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Archive for August, 2010


The Best Olympic 800m Run in History » Dave Wottle in 1972

Dave Wottle was born in 1950 in Canton, Ohio and took up running in childhood on the advice of his family physician because he was so feeble. At Bowling Green State University, he finished in second place in the mile to Marty Liquori in 1970, and still holds the NCAA outdoor track 1 mile record [...]

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What To Do If You Need to Poop While Running

If you run for any length of time, you are eventually going to need a bowel movement while you are out running. It’s inevitable. Gastrointestinal disturbance is very common among runners, and while the researchers aren’t sure exactly why that is they all agree it’s a common ailment. Probably something to do with your increased [...]

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The Benefits of Trail Running

I hope that yesterday’s article about what to do if you hit your head while trail running didn’t scare you onto the roads…accidents happen no matter where you are and generally speaking my injuries have been less serious on the trails than on the roads, and that includes this past weekend’s tumble. Trail running is [...]

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What Do You Do If You Fall and Hit Your Head?

I took a small spill yesterday on my trail run. I felt myself losing my footing and tried to roll so I’d land on my side instead of my face (I’d rather break a shoulder than a neck) and while I wouldn’t have been too happy I was doing all right until my head got [...]

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Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back From the Dead (Review)

Over the last few months I’ve been making my way through the Pure Fit Radio archives, and on one of the episodes they did an interview with Bryan Boyle. It sounded like an interesting story that he had, so I picked up his book, Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back From [...]

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Bradbury Mountain Breaker 9 Mile Trail Race (2010)

My second of two races this weekend was the Bradbury Breaker. It’s a 9 mile trail race at Bradbury Mountain in Pownal, Maine. It was a good time, and I have to give big kudos to Ian and Ryan for once again putting on a first class event. The last couple of years, I’ve been [...]

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TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10k (2010)

Beautiful weather saw some fast times on my return to the streets of Cape Elizabeth. The lead pack saw some intense action as Gebre Gebremariam managed to hold off a mid-race surge by Alan Kiprono and Wilson Chebet to win the race in 27:40.4. There were 11 runners under 29 minutes. The women’s race wasn’t [...]

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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 13 of 17

Temperatures in the upper 80s with a fair bit of humidity made things a bit toasty this week at the Back Cove 5k, but Andrew Clemence (17:13) and Christine Irish (19:56) didn’t let that slow them down as they both won their races by over a minute. 186 people finished the race on Wednesday night, [...]

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