Distance Running magazine #50 – 2009 January-March

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Distance Running 2009 January-March

Published January 2009

Cover: The spectacular indoor finish of the Dresdner-Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon, Germany. 26th September 2008

A coastal spectacular

By Sally Smith
The Big Sur Half debuted in 2003 and was an immediate and overwhelming success. The half marathon rivaled the full marathon in terms of scenery and over the following five years the field has now almost doubled in size.

Land and sea

By Paco Borao
The motto that appears on the new emblem of Valencia’s Town Council reads “Tierra y Mar” (or in Valencian “Terra i Mar”). It is an accurate description of the way in which Spain’s third largest city has forged a strong new identity for itself, using the interplay between these basic assets.