Did you ever wonder what it is that we do on Thursday nights at Maine Running Company? Here’s a video of some of the folks I work with:
I never spoke with the camera people; I didn’t realize they were outside the front door when I came in the back door, and the fast group that I was timing was going from the opposite end of the track than where the cameras were. You can catch sight of me in the blue Boston hat and the Vibram Five Fingers in a few of the shots.
The segment originally aired on 207 on Tuesday, July 29th.
It was a beautiful evening for a run tonight. Now that week 12 is under the bag, there are only 6 races left so if you haven’t run yet then you need to show up next week in order to appear on the leader board.
Chris Harmon made his first appearance since week 3, repeating his first place performance. Heather Pagano ran her fastest time this season, coming across first in the ladies’ race in 18:32. She’ll still need to cut another 16 seconds off of her time in order to retake the course record.
Scott Gorneau (01:44:50) didn’t race this week, but maintains his lead in the overall standings. Chris Reynolds (01:49:31) made his debut on the leader board in 3rd place.
For myself, I fell back a little as David Mann (01:50:51) improved his time by over half a minute to push me back a spot. I did not improve my time at all as I took a nice leisurely jig jog with my wife. My race was actually at a 20 second per kilometer slower pace than my warmup or cool down.
Last night, I asked whether or not you would give your medical information to a race before running it, since that is what is being requested by the organizers of the Beach to Beacon this year. The founder of the company that is partnering with the Beach to Beacon to collect that information, Margie Kelly, was kind enough to stop by and leave a comment, so I am reprinting that comment here to make sure that you all get a chance to see it:
Mr. Moore…
Please know as the founder of MedicalSummary I thank you for identifying our work with the 2008 TD Banknorth Beach To Beacon as a good idea. I never envisioned this application when developing a personal health record (PHR) and its companion MedSum Card as requested by my elderly mother.
But in 2006 at B2B I saw a delirious male…core body temp 108 degrees…in an ice immersion treatment with no identification other than his bib number. At that point I understood Chris Troyanos’s suggestion to work together taking road race medical care to the next level. Could that have been your friend, Mr. Moore, in the ice with a medical team trying to treat him quickly and appropriately? Heat exhaustion is extremely serious.
I appreciate your concerns about privacy and security. The details you choose to input are encrypted. We never sell, share or cull information for marketing or research purposes. We only ask for your name and e-mail address. Listing your current medications and allergies..or lack of them..takes minutes and could give a clearer picture of your needs to the medical team should there be an emergency situation. Should you opt out of our service post-B2B, your account is deleted and closed.
You mentioned wearing your road ID and completing details as requested on your bib. I offer my congratulations to you, Mr. Moore. My research shows 99% of the runners in any given race do not prepare as well as you. And with 5000+ B2B competitors the odds are that a number of individuals will need medical treatment on August 2 and there’s a grand medical team waiting to help. This 10K is a beautiful and challenging track but not everyone’s body is prepared for being field-tested.
Thank you for suggesting you’ll develop this unique B2B-PHR with its MedSum Card, Mr. Moore. I truly appreciate your sharing your thoughts and printing the letter written by Chris Troyanos, B2B Medical Coordinator. I hope you’ll enjoy using your MedicalSummary in good health and safe travels…
The Beach to Beacon is trying something that I haven’t seen a lot of to date. They are trying to collect relevant medical data on as many of their runners as they can so that if there is an emergency it will be available to the first responders who are on site.
I am relatively paranoid about handing out my private information. I have had difficulties setting up utility accounts before when they tried to convince me that they were required by law to have more information about me than I was willing to give them.
This strikes me as a good idea, though. I have had a friend suffer from some serious heat exhaustion at this race specifically, and know people that have been in worse shape at other races. Especially when running in hot and humid conditions, it is very easy to become disoriented and to further compound your problems just because you can’t think straight.
I need to look a little more specifically into the specific company being used by the Beach to Beacon before I decide whether or not to give them my information, but since I wear a road id whenever I run and I write my medical and emergency contact information on the front of my bibs when I race, I will probably provide at least some minimal information just in case something happens to me this weekend.
For more information, here is the letter sent to me by the Medical Director of the Beach to Beacon: (Click here to continue reading…)
This week last year covered a lot of news, and I answered quite a few reader questions.
