This evening is Halloween here in the States. As such, I decided that since drivers would be watching for kids on the side of the road that it would be a good night to run. Of course, I did not consider that there were more than twice as many drivers as usual. All in all,…
Last week I wrote about how to prepare for, run, and recover from your marathon. This week I would like to write a few articles that focuses a little more upon decisions that you need to make about your marathon. One decision that you need to make is what sort of strategy you are going…
In a collaborative effort with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we wrote about rest for the month of October. This is the final article in our series. There will be a link to each topic at the bottom of this article. The easiest way to time your rest is with a sports watch…
Halloween is right around the corner, and with it comes the halloween races. This weekend was the Great Pumpkin 10k in Saco and the Rolling Bones 5k in Bar Harbor. The Great Pumpkin 10k had 212 finishers. Dirigo had 3 finishers in the top 5, including a win by Josh Zolla in 34:32. Marjorie Graff…
The Marine Corps Marathon was this morning. Ruben Garcia ran about a minute faster than last year, but it was not necessary to repeat his win. He beat Carl Rundell by over 3 minutes. Laura Thompson was unable to break 3 hours, but she won by about 2 minutes over Brenda Schrank. The top 5…
The New York City marathon is one week from today. That means that the Marine Corps Marathon was this morning. I have looked at the results already, but I am waiting for a more official version of them before sharing. My last few weeks have been right around 30 miles, so I feel well tapered….
This week last year I mostly wrote about the race that I had run the weekend before, with a few news notes towards the end of the week. I wrote about the Mystic Places Marathon three times last year. After the initial article describing the race, I wrote about my race experience as well as…
Dean Karnazes ran the Maine Marathon leg of his 50 marathons on October 17th. Don Penta was there taking photographs, which you can see over at Maine Running Photos. If you look in pictures 22 and 76, you can see me in the background or off to the left side at the beginning and starts…
Buffalo, Detroit, Miami, and Washington all really need their byes this week. They are all struggling something awful. I think that Indianapolis is going to get their first loss this week. I do not think that they are quite as strong as their record shows. The Jets at Cleveland might be a fun game with…
Keeping yourself safe during your marathon does not have to be big ordeal. Being safe will allow you to enjoy your run and worry less, and can make sure that you get yourself through the finish line. Very few of the safety measures that you can take will actually require any thought during your race;…