This morning, I wrote about some of the difficulties that marathons face when considering their environmental impact. It can cost thousands of dollars more to go green than to not worry about such things. Another difficulty marathon directors face is finding the manpower to take care of all the tasks that need to be done [...]
Read More...About a year ago, I discussed the environmental impact of running and offered some suggestions about how you can lessen the damage that you personally cause by running. This year, I’d like to revisit the topic by focusing specifically on the impact caused by marathons. The Problems Photo by Don FulanoThe vast majority of marathons [...]
Read More...A year ago, Haile Gebrselassie set the marathon world record in Berlin. This year, despite losing a week of training this month, he was able to break his own mark under near perfect weather conditions. “Today, I’m so, so, so happy. Everything was perfect today,” Gebrselassie said. “I had a small calf muscle problem and [...]
Read More...The weather this morning for Eliot was much better than what the forecasts had called for. Rather than the torrential downpours and wind we were expecting, the runners were treated to a very humid but relatively cool and very calm morning with temperatures in the low 60s. Fog may have blanketed everything and all of [...]
Read More...It was a light week this week last year. I began the week by discussing how effective body weight exercises are when traveling. This was the final article of the month on training and travel in collaboration with Scott. I collected my best tips as well as what other people with the article about what [...]
Read More...Frank McCourt just bought the operating rights to the Los Angelos Marathon from Divine Racing Management. He is already shaking things up, moving the date of the race up from Sunday, March 1st to President’s Day on Monday, February 16th for the 2009 running of the race. As the owner of the Dodgers, McCourt plans [...]
Read More...Researchers at USC, Palo Alto, and the University of Delaware have come to the conclusion that online gamers are fitter than the average American. Their research involved surveying 7000 players of the Everquest II online role playing game. The results suggest that adult gamers have an average body mass index of 25.2, compared to the [...]
Read More...It has been a while since I’ve put up a recipe, and since I plan on making this again I’ll at least have a starting place by sharing what I did with tonight’s meal. It obviously tasted quite good. We served the swordfish along with some acorn squash, which worked out well. Time Required: ~20-25 [...]
Read More...This race review was provided by my wife, Erin Moore. The Maine Coast Half Marathon: 600 women and One Lucky Guy The second annual running of the Maine Coast Half Marathon got under way at 9:00 this morning. The weather was perfect for running and overall the day was as enjoyable as it was challenging. [...]
Read More...This week last year ranged from humorous to serious as I discussed topics ranging from cartoons to hospitals. In the training tips department, I wrote about training options while on the road. There are a lot of different ways to stay in shape even if you travel regularly, and this article pointed at some different [...]
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