This week last year started off with The Running Shoe FAQ, which explained why runners wear specialty shoes and what makes them different from normal walking shoes.
I answered a question from an aerobics instructor about how to treat posterior shin splints, including what they are, how to best treat them, and how to prevent them from coming back.
I was asked “What is the difference between swiss balls and medicine balls?” by Susan. Swiss balls are the large inflatable balls that you can sit on, while medicine balls are the small weighted balls that you can use in place of dumbbells. For good measure, I also explained what a bosu ball was.
Some friends of mine ran the Vermont 100 mile race last year for the first time, and all three have continued on for their ultramarathoning endeavors. In fact, there were 5 guys who went to Vermont last weekend to compete in this year’s event from our training group.
On the news front, the IAAF finally agreed to work with Oscar Pistorius to determine whether or not his prosthetics give him an advantage. I also provided a new wrap up that covered stories about new Junior American records, doping at the Tour de France, Disney’s move to ban smoking in their movies, and a study that found that obesity is contagious.
Emily’s Run 5k was this morning, continuing the Greater L/A Triple Crown racing series. It was a beautiful morning, which helped 369 runners find their way to the finish line.
Stan Pyle asserted a firm lead in the series with a win today in 16:28. The women’s race was won by Erica Jesseman in 18:25. Both Stan and Erica donated their prize money to the Emily Fletcher Foundation. For the series, Anne Martin is in the lead for the ladies with her 2nd place finish today.
The race couse has a lot of rolling hills and quite a few turns, especially late. The first kilometer predominantly climbs, and then the next two kilometers lead into a rather steep downhill section. It’s certainly not a course to leave you bored, with minimal space devoted to flat roads.
You can see the course elevation below:
My race went rather well. I started out with the second pack, but by 2k had worked my way into third place where I’d remain the rest of the race. I was hoping to average anywhere between 3:20 and 3:25 per kilometer and managed to run at 3:21/pace.
Tonight there was perfect running conditions for a good time, so it surprised me that there were still over 100 people that showed up to the starting line this evening! (Perfect running conditions for a good time to me means temperatures in the low to mid 60s and a steady helping of wind and rain. Fun to run in, but not really all that fast.)
The streak continues as 105 people crossed the finish line this evening, with at least 3 or 4 people starting out but deciding to run to the Eastern Prom beach instead of finishing. Over 615 people have run at least one of the 11 races so far this year, and 68 of them have run at least 6 of them and found their way onto the leader board (which has finally seen some changes up near the top!)
Tyler Jasud got his 5th race of the year under his belt, but he couldn’t quite run down Claton Conrad who won the race in 15:57. Olivia Mackenzie took the women’s race in 20:22.
The start of the race had a little excitement, as Dave Weatherbie got tripped up a quarter to a half mile into the race and hit the ground hard.
David Mann (01:51:29) fell back to 4th place, as I (01:51:28) overtook his position by 1 second and Scott Gorneau (01:44:50) took over the lead spot with his 6th completed race.
I went back to running Tabata Intervals this week, although I programmed my watch to correctly keep me going for 4 minutes instead of just 2. Thankfully, I had somebody to do them with this week as Logan Price decided that intervals would be a good use of his time as well. I think that next time I will change the rest to the full 4 minutes and plan on doing 2 intervals instead of 3, because 2 minutes left me pretty tired and I decided to only run 2 of them anyway. We jogged for 5 or 6 minutes after the 2nd interval, and then raced through the finish where I managed to edge Logan out by half a second.
I can not agree with him more and I plan on writing to the white house with my thoughts on the matter. Marion Jones broke the law, she cheated in her profession, and she lied about both for years.
There should be no double standards for athletes when compared to average citizens of the United States, and pardoning Jones will make us laughing stocks in the international track community. If you think that cycling as a sport gets a bad rap, wait until the United States takes a lenient stance against an admitted doper that broke multiple US laws including involvement in bank fraud.
Pardoning her sends the wrong message, and I think that she should take responsibility for the choices that she has made.
If you would like to send a letter to the White House, you can address it to the following address:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
If you would like to call the White House to voice your concerns, you can dial 202-456-1111 (or 202-456-6213 for TTY service.) To send a fax, dial 202-456-2461.
The USATF has provided a sample email/letter that you can use when communicating with the White House about your thoughts on offering Marion Jones a pardon: http://www.usatf.org/promotions/MarionJones/
