Gary has been making great time, and got to the Bronx last night and is already through New York this morning and making his way through New Jersey. Gary has run 475 miles and has 230 miles left to go! As always, you can track his progress at MyAthleteLive.com and make a donation on his [...]
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Gary has been making great time this weekend, and as I write this on Monday morning he’s over 335 miles into his trip, and is making his way through Connecticut! Pretty soon he’ll be going through my old stomping grounds. Fun stat #1: Gary covered 327 miles in his first week of running. Fun stat [...]
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Yesterday was day 4 of Gary Allen’s run from Maine to DC. He totaled around “43″ miles, and I put that in quotes because he discovered that if he leaves the orange line his mileage stops counting until he rejoins it, and then it’s just the original mileage no matter how much extra he has [...]
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Gary got about 90 miles through yesterday, and today has already passed the 100 mile mark. It looks like he will be running through Portland tomorrow for anybody in the Brunswick to Biddeford area that wants to join him for a few miles or to bring him some food or coffee or just cheer him [...]
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I just heard from Gary, and he’s left us an update from the road about 2/3 of the way through today’s run. You can listen to it below: Click the play button to hear Gary’s update: Click here to Download [ 0:03:38 | MP3 | 5.2 MB ] Gray ran 45.3 miles yesterday, and as [...]
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Gary Allen, founder of Crow Athletics and the race director for the Mount Desert Island Marathon and the Great Cranberry Island Ultramarathon, has begun his run today from the top of Cadillac Mountain to Washington, D.C. His goal is to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project while getting to our nation’s capital in time [...]
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As I write this, I’m watching the rain come down from my living room as the world supposedly comes to an end. Then I came across this video from minute physics, and it seemed to appropriate not to share. Will you get wetter if you run through the rain, or if you walk? What about [...]
Read More...Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill yesterday that would exempt Olympic Athletes from being taxed for earning medals at the Games. Medalists earn an honorarium depending on their medal, $25,000 for a gold down to $10,000 for a bronze medal. The amount they are taxed on also includes the value of the metals in the [...]
Read More...Today is the last day to enter the first week’s contest at the 1 More Mile Challenge website. The prize is for a copy of the new book, My Name is Big. Entering is very easy, you only need to leave a comment on each of the first 4 updates of the challenge. Here is [...]
Read More...Snowshoe racing in Maine is quickly building up steam. From only 1 or 2 races a few years ago to there now being a second year of a 3 race series plus a handful of new races that have sprung up around the state over the last few years, there are plenty of opportunities (at [...]
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