Why Not Disqualify Bandits?

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Why Not Disqualify Bandits?

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 | 26 Comments

Consider this an open letter to Matt Nestor of the Columbia Tribune and all of the other people that think that banditing a race is okay. The news is starting to get a little old at this point and common sense says it shouldn’t even be addressed, but Matt finished his recent article about Scott [...]

New Year’s Day Boston Marathon

By Blaine Moore on Monday, January 2nd, 2012 | 5 Comments

For the second year in a row, I brought in the New Year by heading out to Hopkinton at 6:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day. For 8 years now, Gary Allen has been running the Boston Marathon course first thing in the morning come rain, snow or clear skies. For the past few years now, [...]

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

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | 9 Comments

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 [...]

2011 New York City Marathon Preview

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

This weekend is the New York City Marathon, the largest marathon in the world. So large, in fact, that they’ve recently decided to make obtaining guaranteed entry much tougher than it has been in recent years by abolishing the 3 strikes and you are in rule and by tightening up the standards for speed based [...]

Michael Wardian To Run The Mount Desert Island Marathon

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

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, [...]

Women Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Run With The Boys

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 | 9 Comments

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 [...]

Runner’s World – Cancer Issue

By Blaine Moore on Thursday, June 30th, 2011 | No Comments

While I will occasionally read something from their website, I very rarely purchase an issue of Runner’s World anymore. When I was younger, I was subscribed for years, but around the time that I got to college it just didn’t seem relevant to me anymore. The other day, however, I picked up a copy. It [...]

2011 Delaware Marathon Race Report

By Blaine Moore on Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last week, I followed up the RRCA National Convention with a very short trip into Delaware for a marathon. Hey, if I’m going to be away from my wife for a week, I might as well get another state out of the way, right? I left my hotel in Virginia at 3:00 in the morning, [...]

Marathon Experiences

By Blaine Moore on Monday, May 9th, 2011 | 11 Comments

Last week, I asked some questions about how you feel about your marathon through Twitter and Facebook. It’s interesting the range of responses that folks have when it comes to their fears, what aggravates them, and their best experiences. So…let’s have some fun. Leave a comment below with your answer to the following questions: What [...]

Marathons: By the Numbers

By Blaine Moore on Friday, April 29th, 2011 | No Comments

I saw this infographic recently and had to share it…more information about the state of Marathoning in one handy reference than you thought you needed. And yes, I know that that isn’t a picture of Haile Gebreselassie…I didn’t make the image, I’m just sharing it:

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