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Posts Tagged ‘Running’


Trail Monster Running » “Fat Ass” 50k (2008)

Early results are in! There were 12 runners: 3 women, 8 men, and 1 dog.

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Bradbury “Fat Ass” 50k on March 2nd

The Trail Monsters are putting on a “Fat Ass” 50k at Bradbury Mountain on Sunday, March 2nd at 7:00. Anybody in the Southern Maine area that is interested in a fun run should think about coming out for it. The vast majority of the run will be outside of the park (click here for the [...]

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This Week Last Year: Nutrition, Headwinds, and the Sahara Desert

This week last year, I wrote a bit about nutrition. First, I reviewed a few nutrition books, and I also discussed a study that found that our brains ignore calories from beverages. That makes it easier for us to eat more than we should when we drink juice or soda. Another study found that children [...]

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Volunteering now required for Guaranteed Entry to NYC Marathon

Thinking of running in the New York City Marathon, but don’t want to wait for the lottery to find out if you get to run? If you belong to the New York Road Runners, then you may be used to obtaining a guaranteed entry by competing in at least 9 of the 50 events put [...]

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Running beneath an eclipse…

Tonight led to an interesting run, as evidenced in the photo the right. I considered postponing my run until late tonight so that I could see the eclipse while I was running, but decided that it wasn’t worth staying up that late. I knew that the eclipse would begin around the time that I finished [...]

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Marathon Questions Call #2 – Here are the Questions

I just got off of the line from the second marathon questions call. There were not very many people on the call, so I think that I might go back to having the calls on the weekends as there were 3 times more people on the line. I did not get any questions from anyone [...]

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Kenenisa Bekele sets the world 2-mile record

Haile Gebrselassie set the mark for the indoor 2 mile world record in 2003 at 8:04.69. Yesterday, Kenenisa Bekele broke that mark by 0.34 seconds in Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham to set the new 2 mile world record at 8:04.35. “It was not easy but I knew I could do it,” Bekele said. [...]

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Cape Elizabeth Mid-Winter Classic 10 Miler (2008)

This morning could not have gone any better for the race directors at the Mid Winter Classic. The 10 mile race seemed to go off without a hitch, from volunteer support to record participation, and even including beautiful running weather. It was about 34 degrees out with an average 5 mile per hour wind, which [...]

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