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Silicon Valley Running Events

While all of the technology and digital widgets can be fun, sometimes you just have to get outside and do something physical, not virtual.

Here’s a list of a few local running events around Silicon Valley and the Bay Area:

In the heart of Silicon Valley in San Jose is the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon on October 7th 2012

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Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon 2012 finisher medal. No word on if this is a mix tape from the 80’s.
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The cassette tape medal turned out to be slightly smaller than the classic 80’s cassette tapes. Not quite a micro cassette, but since it’s solid metal it probably won’t play in your retro tape deck.
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San Jose Rock & Roll Half Marathon finisher medals from 2011 and 2012 on the 2012 t-shirt. (image credit: SiliconCali.com)

 

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Another view of the San Jose Rock & Roll finisher medals from 2011 and 2012. (image credit: SiliconCali.com)

 

Further out in the mountain playground of Lake Tahoe is the Tough Mudder Nor-Cal.

To prepare yourself for the 25 military style obstacles, you can train like this guy:

 

And one that’s not quite in the neighborhood:

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The full marathon finisher medal from the 2011 Disney World Marathon
Image credit: SiliconCali.com

The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend includes a 5k, Half Marathon and a Full Marathon in Orlando, Florida in January 2013. You can also choose to run the “Goofy”, Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge. A 39.3-mile run that combines the half  and full marathons on Saturday and Sunday (12-13 January 2013)

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Special 20th Anniversary 2013 Disney World Marathon Finisher Medal
Image Credit: Disney

Note the quote from Walt Disney on the front:  “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them”  Apt words for the dreamers here in the Valley

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2013 Disney World Half Marathon Finisher Medal
Image Credit: Disney

The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend is again offering free runner tracking through this site: http://live.xacte.com/wdw/alerts/   Track your runner via SMS text message, email, Twitter or other social media with their Xact Event Alerts.

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The 2013 Walt Disney World Half Marathon finsher medal

And coming up next year is the 2nd annual 408k 8K road race in San Jose. This race starts from downtown San Jose and runs to Santana Row. The “Race to the Row” is on March 10th 2013. #run408 Bring your running shoes…and your credit card!