Susan Chepkemei has been suspended for 1 year

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Susan Chepkemei has been suspended for 1 year

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | 5 Comments

Susan Chepkemei of Kenya has been suspended for 1 year from international competition after salbutamol was found in an off-season drug test. She was given the asthma medication during her pregnancy after contracting pneumonia, which is why the normal 2 year ban for a first time offense was reduced to one year. The ban became [...]

Continuing Education for RRCA Coaches

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | No Comments

If you are going to be in town for the 50th Anniversary RRCA National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 2nd or May 3rd of this year, then you may want to consider ponying up a few extra dollars. The RRCA Coaching Program has two new classes that they are offering, both of which are [...]

Create Your Own Medicine Balls and Stress Balls

By Blaine Moore on Monday, February 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about do-it-yourself home exercise implements throughout February and March. This week, Scott describes how to make homemade medicine balls. This summer, I definitely need to go the sand and foam in a basketball route. Last year, I painted almost [...]

Bradbury “Fat Ass” 50k on March 2nd

By Blaine Moore on Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Trail Monsters are putting on a “Fat Ass” 50k at Bradbury Mountain on Sunday, March 2nd at 7:00. Anybody in the Southern Maine area that is interested in a fun run should think about coming out for it. The vast majority of the run will be outside of the park (click here for the [...]

This Week Last Year: Nutrition, Headwinds, and the Sahara Desert

By Blaine Moore on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

This week last year, I wrote a bit about nutrition. First, I reviewed a few nutrition books, and I also discussed a study that found that our brains ignore calories from beverages. That makes it easier for us to eat more than we should when we drink juice or soda. Another study found that children [...]

Fantasy Track & Field » Final Week

By Blaine Moore on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | 2 Comments

How did your fantasy track team do at the Tyson Invitational “Pick & Win” for the Visa Championship Series? My team didn’t do nearly as well as at the Reebok games, but better than at the Millrose Games, and put me into 231st place overall with 228 points between the three events. I am now [...]

Volunteering now required for Guaranteed Entry to NYC Marathon

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Thinking of running in the New York City Marathon, but don’t want to wait for the lottery to find out if you get to run? If you belong to the New York Road Runners, then you may be used to obtaining a guaranteed entry by competing in at least 9 of the 50 events put [...]

Running beneath an eclipse…

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Tonight led to an interesting run, as evidenced in the photo the right. I considered postponing my run until late tonight so that I could see the eclipse while I was running, but decided that it wasn’t worth staying up that late. I knew that the eclipse would begin around the time that I finished [...]

No Tobacco at 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Are you going to have an opportunity to see the Olympic Trials out in Eugene this Summer? If so, then you may be in a for a treat. The University of Oregon and the local Olympic organizing committee have pledged to make the trials a tobacco free event, meaning that you shouldn’t have to deal [...]

Marathon Questions Call #2 – Here are the Questions

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment

I just got off of the line from the second marathon questions call. There were not very many people on the call, so I think that I might go back to having the calls on the weekends as there were 3 times more people on the line. I did not get any questions from anyone [...]

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