{"id":86467,"date":"2021-06-08T15:43:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=86467"},"modified":"2021-06-08T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:46:21","slug":"half-marathon-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/half-marathon-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Marathon Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As many of you know we have two official half marathon starting times. One starts at at 9 AM ET on June 26th and go till 9 PM on the 26th and the other starts at 9 PM ET on the 26th and continue to 9 AM on the 27th.<\/p>\n

For the first time ever we are also going to allow half marathoners to pick any 12 hour period during the larger 24 hour period that starts at 9 AM ET on Saturday June 26th and goes till 9 AM ET on Sunday the 27th of June. There will be no official start or ending post for these marathoners for logistical reasons (I wouldn’t know where to put them!) but they should always be writing with other marathoners and feel like they are part of the larger spirit of things.<\/p>\n

Time zones have long been a concern of ours. The marathon itself is set at times that works for most North Americans, and as the marathon has become more and more international we’ve tried various ways to help international marathoners (by having the two starting periods). We are hoping that this will make a difference.<\/p>\n

We’d love to have more options for full marathoners someday but one of our current limitations is simply that 24 prompts (48 this year if you count the image options) is a lot already and it would be hard to keep the spirit alive for a much larger period of time (or monitored with support help). However we are very open to suggestions that would make that possible, this year or in the future.<\/p>\n

To sign up go here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are interested in participating please sign up by June 19th! We will get back to applicants on a rolling basis. Most people who apply will be accepted. If you have not heard from us a week after applying please send us an email at poets@poetrymarathon.com. Please do not try and contact us through the FB page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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