaced gravity will be transported by traditional warp methods to be distributed evenly over all other spring marathon dates. Why the Martian Marathon?
Because They're Our Planetary Neighbor (duh!)
We are, as you read, racing toward Mars at a speed ~40 times faster than a commercial jet (keep hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times) which means our Martian friends are getting bigger by the second.
Very soon, when we're closest together, they will outshine everything in the night sky (except Venus and the Moon) and the we (Vegas in particular) lights up the Martian sky like a thousand beautiful sunsets.
FYI: Since you started reading this, you're another 97 miles closer to the reunion, so hang in there as we're about to tell you the good part.
Why a Martian Marathon? Why you ask?
How are we running with our Martian neighbors? It's simple orbital mechanics, something we runners too can relate to! Think about it ... we're here on Earth and they (our closest neighbors) are over there, on Mars.
You with me? I've got a point . . . it's coming.
Ok, so we're on this really fast track, with lanes that nerdlies refer to as planetary orbits. We Earth-folk, running fast on the inside lane, can finish the course in 12 months. You know that part.
Slow and steady, our Martian friends plod along an outside lane like some "masters division" ultra trail runner, taking twice as long to get to the finish line -- all the while telling everyone how far they can go.
Here's the good part ... Every two years, we get the incredible joy of lapping our large-headed neighbors, giving us a chance to engage in some good-natured, in-your-face, intergalactic trash talk as we breeze past them.
So you get it now? We lap their sorry Martian asses every two years! In your face!
And when *exactly* do we pass them?
Bingo! Within 2 hours after the gun sounds on April 1st
THAT is why people run the Martian Marathon ... because *nothing* gives us such a full body rush as a long run including some well-earned trash talk with close friends.
So that's about it for now ...
Registration Deadlines
| Deadline | Fee |
| 4/5/2009 | $35 |
| 4/4/2009 | $29 |
| 3/1/2009 | $25 |
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