Archive for December, 2009


2009 Final Numbers

2009 has come and gone, and 2010 is about to start. This year didn’t quite go as planned. I was off to a great start, but my training was thrown a bit off between breaking my foot in July, totaling my car in November, and getting a nasty case of bronchitis in December. This year [...]

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How to Do A Diagonals Workout

Just saw this video by fellow Dirigo runner Scott Douglas over at Running Times, where he details how and why to do a Diagonals Workout at least a few times per week: Diagonals are a relatively low key type of exercise that are focused on leg turnover. You just need to find a field, kick [...]

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The 2010 USATF New England Grand Prix Race Schedule

I was looking through the USATF website for next year’s grand prix race schedule, which hasn’t been updated yet on the grand prix page. Scrolling through last month’s news posts, though, I did find the schedule so now I can plan around that a little: GRAND PRIX SERIES VOTED FOR 2010 November 20 The 2010 [...]

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What is the Camber of a Road and Why Does It Matter?

When you are running at the edge of a road (or along a grassy hill or on a beach, for that matter) you may sometimes notice that the road isn’t exactly flat. The reason for that is because most roads have a camber to them that helps water drain off of them rather than pooling [...]

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