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1 More Mile for Sunshine – 2012 Edition

It’s been 2 years since the 1 More Mile for Sunshine challenge ended. I didn’t make it through day 25 last time, but my friends rallied around me on the 31st to get the missing miles in and I was able to end on a high note and raise enough money for a family to [...]

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Biking & Walking in the US: How Do You Rank?

The Alliance for Biking & Walking just released their 2012 Benchmarking Report, which describes the data that they have collected and analyzed across all 50 states and 51 of the largest cities in the country on safety, infrastructure, habits, policies, education and the economic impact of bicycling and walking. The report is a great resource [...]

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New Yorkers Can Race Ryan Hall for 60 Feet

Did you run the ING New York City Marathon last week? If so, did you see this wall display by Asics down in the Columbus Circle subway station? They created a display that shows Ryan Hall running for 60 feet down the hallway at his marathon pace of 4:45 per mile. Subway travelers were invited [...]

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IAAF Falls Short By “Restoring” Paula Radcliffe’s Record

A month and a half ago, the IAAF enacted a sexist rule that stripped some women of their world records and made it more difficult for them to set new world records going forward (as of January 1st, 2012). Most notably, Paula Radcliffe’s near-unreachable 2:15:25 was going to be removed as the world record, with [...]

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Michael Wardian To Run The Mount Desert Island Marathon

The Mount Desert Island Marathon has a reputation for being a very tough (if beautiful) course. It also falls right in the middle of all of the larger Autumn marathons. Some very talented runners have competed in the race and have run fast times, such as Louie Luchini’s 2:31:54 course record last year. But now, [...]

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Women Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Run With The Boys

Not according to the IAAF anyway, which is the sport’s international governing body. They currently have a motion in place to invalidate all world records for women who ran in “mixed” races that included men. For a very high profile example of what this means, it will raise the women’s marathon world record by over [...]

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Leah Thorvilson Needs Your Votes!

Leah Thorvilson is a popular and talented marathoner that recently took part in my Marathon Mastermind. She’s an elite marathoner out of Arkansas that is currently training for the Olympic Trials in January. She isn’t afraid to run (and win) multiple marathons or ultramarathons each year, and she’s willing to have fun doing it, even [...]

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Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness

A few weeks ago, I was invited to run Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness, a stretch of the Appalachian Trail where there are no towns and only a few road crossings. The fastest known time for this stretch of the trail is about 39.5 hours, so a bunch of the Trail Monsters and their friends decided [...]

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