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

By Blaine Moore on Friday, January 27th, 2012 | 2 Comments

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 [...]

Grete Waitz Died From Cancer at Age 57

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Grete Waitz died early this morning at a hospital in Oslo, Norway after a 6 year fight with cancer. Grete was an amazing runner who still holds the 1500 and 3k national records in Norway. She really drew the notice of the American running scene when Fred Lebow invited her to run the New York [...]

Jack LaLanne Passed Away This Weekend at 96

By Blaine Moore on Monday, January 24th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Jack LaLanne is the “GodFather of Fitness” and spent most of his life encouraging a healthy lifestyle among Americans. His television show promoting fitness, good nutrition, and his own ideas about how to lead a better life aired for over 40 years from 1951 through 1985. He’s also done some pretty amazing physical feats, such [...]

Bob Fine was killed while running before dawn on Wednesday

By Blaine Moore on Friday, December 5th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Bob Fine of Delray Beach, Florida was a long time USATF volunteer and a member of the Masters Track & Field Hall of Fame. He was killed Wednesday morning in Reno, Nevada while out for a jog before the 2008 USATF Annual Convention. He was 77 years old. “Bob’s contribution to USA Track & Field [...]

Chris Douglas was killed this weekend

By Blaine Moore on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 | 2 Comments

(Photo Credit: Trail Monster) Local runner and adventurer Chris Douglas was on his way to the start of a 2500 mile walk from Colorado to Maine this weekend when his car was struck in a head-on collision, killing him at the scene. His girlfriend’s car was hit when another vehicle crossed the center line. The [...]

Ryan Shay’s autopsy has been completed

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Ryan Shay‘s autopsy has been completed, and while it does not include an public toxicology report, his father was told that there was no evidence of any drug use. There was evidence of scarring in his heart that could not be attributed to anything specific and could have been caused by anything from childhood pneumonia [...]

Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur has died

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur of France passed away yesterday at the age of 70. She ran 2:01.9 in the 800 meter at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, losing the race by 0.8 seconds in a world record setting performance by Ann Packer of Britain. She also competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, where she [...]

Luke Kibet survives attack in Kenya violence

By Blaine Moore on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 | No Comments

Last Tuesday, former Olympian Lucas Sang was murdered after violence erupted in Kenya following the political elections. Hundred of people have been killed as the violence continues. Luke Kibet was seriously injured and is currently recovering from a head wound and brain shock. Most reports have him reported as having been hit in the head [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘death’

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

Grete Waitz Died From Cancer at Age 57

Jack LaLanne Passed Away This Weekend at 96

Bob Fine was killed while running before dawn on Wednesday

Chris Douglas was killed this weekend

Ryan Shay’s autopsy has been completed

Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur has died

Luke Kibet survives attack in Kenya violence

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