New Website Coming Soon!

by runningrelays on January 30, 2012

Soon there will be a new RunningRelays.com!  In just a few weeks we will be launching a new site.  For fellow relay runners you will be able to add comments and reviews of your favorite races.  Race directors will be able to add and maintain their own races.  Exciting changes ahead for 2012!

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Ragnar Relays Is Stealing Races

September 14, 2011

Paul Vanderheiden – Race Director How do you think the running community would react if some deep pocket corporation swooped in and copied the marathon course of say Boston, New York, or Big Sur? The reaction would be swift and brutal. What if a big race management company came into your town and staged a [...]

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Cork-n-Run 2012 New Information

August 18, 2011

The directors of the Cork-n-Run relay recently sent out an email detailing new information for the following year. This email thanked runners and gave them first peak at what was next for the Cork-n-Run relay which included dates, new course information and a new ‘Mini-Relay’ division. First the email gave the 2012 date for the [...]

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ESPN Ragnar Relays Video

August 15, 2011

ESPN recently posted a video about Ragnar relays. Running has always been a sport, even with the saying “My sport is your sports punishment”, but ESPN decided to take a look at the craziness or relay runners. The video follows teams running the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay from Logan to Park City, UT, and talks [...]

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Happy August!

August 8, 2011

With about a week into August, we’ve had some great relays run, and still several to come this month. This month is home to the Hood to Coast relay the last weekend in August, along with others such as the Wild West Relay, Ragnar Great River, and several others. And while those racing have all [...]

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Market to Market New Registration Process!

April 29, 2011

Market to Market Relay, which begins in Omaha and ends in Lincoln Nebraska is in it’s 4th year.  Every year the race has sold out and has thus prompted implementing a new system for registration that holds 10 spots for out of state teams.  Teams are comprised of 6, 7, or 8 runners that cover [...]

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All-nighter Reseach Findings

March 23, 2011

New research from the University of California, Berkeley shows one of the side effects of sleep derivations is short-term euphoria!  Wow, that explains a lot.  One of the hardest parts of running an overnight relay race is not getting any sleep.  I’m not a night owl and I like a solid 8, ok 9, hours [...]

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Runners Wanted!

March 22, 2011

I’m putting together a team to run the Cork-n-Run Relay June 3-4, 2011. http://www.corknrun.com/ The relay runs from outside Louisville, KY and finishes in Indianapolis, IN. It travels through wineries in Indiana. We would like to have a team of 9-12 members for the race, but we need some runners!  Anyone interested? Digg this postRecommend [...]

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TIR wrap-up from RD Jay

March 11, 2011

Congratulations to all who “Came and Took It” at the 2011 Texas Independence Relay!   Despite unpredictable weather, late hours, and over 200 miles, these teams persisted to the finish, conquering the course and collecting enjoyable memories all along the way.  The predominant theme that we have heard is how the teams treat each other extremely [...]

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Cork-n-Run early registration ending…

March 1, 2011

The early registration deadline for the Cork-n-Run Relay on June 3-4, 2011 is March 4th.  $100 holds your teams spot, with the balance being due on May 4th.  I love this trend by race directors to let a team pay a deposit.  It’s so hard to collect the entry fee from your team before you [...]

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