In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we have written about head games for the month of April and delved into the thought processes that you may have while you are working out. Over the past month, we have mostly discussed how your mind controls your body. Specifically, we have [...]
Read More...The Groton 10k Road Race is the second USATF New England Grand Prix event of the year, and the first of three events over the next month. Josh Ferenc managed to hold a lead by two seconds to win the men’s race in 31:32, while Caroline Bjune held a slightly larger lead to win the [...]
Read More...This week last year was pretty busy. There was a lot of running news and tips, and I continued my animated weight lifting tutorials. The site also surpassed 100 people in a single day this week last year, which was a nice milestone to reach. I continued my animated workout series with how to do [...]
Read More...Photo by gabyuSwimming laps at the pool is a great workout, but how do you track how far you have gone? Especially when swimming laps continuously without breaks, it can become very easy to forget which lap that you are on and to get your count messed up. A lap in a pool is there [...]
Read More...Raymond Britt ran the Boston Marathon this year with his camera, and he got some really great pictures. Even though he was an hour plus behind me, I can remember a lot of the spectators that he took pictures of. It’s really cool to see that those people were out there for hours cheering runners [...]
Read More...In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be talking about head games for the month of April and delve into the thought processes that you may have while you are working out. This week, Scott talks about visualization and how it can relate to performance. Merely the act [...]
Read More...This year I am attempting the other side of the sport by joining the board of directors for the New England Mile. We had a meeting today to discuss how the planning is going, and we seem to be ahead of last year’s schedule. We are still looking for sponsors, but we have all of [...]
Read More...Parry O’Brien revolutionized the shot putting competition in the early 50s when he begin spinning 180° before loosing the shot. He broke the world record 17 times in total, and won 2 gold medals and a silver medal over 12 years. He retired from athletic competition in 1966, but was still in shape and active. [...]
Read More...The London Marathon was today, and over 5000 runners were treated with over 70 being sent along to the hospital after the temperatures got up near 70°F. This equals the 1996 heat record for the race. Martin Lel won the men’s race by three seconds in 2:07:41, outsprinting Abderrahim Goumri and Felix Limo. The lead [...]
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