Is The World Marathon Majors Series a Failure?

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Is The World Marathon Majors Series a Failure?

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 | No Comments

The World Marathon Majors were announced 4 years ago, and is meant to be the equivalent to the Grand Slam in golf or tennis. The Majors are on a 2-year overlapping schedule, with points going to the top 5 runners in each of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City Marathons. The Olympic [...]

Can You Run a Marathon PR Using The Run-Walk-Run Method?

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 | 5 Comments

At the 2010 Exeter Marathon, I experimented with the Run-Walk-Run strategy that has been popularized by Jeff Galloway in an effort to see how well it would work for somebody that can run a little faster than most of the people that generally make use of the Run-Walk-Run method. Jeff Galloway first shared this strategy [...]

Pineland Farms Trail Challenge Barefoot 5k Preview Video

By Blaine Moore on Monday, April 26th, 2010 | No Comments

This past weekend I was out at Pineland Farms for my “long” run (which, given a sore hamstring the past few days, wasn’t that long.) After the run, I ran a little bit of the upcoming Barefoot 5k race course without my shoes to get a good feel for what the terrain will be like [...]

The Inaugural Exeter Marathon (2010)

By Blaine Moore on Sunday, April 25th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Last week I ran the first Exeter Marathon in Rhode Island. Exeter was a little different than most races because not only was there a qualifying standard that you needed to meet in order to run, but it was a strict one; if you didn’t make the standard, then you weren’t allowed to register. The [...]

Free Entrance to 392 National Parks This Week (April 17-25, 2010)

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Got a national park near where you live, or interested in taking a trip this week? If so, then you are in luck! It is National Park Week, so entrance fees to all 392 national parks is waived from April 17 through April 25, 2010. Many of the parks even have special deals going on [...]

The Boston Marathon Expo

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Once again, I spent Patriot’s Day Weekend in the greater Boston area and got to watch the runner’s enjoy the great weather. But I’m ahead of myself; the weekend started on Friday evening at the Expo. Since I’m not running I didn’t have a need to actually go to the expo, but I was looking [...]

Boston Marathon Weekend – Will I See You?

By Blaine Moore on Friday, April 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Patriot’s Day is on Monday, which means that it’s Boston Marathon weekend! Will you be there? If so, keep an eye out for me. I was hoping to get to the expo this weekend, and may still get there on Sunday, but I think that the best bet to catch me there is going to [...]

Congratulations Donny Drake, New Technical Rep for Saucony!

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Donald Drake was recently hired by Saucony as the new Technical Representative for the DC/Baltimore area. I just want to be among the first to congratulate him and wish him well in his new career, and hope that I’m still able to race him now and again and that he finds the time to train [...]

Should You Stretch Before A Run? (Part 2)

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, I shared some simple stretches that you can do before a run. As presented, the stretches are more like dynamic warm ups rather than actual stretching, intended more to get you ready to run than to stretch a cold muscle. But what about the advice on stretching before your warm up? This was also [...]

Should You Stretch Before A Run? (Part 1)

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Stretching before you run used to be the thing to do. Then it went out of favor, to be replaced with post-run stretching or stretching after a warm up. Stretching a cold muscle can do more damage than you want to it, but loosening a muscle up before a run, especially if it isn’t practical [...]

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