Maine to DC: Update #6
Gary has been making great time, and got to the Bronx last night and is already through New York this morning and making his way through New Jersey. Gary has run 475 miles and has 230 miles left to go!
As always, you can track his progress at MyAthleteLive.com and make a donation on his website, Maine2DCRun.com. Gary has been posting frequent updates to Twitter and Facebook if you’d like to see some photos from along the way.
Gary was featured on News 12 in Connecticut yesterday with a good story about his run, which you can check out on their website by clicking here.
Maine to DC: Updates #4 and #5
Gary has been making great time this weekend, and as I write this on Monday morning he’s over 335 miles into his trip, and is making his way through Connecticut! Pretty soon he’ll be going through my old stomping grounds.
Fun stat #1: Gary covered 327 miles in his first week of running.
Fun stat #2: Gary is running through 9 states plus DC. Maine, the first state, comprised 29.7% of his total mileage.
You can follow his progress at MyAthleteLive.com and donate on his website at Maine2DCRun.com. If you live on his route, he always appreciates folks coming out to cheer for him.
Today we’ve got 2 updates for you, one from Saturday (day 6) and one from this morning.
First, here’s Saturday’s update: Read More…
Maine to DC: Update #3
Yesterday was day 4 of Gary Allen’s run from Maine to DC. He totaled around “43″ miles, and I put that in quotes because he discovered that if he leaves the orange line his mileage stops counting until he rejoins it, and then it’s just the original mileage no matter how much extra he has run. As you can hear from his update, which he left early yesterday morning (but requested be delayed in posting) he was running with Joan Benoit Samuelson and she took him on a few detours to show him some of the sites in Freeport.
He determined to stay on the line the rest of the day, but had to detour again after a few miles on the Eastern Trail proved too difficult for his ankle, but more on that later.
First, here’s his morning update: Read More…
Maine to DC: Update #2
Gary got about 90 miles through yesterday, and today has already passed the 100 mile mark. It looks like he will be running through Portland tomorrow for anybody in the Brunswick to Biddeford area that wants to join him for a few miles or to bring him some food or coffee or just cheer him on.
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Maine 2 DC: Update #1
I just heard from Gary, and he’s left us an update from the road about 2/3 of the way through today’s run. You can listen to it below:
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Gray ran 45.3 miles yesterday, and as I write this he is coming up on 80 miles total. Kevin Morris was there yesterday to get some great photos of Gary while he was running, which you can see at his website here: kevinmorris.photoshelter.com
Want to see where Gary is right this second? (Or, if it’s the middle of the night, where he left off for the day?) Just head over to MyAthleteLive.com to track him. You can get all the details about his run at his website, Maine2DCrun.com
Gary Allen Begins Running from Maine to DC
Gary Allen, founder of Crow Athletics and the race director for the Mount Desert Island Marathon and the Great Cranberry Island Ultramarathon, has begun his run today from the top of Cadillac Mountain to Washington, D.C. His goal is to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project while getting to our nation’s capital in time for the inauguration. Gary has 2 weeks to complete approximately 705 miles, and as of when this update goes up, he’s already run almost 22 miles since beginning at 6 a.m. this morning.
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Can Running Help You Stay Dry in the Rain?
As I write this, I’m watching the rain come down from my living room as the world supposedly comes to an end. Then I came across this video from minute physics, and it seemed to appropriate not to share. Will you get wetter if you run through the rain, or if you walk? What about if you are standing still?
Granted, standing still does not help you get from one place to another, but this video explains the differences between the three different states of enjoying the rain:
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Olympic Finals: Sunday, August 12
Today is the last day of the Olympics and there is only one event in Track & Field which actually takes place out in the streets.
Here are our 3 Olympians in the Men’s Marathon:
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Olympic Finals: Saturday, August 11
Each day I will be listing the medal competitions for the day, along with which athletes from the United States are competing in that event.
Today’s Olympic Finals in Track & Field are:
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Olympic Finals: Friday, August 10
Each day I will be listing the medal competitions for the day, along with which athletes from the United States are competing in that event.
Today’s Olympic Finals in Track & Field are:
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