Three Runners die in Detroit marathon

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Ah, okay. I'm definitely going to target the ascent for next year as long as I can keep running and getting into shape.

The guy I talked to today is really, really into running, and in fact just finished a 50-mile mountain race. Looking him up, it appears that he's in the 1:30 to 1:40 range on half-marathons and 3:15 or so in marathons. He did the Ascent in 3:15 and was in the top ten percent of male finishers.

I know a woman who did the ascent this year, too. She ran a flat half-marathon in 1:53 this summer in a race that we both ran, and her time in the Ascent was 4:49. She said it was not enjoyable.

I suspect that the ascent is as much about leg strength as it is endurance.

Yeah, the Ascent is a 1/2 marathon in distance only. Funny thing is, my mom has done it a few times and said it's more of a climb than a run. You are rarely moving at a running pace, but constantly moving and heading up. I've been told the best thing to do is run stadium stairs or just hop on the stair climber and go.