Running with the Buffaloes: A Book Review

by | Books, Reviews

Running with the Buffaloes is a book told from the experiences of Chris Lear and his season with the University of Colorado’s men’s 1998 cross country team. It fills the reader in on what it takes to train for a team that is nationally competitive every...

Friendly’s New England Mile (2005)

by | Race Results, Sports

The inaugeral Friendly’s New England Mile was this morning. It runs through downtown Portland on Congress Street, from the Roma to Lincoln Park at the base of Munjoy Hill. The course features a 70 foot drop, and they have been billing it as an opportunity to see...

Without Limits: A Movie Review

by | Movies, Reviews

Without Limits is a story about Steve Prefontaine, a runner for the University of Oregon. I enjoyed the movie much more than Prefontaine, which was released a year earlier. Donald Sutherland does an excellent job narrating the story as Bill Bowerman, the eventual...

Cold Summer and Diving Dogs

by | Fitness, Personal

Last night it was a bit chilly and it has been raining for a few days, so instead of doing 880s in Baxter Woods as we had on the schedule we went to Bradley Street to run. Bradley street is similar to Baxter Woods in an opposite sort of way (if that makes sense.) In...