Why Not Disqualify Bandits?
Consider this an open letter to Matt Nestor of the Columbia Tribune and all of the other people that think that banditing a race is okay.
The news is starting to get a little old at this point and common sense says it shouldn’t even be addressed, but Matt finished his recent article about Scott Downard being disqualified from the Cowtown Marathon after running with somebody else’s bib by mentioning that the win was reassigned to Kolin Styles and saying, “But we all know who the real winner is.”
Well yes, we do know who the real winner is. The real winner is Kolin Styles.
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Last Day to Win My Name is Big Book
Today is the last day to enter the first week’s contest at the 1 More Mile Challenge website. The prize is for a copy of the new book, My Name is Big. Entering is very easy, you only need to leave a comment on each of the first 4 updates of the challenge. Here is a list of convenient links to each update:
As of right now, only 2 people have commented on all of the updates, so your chances of winning could be quite good.
If you’d like to listen to today’s update rather than watch it, download the mp3 here.
Snowshoe the Brad – Snowshoe Racing in Maine
Snowshoe racing in Maine is quickly building up steam. From only 1 or 2 races a few years ago to there now being a second year of a 3 race series plus a handful of new races that have sprung up around the state over the last few years, there are plenty of opportunities (at least when we get snow and they don’t have to be cancelled.)
Today was the 3rd and final race of the Bradbury Mountain Snowshoe Series. I didn’t run in any of them this year, but I did get out to take photos today. Everybody looked like they were having a lot of fun, and while Judson Cake was no surprise for the men’s series winner (as he has blown everybody away in each of the races), the women had an upset win by Gnarls Barclay after series leader Danielle Triffitt came down with a bug and wasn’t able to make it to the final race!
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1 More Mile – Day 3
Just a quick note that I’m now done with day 3 of the 1 More Mile Challenge and got in 3¼ miles today. Even changed things up by shoveling the driveway after the run instead of before, ha ha!
If you want to win a copy of the book, today’s update can be commented on at:
http://www.1moremileforsunshine.com/442/day-3-flooded-driveways
You can also listen to the update by downloading the mp3.
1 More Mile Day #2 – Hangin’ With the Ducks
I’ve posted an update to the 1 More Mile challenge over at the website – not a lot of comments so it looks like it will be really easy to win a copy of the book if you follow it through the weekend…check it out here:
http://www.1moremileforsunshine.com/438/day-02-hanging-out-with-the-ducks
(You can get the MP3 of today’s video update here)
1 More Mile For Sunshine – It Has Begun!
I actually find the weather here in Maine very humorous.
When I ran the 1 More Mile challenge back in 2010, we had a pretty rough Winter with a lot of less than ideal running weather – snow, rain, heavy fog and the like. Then I stopped running the challenge, and the rest of the Winter was very mild with only a few more days that snow fell and it didn’t last more than 24 hours.
Today I began the challenge again, and we’ve had a very mild Winter this year. Very little snowfall…so little in fact that it’s been only at the last minute that the local snowshoe races (the ones that weren’t cancelled) were able to decide if they had a course that they could justify wearing snowshoes on. But, that changed, with 8 or 10 inches of snow today and more expected this weekend. All because I had to run 1 mile today…ha ha ha!
You can see my video update, as well as enter this week’s giveaway contest, at the 1 More Mile website. Here’s a link to today’s update:
http://www.1moremileforsunshine.com/429/day-1-a-new-start-beautiful-weather-and-a-contest
If you’d rather just listen to the audio from the update, click here to download the MP3.
My Name is Big
Lazarus Lake is well known in ultra-running circles not only for his own running but for the great races that he puts on, including Vol State, the Barkeley Marathons, and Big’s Backyard Ultra. A few years ago, he found a pitbull that had been abandoned and shot at the edge of his property, and decided that he couldn’t leave the dog there to die.
The ultralist agreed with him, and with their help Big now has a great home. It wasn’t an easy transition, though, and after a group of strangers from around the world helped Laz to adopt this dog and get him the care that the dog required, he felt that he should update everybody on how the Big Dog was doing.
Fast forward a few years, and you can now read Big’s story in one convenient package! As the second book published by my imprint, Trail Trotter Press, My Name is Big follows Big’s rescue, adoption into a permanent home, re-abandonment and finally making his way back to Laz’s farm for good.
There is some running in the book, and there is a lot of inside information that a casual reader might not notice that you would as a runner, but this book will appeal to all kinds of dog lovers no matter how active they are.
After the book was announced yesterday afternoon, it had reached multiple Amazon Best Seller lists by the end of the day! At one point, it was ranked #432 out of all books selling on Amazon, and was the 6th best selling Dog book, even outselling 2 of Cesar Milan’s books! (He’s the Dog Whisperer…and yes, I had to look that up!)
This book is a fun read and would make a great gift for any dog lover in your life.
(Please note that as the publisher of the book I obviously have a financial interest in it. You can learn more about the book at Amazon.)
1 More Mile for Sunshine – 2012 Edition
It’s been 2 years since the 1 More Mile for Sunshine challenge ended.
I didn’t make it through day 25 last time, but my friends rallied around me on the 31st to get the missing miles in and I was able to end on a high note and raise enough money for a family to attend Camp Sunshine.
Now that I’m full time with Run to Win, I’m better able to get my running in during daylight hours when there is less traffic and safer conditions.
Seems like a good time to start it again, doesn’t it?
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